DEEP PURPLE, Machine Head [No EMI on label] 1st pressing A-1U matrix EXC- UK LP
  £   28
  $   37

 


£ 28 Sold For
Mar 25, 2013 Sold Date
Mar 18, 2013 Start Date
£   25 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
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A1 Highway Star 6:05 A2 Maybe I'm A Leo 4:51 A3 Pictures Of Home 5:03 A4 Never Before 3:56 B1 Smoke On The Water 5:40 B2 Lazy 7:19 B3 Space Truckin'

Primary identifiers for the first pressing: 1) No EMI credit on label, outer rim of label for first pressings has 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd' at 11 O'Clock. 2) 'Made In Great Britain' on label at 6 O'Clock 3) Original pressings have a laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd gatefold sleeve and include a lyric insert.

Above information from Discogs website.













UK TRUE FIRST PRESSING (NO EMI ON LABEL, 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD' AT 11 O'CLOCK, MADE IN GT BRITAIN AT 6 O'CLOCK) VINYL LP IN LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH FOLD-OUT LYRIC INNER AND ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

Only the first pressings of this album were on thicker EMI vinyl, and had a punchier, drier, more dynamic sound. THIS is the copy to own if you want to hear 'Smoke on the Water' as it was originally heard.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: TPAS 7504 A-1U / SIDE B: TPAS 7504 B-1U

MOTHER No. SIDE A: 2 / SIDE B: 1

STAMPER No. SIDE A: MH / SIDE B: AD

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, DOES HAVE LIGHT SHELF AND EDGE WEAR, SPINE NICKS, SOME CREASING. LYRIC INNER IS EXCELLENT MINUS. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD.

DISC: VISUALLY A VERY GOOD+ WITH SOME LIGHT HAIRLINES AND MINOR SCUFFS, NONE OF WHICH ARE SCRATCHES. ONLY MINOR SPINDLE WEAR. WE HAVE VPI CLEANED THIS DISC WITH RECORD RESEARCH CLEANERS AND IT HAS COME UP SUPERBLY, IT PLAYS EXCELLENT MINUS WITH NO NOTICEABLE SURFACE NOISES AND A PUNCHY SOUND - A SPLENDID PLAYING COPY OF A ROCK CLASSIC FIRST PRESSING.



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