Deep Purple IN ROCK 1970 UK LP 1st Press NO EMI GRAM CO MINT MINUS HEAR

	£		194
	$		257

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION (BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE)

GENUINE FIRST PRESS WITHOUT THE EMI BOX LOGO

INCREDIBLE VERY EARLY 1ST PRESS 1R/1T MOTHERS/STAMPERS

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 777

• MATRIX: SHVL777 A-2 / B-1

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 R / 1 T
• 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 LETER 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 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 WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS JUST A FEW SPIDER LINES.

THE VINYL

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

 THE GLOSSIEST EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN
 IN DAYLIGHT THE LP IS FLAWLESS. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF THE DISC, AND EVEN WHEN ANGLED INTO SPOTLIGHTS JUST A COUPLE OF FEINT WISPY HAIRLINES

 THE TEST PLAY

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. ALL OF THE QUIETEST MOMENTS ARE REPRODUCED BRILLIANTLY

 'CHILD IN TIME' WHICH IS THE QUIETEST TRACK PERFORMS PERFECTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH

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

I CANNOT FAULT THIS RECORD IN ANY WAY ON THE PLAYBACK

NO POPS OR CLICKS, JUST TWO OF THE TINIEST AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC TICS IN THE FIRST SILENT PASSAGE OF TRACK ONE. I ONLY HEARD THEM AS I SIT NO MORE THAN 18 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS WHILST TYPING THIS OUT. 

NO BACKGROUND, NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC MINT MINUS 

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND GRADE IT FOR YOURSELF

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 .

THREE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.ONE 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 . ONLY THE REAR BOTTOM RIGHT COIRNER TIP SHOWS A TINY BIT OF RUB

THE SPINE IS PRISTINE. AGAIN NO LAMINATE PEEL OR FLAKE. 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 WITH THE TINIEST SPECK OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS HIGHLY POLISHED AS THE FRONT, AND AGAIN NO CREASES OR LINES. ONE SPINE PRESSURE LINE BUT THAT IS ALL

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECTLY CLEAN AND UNRUBBED INNER SURFACE. NO LOSS OF THE FRAGILE BLACK COLOUR AT ALL. 

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE EDGES

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT