Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN 1972 1ST PRESS GRAMOPHONE CO 1 PLAY EVER 100% MINT

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DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN MAGNIFICENT MUSEUM GRADE!!! CONDITION

PLAYED ONE TIME, TAPED THEN STORED!!!

THIS IS THE RARE 1972  CONTRACT PRESS

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MINT!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:THERE ARE NONE ON THIS CONTRACT PRESS, JUST THE NUMBER 3 AT 9'OCLOCK ON EACH SIDE
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

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 WARNER I BELIEVE INSTEAD OF EMI.

FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THEIR PLANT AT HAYES WAS OVERLOADED EMI ASKED OTHER RECORD COMPANIES TO PRESS ALBUMS FOR THEM. PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLES BEING THE BEATLES RECORDINGS

DEEP PURPLE WERE CONTRACTED TO WARNER RECORDS IN THE USA AND IT IS THEREFORE NO SURPRISE THAT THE UK COMPANY WERE RECRUITED TO PRESS SURPLUS COPIES

THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT LABEL DIFFERENCES AND DEAD WAX DIFFERENCES!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRSTLY THE INNER RIDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LABEL IS TYPICAL OF ANY WARNER PRESSING.

SECONDLY THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE NOT PRESENT AS THEY WOULD BE WITH AN EMI PRESS, AND TYPICAL OF A STANDARD WARNER PRESS

THIRDLY THE SMALLER CIRCLE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO TYPICAL OF ANY WARNER PRESS

WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT THE CONTRACT 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 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

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN MINT!!! CONDITION, THIS LABEL HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING LITTLE BROWN GLUE SPOTS ON IT, BUT THIS FOUR LABEL SET IS ABSOLUTELY MINT!!

BEING A FIRST PRESS THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' IS WORDED AROUND THE RIM. LATER PRESSES HAD 'EMI RECORDS' IN ITS PLACE

BOTH DISCS HAVE RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH I HEARD AND FELT AS I PLACED THE DISCS ONTO MY TURNTABLE

USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS, I SPOTTED JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE ON EACH LABEL.

THE PREVIOUS OWNER PLAYED THIS SET FROM NEW, RECORDED IT TO TAPE AND NEVER PLAYED IT AGAIN. IT WAS STORED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE AND IS IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION POSSIBLE. WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST COPY OF THIS I HAVE EVER LAID MY HANDS ON

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. THEY GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS AND THEY HAVE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON EITHER OF THEM, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE. PERHAPS A COUPLE OF SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL WISPS BUT THAT IS IT. INCREDIBLE MINT VINYLS

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE DOUBLE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM DOING NOW WITH ALL  MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BUYERS WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD. IT'S A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. I HAVE HAD A FEW COPIES OF THIS OVER THE YEARS AND THIS ONE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT IS THE BEST. MOST PRISTINE, AND MINTEST I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO LIST

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE START OF CHILD IN TIME, LAZY AND THE MULE, WHICH ARE ALL PRETTY SILENT, AND YOU SHOULD HEAR TOTAL SILENCE IN THE VINYL. I WAS STAGGERED BY THE SUBLIME SILENCE AND THE THE STEREO REPRODUCTION

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION PLAYS WITHOUT ONE IOTA OF DISTORTION

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OF ANY DESCRIPTION AND NO LOUD CLICKS WHATSOEVER

THERE IS JUST ONE SPECK OF VINYL NOISE BUT INCREDIBLY NO STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND ANYWHERE. THE ONE TINY LITTLE FLAW RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE THREE WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE SHUSHING NOISE IN THE DEAD WAX JUST BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS AND INTO THE FIRST FEW NOTES

I DIDN'T HEAR ONE DUST POP AT ANY POINT ON EITHER DISC

THIS IS A MUSEUM GRADE VINYL AND IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS 100% MINT!!!  MINT PLUS IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE.

THERE CAN BE NO BETTER COPY OF THIS ON THE PLANET, OF THIS I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, GIVE IT A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE SLEEVE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES. THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM SEVERE CREASING AND MANY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND DEEP RECORD SHAPE. THIS ONE HOWEVER HAS ESCAPED 99% OF ALL OF THAT!!!!

THERE ARE JUST THREE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND EVEN THESE ARE NO DEEP JUST SURFACE. THERE ARE NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB CREASE LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THE USUAL RING WEAR OR DEEP RECORD SHAPE THIS SLEEVE NORMALLY HAS IS JUST NOT THERE, AND THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL RECORD IMPRESSION LINES TOP AND BOTTOM IF THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PRISTINE AND ALL OF THE LAMINATED GOLD COLOUR IS PERFECT AND FULLY RUNS FROM TIP TO TIP

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WITH JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT FACTORY MADE DIMPLES NEAR THE TOP END. ONCE AGAIN ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE THUMB NAIL NICK IN EACH OF THEM

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN.JUST FOUR TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND THAT GLIMMER OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO LIGHT. THERE ARE A FEW SPECKS OF WHITE ALONG THE OPENING EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR

THE ORIGINAL PAPER INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY