Deep Purple. Fireball, Iran pressing, pre revolution (1979), vinyl album. Rare

	£		79
	$		105

Deep Purple. Fireball, Iran pressing, pre revolution (1979), vinyl album. Rare.

Hit Cat No: SHLP-623

Purchased pre-loved and played once 28.4.89 to check audio quality which was noted as:

A VG

B VG (-)

Single medium quality card stock sleeve.

Edge scuffing as well as light corner dings. Light pinches to spine as well as a number of small  crescent marks  front and rear, minimal print loss..

Disc wear on front at top as well as top and bottom of rear.

Centrally front and rear vertically down the sleeve is what looks like a crease (though the sleeve has no evidence of being folded), possibly in original card prior to printing.

Bearing in mind its journey and age, overall, not bad condition for such a rare pressing.

I understand that post revolution large quantities of ‘western’ artist records were destroyed, further enhancing the rarity here.

Generic plain paper record bag with age related discolouration.

Disc  shows signs of being played.

Side A four surface scuffs, light scratches, not readily discernible to fingernail test.

Side B: two light surface scuffs.

See audio rating above, no mention of scratches, which I usually would have noted, suspect origin of album likely to mean poorer quality pressing to start with, probably noisy.

Can’t imagine there are any mint ones out there.

Starting bid reflects these issues.

Selling on behalf of my Dad (who supplied all the info) from his personal collection, from the olden days when he collected vinyl.

I aim to use recycled packaging when appropriate.

However, all vinyl is despatched using top quality Defendapack QP2 Quick Pack Multi Music Max mailers with additional stiffening inserts. So You can rest assured that your vinyl will be well packed and protected against the trials of postal travel!

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A few words about the vinyl grading.

I try to be as honest as possible, but all grades are based upon an experienced but ultimately subjective visual inspection, trying to identify and highlight obvious issues.

Back in the day whilst my Dad purchased much of the vinyl new, as he expanded his collection, (eventually running into a few thousand discs) hence many only played once, inevitably he was drawn to second hand (pre-loved) copies of certain discs, including the rarer original 1970’s issue boots.

As you will appreciate, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this or looking at the listing, the nature of many of these live/unofficial recordings meant that original production standards were not necessarily a top priority, with occasional mastering/pressing faults occurring.

Similarly with any second hand vinyl which in some cases is almost 50 years old they will potentially exhibit aural signs of having been played, sometimes a fair bit..these are not mint, new unplayed discs (unless stated).

The attraction for my Dad was either obtaining the different variations of an issue or otherwise unavailable rare recordings…its called collecting!

When playing vinyl my Dad had a Technics SL1800 turntable with Ortfon cartridge, so no thrashing and grinding on an old  fidelity UA4! (early 70’s starter bedroom lo-fi, crank it up 😊).

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UPDATE:

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