WELCOME AGAIN TO MY AUCTION. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE ABOUT 3,000 LP'S AND 500 SINGLES OF MOST GENRES AND HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY FOR 13 YEARS. PLEASE NOTE MY 100% FEEDBACK. I USUALLY TEND TO LIST RECORDS THAT I NO LONGER PLAY OR HAVE DUPLICATES OF, THIS IS MY FIRST OFFERING SINCE 2018. ALL MY RECORDS ARE CAREFULLY LOOKED AFTER, THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANED ON MY KNOSTI ANTI-STAT CLEANER AND PLACED IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES. ALL THE COVERS ARE PLACED IN BRAND NEW OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVES.  I ALWAYS PLAY THE RECORDS THAT I AM LISTING, LISTENING THROUGH HEADPHONES ON MY HIGH END SYSTEM. I GRADE MY RECORDS USING THE RECORD COLLECTOR'S GRADING SYSTEM - I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION UNLESS FOR A BRAND NEW SEALED RECORD. ALL MY RECORDS ARE SENT OUT IN BOXED MAILERS WITH THICK CARDBOARD STIFFENERS TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE IN THE POST. I USUALLY SEND OUT RECORDS TO THE WINNING BIDDERS VIA ROYAL MAIL 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR. 
MY POSTAGE COSTS INCLUDE THE COST TO MYSELF OF MAILERS, INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES, CLEANING OF THE RECORDS ETC. SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER CLASSIC HARD ROCK ALBUM :
DEEP PURPLE, IN ROCK 1970 UK FIRST PRESS VINYL LP WITH THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO LTD..' TEXT ON THE LABEL RIM AND NO EMI LOGO ON THE LABELS. ON THE HARVEST / EMI LABEL, SHVL 777. IN HARDLY PLAYED NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED SURFACE GATE FOLD SLEEVE. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC! A SUPERB VINYL COPY, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER MINT COPY. DEEP PURPLE'S BEST LINE UP AT THEIR ROCKING BEST, POSSIBLY THEIR BEST ALBUM!
UK FIRST PRESS STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS AS BELOW : 
SIDE 1 - SHVL 777 A-2 G H R 2 SIDE 2 - SHVL 777 B-1 G H R 1 4
FROM DISCOGS :

Deep Purple ?– Deep Purple In Rock

Label:

Harvest ?– SHVL 777, Harvest ?– 1E 062 º 91442

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold 

Country:

UK

Released:

Jun 1970

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock

Tracklist

A1 Speed King A2 Bloodsucker A3 Child In Time B1 Flight Of The Rat B2 Into The Fire B3 Living Wreck B4 Hard Lovin' Man

Companies, etc.

• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Recorded At – I.B.C. Studios
• Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios
• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
• Published By – Hec Music Ltd.
• Produced For – Edwards Coletta Productions
• Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork [Art Studios] – Nesbit, Phipps & Froome*
• Design [Cover Design] – Edwards Coletta Productions
• Engineer [Abbey Road] – Philip McDonald*
• Engineer [De Lane Lea] – Martin Birch
• Engineer [IBC] – Andy Knight
• Other [Equipment] – Ian (Bige) Hansford, Mick (Egg) Angus
• Performer – Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
• Photography By – Alan Hall (3), Mike Brown (22)
• Producer [Produced By], Composed By, Concept By [Album Devised By], Arranged By – Deep Purple

Notes

First U.K issue is:
NO logo EMI on Label, fully laminated cover, 2 types of inner sleeve.
? 1970

Produced for Edwards Coletta Productions
Each track is a group composition

It is worth noting that variant 1 - 1st Pressings with A-1 B-1 matrixes are extremely rare on this LP. They were changed prior to the release date, with even most release date copies having A2/B1 matrixes instead. Only 1 in 20 1st Pressings have this matrix - with A2/B1 matrix being used through all remaining 1st Pressings, and many 2nd Pressings also.

Inner sleeve:- There are 2 variations possible for the 1st Pressing run. Copies bought in the first month of release feature a plain inner sleeve with 'Patent Nos. 1125555' text and 'Made In Great Britain' text in BLACK PRINT near the bottom on 1 side. 1 month after this LP was released, EMI introduced the 'Harvest' inner sleeve (end of July / early August 1970) - with all copies made from this date onwards having the Harvest inner sleeve instead.

Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Recording Studios:
IBC: Tracks A1, A3, B2, B3
Abbey Road: Track A2
De Lane Lea: Tracks B1, B4

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): SHVL.777A
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): SHVL.777B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 1): SHVL 777 A-1 PM 2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 1): SHVL 777 B-1 GH 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 2): SHVL 777 A-2 G 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 2): SHVL 777 B-1 G 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 3): SHVL 777 A-2 AM 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 3): SHVL 777 B-1 RP 2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 4): SHVL 777 A-2 HM 2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 4): SHVL 777 B-1 LM 1 4
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 5): SHVL 777 A-2 GHG 4
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 5): SHVL 777 B-1 HVG 4
• Rights Society: Mecolico. NCB

FIRST PRESS THICK SLAB VINYL :  IN HARDLY PLAYED EXCELLENT PLUS VISUAL CONDITION. WITH A LOVELY SHINE, JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH DON'T SOUND AT ALL. PLAYBACK IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, I EVEN HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN AS THE LOUD CUT SOUND IS RIGHT TO THE FORE. WITH VIRTUALLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE HEARD AT ALL, JUST A TINY AMOUNT IN JON LORD'S ORGAN QUIET SECTION IN 'CHILD OF TIME' ON SIDE 1 (HARDLY NOTICEABLE). THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC THROUGH HEADPHONES, A SUPERB AUDIO COPY WITH NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO. YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER AUDIO COPY IT IS THAT GOOD.
LABELS : I CAN'T SEE JUST A FEW LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS, HARDLY PLAYED SINCE PURCHASE.
GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED SURFACE GATE FOLD COVER :  NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR, JUST A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES. THE LAMINATED SURFACE IS LOVELY AND SHINY, JUST A TINY AREA OF RING WEAR ON THE REAR TOP EDGE. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY LEGIBLE, WITH NO WEAR. TINY AREA OF AGE SPOTS INSIDE THE GATE FOLD, OVERALL EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, SUPERB.
I HAVE ALSO PLACED THE COVER IN A BRAND NEW POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVE.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES FOR THE LOVELY CONDITION.
PLAIN PAPER EMI INNER SLEEVE (NOT THE USUAL HARVEST INNER) : SOME CREASING, NO EDGE SPLITS. NO AGE STAINING. OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION. I WILL TRY AND FIND THE ORIGINAL HARVEST INNER, IT MUST BE SOMEWHERE!
I HAVE CLEANED THE RECORD AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER.
OVERALL A SUPERB NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION FIRST PRESS COPY OF THIS BRILLIANT PURPLE ALBUM WITH A SUPERB SLEEVE. YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER AUDIO COPY IT IS THAT GOOD.
A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY VINYL COLLECTION!
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS, MORE SUPERB RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON.
I WILL SEND RECORDS VIA TRACK ABLE AIRMAIL TO THE EU OR THE REST OF THE WORLD, PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
LOW STARTING PRICE, GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID!