Deep Purple In Rock - Rare MINT/EX 1970 UK First Issue With A-2/B-1 Matrices

	£		53
	$		70

Artist & Title: Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Rock

Deep Purple In Rock: Rare 1970 UK first issue 7 track LP on the green Harvest label, ‘The Gramophone Co’ perimeter text, ‘Made in Gt Britain’ near bottom of label and A2/B1 matrices. Includes the classics ‘Speed King’ and ‘Child In Time’, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve complete with original company inner. The sleeve is in beautiful condition with no signs of creasing or discolouring.
The vinyl has A2/B1 matrix numbers in the run-out grooves and is in MINT condition. Hard enough to find in reasonable condition, this copy is in MINT CONDITION and the Garrod & Lofthouse picture sleeve is also in EXCELLENT condition. And as these UK 1st issues come up so infrequently in this condition this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this extreme rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: Harvest – SHVL 777,  EMI – 1E 062-91442

Release date: 3 June 1970 (UK)

Overall Grade: MINT/EX (LP/Cover)

Matrix/Runout: Side 1: SHVL 777 A-2   Side 2: SHVL 777 B-1

This rare MINT FIRST ISSUE Deep Purple LP from the creative peak of the band’s career is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition.

This is the very rare real thing: a GENUINE first UK issue in MINT CONDITION. The sleeve is also in EXCELLENT condition, with no creases, scratches, tears, writing, stickers, dog-ears or other damage. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1970. The LP is the original first issue stereo LP, which was only played on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS UNIQUE ALBUM EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN RECENT TIMES

Deep Purple in Rock (also known as In Rock) was Deep Purple’s fourth studio album, released in June 1970, and the first with the classic Mk II line-up. Rod Evans (vocals) and Nick Simper (bass) had been fired in June 1969 and were replaced by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, respectively.
Deep Purple in Rock was their breakthrough album in Europe and would peak at number 4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for months. (The band's prior MK I albums had been much better received in North America than in their homeland.) The album was supported by the hugely successful In Rock World Tour which lasted 15 months.
Although this was the first studio album to feature the MK II line-up of the band, it was this line-up that had earlier recorded the live Concerto for Group and Orchestra. The album was also preceded by two singles, the first studio recordings that Gillan made with Deep Purple. The first single, released in 1969, was a Greenaway-Cook composition called "Hallelujah", which flopped. The second single, "Black Night", fared much better as it rose all the way to number 2 on the UK charts.
In 2005 the album won the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Award (given by the British monthly magazine Classic Rock) in the category Classic Album. The award was presented to Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Jon Lord.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this piece of rock history, which is considered one of the landmark albums in the history of popular music.

Deep Purple in Rock established the sonic blueprint that would immortalize this line-up of the band. The cacophony of sound (spearheaded by Ritchie Blackmore's blistering guitar solo) introducing opener "Speed King" made it immediately obvious that the band was no longer fooling around, but the slightly less intense "Bloodsucker" did afford stunned listeners a chance to catch their breaths before the band launched into the album's epic, ten-minute tour de force, "Child in Time." In what still stands as arguably his single greatest performance, singer Ian Gillan led his band mates on a series of hypnotizing crescendos, from the song's gentle beginning through to its ear-shattering climax and then back again for an even more intense encore that brought the original vinyl album's seismic first side to a close. Side two opened with the searing power chords of "Flight of the Rat" - another example of the band's new take-no-prisoners hard rock stance, though at nearly eight minutes, it too found room for some extended soloing from Blackmore and Lord. Next, "Into the Fire" and "Living Wreck" proved more concise but equally appealing, and though closer "Hard Lovin' Man" finally saw the new-look Deep Purple waffling on a bit too long before descending into feedback, the die was cast for one of heavy metal's defining albums.
Deep Purple in Rock was ranked 13 on Classic Rock’s 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

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