Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN 1972 UK Double LP 1st Press Gram Co -1U MINT MINUS

	£		161
	$		213

GG-SUPERSOUNDS HAVE MANY VARIED ALBUMS AND SINGLES FOR SALE

There Are two Business partners listing on this account, which may mean that combining purchases may not always be possible as we are in two different locations separated by 25 miles

Generally all singles 7 & 12” Plus LP’s listed at 6pm UK time (usually 2 per day) come from Bognor Regis

The rest of the LP’s come from Horsham. These can usually be identified from the first picture which shows the whole LP and not just the label

If you are in any doubt please ask before you bid

We do meet up on occasion and it is possible to get different batches together but this can take 2-3 weeks

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

 MAGNIFICENT  MINT MINUS AUDIO

2-3 PLAYS EVER!!!

THE ORIGINAL EMI UK PRESS - GRAMPHONE CO RIM WORDING

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

 MINT MINUS  SLEEVE!!!

MUSEUM GRADE SET

FULLY TEST PLAYED BEFORE LISTING

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

Deep Purple was at the height of its powers. That double album was the epitome of what we stood for in those days. It wasn’t meant to be released outside of Japan. The Japanese said, 'Will you please make a live album?' We said, 'We don’t make live albums; we don’t believe in them.' We finally said okay, but said we wanted the rights to the tapes because we didn’t want the album to be released outside of Japan. That album only cost about $3,000 to make. It sounded pretty good, so we said to Warner Bros., 'Do you want this?' They said, 'No, live albums don’t happen.' They wound up putting it out anyway and it went platinum in about two weeks

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, THESE HISTORICALLY ARE OFTEN FOUND WITH LIGHT BROWN GLUE SPOTS / FOXING  ON THEM, BUT HERE IS A SET OF FOUR THAT ARE IMMACULATE. 

THEY ARE TOTALLY UNMARKED AND UNSTAINED. THE PURPLE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT, WHILST THE WHITE 'P' IS PERFECTLY WHITE AND UNBLEMISHED. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED.

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 S ON BOTH DISCS, AND THIS WAS LOOKED AT WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS

THE VINYL

FANTASTIC GLOSSY HEAVYWEIGHT DISCS THAT HAVE RETAINED ALL THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ALL I CAN SEE ARE JUST A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

VISUAL GRADE IN DAYLIGHT - MINT

VISUAL GRADE UNDER SPOTLIGHTS = MINT MINUS

THIS VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. A STUNNING EXAMPLE WHICH HAS A MAGNIFICENT PLAYTHROUGH 

I WAS PARTICULARY INTERESTED IN 'CHILD IN TIME' AS IT HAS THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES. BUT IT PLAYED THROUGH TO PERFECTION. ALL I HEARD WAS ONE TINY DUST POP

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS NO DISTORTION ANYWHERE, MEANING THAT THE VERY LIMITED PLAY THAT THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAS A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THERE IS NO  HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND THIS ALBUM SET PLAYS SUPERBLY WITHOUT ANY  NOISY BACKGROUND

ALSO NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT, AND CERTAINLY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I HEARD A COUPLE OF RANDOM SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES ONLY 

IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS IS A FINAL UPGRADE COPY, AND I AM DELIGHTED TO GRADE THIS AS MINT MINUS

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A FINER COPY AROUND THAN THIS

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD 

THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE . ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN MANY A YEAR

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES. 

THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM SEVERE CREASING, MANY LAMINATE LINES, AND DEEP RECORD SHAPE. THIS ONE HOWEVER HAS ESCAPED  ALL OF THAT

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! - NOT ONE PRESSURE LINE BY THE SPINE

NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE THUMB LINE. NOT NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, BUT JUST TO THE RIGHT COF THE CENTRE PICTURE

TWO TINY SCRATCH LINES JUST BELOW THE PICTURE

JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN YOU ANGLE THE COVER INTO THE LIGHT. DEFINITELY NO RING WEAR!!!

THE TOP EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT AND THE GOLD COLOUR RUNNING FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP.

ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF LIGHT RUBBING TO THE NON LAMINATED ORANGE COLOUR AT THE RIGHT CORNERS

THE SPINE IS NEAR PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT, AND THE TYPEFACE LEGIBLE COMPLETELY. 

TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR UNRUBBED.

JUST A SMALL SPECK OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM TIP END

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. IN FACT IT IS ACTIALLY BETTER THAN THE FRONT. AGAIN HAVING NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST ANY OF THE EDGES

NO THUMB LINES AND NO SCRATCH LINES. JUST PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH A A COUPLE OF VERY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A  PRISTINE INTERIOR, TWO UNRUBBED AND UNMARKED ORANGE PANELS

THE ORIGINAL PAPER INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT, PURE WHITE AND TOTALLY UNCREASED

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT! MINUS!!!

Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it