DEEP PURPLE "MADE IN JAPAN" UK FIRST PRESS LAMINATED w/ HYPE STICKER 2-LP LIVE

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DEEP PURPLE "MADE IN JAPAN" UK FIRST PRESS  LAMINATED w/ HYPE STICKER 
DEEP PURPLE  "MADE IN JAPAN" LABEL: PURPLE RECORDS (GRAMOPHONE) TPS-3511 / TPS-3512 RELEASED: DECEMBER 1972 EDITION: FIRST UK PRESSING w/ RARE PROMO £3.25 HYPE STICKER BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT GOLD LAMINATED GATEFOLD JACKET RECORD COMPANY: THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD. CATALOG NUMBER: TSP 351 ~ 1E 192◦93915-6 MASTERING: GEORGE PECKHAM (PORKY/DELTA PORK/PECKIE/PECKO) RECORDING ENGINEER: MARTIN BIRCH MIXING/EDITING: ROGER GLOVER & IAN PACE ALBUM COVER DESIGN: ROGER GLOVER BAND PHOTOGRAPHS: FIN COSTELLO MATRIX (SIDE A:) TPS 3511 A-1U Porky  MATRIX (SIDE B:) TPS 3511 B-1U Delta Pork  MATRIX (SIDE C:) TPS 3512 A-1U Pecko  MATRIX (SIDE D:) TPS 3512 B-1U Peckie 
CONDITION:  VINYL: VG/VG+   JACKET: VG+  (A BEAUTY!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection these past few weeks and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 45 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
This week on EBay I am offering up this fantastic rare 1972 UK First Pressing of Deep Purple's classic live album 'Made in Japan'
This is my original imported UK copy, purchased back in the 70's, shortly after it's release, that I've taken great care of for many years. See details on Condition below.
This is the rare early UK pressing in a beautiful laminated gold gatefold jacket and still has the gold 'special price' promo sticker on the front.
This is the early, best sounding original version, mastered by George Peckham and has his 'Porkie/Peckie' initials in the matrix on all 4 sides.
This album has been reprinted, re-released, and remastered over the years, but as a heavy rock fan, this is the copy you want; First UK Pressing, 'Porky' Peckham mastering, laminated gold jacket, and on the 'Purple' label. A beautiful UK pressing of this classic live album. A fantastic addition to your collection.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HISTORY OF DEEP PURPLE UP TO JAPAN 1972
Deep Purple are an English band formed in 1967. They started out doing psych, pop, and and progressive rock, with some classical influences.
Starting in 1970, they shifted to a heavier rock sound with their 'In Rock' album and are now considered to be early pioneers of the heavy metal and hard rock sound.
Deep Purple, along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been called the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies".
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore suggested the band's name, 'Deep Purple', after his grandmother's favorite song, "Deep Purple" by Peter DeRose.
Deep Purple is infamous for many line-up changes over the years, with drummer Ian Paice being the band's only constant member, but by 1970, they had formed what fans call the classic 'Mark II' lineup consisting of Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Gillan (Vocals), Roger Glover (Bass), Jon Lord (keyboards), and Ian Paice (drums).
Lead vocalist Rod Evans had left by this point to form the excellent rock band 'Captain Beyond'
Later on, the band would include David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and guitar wizard Tommy Bolin. The band split in July 1976 and was inactive for many years until a 'rebirth' in 1984.
The group initially got it's foothold in music, and it's American success, with a 1968 cover of Joe South's "Hush" which led to them getting the job of opening for Cream on their U.S. 'Goodbye' tour.
By the summer of 1970, the band's record label Tetragrammaton went out of business, leaving the band broke and uncertain where to turn.
The classic Mark II line-up of the band decided to move into a heavier, hard rock, organ & guitar led direction. They released a single, "Hallelujah", which flopped, giving them even more drive to follow their own beliefs and further develop their own sound.
Then, in 1970, they made the classic album, 'In Rock' which contained the classic songs "Speed King", "Child in Time", and "Into The Fire."
They followed that album with a hit, non-album, single "Black Night" which got them even more attention, and they soon took to the road playing frequently and intensely.
The live interplay between Blackmore's guitar, Lord's crunchy organ, Gillan's powerful, wide-ranging vocals, and the rock-solid rhythm section of Glover and Paice created a powerful show. Ian Paice is largely credited for inventing heavy metal drumming.
The group started to create a huge following due to their loud, spontaneous, improvised shows. Each show followed a general set list, but each one was also unique and heavily improvised, leading to both the band, as well as the audience, not knowing what was going to happen next. "You never knew what you were gonna see when you went to see Purple"
The band then recorded their next album, 'Fireball', in 1971, which contained the popular title track and the hit "Strange Kind of Woman"
The band continued to tour, but quickly developed new songs for their next album, the classic "Machine Head." In December 1971, the band travelled to Switzerland to record it.
The album was scheduled to be recorded at the Montreux Casino using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, but a fire during a Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention concert, started by a fan firing a flare gun into the ceiling, burned the Casino down before Deep Purple could record there. This incident famously inspired the song "Smoke on the Water". 
Instead of the Casino, the band recorded the album at the nearby Grand Hôtel outside Montreux, which at the time was empty and being renovated. The band took over the hotel and finished the album, before the Police kicked them out.
'Machine Head' was released in March 1972, flew to the top of the charts, and established Deep Purple as one of the best heavy rock acts of the 70's. The album contained the classic songs "Highway Star", "Space Truckin'", and "Smoke on the Water."
After touring extensively and becoming a huge box office draw, there was huge demand for live Deep Purple recordings.
The band had done a few live radio broadcasts as well as taped some of their live shows, but no official live product was released. This led to many infamous underground Bootlegs being made of the band, including the excellent "H Bomb", which only fueled further demand for a live record.
The success of other live albums such as the Rolling Stones' "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" and the Who's "Live at Leeds" convinced the band that there was a demand for their live material.
In early 1972, the band went out on an extensive tour of America and the World to promote the new 'Machine Head' album. Many shows were taped for a potential live album. 
~~~~~~~ In August, the well oiled, tight, well rehearsed band flew into Japan, where this great double-live album was recoded.
The 1972 Japan tour included 3 sold-out shows; August 15 & 16 at the Festival Hall in Osaka, and August 17 at the Budokan Theater in Tokyo. 'Made in Japan' was recorded at all 3 shows.
Due to strong ticket sales and the local success of their previous albums, the Japanese branch of Warner Brothers wanted to record the shows for a potential live album.
At first, the idea was to make a record just for the Japanese market, but the results were so good that Warner decided to release the album internationally.
Warner Japan wanted tight control over making the record, which Deep Purple resisted. The label eventually allowed the band to use their own equipment and recording engineer. They also allowed them to use their own producer, Martin Birch. A wise choice.
All 3 shows were 'professionally' recorded using a modern, high tech 8-track mobile unit and the band's own sound team.
Despite the band being famous for their strong, powerful, spontaneous live shows, they were hesitant to make a live album, because they thought that their 'power' wouldn't translate to vinyl, but this album instantly proved them wrong.
The setlist for the Japanese shows was basically the same as the rest of the tour; opening with "Highway Star", running thru their hits, and closing with "Lazy" and "Space Truckin", but the Japan shows were heavily improvised, spontaneous and fresh, resulting in amazing recordings. The band focused on doing great performances, ignoring the fact that they were being recorded.
Several members of the band have said that the Japanese shows were among some of the best they had ever done up to that point, especially the 2nd show in Osaka on August 16th.
Much of this double-live album was taken from that Osaka show, with "Smoke on the Water" from the opening night of the short tour. "The Mule" and "Lazy" were taken from the Toko show.
On the final night of the tour, an enthusiastic Ritchie Blackmore smashed his guitar at the end of the closer "Space Truckin'" and threw it into the audience. They had conquered Japan.
FInal mixing of the 8-track masters was quickly done by the band, with no 'fixing' or overdubs, and the album was released just a few months later in the UK in December of 1972.
The record was in stores before Christmas and the original pressings were sold with a 'special offering' price of only £3.25, the same price as a typical single LP at the time.
Fans could buy a terrific double live LP, of a fantastic band, for the price of a normal record. It sold like crazy. Warner quickly realized that the record was selling well on it's own merits and raised the price, dropping the special sale price.
Original UK first pressings, like this copy, had a special metallic gold sticker on the front with the original 'special' price of £3.25. Early copies of this album, with the low price promo sticker are quite rare.
This UK pressing is in a beautiful Gold laminated gatefold jacket, designed by Roger Glover. It features a great color photo of the band on the front and back, and more black and white photos of the band inside the gatefold.
When the beautiful gold jacket is opened, it reveals a bright orange rising sun, symbolic of Japan, with track listings and production information.
A stunning album jacket design, which only added to it's commercial success.
~~~~ In America, Warner Brothers wanted to release their next album, 'Who Do We Think We Are' first, before the live album, so the American version of the album was delayed until April 1973.
Once released in America, it became an immediate commercial success, powered by the live version of "Smoke on the Water", and reached number 6 in the charts.
To support the album, Warner Brothers creatively released a new single, which had "Smoke on the Water" on both sides; one side from the new live album and the other side the studio track from 'Machine Head'. It also was a huge success.
Keyboardist Jon Lord called the record his favourite Deep Purple album, saying, "The band was at the height of its powers. That album was the epitome of what we stood for in those days."
"It's still probably the best live rock 'n' roll album ever made," declared drummer Ian Paice.
Rolling Stone's Jon Tiven wrote that "Made in Japan is Purple's definitive metal monster, a spark-filled execution...they've never sounded quite this perfect."
'Made in Japan' is now considered a classic live album. It's still one of rock's most popular and best selling live albums. A 'Rolling Stone' readers' poll ranked 'Made in Japan' as the sixth best live album of all time.
Deep Purple's next album, 1973's ''Who Do We Think We Are" contained another classic hit "(Wild) Woman from Tokyo."
The constant touring and stresses of the road started to show and lead singer Ian Gillan quit the band, followed by the firing of Roger Glover, mostly at Blackmore's insistence.
The band managed to survive, regroup, and continue on, but their Classic era was over.
In the early 1970's there were only three hard rock bands that mattered, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple.
~~~~~ At the time, Warner Japan knew they had 'gold' on their hands and the original 8-track master tapes of the three shows were carefully stored away. Years later, remasterings and remixings of 'Made in Japan' were done at Abbey Road Studios and released, adding other songs that didn't fit on the original record back in 1972.
This is a fantastic looking and sounding copy of one of the best live albums of the 70's. The whole package just shimmers and the laminated sleeve of this UK pressing has a timeless look to it.
These original 1972 UK pressings, with the original special price sticker, don't come up for sale often, especially in this condition.
An amazing performance by one of the biggest hard rock acts of the 70's and a fantastic record to add to your vinyl collection.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The classic, timeless Deep Purple songs on this live album include:
"Highway Star" Osaka on August 16th 1972 "Child in Time" Osaka on August 16th "Smoke on the Water" Osaka on August 15th "The Mule" Tokyo on August 17th  "Strange Kind of Woman" Osaka on August 16th "Lazy"  Tokyo on August 17th "Space Truckin'" Osaka on August 16th
~~~~~~~~~ The musicians on this classic 'Mark II' version of Deep Purple include:
Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica, percussion Roger Glover – bass guitar Jon Lord – organ, piano Ian Paice – drums
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
I purchased this copy back in the mid 70's, over 50 years ago, and have taken great care of it since.
VINYL: The vinyl looks decent. Some evidence of play and a few tiny scuffs and hairlines, but for any early UK pressing of this album, it still looks good. Still generally clean and bright. I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
The Deadwax has the first UK matrix numbers and each side has mastering engineer George Peckham's 'Porkie' comments etched into it. The plating marks are early 'A 1-U' and 'B 1-U'. See the full Matrix numbers above.
I tried to show some close-up pictures of the vinyl to show decent it still looks. A few pops and clicks, but that's part of the charm and authenticity of this classic live album. I'm sure you'll be pleased with it.
I haven't messed with it or cleaned it, other than my trusty 'DiscWasher' brush, in 50 years, since Nixon was in office. It could use a good deep cleaning to make it even bettter looking and better sounding than it already is. 
LABELS: This is pressed with the 'classic' early purple labels, no 'ridge', and on Purple records a subsidiary of Gramophone Records in the UK.
The labels are actually a little more 'deep purple' color than my photos suggest. 
The labels are clean and bright. No marks or damage. The spindle holes are still relatively sharp and clean, suggesting minimal playing and my careful handling over the years.
JACKET: As you can see from my pictures, this still looks fantastic and very nice for a 50 year old OG UK copy.  This has a beautiful gold laminated jacket. These all-gold jackets are notorious for showing ringwear, dirt, scuffs and damage, but this copy is still quite nice. The laminated cover has kept it very clean. A few tiny 'creases' in the lamination, but it's still very nice and firmly attached.
This copy still has the gold foil sticker, promoting the low price that this record was first introduced at. The special price sticker wasn't used very long. The album sold very well on it's own merits and they quickly realized they could sell it at regular prices, so the early promo stickers are rarely seen. These shiny gold stickers are often scratched and faded, but this one looks terrific. 
The artwork and gold color is bold and bright, the corners are relatively sharp, and the original gloss is still present. A beauty!
The inner gatefold is clean and crisp. Intense bright orange, no fading. The spine is straight. A nice survivor.
Overall, I'll call the whole record VG+, but a nice rare copy of this classic album. None have been sold on Discogs! 
This record has been sleeved and stored properly for decades, and is still quite nice for an original UK pressing. This copy is all original, and a real gem. I'm sure you'll love it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' record "AS IS" and "NO RETURN". It's rare and as described and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
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