RECORD COMPANY...Harvest Records

CATALOGUE NUMBER...SHVL 751

MATRIX NOs...A-1G / B-1G - Stampers "1 O" / "1 GD" - THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE ORIGINAL FIRST 'MOTHER' PRESSING MADE!! 

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...Made In Great Britain

YEAR OF RELEASE...1968 

DEEP PURPLE  

TRACKS:

  Side 1:

1. Listen, Learn, Read On
2. Wring That Neck
3. Kentucky Woman
4. (a) Exposition (b) We Can Work It Out 

  Side 2:

1. Shield
2. Anthem
3. River Deep, Mountain High

CONDITION OF VINYL...MINT- (Thicker And Deeper Grooved Original Harvest Label 1968 First Vinyl Pressing. The Record Lies Flat With No Warp And Retains All It's Original Full Gloss, Shine & Lustre. The Vinyl Playing Surface Is Free Of Any Visible Blemishes, With No Groove Wear, Scratches Or Scuffs. Under Very Strong Light You Can Barely See Just One Or Two Very,Very Faint Sleeve Marks Where The Album Has Been Removed From The Inner Sleeve. The LP Has Been Played Just A Handful Of Times, And Then Only Very Carefully, On My High End Hi-Fi System, In The 40 Years Since I Bought It From New....Plays Fantastic Throughout, With No Sound Distortion, No Clicks, No Pops, No Jumps, No Skips...Barely Any Crackle And Only Has Very Feint Touches Of Mega Low Level Background Sound In A Couple Of Places. The Whole Album Plays Really Beautifully With VIBRANT & CRYSTAL CLEAR AUDIO STEREO SOUND...A TRULY SUPERB COPY!!!)

CONDITION OF LABELS...MINT- (The Harvest Labels ,Which Have "Gramophone & Co.Ltd.." Printed On Rim ,"Sold In UK Subject To..." Text And NO EMI BOX LOGO, Are CLEAN & UNMARKED With Only Very Feint Spindle Traces Evident...NO Writing and NO Stickers...Please See Pictures)  

CONDITION OF E.J.DAY LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER...MINT- (Georgeous Fully Laminated Gatefold Sleeve Is In Fantastic, Virtually MINT Condition, With All The Corners Really Sharp, Razor Sharp Straight Opening Edges With Barely Any Feathering. The Inside Of The Gatefold Sleeve Features Photos Of All Five Band Members And Is Unmarked!! The Spine Is Arrow Straight,Absolutely Superb,The Band Name And Album Title Can Be Clearly Seen (See Photos). The Front Has Just A Couple Of Very,Very Tiny Laminate Creases (Virtually Unnoticeable) Near The Spine And Top Right Corner. The Back Of The Cover Has A Couple Of Small 'Rust' Coloured Age Spots Near The Top Edge (Please See Photo No.11)....As You Can See Nothing Serious. Overall A Truly Stunning Example Of This Mega Rare 40 Year Old Vintage Album Sleeve...Beautiful Full Shine Lamination Gatefold Cover With NO Splits, NO Stickers, NO Writing, NO Tears....The Laminate Has No Serious Crinkling Or Bad Creases, It Would Be Very,Very Hard To Find A Better Copy. The Beautiful Gatefold Cover Features Stunning Psychedelic Art-Work Created By John Vernon Lord...A Fabulous Vintage Late 60's Work Of Art)

NOTES...Deep Purple - "The Book Of Taliesyn" - Extremely RARE, and very hard to find, GENUINE ORIGINAL UK (made in Great Britain) 1968 Harvest label FIRST PRESSING vinyl LP. Lovely thick 1960's vinyl with A-1G + B-1G matrix and stampers, this signifies a 'TRUE FIRST MOTHER PRESSING'!!!  ULTRA RARE , especially in such STUNNING CONDITION , original 1968 UK first press HARVEST LABEL vinyl LP with the following three relevent and important label features; (1) 'The Gramophone Co...' , (2) 'Sold In U.K. Subject To...' , (3) No Boxed EMI logo (Please See Photos). ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST ORIGINAL UK VINYL LP STEREO PRESSING  (A-1G + B-1G Matrix Stampers) of this GREAT Deep Purple LP .The LP comes housed in it's original and beautiful fully laminated front and back Ernest J.Day & Co.Ltd. gatefold cover , complete with original 'Made In Great Britain' white inner sleeve. Please don't underestimate the RARITY of this original 1G/1G EARLIEST 1st HARVEST LABEL PRESSING, this is extremely RARE and highly sought after these days, especially in such SUPERB top condition as this stunning copy is in!! 

"The Book Of Taliesyn" is the GREAT 2nd DEEP PURPLE album, the first one to be issued on the Harvest label, with some great psychedelic sounds and early progressive work outs, their approach to cover versions was similar in feel to some of the Vanilla fudge material. Record is in stunning, virtually Mint condition, with great sound reproduction as these legendary early UK Harvest label pressings tend to be. The beautiful Ernest J.Day fully laminated gatefold sleeve is also in virtually mint shape as well. This has to be regarded as a very rare opportunity to obtain such a beautiful original copy of this super rare 100 % GENUINE ORIGINAL 1st UK PRESSING LP.  I doubt very much if you can find a better condition original UK Harvest label very first vinyl pressing of this superb 40 year old vintage Deep Purple album...Don't miss it!! 

A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS MEGA RARE DEEP PURPLE ALBUM...DON'T MISS OUT...BID NOW!!

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE RARITY OF THIS AWESOME 1ST UK PRESSING...EARLIEST MATRIX AND MOTHER STAMPERS...A/B + 1G/1G!! AND IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION...THIS LP IS EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE AND VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER!! EARLIEST 1ST DATED 1968 UK HARVEST LABEL PRESSING!! AWESOME STEREO AUDIO!! THE LP HAS BEEN STORED UPRIGHT IN A CASE WITH THE VINYL SEPERATED FROM THE COVER FOR PRESERVATION! 

Please Check Out My Many Other DEEP PURPLE And Related Items Currently Listed On eBay Including Some Other Original UK 1st Pressing Albums!!

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UK: £3.00 (First Class)

Europe: £4.50 (Air Mail)

Rest Of World: £7.00 (Air Mail)

If a buyer wins multiple items, I will combine shipment to reduce postage costs.......Please email me for any additional shipping quotes required.

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Payment is accepted by Paypal, U.K. cheque or postal order

Paypal To: kentgirl22@gmail.com

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Packing Procedures: All records are securely and well packed in top quality material to avoid any unnecessary damage during transit.When posted the records are removed from the covers,if possible,and placed in a PVC outer protective sleeve to prevent any sleeve splits in the post. I use brand new top quality mailers, either the envelope style with super thick stiffeners to stop any sleeve bends in transit, or the “cruciform” style that wrap around the 12"/lp. I aim to dispatch within 48 hours of receiving payment . It is recommended that you choose the option for recorded delivery (within UK) or registered delivery (for Europe and Rest of the World) for higher value items . I cannot be held responsible for items lost or damaged that are not shipped by recorded / registered mail . I obtain a certificate proof of posting for every item sent .

GRADING is STRICT: SS, M, M-, EX, VG+, VG.  BID WITH CONFIDENCE, and please check my feedback and read about my reputation as a seller . PLEASE NOTE!!! MY GRADING IS BOTH VISUAL AND AURAL . I check the vinyl very carefully under a strong light AND play all of my records before listing!

I am selling my large collection of original UK / US hard rock, heavy metal and rock vinyl LPs & singles. There are many VERY RARE pieces in my collection, as well as more common items.  99% of my LPs and singles are in excellent or mint condition, all are in superb collectable shape. EVERYTHING MUST GO!

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