JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR w/IAN GILLAN (DEEP PURPLE) 1970

	£		79
	$		105

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR w/IAN GILLAN (DEEP PURPLE) 1970
UK MCA 1st PRESSING, RARE LAMINATED R. STACE GF, SUPERB
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
A Rock Opera

HERE WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING, UK MCA (MKPS 2011/12) VERY FIRST PRESSING (October 1970 ) OF THE FIRST RECORDING OF JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: A ROCK OPERA WITH DEEP PURPLE'S IAN GILLAN IN TREMENDOUS FORM TAKING ON THE TITLE ROLE

THIS COPY IS IN BEAUTIFUL, BARELY PLAYED CONDITION AND HAS THE EARLIEST UK FIRST PRESS CRITERIA:
* BOTH LPs ARE PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (very thick and chunky) WHICH DELIVER SENSATIONAL LOUD, BRIGHT, RICH AND WARM AUDIO
* FIRST ISSUE (SMALL) UK MCA DARK BLUE/LIGHT BLUE 'BOW' LABELS
* VERY FIRST ISSUE MATRICES: 7 - 214 / 7 - 215 / 7 - 216 / 7 - 217
* FIRST 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 MOTHERS ON ALL FOUR SIDES (with etched 'JT' tax code)
* RARE VARIANT OF THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE, "Printed in England by Robert Stace, THIS ONE BEING DEEPLY LAMINATED ON THE OUTER SURFACES (the LP is normally found in a full matte sleeve, these outer laminated ones being extremely uncommon)
* LARGE FORMAT 12 PAGE BOOKLET WITH PHOTOS AND LYRICS - DATED OCTOBER 1970

AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF AN ICONIC PIECE OF WORK - ONE OF TIM RICE AND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S EARLIEST PIECES AND EASILY THEIR FINEST - FINDING ALL THE LEADS IN TREMENDOUS FORM AND WITH IAN GILLAN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING IN THE TITLE ROLE - A FINER UK FIRST PRESSING WOULD BE VERY HARD TO LOCATE INDEED - SENSATIONAL AUDIO AND A FANTASTIC LP - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Principle Players:
Ian Gillan - Jesus Christ
Murray Head - Judas Iscariot
Yvonne Elliman - Mary Magdalene
Victor Brox - Caiaphas, High Priest

Principle Musicians:
Bruce Rowland - drums, percussion
Allan Spenner - bass guitar
Henry McCulloch - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Neil Hubbard - electric guitar
Peter Robinson - piano, electric piano, Organ, positive organ
Chris Mercer - tenor sax


SIDE 1: Overture / Heaven On Their Minds / What’s The Buzz-Strange Thing Mystifying / Everything’s Alright / This Jesus Must Die
SIDE 2: Hosanna / Simon Zealotes-Poor Jerusalem / Pilate’s Dream / The Temple / Everything’s Alright / I Don’t Know How To Love Him / Damned For All Time-Blood Money
SIDE 3: The Last Supper / Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) / The Arrest / Peter’s Denial / Pilate And Christ / King Herod’s Song
SIDE 4: Judas’ Death / Trial Before Pilate (including the 39 lashes) / Superstar / Crucifixion / John Nineteen: Forty-One

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO writing and NO evident spindles. Both records show little evidence of ever being played at all
VINYL Visual: All surfaces are CLEAN and BRIGHT with their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are a few (very) light hairlines but these have NO audio consequence. TWO BEAUTIFUL RECORDS
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio delivery - CRYSTAL CLEAR, RICH, WARM and VIBRANT. There are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps, NO clicks/pops. SUPERB COPY which plays BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT to an extremely high standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion. Must be critically graded EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT for audio. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). TREMENDOUS LP
SLEEVE: The RARE, OUTER LAMINATED (variant) gatefold cover is in EXCELLENT condition. CLEAN and BRIGHT with a few light creases to the DEEPLY GLOSSY laminate but very little actual wear. There is some impression from the two heavyweight records but much less than is normally found on the matte version of this sleeve. The spine has a couple of 'knocks' (please see photos) but all text is still CLEAR and BOLD. Overall, an excellent example of this rare laminated variant
BOOKLET: The original large format 12 page booklet - dated October 1970 - is also in EXCELLENT condition. CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO marks or creased corners and just some light handling wear

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
I HAVE UPLOADED AS MANY PICTURES AS I CAN BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ON REQUEST
SUPERB ORIGINAL UK MCA FIRST PRESSING OF A SENSATIONAL PIECE OF WORK WITH IAN GILLAN ON TOP FORM
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
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POST & PACKING
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EU: Airmail: £6.00 (Insured & Signed For: £9.50)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £9.00 (Insured & Signed For: £12.50)

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