DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK: 1970 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS

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DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK: 1970 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS
NO EMI BOX LOGO, G&L GF COVER, OUTSTANDING AUDIO!!!


DEEP PURPLE
In Rock

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT!!! UK HARVEST (SHVL 777) FIRST PRESSING!!! (June 1970) OF DEEP PURPLE'S ICONIC "In Rock" LP
PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING AUDIO!!! THE GREEN HARVEST LABELS HAVE THE FIRST ISSUE "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD...." RIM TEXT WITH NO EMI BOXED LOGO (very earliest issues only!!!) AND THE FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: SHVL 777 A-2 / SHVL 777 B-1 WITH EARLY 2/HP & 1/LT MOTHERS AND STAMPERS
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED, GATEFOLD SLEEVE, FACTORY SEALED ON THE LEFT SIDE EDGE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." AND COME COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE (now becoming a bit of a rarity in itself!!!)

After satisfying all of their classical music kinks with keyboard player Jon Lord's overblown Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Deep Purple's soon to be classic Mark II version made its 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.


Track Listing:
Side 1: SPEED KING / BLOODSUCKER / CHILD IN TIME
Side 2: FLIGHT OF THE RAT / INTO THE FIRE / LIVING WRECK / HARD LOVIN' MAN

LABELS: CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO writing and only a few light spindle traces evident when angled under a bright light!! 
VINYL Visual: The vinyl has a DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN with just a few light marks which have no major audio consequence (see audio)
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio delivery!! - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG. TREMENDOUS POWERFUL SOUND!!! There are a few clicks/pops during the quiet section of "Speed King" for a few seconds only but certainly nothing I found at all intrusive on play-grading this masterpiece!! Otherwise the sound quality is simply AMAZING with NO groove-wear and NO distortion!!!! Must be graded Side One: EXCELLENT(-) & Side Two: EXCELLENT(+) for audio. Plays extremely well throughout and NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page)
SLEEVE: The outer laminated cover is in EXCELLENT(-) condition!! It is good and solid with very little storage wear to the top and bottom edges and a nice CLEAN, CLEAR spine and the laminated surfaces have a BEAUTIFUL, DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN but the opening edge has just a little feathering and some small laminate lift (see pics). Still a very nice, original sleeve!!

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THIS REALLY IS A GREAT COPY!! (and apart from the few minor clicks already mentioned - FANTASTIC!!!) AND AS A UK FIRST PRESSING WITH NO EMI BOXED LOGO - VERY SCARCE!!!!
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