DEEP PURPLE: MACHINE HEAD 1972 SUPERB 1st PRESS EX+ UK EMI LP + LYRIC POSTER
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DEEP PURPLE
MACHINE HEAD LP
PURPLE RECORDS (TPSA 7504)
1972
RECORD WEIGHT: 160g
MATRIX Nos: TPSA 7504 A-1U / TPSA 7504 B-1U
LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH DATE CODE 7204
INCLUDES RARE FOLD OUT LYRIC POSTER
NO EMI CREDIT ON LABELS
THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD PRINTED ON LABELS AT 11 'O' CLOCK POSITION
MADE IN GT. BRITAIN PRINTED ON LABELS AT 6 'O' CLOCK POSITION
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: ALL FOUR EDGES SHOW NO RUBBING OR SHELFWEAR. NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND NO 'CRACKING' TO THE LAMINATE. ALL EDGES ARE SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH.
SPINE: NO RUBBING OR SPLITS AT ALL. JUST A COUPLE OF TINY CREASE MARKS. NO COMPRESSION AND WRITING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
FRONT COVER: HAS THE ODD LITTLE EDGE CREASE, MAINLY ON THE SPINE EDGE AND NOTHING ELSE. LAMINATE IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND SUPER SHINY. NO RINGWEAR AT ALL. RIGHT HAND EDGE IS SEALED AND IS STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS. LOOKING VERY NICE FOR IT'S AGE.
BACK COVER: VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRONT. FULLY LAMINATED. JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE CREASE, MAINLY ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND A TINY HINT OF RINGWEAR NEAR THE LEFT HAND SIDE. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS. OVERALL, VERY NICE FOR IT'S AGE.
LYRIC POSTER: COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL LYRIC POSTER MEASURING 70cm BY 30cm. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO SPLITTS, TEARS OR WRITING. BARELY ANY CREASING AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY DIRT SPOTS. THE BACK IS PLAIN WHITE AND DOES HAVE A LIGHT MARK WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HAS PLACED A CUP (MAYBE REMOVABLE BUT I HAVEN'T TRIED)
INNER SLEEVE: STANDARD WHITE INNER SLEEVE. NO RIPS, TEARS, SPLITS OR WRITING.
RECORD CONDITION:
TAKING AN INITIAL CURSORY GLANCE AT THE ALBUM IN NATURAL LIGHT, IT LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE TO MINT. A CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWS JUST ONE VERY THIN ULTRA FAINT SURFACE LINE ON THE FIRST TRACK OF SIDE TWO AND NOTHING ELSE AT ALL. ABSOLUTELY NO SCUFFS OR SCRATCHES WHATSOEVER. EVEN UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS BARELY ANYTHING TO SEE EXCEPT THE ODD ULTRA FAINT WISPY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINE/BRUSHMARK. I WOULD GRADE BOTH SIDES AS EX+. AN ORIGINAL 1972 1st PRESSING ON THE PURPLE LABEL WITH BLACK TEXT.
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT SPINDLE TRACES ON EITHER SIDE (ONLY VISIBLE WHEN TILTING THE DISC BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT). NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.
PLAYBACK: STUNNING PLAYBACK THROUGHOUT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK AT ALL. BACKGROUND NOISE IS NON EXISTANT AND THERE ARE NO POPS, TICKS OR CLICKS AT ALL. I PLAYED BOTH SIDES THROUGH AND HEARD ABSOLUTELY NO INTERFERENCE AT ALL. STUNNING SOUND FROM START TO FINISH. THE TRACK CROSSOVERS ARE CRACKLE FREE. ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES OR OTHER AUDIBLE MARKS AT ALL. OVERALL THIS PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1970s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
10 DAY AUCTION WITH NO RESERVE
POSTAGE WILL BE 24 HOUR WITH TRACKING
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