DEEP PURPLE- Book Of Taliesyn.1968 UK Orig.

	£		89
	$		118

DEEP PURPLE

THE BOOK OF TALIESYN

STEREO 33 RPM. LP. - HARVEST LABEL - SHVL 751 (UK) 1968

ORIGINAL (UK) 1ST PRESSING ISSUE

MATRIX NUMBERS: (SHVL 751 A - 1G & SHVL 751 B - 1G)

STAMPER NUMBERS: (2 GL & 1 RG)

(THERE WERE NO MONO ISSUES)

                                             VINYL CONDITION NEAR MINT

SLEEVE CONDITION NEAR MINT 

DEEP PURPLE ''The Book Of Taliesyn'' EXTREEMELY RARE AND HARD TO FIND THE VERY EARLY 1ST UK PRESSING ON THE ORIGINAL HARVEST LABELS (NO) EMI LOGO WITH THE EARLIEST MATRIX -1G -1G WITH LOVELY THICK VINYL AND DEEPER GROOVED 1968 AWESOME STEREO!

 VERY RARE TO FIND!!!!!!!

WITH ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED E.DAY CO. SLEEVE

THE EARLIEST MATRIX AND MOTHER STAMPERS!!!!!

 SIDE 1. ''SHVL 751 A-1G''  (Earliest for this pressing)

SIDE 2. ''SHVL 751 B-1G''   (Earliest for this pressing)

THE MOTHER STAMPERS 

SIDE 1. ''2'' ''GL''

SIDE 2. ''1'' ''RG''

LABELS

THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL LIGHT GREEN\DARK GREEN HARVEST LABELS THEY EMIT THE EMI LOGO (ONLY 1ST PRESS)  ''MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'' IS FEATURED!!!''THE GRAMOPHONE CO.... '' AROUND THE LABEL RIM (ONLY 1ST  UK PRESS!!!! THIS VINYL IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED NEAR MINT CONDITION!!!

THE  (FULLY LAMINATED) GLOSSY GATEFOLD COVER IS  PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY E.DAY & CO  (ONLY EARLY PRESS) 

HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND EXTREEMELY COLLECTABLE!!

A GENUINE AND EARLIEST 1ST UK PRESSING WHICH EMITS THE 'EMI LOGO' ON THE LABELS! LOOKS ONLY EVER PLAYED ONE OR TWO TIMES! THE VINYL PLAYING SURFACE IS FREE OF ANY BLEMISHES AND LOOKS VERY NEAR PRISTINE!!! 

 THIS IS THE ORIGINAL THICKER DEEPER GROOVED VINYL AND MORE ROBUST THAN LATER PRESSINGS!!!

''The Book Of Taliesyn'' is the second album by Deep Purple, and first to released in 1968 on EMI's Harvest Records in the UK, Tetragrammaton in the US and Polydor in Canada and Japan.

The album follows the psychedelic-pop sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock.

1. "Listen, Learn, Read On" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice) – 4:05
2. "Wring That Neck" (originally titled "Hard Road" in the USA) (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper) – 5:13
3. "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) – 4:44
4. a) "Exposition (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)
   b) "We Can Work It Out" (Lennon/McCartney) – 7:06 (6:66 instead of 7:06 on the LP).
5. "Shield" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:06
6. "Anthem" (Evans, Lord) – 6:31
7. "River Deep - Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 10:12

• Rod Evans - vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
• Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
• Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals
• Ian Paice - drums

RARLEY SEEN IN THIS CONDITION!

THE RECORD AND SLEEVE ARE STRICTLY GRADED,

(R/C) STANDARDS. 

VINYL CONDITION

THE VINYL IS IN STUNNING NEAR MINT CONDITION,

 IT IS BRIGHT, CLEAN AND SHINNY, 

RETAINING IT'S JUST PRESSED LOOK. 

BARLEY VISIBLE

WHEN EXAMINED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT

THERE IS ONE SMALL,

VERY LIGHT AND OF THE FAINTEST PAPER TRACES, SIDE TWO.

I WOULD SAY THE RECORD IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED.

LABEL CONDITION

THE LABELS ARE ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION, 

CLEAN AND UNMARKED.

WITH ONE FAINT SPINDLE MARK ON SIDE ONE, NEAR THE CENTRE HOLE.

POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORD COMES IN IT'S ORIGINAL 'HARVEST' POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE,

 IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THERE IS SOME LIGHT 'YELLOWING' ON THE EDGES, DUE TO AGE.

LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE CONDITION

THE LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN STUNNING NEAR MINT CONDITION,

 WITH NO TEARS.

THERE IS A SMALL 1CM CREASE ON THE SPINE

AND SOME 'YELLOWING', BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, BACK OF SLEEVE.

THE EDGES, CORNERS AND SPINE ARE SHARP AND FINE,

WITH NO SPLITTING. 

BACK OF SLEEVE

WITH PRINTED AND MADE BY ERNEST.J. DAY & CO. LTD., LONDON, W.1.

COVER PHOTOS: RICHARD IMRIE.

IT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PRISTINE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM!... 

IT WOULD BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE

TO BUY THIS LP AGAIN, IN THIS CONDITION!

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