DEEP PURPLE   " IN ROCK "

ORIGINAL 1970 1st UK PRESSING

 FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

EXCELLENT NR MINT CONDITION

HARVEST SHVL 777

STEREO

Matrix Numbers

SHVL 777 A - 2

SHVL 777 B - 1

" Gramophone Co. ltd....  " round top edge of label

COVER is  FRONT AND BACK LAMINATED (GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LTD)

AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS ALL TIME CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM IN EXCELLENT NR MINT CONDITION  ..

..... EARLY FIRST UK PRESSING.... 

ALBUM ON THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER HARVEST LABEL

BRILLIANT 135 GRAM VINYL PRESSING , LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION... 

 BOTH SIDES PLAY WITH A MINIMUM OF SURFACE NOISE OR STATIC ,

 THERE IS LITTLE OR NO DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY ...

A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE :)

Gradings

Top & Bottom Edges:MINT

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly very sharp with barely any wear

Spine and Text: MINT: solid and square with no wear, text is unworn, very bold and clear.

Corners: MINT

The Inner Sleeve: MINT

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT. very clean, shiny, intense black and quite solidly pressed.NEAR MINT

Album Played For Grading: Yes. I play from the beginning to end in the studio to check , this record is in MINT condition,there are a few crackles here and there but overall sound quality is mint ...

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very full, detailed sound. Both channels here are clean and sharp, This record has been carefully played and has been well stored and looked after within a non-smoking environment.

Overall, this is an excellent if not mint condition, beautiful copy of the album – records, cover and inners .

TRACKLISTING

SIDE 1

1.Speed King

2.Blood Sucker

3.Child In Time

SIDE 2

1.Flight Of The Rat

2.Into The Fire

3.Living Wreck

4.Hard Lovin' Man

ALBUM BLURB

This album is considered to be Deep Purple's (Mark II).. proper debut and established the sonic blueprint that would immortalize this lineup of the band on 1970's awesome In Rock. 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 bandmates 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.

Shipping & Packaging

UK
2nd class : £ 4.00
2nd class recorded : £4.75
1st class : £5.00
1st class recorded : £6.00

Outside the U.K. please get in touch for exact costs .........

A RARE collectors item IN AMAZING CONDITION !!!

Will ship worldwide

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 after final listening playing grade of side ones is very good / excellent ..thanks