Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN 1ST GRAMOPHONE CO LABELS 2-3 PLAYS EVER 100% MINT

	£		320
	$		424

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN MAGNIFICENT  MINT playthrough!!!! CONDITION

2-3 PLAYS EVER!!!

THE ORIGINAL EMI UK PRESS

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!! SLEEVE!!!

WITH THE RARE £3;25 SLEEVE STICKER!!!

MUSEUM GRADE VINYL AND SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:4 MO / 2 MT / 2 RH/ 2 RP
• 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 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 ON DISC ONE, AND JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC ONE ON DISC TWO. 

THE VINYL

FANTASTIC GLOSSY HEAVYWEIGHT DISCS THAT HAVE RETAINED ALL THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A FEW WISPY NON SOUNDING HAIRLINES.

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 AM DOING NOW WITH ALL  MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BUYERS WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD. IT'S A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

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 AND NO MORE THAN 2 MINUSCULE DUST POPS THOUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH.

THE TRACK 'CHILD IN TIME' ON SIDE ONE WOULD SHOW UP ANY BACKGROUND OR DEFECT AS IT IS VIRTUALLY SIELNT AT THE BEGINNING, SO TAKE A LISTEN IN PARTICULAR TO THIS WHICH I THE SECOND SOUND BITE AND YOU WILL HEAR EXACTLY WHY THIS ALBUM GRADES THE WAY IT DOES

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

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD

 I JUST HAVE TO HAVE A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THIS SLEEVE. AND FIRSTLY I WANT TO SAY THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE ONE BETTER THAN THIS ON THE PLANET. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND YOU WILL SOON SEE JUST HOW INCREDIBLE IT IS. THIS SLEEVE ALWAYS HAS CREASE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE AND ELSEWHERE, BUT NOT THIS COPY IT IS JUST PERFECT!! ONE TINY DEFECT ON THE REAR SURFACE WHICH I WILL DETAIL BELOW IS THE ONLY REASON I AM NOT GRADING THIS MINT, BUT TRUST ME THIS IS THE BEST OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF MADE IN JAPAN!!! 

SO FIRSTLY THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND RIGHT FROM THE SECOND YOU LOOK AT IT, IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES. AS I MENTIONED ABOVE, THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM SEVERE CREASING, MANY LAMINATE LINES, AND DEEP RECORD SHAPE.

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!!! LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE (TOTALLY UNHEARD OF) NONE AT ALL ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR AND ONLY THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND PERFECTLY SQUARE. THIS IS JUST AMAZING!!!

THE £3.25 STICKER IS FIRMLY ADHERED TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE TOP EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT AND THE GOLD COLOUR RUNNING FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP.THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE VERY TIP ENDS.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS TOTALLY PERFECT WITHOUT EVEN A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE TIPS

THE SPINE IS PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT, AND THE TYPEFACE LEGIBLE COMPLETELY. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR UNRUBBED, AND AMAZINGLY NO RUBBING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS.

THE REAR SURFACE IS NEAR  IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. AGAIN NO LAMINATE LINES NEAR ANY OF THE EDGES. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS THIS BEING A PERFECT MINT SLEEVE ( AND I DON'T THINK THERE CAN BE A MINTCOPY OF THIS SLEEVE) IS A TINY SNAG TO THE LAMINATE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER JUST ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG BOTH OF THEM

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 ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF CORNER FOLD LINES

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT! MINUS!!!

A TRULY VAULT CONDITION SET IN EVERY WAY

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

GARRY