Deep Purple IN ROCK 1970 UK LP 1st Press No EMI Box Gramophone Co NEAR MINT

	£		127
	$		168

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DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT CONDITION (BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE)

GENUINE FIRST PRESS WITHOUT THE EMI BOX LOGO

SUPERB EXAMPLE

A REALLY TOP QUALITY ALBUM AND SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 777

• MATRIX: SHVL777 A-2 / B-1

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 LP / 1 TR

• 1-2 PLAYS

• 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 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 WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS 1-2 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 THERE IS ONLY A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES TO SEE AND A COUPLE OF NON SOUNDING PAPER SCUFFS

A NEAR PRISTINE 1970 1ST PRESS.

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 FRYING BACON AND NO LOUD 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

NO BACKGROUND, NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

ALL I HEARD WAS AN OCCASIONAL SPECK OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL

I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS RECORD PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT GRADE

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.NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, ONE 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 OTHER THAN A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS

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

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS HIGHLY POLISHED AS THE FRONT, AND AGAIN NO CREASES OR LINES. JUST FOUR TINY 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. 

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

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

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

GARRY