Deep Purple - Book of Taliesyn MINT NO EMI UK 1st Press 1G/1G - Stunner

	£		79
	$		105

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As you can see from my 100% feedback, I sell with complete honesty and reliability.  Above all things I am a record collector and music lover.  I only sell records that I would want to receive. I know well the disappointment of receiving an over-graded record that turns up two weeks late.  That is not the service you will receive here, so bid with total confidence. I don’t sell a lot of records because I spend a lot of time carefully finding, grading and listing them and do not like to rush this process, as many sellers must do to be able to sell 100 records a week!

I am mostly a collector of old time music, pre-war blues and folk, so buy job-lots that often contain rare records that aren’t to my taste so to ebay they go!

(On that note, if you have any early American blues or folk to swap or sell, please get in touch!)

Anyway, enough of the chit chat and on to the record at hand…

Deep Purple

The Book of Taliesyn

October 1968

1st Pressing

SHVL 751

Harvest

Stereo

The Book of Taliesyn is Deep Purple’s second studio release and has steadily become one of their rarest!

This is the very 1st press with:

FULLY LAMINATE E.J.DAY AND CO GATEFOLD SLEEVE

FILE UNDER POPULAR: POP GROUPS ON THE TOP LEFT REAR CORNER

THE RIM WORDING ' THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD'

NO EMI ON LABEL

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ENDING -1G

This is the very 1st press and is so incredibly rare now in any condition, but here we have a Nr MINT package throughout!!

Matrix Numbers

Side 1: SHVL761 A-1G

 Side 2: SHVL761 B-1G

Stampers.

Side 1:             2          CL

Side 2:             1          RG

Sleeve Condition.

The 1st print outer laminated Ernest J Day sleeve is in really stunning condition!  There are no rips, writing or splits. The spine is perfectly readable and is lovely and straight.  There is some very mild storage wear to the corners and that’s all there is to mention.  The colours are as vibrant as they were on the day of release! It’s a stunning 1st press sleeve that won’t disappoint!

Excellent +

Inner Condition.

The 1st press poly-lined inner is in great condition with no rips, tears, seam splits! Superb

Excellent +

Label Condition.

The 1st press NO EMI harvest labels are in fantastic condition.  There are no rips, writing or stains to mention. There is no centre hole damage at all.  Under a strong light only 1 or 2 near invisible spindles can be seen.  Clearly only played a handful of times! Stunning!!

Nr MINT

Vinyl Visual Condition.

The record looks SUPERB! It still retains its wonderful shine and lustre after all these years. There are no scratches, warping or dulling at all.  On first sight it looks brand new, literally perfect.  Under a strong light only 1 or 2 wispy hairlines can be seen. It’s a real stunner and I don’t think you could find better!

Nr MINT

Vinyl Audio Condition.

The record sounds superb on all frequencies!  It’s a nice punchy and clear audio throughout! There was some minor static on the first run in and that was it.  The band has never sounded better.  It’s a mint, crystal Purple from start to finish!!

Nr MINT

So there we have it.  One of the rarest and earliest presses of Deep Purples Book of Taliesyn you will ever see and in such stunning condition!!

A Purple Gem!!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Happy Bidding

All my records will be sent first class, signed for and insured to their value!

I will package the records with extreme care, with hard stiffeners and the vinyl separate to the sleeve and inner, all housed in a Defenda lock tab record box envelope.

 I try to be as honest as I can in my descriptions, taking as many pictures as possible, but if you don’t feel happy with your purchase, I offer no quibble full refunds as soon as the record is sent back.  I will not give partial refunds however, only full.  I think this is fair, Thanks!

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