Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN UK 1st Press Gramophone Co ALL -1U FINAL UPGRADE AUDIO

	£		62
	$		82

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

STAGGERING MINT AUDIO

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U AND GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

FINAL UPGRADE AUDIO

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

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• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 PR / 2 LD / 2 GH/ 5 LH 
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

MADE IN JAPAN WAS RELEASED IN THE UK IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS 1972. RECORDED OVER 3 NIGHTS IN JAPAN DURING AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR, THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY ONLY EVER INTENDED FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, BECAUSE THEY HAD ASKED FOR ONE. LIVE ALBUMS WERE NOT YET A STAPLE DIET OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC AND THUS PURPLE SHOWED LITTLE INTEREST IN IT. INCREDIBLY THE ALBUM WAS ISSUED AS A BUDGET SET AT A COST OF ONLY £3.25 BECAUSE OF THIS VERY REASON, AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY.

THIS ALBUM WAS THE REASON THAT SO MANY BANDS THEREAFTER ISSUED LIVE DOUBLE ALBUMS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL

THE PRICE FOR MOST SINGLE ALBUMS IN 1972 AVERAGED AROUND THE £4.00 MARK

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM, AND A GENUINE EMI COPY. EMI USED OTHER COMPANIES FROM TIME TO TIME TO PRODUCE THEIR ALBUMS WHEN THEY WERE OVERLOADED AND MADE IN JAPAN WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO THIS. A GENUINE EMI FIRST PRESS CAN BE SPOTTED VERY EASILY. FIRSTLY THE RIM WORDING MUST HAVE' THE GRAMOPHONE CO' AS LATER PRESSES STARTED 'EMI RECORDS'

SECONDLY THE VINYL IS HEAVIER ON A FIRST PRESS, AND LASTLY ON AN EMI FIRST PRESS THE 'MADE IN JAPAN' TEXT ON THE LABEL IS ALWAYS IN (BRACKETS). ON THE CONTRACT PRESS IT IS NOT!

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, THE PURPLE AREA BEING RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE 'P' BEING UNMARKED AND VERY WHITE.

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

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON DISC ONE, AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT ON DISC TWO, TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

REALLY HEAVY ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS DISCS, THAT HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHINE ABOUT THEM. IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND MARK FREE. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO MORE THAN A FEW NEAR INVISIBLE TINY WISPY HAIRLINES VISBLE. A TRULY STUNNING PAIR OF FIRTS PRESS 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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

RIGHT AWAY I WILL SAY THAT IN PARTICULAR ITS WORTH LISTENING TO CHILD IN TIME FIRST AS THIS STARTS VERY QUIETLY AND GIVES A REAL FLAVOUR OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL. IT IS THE SECOND TRACK ON THE FIRST RECORDING

HERE WE HAVE AN IMMACULATE PLAYTHOUGH OF THIS SUPERB DOUBLE ALBUM SET. THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, SHOWING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THE SET HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A LIVE RECORDING THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS FIRST CLASS WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED. CRISP AND CLEAN AT EVERY POINT

THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE THROUGH EITHER OF THE DISCS.

NO CLICKS AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC EITHER

ALL I HEARD WAS A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST LITTLE DUST POPS DURING THE ENTIRE FOUR SIDES

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ARCHIVE COPY OF ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST LIVE DOUBLE ALBUMS EVER RELEASED

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT!!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, SIT BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE!

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. 

THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION BECAUSE IT HAS TWO INHERRANT FAULTS USUALLY. THE FIRST IS THAT THE LAMINATE CREASES VERY EASILY BY THE SPINE AND MOST COPIES WILL HAVE MANY UGLY LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE,WHICH FOR SOME REASON LOOK FAR WORSE ON THIS SLEEVE THAN MOST OTHER LAMINATED SLEEVES, AND SECONDLY RING WEAR OR AT THE VERY LEAST RECORD SHAPE BLIGHTS BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK SURFACES, AND THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CARD IS VERY THIN, AND THE FIRST PRESS VINYL WAS THICK AND HEAVY UNLIKE THE SECOND PRESSES. THIS HEAVY VINYL CAUSED THE RECORD SHAPE TO FORM OVER TIME WHEN THE LP WAS HOUSED TIGHTLY INTO A RECORD COLLECTION, EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PLACED THE SET INTO A PLASTIC OUTER.

THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER IS IN A VERY COLLECTIBLE CONDITION WITH VERY FEW MINOR BLEMISHES

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE SHEEN TO IT AS I HOPE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND HAS NO CREASING TO THE LAMINATE HEAVY OR EVEN LIGHT.

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE STRESS LINES BY THE SPINE. ONE EQUALLY SMALL ON ON THE TOP EDGE, AND TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, BUT ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION IS VISIBLE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL APART FROM A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS ONLY. THE REST OF THE SURFACES ARE IMMACULATE

THE SPINE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE. NO LAMINATE LOSS WHATSOEVER. NO SQUASHING OF THE SPINE. THE LEADING EDGES ARE TOTALLY MINT AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUB

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH ONLY A MINUSCULE SPECK OF BURRING IN A COUPLE OF PLACES

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH THE SAME DEEP LUSTRE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND LIKE THE FRONT JUST TWO REALLY MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A  NEAR PRISTINE INTERIOR. ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THE LAMINATE WAS STILL STICKY AFTER BEING MADE UP, THERE ARE A FEW WHITE FLECKS OF COLOUR LOSS ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE LAMINATE WHERE IS ENDS

THE ORIGINAL INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT

THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT GRADING IT VERY CLOSE TO MINT MINUS

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

GARRY