DEEP PURPLE Made In Japan UK 'GRAMOPHONE CO' A-1U; B-1U A-1U B-1U VERY RARE
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THIS IS A VERY RARE DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING
DEEP PURPLE
"MADE IN JAPAN"
GRAMOPHONE CO' LABELS
PURPLE RECORDS TPSP 351 RELEASED 1972
THIS IS THE VERY RARE DECCA CONTRACT PRESS
MATRIX:
TPS 3511 A-1U PORKY; B-1U DELTA PORK
TPS 3512 A-1U PECKO; B-1U PECKIE
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
PLAYED 2-3 TIMES ONLY (SPINDLE HOLE BURRS STILL THERE)
FIRST UK PRESS ALL -1U
PLAYS MINT- SUPERB AUDIO
COVER NEAR MINT SEE PHOTOS
CATALOGUE:
HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
MOTHERS/STAMPERS:
THERE ARE NONE ON THIS CONTRACT PRESS, JUST THE NUMBER 3 AT 9'OCLOCK ON EACH SIDE
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE RARER DEEP PURPLE RECORDINGS. THE MAGNIFICENT 'MADE IN JAPAN. FIRST PRESS WITH ALL THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS, BUT PRESSED BY DECCA INSTEAD OF EMI.
FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THEIR PLANT AT HAYES WAS OVERLOADED EMI ASKED EITHER DECCA OR PYE TO PRESS ALBUMS FOR THEM. PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLES BEING THE BEATLES RECORDINGS
THIS DECCA CONTRACT PRESS CAN BE TOLD IN A TWO WAYS
FIRSTLY THE INNER RIDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LABEL IS TYPICAL OF ANY DECCA PRESSING.
SECONDLY THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE NOT PRESENT AS THEY WOULD BE WITH AN EMI PRESS
WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT THE DECCA LABELS FOR THIS ALBUM IS THAT IS DOESN'T HAVE 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' AT THE FOOT OF THE LABEL, AND ON AN EMI FIRST PRESS THE TITLE ON THE LABEL READS:- DEEP PURPLE (MADE IN JAPAN), WHERAS ON THE DECCA CONTRACT PRESS IT READS ' DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN' NO BRACKETS SURROUNDING THE TITLE
WHAT IS DOES HAVE TO IDENTIFY IT AS A GENUINE 1972 FIRST PRESS IS THE
'GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING AND THE FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS ALL ENDING IN -1U
WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
PROFESSIONAL "BOMBPROOF" PACKAGING
RECORDS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE COVER AND PLACED IN NEW CLEAR POLYTHENE SLEEVE.. 'SANDWICHED' BETWEEN 2 CARDBOARD STIFFENERS.HIGH QUALITY RECORD MAILERS WITH RE-ENFORCED CORNERS ARE USED TO PREVENT DAMAGE.
FRAGILE LABELS IN 55 LANGUAGES
WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEMIF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY.. I WILL PAY THE RETURN POSTAGE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
AND REFUND SAME DAY
A COPY OF THIS RARE CONTRACT PRESSING IDENTICAL SOLD ON EBAY FOR £387 DECEMBER 2013
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