Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN 1ST GRAMOPHONE CO *CONTRACT PRESS* PLAYS 100% MINT-

	£		122
	$		162

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

PLAYED 2-4 TIMES ONLY

THIS IS THE VERY  RARE  CONTRACT PRESS

RARE £3.25P FOIL STICKER!!!!!

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MINT MINUS OR BETTER!!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:THERE ARE NONE ON THIS CONTRACT PRESS, JUST THE NUMBER 3 AT 9'OCLOCK ON EACH SIDE
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE RARER DEEP PURPLE RECORDINGS. THE MAGNIFICENT 'MADE IN JAPAN. FIRST PRESS WITH ALL THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS, BUT CONTRACT PRESSED (WARNER?) INSTEAD OF EMI.

FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THEIR PLANT AT HAYES WAS OVERLOADED EMI ASKED EITHER DECCA OR PYE TO PRESS ALBUMS FOR THEM. PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLES BEING THE BEATLES RECORDINGS. THIS ONE I BELIEVE IS A WARNER BROTHERS PRESS JUDGING BY THE DESIGN OF THE VINYL UNDER THE LABEL

ANYWAY THIS  CONTRACT PRESS CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A COUPLE OF WAYS

FIRSTLY THE INNER RIDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LABEL IS TYPICAL OF ANY WARNER PRESSING.

SECONDLY THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE NOT PRESENT AS THEY WOULD BE WITH AN EMI PRESS

THIRDLY THE SMALLER CIRCLE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO TYPICAL OF ANY WARNER PRESS

WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT THE CONTRACT LABELS FOR THIS ALBUM IS THAT IS DOESN'T HAVE 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' AT THE FOOT OF THE LABEL, AND ON AN EMI FIRST PRESS THE TITLE ON THE LABEL READS:- DEEP PURPLE (MADE IN JAPAN), WHEREAS ON THE  CONTRACT PRESS IT READS ' DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN' NO BRACKETS SURROUNDING THE TITLE

WHAT IS DOES HAVE TO IDENTIFY IT AS A GENUINE 1972 FIRST PRESS IS THE

'GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING AND THE FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS ALL ENDING IN -1U

FINALLY A PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE STICKER AND IT'S IMPORTANCE.

DEEP PURPLE NEVER WANTED TO DO A 'LIVE' ALBUM IN 1972, BUT THE JAPANESE MARKET WAS SO DEMANDING THE BEGRUDGINGLY RECORDED THE SHOWS THEY WERE PERFORMING IN JAPAN AND RELEASED THEM INITIALLY ONLY FOR THAT MARKET. HOWEVER IT WAS DECIDED TO RELEASE THE RECORD IN THE UK, AND SO ALARMED WERE THE BAND THAT THEIR SOUND MIGHT BE TARNISHED BY THIS LIVE RECORDING THAT THEY ISSUED IT AT ONLY £3.25 AS A BUDGET RELEASE (MANY BANDS IN THE EARLY 70'S DID THIS) SO THAT BUYERS COULD NOT CLAIM THEY HAD BEEN CHARGED FULL PRICE FOR AN INFERIOR PRODUCT. HOWEVER AS WE ALL KNOW THE LIVE ALBUM IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED LIVE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.

THE STICKER CAME IN TWO DESIGNS TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION. THE MORE COMMON ONE WAS A GREEN TEXT ON A WHITE PAPER BACKGROUND, AND THE LESS COMMON (THIS ONE) BLACK TEXT ON A GOLD FOIL STICKER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

BEING A FIRST PRESS THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' IS WORDED AROUND THE RIM. LATER PRESSES HAD 'EMI RECORDS' IN ITS PLACE

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

FANTASTIC GLOSSY AS NEW DISCS THAT HAVE RETAINED ALL THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS ON EITHER LP'S, AND IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK FLAWLESS!!

EVEN WHEN EXAMINED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE DOUBLE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM DOING NOW WITH ALL  MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BUYERS WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD. IT'S A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THE LP HAS PRÉCISED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE START OF CHILD IN TIME, LAZY AND THE MULE, WHICH ARE ALL PRETTY SILENT, AND YOU SHOULD HEAR NEAR SILENCE IN THE VINYL. I WAS AMAZED BY THE QUALITY

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.

NO VINYL NOISE AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS THE ODD SEMI SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS, AND NO MORE THAN 4-5 TINY DUST POPS/TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH,

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING COPY!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE SLEEVE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES. THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM SEVERE CREASING AND MANY LAMINATE LINES, AND DEEP RECORD SHAPE. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE SURFACE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, ONE LIGHT IMPRESSION ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION.

THE FOIL STICKER IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED AND UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS IS FLAT AND HAS ONLY ONE LIGHT SEMI FINGER TO THUMB SQUASH NEAR THE TOP, WHILST ALL OF THE LAINATE IS INTACT FROM TIP TO TIP, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND FULLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND THE RECORD IMPRESSION IS EVEN LIGHTER AND LESS VISIBLE THAN THE FRONT, HOWEVER THERE IS ONE CREASE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR

THE ORIGINAL PAPER INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY