Deep Purple: Machine Head, South Africa 1st issue vinyl album. Rare.

	£		40
	$		53

Deep Purple: Machine Head, South Africa 1st issue vinyl album. Rare.

Purple Records (black ‘P’) : Cat No. TPSAJ 7504

These don’t seem to come up for sale anywhere that often, none noted on e-bay at present.

Thanks to Discogs for the following:

Notes

Textured cover with "artone press" logo printed on bottom right of back cover (see detail image).
Inner sleeve (printed by "interpak") carries images of other locally available EMI releases.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side A): TPSA 7504 A
• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side B): TPSA 7504 B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A - etched): TPSA -7504 -A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B - etched): TPSA - 7504 B
• Other (Labels: near hub centre, both sides - embossed [mirrored]): 2

When originally bought (pre loved) for pressing and sleeve variation.

Played at the time (20.12.92) to assess the audio quality of the disc, which was noted as follows:

A VG+

B EX -.

then just filed away on a shelf.

Outer sleeve in overall very good condition bearing in mind almost 50 years old and a long journey to England, no splits. Mild scuffs to corners and more noticeable along the rear spine edge, see photos.

Original South African Rand price sticker on front outer sleeve includes Cat No.

Inner EMI Brigadiers record bag advertising other releases, inc Who do we think we are. No splits. On one side previous sellers block printed reference number

Inner gatefold has very slight brown staining water marks along the top inner flip back – see photos.

Disc condition see above for audio grading.

Visually is very good with glossy lustre. Feintest of hairlines. On the outer rim of the disc on side 2 are a few white marks of unknown origin, these do not appear to encroach on the playing groove (3 revolutions outside this). Also light scratch on the label.

Selling on behalf of my Dad (who supplied all the info) from his personal collection, from the olden days when he collected vinyl.

I aim to use recycled packaging when possible, but rest assure that your vinyl will be well packed and protected against the trials of postal travel!

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A few words about the vinyl grading.

I try to be as honest as possible, but all grades are based upon an experienced but ultimately subjective visual inspection, trying to identify and highlight obvious issues.

Back in the day whilst my Dad purchased much of the vinyl new, as he expanded his collection, (eventually running into a few thousand discs) hence many only played once, inevitably he was drawn to second hand (pre-loved) copies of certain discs, including the rarer original 1970’s issue boots.

As you will appreciate, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this or looking at the listing, the nature of many of these live/unofficial recordings meant that original production standards were not necessarily a top priority, with occasional mastering/pressing faults occurring.

Similarly with any second hand vinyl which in some cases is almost 50 years old they will potentially exhibit aural signs of having been played, sometimes a fair bit..these are not mint, new unplayed discs (unless stated).

The attraction for my Dad was either obtaining the different variations of an issue or otherwise unavailable rare recordings…its called collecting!

When playing vinyl my Dad had a Technics SL1800 turntable with Ortfon cartridge, so no thrashing and grinding on an old  fidelity UA4! (early 70’s starter bedroom lo-fi, crank it up ?).

Any questions or if you need more photos please ask.

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