DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK 1970 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS

	£		55
	$		73

DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK 1970 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS TOP COPY
NO EMI BOX LOGO, G&L GF, STUNNING POWERFUL AUDIO EX+


DEEP PURPLE
In Rock

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK HARVEST (SHVL 777) FIRST PRESSING (June 1970) OF DEEP PURPLE'S BLISTERING CLASSIC, "In Rock" LP - ALL IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO, THE GREEN HARVEST LABELS HAVE THE FIRST ISSUE "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD...." RIM TEXT WITH NO EMI BOXED LOGO (very earliest issues only) AND THE FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: SHVL 777 A-2 / SHVL 777 B-1
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL, SOFT-BACKED, OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE, FACTORY SEALED ON THE LEFT SIDE EDGE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." (date coded '7006' - 1970 June) AND COME COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE (now becoming a bit of a rarity in itself)
A SUPERB FIRST PRESS COPY OF AN ICONIC AND ESSENTIAL CLASSIC

After satisfying all of their classical music kinks with keyboard player Jon Lord's overblown Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Deep Purple's soon to be classic Mark II version made its proper debut and established the sonic blueprint that would immortalize this lineup of the band on 1970's awesome In Rock. The cacophony of sound (spearheaded by Ritchie Blackmore's blistering guitar solo) introducing opener "Speed King" made it immediately obvious that the band was no longer fooling around, but the slightly less intense "Bloodsucker" did afford stunned listeners a chance to catch their breaths before the band launched into the album's epic, ten-minute tour de force, "Child in Time." In what still stands as arguably his single greatest performance, singer Ian Gillan led his bandmates on a series of hypnotizing crescendos, from the song's gentle beginning through to its ear-shattering climax and then back again for an even more intense encore that brought the original vinyl album's seismic first side to a close. Side two opened with the searing power chords of "Flight of the Rat" -- another example of the band's new take-no-prisoners hard rock stance, though at nearly eight minutes, it too found room for some extended soloing from Blackmore and Lord. Next, "Into the Fire" and "Living Wreck" proved more concise but equally appealing, and though closer "Hard Lovin' Man" finally saw the new-look Deep Purple waffling on a bit too long before descending into feedback, the die was cast for one of heavy metal's defining albums.


Track Listing:
Side 1: SPEED KING / BLOODSUCKER / CHILD IN TIME
Side 2: FLIGHT OF THE RAT / INTO THE FIRE / LIVING WRECK / HARD LOVIN' MAN

VINYL Visual: The vinyl has a DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are a couple of superficial light marks but these have no major audio consequence
VINYL Audio: SUPERB audio delivery - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and EXTREMELY STRONG. TREMENDOUS POWERFUL AUDIO. There are NO scratches, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO click or pops and the album plays to an extremely high standard - SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. SUPERB AUDIO CLARITY with NO discernible groove-wear or distortion. Must be graded EXCELLENT to (+) TREMENDOUS COPY - YOU WOULD BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO FIND ONE WHICH SOUNDS MUCH BETTER. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page)
SLEEVE: The 1st issue gatefold sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition with just some light surface rubbing to the laminate, but it still retains a beautiful DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There is very little wear to the edges or spine where all text is CLEAR and BOLD. EXCELLENT SLEEVE

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THIS REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL COPY AND AS A UK FIRST PRESSING WITH NO EMI BOXED LOGO - VERY SCARCE
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