Deep Purple IN ROCK 1970 UK LP 1st Press A-2 / B-1 NO BOXED EMI ALL MINT MINUS

	£		105
	$		139

GG-SUPERSOUNDS HAVE MANY VARIED ALBUMS AND SINGLES FOR SALE


UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR LISTINGS, THESE WILL INCLUDE (WHERE PRACTICAL) THE COMPLETE RECORDING OF THE RECORD, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON
THESE WILL BE LISTED AROUND 6PM DAILY

DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION (BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE)

GENUINE FIRST PRESS WITHOUT THE EMI BOX LOGO

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 777

• MATRIX: SHVL777 A-2 / B-1

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 OA / 3 OL
• GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

• NO EMI LOGO

A GENUINE FIRST PRESS 'IN ROCK' MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

• THE LABELS MUST STATE ' THE GRAMOPHONE CO' AROUND THE RIM. EMI RECORDS LTD ARE LATER PRESSES

• THE LABELS MUST NOT! HAVE A BOXED EMI LOGO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LABEL ABOVE THE LARGE 'HARVEST' WORD ( LATER PRESSES HAVE THE BOXED LOGO

• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END A-2 / B-1 (NO KNOWN A1/B1)

• NOTHING ETCHED IN THE DEAD WAX

• THE INNER SLEEVE MUST BE AN ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AT THE FOOT. PATENT No's 1,125,555 & 1,072,844

• THE SLEEVE MUST BE A LAMINATED GATEFOLD, WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT INNER PANEL. FILE UNDER POPULAR: POP GROUPS 7006 TPS PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD. PATENT No 943,895. SHVL 777

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE GREEN HARVEST BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE,AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 4-5 TINY SPIDER LINES. THE VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THIS ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND LOOKS SUPERB. 

IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED . IN DAYLIGHT THE LP IS FLAWLESS. 

THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF THE DISC, AND EVEN WHEN ANGLED INTO  SPOTLIGHTS, THE RECORD STILL LOOKS MINT

NO WISPS OR LINES OR MARKS

SIMPLY STUNNING

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES.

THE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CRISP. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND ENSURING THAT THE VINYL WAS PLAYED WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS. 

CHILD IN TIME PLAYS JUST MAGNIFICENTLY THROUGH ALL OF THE SILENT PARTS

NO FRYING BACON AND NO LOUD CLICKS TO SPOIL THIS FANTASTIC 1ST PRESS. EACH NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS A TINY BIT OF VERY LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND IN THE FIRST SILENT PASSAGE ON TRACK ONE, LASTS A FEW ROTATIONS

OTHER THAN THAT A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIOBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO

ALL I HEARD DURING THE WHOLE PLAY WERE 2-3 TINY LITTLE STATIC LIKE TICS

NO BACKGROUND, NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC  MINT MINUS 

THE SLEEVE

MAGNIFICENT GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IN AMAZING CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERB!!. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, CREASE LINES OR BENDS ETC.

 THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE .

NO LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE MAGNIFICENT, FULLY LAMINATED AND PRISTINE (NO SHELF WEAR)

THE SPINE IS NEAR PRISTINE. A TINY SPECK OF LAMINATE PEEL TO ONE SMALL PART. TOTALLY UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALSO NO RUBBING TO EITHER END OF THE SPINE TIPS EITHER. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS HIGHLY POLISHED AS THE FRONT, AND AGAIN NO CREASES OR LINES. JUST THREE  LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY CLEAN AND UNRUBBED INNER SURFACE. NO LOSS OF THE FRAGILE BLACK COLOUR AT ALL. THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS PROTECTED FROM NEW.

THE ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SURFACES, AND NO  CREASES. A SUPERIOR EXAMPLE

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  ALSO AS CLOSE TO MINT AS POSSIBLE

Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it