DEEP PURPLE Machine Head - SCARCER Orig UK 1972 EX+ LP

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Artist or Band: DEEP PURPLE

Album Title: Machine Head.

Producer(s): Deep Purple.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Highway Star; Maybe I’m a Leo; Pictures of Home; Never Before.

Side 2: Smoke on the Water; Lazy; Space Truckin’.

Label/Format: Purple – early pressed examples with the gramophone Co Ltd text on rims. Please see label scan.

Label Conditions: Both very clean and attractive with around moderate spindle marks that only really show under light.

Cat Number: TPSA 7504.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Weight of this Record: 145 grams, this early issue is way heavier than the average and I feel sure, my heaviest one yet. [These days, many modern Audiophile reissues are pressed on super-heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Only a small percentage of ‘vintage vinyl’ was ever pressed this heavy. Records pressed in the 1960s averaged around 140 to 150 grams. Records pressed in the 1970s were usually lighter and averaged more around 115 – 125 grams. Some records pressed around 1973 were very thin and light due an oil crisis and shortage around this time. Some records were even issued on recycled vinyl from this period and sounded poor with crackle and surface noise evident from the very first play. If any record I buy is deemed ‘recycled’, I will never offer it, I have a very simple test to detect these records if I suspect this to be the case other than audible imperfection. Some records from this period were even pressed on other materials the most notable was ‘Dynaflex’, used by RCA around this time. Although inferior to vinyl, this at least mostly sounded reasonably acceptable but pressings on this material were wafer thin and flimsy. Beyond the 70s, records often became thinner and lighter still but most played fine but were never quite the quality as from the ‘Golden Era’]. (This was based on ‘average’ weights for 20 records from these eras. Later pressings were usually lighter still).

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: The title itself is moderately common but the earlier examples are less so especially ones that play with perfect sound.

Original Year of Release: 1972

Matrix Nos: TPSA 7504 A-1U / TPSA 7504 B-1U

Stamper Codes: 1 MA / 1 AP

Musicians: Ian Gillan – vocals; Jon Lord - keyboards; Ritchie Blackmore - guitar; Roger Glover - bass guitar; Ian Paice - drums, percussion.

Brief Artist & Album Info: Hardly an album that needs much introduction, its simply one of the most famous and best of the ‘popular’ heavy albums of the early 70s. All seven tracks included will be known to most collectors and of course includes the classic ‘Smoke on the Water’ with possibly the most famous rock guitar riff ever recorded. This famous track is based on the infamous burning down of a Swiss venue where Frank Zappa and the Mothers were playing at the time [this famous gig can be heard on the officially issued bootleg Swiss Cheese Fire as featured in the Beat The Boots CD (and vinyl) set issued by Zappa himself to counteract the bootleggers profiting from his music illegally. Also featuring the most famous and best ever Deep Purple line-up of Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord and Blackmore, this too is arguably their best ever studio album – Machine Head is a true classic in the true sense of the word. This is a very fine early copy, pressed on heavy vinyl on the newly formed Purple label. Although a few spindle marks than I usually offer and a few light surface marks on the record, it plays with supreme sound and with all the quality and detail the A1/B1’s have to offer. This copy includes a very fine clean cover and also the tri-fold lyric insert. The record has only a very few fine surface marks with absolutely no sound at all, in fact it plays perfectly with truly awesome sound. Heavy rock albums via vinyl are unbeatable and this more than proves that beyond any dispute. Get this on to your deck and rock the night away – dah, dah, dahhh – dah dah dah-dahhh - dah dah dah-dah-dahhh.

Cover Grade and Format: EX++, a gatefold format, laminated both sides. Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. A cover as famous as the album inside, this is a lovely example with little wear. The front picture may appear to have marks but let me assure quickly, this is the cover’s artwork design and nothing to do with wear or blemishes.

Lamination: Front and Back: Firstly, the tops of the inside panels are a little proud in manufacture but have no wear, both are simply as made. Both front and back are very shiny and clear and retain real freshness and have hardly any marks at all. No friction rubs or dulling or lifting or blisters, just a small few fine hairline surface creases on the spine edges but little else. The right edges are exposed where the laminate ends a little short of full width, but these are clean and practically unworn. For pure good looks and clearly this has been little handled and cover protected, it’s one that will take a lot of beating.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Both sides again in superb conditions, the only blemish is sticking where the laminate end finishes, in this case on the bottom edges. This is common and almost impossible to avoid, one small pull mark is evident, anything else is tiny and faint.

Top & Bottom Edges: As mentioned already, the top edge panels are slightly high on the inside, bearing this in mind, it’s almost remarkable both are pretty much as made, same goes for the bottom pair.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Very clean, very sharp and devoid of wear and no feathering or trimming. Record is stored on the back edge.

Spine and Text: A stunning spine that is practically perfect. Dead straight, uncompressed and square with barely any traces of wear at all. All text is pristine perfect, bold and clear and unworn under the very solid and uncracked laminate. The don’t get much better than this.

Corners: All are little short of as made again and all retain super neat shape and definition.

Cover Summary: A terrific all round example of this famous early 70’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This splendid item should please most collectors.

The Lyric Insert: At or very close Excellent. This again is in very fine shape with just one tiny corner tip crease and a couple of nick splits on one end of a foldline. Again G&L printed, generally clean with solid folds and no hard creasing. Any ruffling light and mild.

The Inner Sleeve: This early pressing includes its original heavy-duty polylined inner. Plain white with no edge splits and two super-neat windows. Minor and light glue darkening on seams but no creasing. Later pressings included an unlined EMI text inner. This original grades EX++.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EX / EX++. Side one has a four or five very light surface marks that have NO sound whatsoever, side two is superb with no noteworthy marks at all. This heavy, early pressed record plays with stunning clean sound and was a pleasure from start to finish. Ultra clean with fine shine and rich black finish. Wide grooves for ultimate sound quality, this takes the stylus almost on to the label before the music areas end. An ultimately super record that sould again please most collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippetts or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This fantastic record plays even above its excellent visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is astonishing with a massive dynamic range and very rich sound with amazing dynamics and detail. Barely any surface sounds and no pops or clicks were noted and few of the early copies will play much better than this. Real power, richness and depth and most importantly, that classic heavy vinyl sound that classic rock music demands. This super detailed recording has real clout, pace and rhythm and no other format really compares to the original vinyl when found at or near its best. Both channels are clean and sharp, I feel very sure this record has been played modestly and has been generally well stored and looked after, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing whatsoever spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this genuine rock classic. This copy will prove very difficult to find significantly better for lovely clean sound.

End Piece: Even though I know every track like the back of my hand, I can always enjoy hearing a great vinyl copy of this one. This was Deep Purple at their very best, a band at their creative peak following the great Fireball, In Rock and the brilliant double live set Made in Japan, recorded around this time too. Could any rock collection be taken seriously without this one? – hardly. This is a terrific record and copy and can be played at great volume with high confidence of clean sound. Dah, dah, dahhh – dah dah dah-dahhh - dah dah dah-dah-dahhh, probably never sounded much better than this and I can strongly recommend this one.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Moth vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too.

First-time, zero-rated bidders, who do not ask permission to bid, will be cancelled immediately and blocked – NO exceptions. For winning bidders who I consider excessively slow to make contact or submit payment, I will use my right to block future bids. If any bidder who wins in the final seconds is present to do so, surely they can at least email me to inform of intention and payment method? If swift or promp payment is a problem, please do not bid.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET - PLEASE SEE MY TYPICAL PACKING BOX PICTURE.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW heavy duty soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my Moth Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional thick boxes (NOT Mailers or Cruciforms, these do not offer maximum protection). The record(s) REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with THREE or EVEN FOUR ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. The thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. Please see my picture of a typical finished box packet that will now be used on ALL transactions as from now. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. These boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 6,000+ items sold in over 8 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FOUR records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: I will cancel ALL first-time bidders with no feedbacks or excessive negatives who do not ask me if its OK to bid first – NO EXCEPTIONS.

Please Note: I will now offer any item to the runner-up after the mandatory Ebay 3 days if no contact is made by the winning bidder unless prior notice of any delay is given beforehand. The same applies if no payment is received within the mandatory 7 days so any bidder who has just lost out can still email me to reserve the item as priority second chance – it’s always worth asking.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£40 maximum]) = £9. (insurance optional extra £3). Add £2.50 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£39 maximum]) = £13. Add £4 per extra LP. (insurance optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: Please do not bid if you have negative feedback unless checking first, I will cancel any bids I feel are timewasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT neccessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.