Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN UK LP 1ST -1U GRAM CO MINT

	£		255
	$		338

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

BARELY PLAYED AT ALL!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 AM / 2 H / 2 RT / 4 AH 
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

MADE IN JAPAN WAS RELEASED IN THE UK IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS 1972. RECORDED OVER 3 NIGHTS IN JAPAN DURING AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR, THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY ONLY EVER INTENDED FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, BECAUSE THEY HAD ASKED FOR ONE. LIVE ALBUMS WERE NOT YET A STAPLE DIET OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC AND THUS PURPLE SHOWED LITTLE INTEREST IN IT. INCREDIBLY THE ALBUM WAS ISSUED AS A BUDGET SET AT A COST OF ONLY £3.25 BECAUSE OF THIS VERY REASON, AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY.

THIS ALBUM WAS THE REASON THAT SO MANY BANDS THEREAFTER ISSUED LIVE DOUBLE ALBUMS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL

HERE WE HAVE AN EXTRA SPECIAL COPY, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE SENSE TO LEAVE THE £3.25 PRICE STICKER ON THE SLEEVE.  MOST WERE REMOVED AS SOON AS THE ALBUM WAS IN THE NEW OWNERS HANDS.

THE PRICE FOR MOST SINGLE ALBUMS IN 1972 AVERAGED AROUND THE £4.00 MARK

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM, AND A GENUINE EMI COPY. EMI USED OTHER COMPANIES FROM TIME TO TIME TO PRODUCE THEIR ALBUMS WHEN THEY WERE OVERLOADED AND MADE IN JAPAN WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO THIS. A GENUINE EMI FIRST PRESS CAN BE SPOTTED VERY EASILY. FIRSTLY THE RIM WORDING MUST HAVE' THE GRAMOPHONE CO' AS LATER PRESSES STARTED 'EMI RECORDS'

SECONDLY THE VINYL IS HEAVIER ON A FIRST PRESS, AND LASTLY ON AN EMI FIRST PRESS THE 'MADE IN JAPAN' TEXT ON THE LABEL IS ALWAYS IN (BRACKETS). ON THE CONTRACT PRESS IT IS NOT!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, THE PURPLE AREA BIEIN RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE 'P' BEING UNMARKED AND VERY WHITE.

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

THERE ARE JUST 4-5 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON DISC ONE, AND JUST TWO ON DISC TWO, TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE, AND IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER PREFERRED DISC ONE AS THIS APPEARS TO HAVE AHD A FEW MORE PLAYS

THE VINYL

REALLY HEAVY ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS DISCS, THAT HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHINE ABOUT THEM. IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND MARK FREE. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, DISC ONE HAS A FEW VERY WISPY HAIRLINES ON SIDE 2 WHICH DON'T SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND THE OTHER THREE SIDES HAVE JUST ABOUT NOTHING AT ALL, MAYBE A COUPLE FO WISPS ON EACH . A REALLY STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET

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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

RIGHT AWAY I WILL SAY THAT IN PARTICULAR ITS WORTH LISTENING TO CHILD IN TIME FIRST AS THIS STARTS VERY QUIETLY AND GIVES A REAL FLAVOUR OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL. IT IS THE SECOND SOUND BITE

HERE WE HAVE AN IMMACULATE PLAYTHOUGH OF THIS SUPERB DOUBLE ALBUM SET. THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, SHOWING THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THE SET HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A LIVE RECORDING THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS FIRST CLASS WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED. CRISP AND CLEAN AT EVERY POINT

THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE THROUGH EITHER OF THE DISCS.

NO CLICKS AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC EITHER

ALL I HEARD WAS A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST LITTLE DUST POPS DURING ONE OR TWO OF THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT THIS IS BEING REALLY PICKY

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ARCHIVE COPY OF ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST LIVE DOUBLE ALBUMS EVER RELEASED

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT!!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, SIT BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE!

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE FIRST THING TO NOTICE IS THE FACT THAT THE SLEEVE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR.

THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION BECAUSE IT HAS TWO INHERRANT FAULTS USUALLY. THE FIRST IS THAT THE LAMINATE CREASED VERY EASILY BY THE SPINE AND MOST COPIES WILL HAVE MANY UGLY LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE,WHICH FOR SOME REASON LOOK FAR WORSE ON THIS SLEEVE THAN MOST OTHER LAMINATED SLEEVES, AND SECOND;Y RING WEAR OR AT THE VERY LEAST RECORD SHAPE BLIGHTS BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK SURFACES, AND THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CARD IS VERY THIN, AND THE FIRST PRESS VINYL WAS THICK AND HEAVY UNLIKE THE SECOND PRESSES. THIS HEAVY VINYL CAUSED THE RECORD SHAPE TO FORM OVER TIME WHEN THE LP WAS HOUSED TIGHTLY INTO A RECORD COLLECTION, EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PLACED THE SET INTO A PLASTIC OUTER.

THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER IS IN THE BEST CONDITION I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE, AND IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE VINYL WAS HOUSED SEPERATELY FROM THE SLEEVE FOR MOST OF ITS LFE, AND IT HAS ALSO BE PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT HAS AN INCRDIBLE SHEEN TO IT AS I HOPE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND HAS NO CREASING TO THE LAMINATE HEAVY OR EVEN LIGHT, AND THE TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO ONE SO MINISCULE THAT IT IS BARELY VISIBLE, AND I ALSO SPOTTED ANOTHER WEENIE ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

THE PRICE STICKER IS A LITTLE SOILED AND HAS A TINY NICK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AREA WHERE I GUESS THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS GOING TO REMOVE IT THEN THOUGHT BETTER, EITHER THAT OR SOMETHING HAS CAUGHT IT. THEY MAIN THING IS THAT IT IS THERE AS A REMINDER OF THIS SUPERB ALBUMS HISTORIC RELEASE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL APART FROM A FEW TINY PIN PRICK WHITE DOTS ON THE ORANGE SURFACE AT THE TOP EDGE. THE LAMINATED AREAS ARE PRISTINE

THE SPINE HAS ONE TINY DEFECT RIGHT AT THE TOP WHERE IT HAS RUBBED ON THE VERY TIP. OTHER THAN THIS IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE. NO LAMINATE LOSS WHATSOEVER. NO SQUASHING OF THE SPINE. THE LEADING EDGES ARE TOTALLY MINT AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH THE SAME DEEP LUSTRE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND LIKE THE FRONT JUST TWO REALLY MINISCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR, NO MORE TO BE SAID

THE ORIGINAL  INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT

LIKE THE VINYL THIS PRECIOUS SLEEVE IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST COPY YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO FIND, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT MINT MINUS!!

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

GARRY