Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN 1972 UK 1st CBS Contract Press MINT MINUS AUDIO LISTEN

	£		105
	$		139

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS 2-3 PLAY CONDITION

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

THE GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

A GENUINE FIRST PRESS EMI LIVE IN JAPAN CAN EASILY BE INDENTIFIED.

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END -1U ON ALL FOUR SIDES

THE LABELS MUST HAVE 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING

THE EMI WORDING IDENTIFIES A LATER PRESS.

INTERESTINGLY THIS IS ALSO A CBS CONTRACT PRESS WHICH WAS ALSO A FIRST PRESS, HAVING THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS AND THE GRAMOHPHONE CO RIM WORDING. THIS WAS SIMPLY DUE TO THE DEMAND PLACED ON THE HAYES EMI FACTORY. THIS CONTRACT PRESS HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LABEL LAYOUT

THIS SET IS WITHOUT A DOUBT OF INVESTMENT GRADE QUALITY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

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

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 51 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISC ARE THE ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS ISSUES. THEY BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS 

UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS SET SOUNDS.

IN PARTICULAR ITS WORTH LISTENING TO CHILD IN TIME AS THIS STARTS VERY QUIETLY AND GIVES A REAL FLAVOUR OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL. T

BOTH DISCS PLAY ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. 

THERE IS NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT ON EITHER DISC, SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS SUPERB SET HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS AND ALSO ONE THAT WAS UNWORN OR DAMAGED.

THE CLARITY AND LOUDNESS OF THIS STEREO PERFORMANCE IS JUST INCREDIBLE, AND EVERY NOTE AND SCREAM IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. AGAIN CHILD IN TIME MORE THAN DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW MAGNIFICENTLY THE VINYL REPRODUCES THE LIVE PERFORMANCE

AT NO POINT IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR ANY OTHER VINYL NOISE FOR THAT MATTER. NO STATIC EITHER. THE SILENT PASSAGES ARE SILENT

I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE IS A CLEANER AND BETTER SOUNDING COPY OF THIS GENINE FIRST PRESS 1972 LIVE SET

THE REPRODUCTION EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL HYPE STICKER

ONE OF THE HISTORICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS SLEEVE IS SERIOUS RING WEAR AND HEAVY CREASING TO THE LAMINATE. HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT IS IN MAGNIFICENT UNBLEMISHED CONDITION, AND IS JUST ABOUT AS PERFECT AS YOU WILL EVER FIND THIS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THE ONLY MINOR FLAW IS A TINY SPECK OF LAMINATE FLAKE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP END AND AN EVEN TINIER CHIP TO THE TOP RIGHT TIP

THERE IS NOT ONE CREASE OR CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON THIS SURFACE 

THERE ARE TWO MICROSCOPIC PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, OR RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, NOT ONE SCUFF OR NICK.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO BE IN THIS SPECIALCONDITION

THE SPINE IS PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT, AND THE TYPEFACE LEGIBLE COMPLETELY, NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE ANYWHERE. THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SPINE I HAVE SEEN, AND THE TWO TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. ONCE AGAIN NOT ONE CREASE OR CREASE LINE ANYWHERE, AND ONLY ONE MINUSCULE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE NO RING WEAR AND DEFINITELY NO RECORD SHAPE

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE  SHARP WITH JUST A LITTLE FEATHERING ON THE FRONT ONE AT THE BOTTOM

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR, WITHOUT ANY OF THE USUAL PAPER LOSS RIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THE GATEFOLD LAMINATE TUCKS OVER THE BOTTOM EDGE THE ORANGE SURFACE IS PRISTINE

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT 

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

GARRY