DEEP PURPLE "Burn" 1974 UK PURPLE 1st PRESS

	£		41
	$		54

DEEP PURPLE "Burn" 1974 UK PURPLE 1st PRESS TOP COPY!!!
A-1U/B-1U, G&L Sleeve, Gram Co.Ltd. Text, Nr MINT AUDIO


DEEP PURPLE
Burn

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB!! AND INCREASINGLY RARE, UK PURPLE RECORDS (TPS 3505) FIRST PRESSING (February 1974) OF DEEP PURPLE'S TREMENDOUS "Burn" LP, ALL IN BEAUTIFUL, BARELY PLAYED CONDITION!!!
THE LP IS PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL (surprisingly thick vinyl for the time!!) WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, CRYSTAL CLEAR AND POWERFUL AUDIO!!! THE PURPLE LABELS CARRY THE FIRST PRESS TPS 3505 A-1U / TPS 3505 B-1U MATRIX WITH "PORKY+MEL+TRISH (side one) & "PECKO" (side two) RUN OFF ETCHINGS AND HAVE THE VERY EARLY MOTHER/STAMPERS: 1/RH (side one) & 1/GD (side two)

*AN INTERESTING VARIENT WITH THESE LABELS IS THE "GRAMOPHONE CO LTD... " RIM TEXT IS PRINTED ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL WHILE THE SIDE TWO LABEL CARRIES THE "EMI RECORDS LTD" RIM TEXT!!!! (personally I have never seen this before!!!)

THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE SLEEVE PRINTED BY "Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." DATE CODED 7401 (JANUARY 1974)

Although it shook the band's fan base to its core, the acrimonious departure of vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover served to rejuvenate Deep Purple in time for 1973's aptly named Burn album, which unquestionably showed huge improvement over their lackluster previous effort, Who Do We Think We Are. And in an interesting twist rarely attempted before or since, new recruits David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass and vocals, ex-Trapeze) traded lead singing duties on virtually every track -- an enviable tag team, as both possessed exceptional pipes.

The phenomenal title track started things off at full throttle, actually challenging the seminal "Highway Star" for the title of best opener to any Deep Purple album, while showcasing the phenomenal drumming of Ian Paice. Up next, the intro to the equally timeless "Might Just Take Your Life," however simple from a technical perspective, remains one of organist Jon Lord's signature moments, and the downright nasty "Lay Down, Stay Down" roared behind wildly careening starts and stops and a fantastic Ritchie Blackmore guitar solo that left no doubt as to who was the band's primal force, regardless of lineup. Moving right along, and though it was rarely included in latter-day greatest-hits sets, "What's Going on Here" was about as good a single as Purple ever wrote; "You Fool No One" was compelling for its sheer intensity; and the funky "Sail Away" was a sign of the band's future direction in years to come. Lastly, the fantastic slow-boiling blues of "Mistreated" closed the album proper (ignoring the record's only throwaway track -- the boring final instrumental "'A' 200") with a command solo performance from Coverdale that was as sensitive as it was devastating. So impassioned was the singer's delivery, in fact, that the song would remain his personal in-concert trademark with Whitesnake long after his tenure with Deep Purple came to a close.

Like the vast majority of Burn, this song's greatness qualifies it for the highest echelons of hard rock achievement, and therefore the album is an essential item in the discography of any self-respecting music fan.


Track Listing:
Side 1: Burn / Might Just Take Your Life / Lay Down, Stay Down / Sail Away
Side 2: You Fool No One / What's Goin' On Here / Mistreated / "A" 200

LABELS: SUPERB condition - CLEAN, BRIGHT and UNMARKED with just some light spindle traces!!!! The spindle hole is still quite tight so I think this LP has seen very light play ONLY!!!
VINYL Visual: The surfaces are UNMARKED and SHINE LIKE NEW!!!! beautiful vinyl!!
VINYL Audio: The audio is absolutely OUTSTANDING!! - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VIBRANT, POWERFUL SOUND!! There are NO scratches, NO sticks, NO jumps, NO clicks/pops and barely any surface noise at all (really hardly ANY!!!) The sound quality is simply SUPERB!!! with NO discernible groove-wear and NO distortion!!!! TREMENDOUS AUDIO QUALITY!! This must be graded NEAR MINT for audio!!!! A BEAUTIFUL COPY!!! Plays perfectly throughout and NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards!!!
SLEEVE: The sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition. There are some light creases to the spine and a little record impression (NOT ring wear) but the whole sleeve is good and solid with all text on the spine SHARP and CLEAR!! The spine text is also reproduced on the top edge of the sleeve!!! An EXCELLENT example of this delicate and easily worn sleeve!!


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THIS REALLY IS A SUPERB COPY OF A FANTASTIC LP!!! AND AS A 1974 FIRST PRESSING WITH THE A-1U/B-1U MATRIX - VERY SCARCE!!!!
I GUARANTEE WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ONE MUCH BETTER!! SUPERB!!!
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