DEEP PURPLE 1st LP 1968 1st Press AMAZING CONDITION

	£		585
	$		775

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Deep Purple called 'Shades Of Deep Purple' and is an ORIGINAL UK 1968 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IT IS EASILY DEEP PURPLES RAREST LP EVER AND SIMPLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE AS A 100% GENIUNE 1968 1ST PRESSING!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS SURELY HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONED 1ST PRESSINGS LEFT IN EXISTENCE!!!!   NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  IT HAS 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, AND EVEN MORE AMAZINGLY 1R/1A MOTHER & STAMPER CODES - SHOWING THAT IT WAS QUITE LITERALLY ONE OF THE THE FIRST 600 RECORDS EVER PRESSED!!!!  IT ALSO HAS A 'KT' TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL - AND THIS AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!!  THE RECORD ALSO COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE - DISPLAYING RECORDS RELEASED BEFORE THIS ONE WAS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'KT' TAX CODE, 1ST PRESS EMI ADVERTISING 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The Cat. No is PCS 7055 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MUCH rarer 1968 Stereo 1st pressing!!!!  And PLEASE NOTE - whilst later stereos on later labels are relatively common - 1st Press Stereos on 1st Press Yellow & Black labels are BY FAR the rarer!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Deep Purple at their best!!!! Any fan of Deep Purple, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 1 absolutely TINY and ULTRA faint surface trace (only visible under the most EXTREME light possible!) and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only an absolutely MEGA faint touch of ULTRA low level background sound on the run on grooves & occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL which plays SUPERBLY!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!  Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press EMI Advertising 'Patents Applied For' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), AWESOME shiny UNGLAZED laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back is in SUPERB condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, only an absolutely TINY touch of 'darkening' to the VERY edge of the middle of the top flipback ONLY (see picture), NO yellowing, and absolutely NO rubbing AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE" BY DEEP PURPLE, IN AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: