Deep Purple 'BURN' 1974 PURPLE UK LP ONE PLAY 100% MINT ARCHIVE

	£		23
	$		30

On offer here is the ONCE PLAYED LP by DEEP PURPLE called 'BURN' and is a 1974 UK Pressing.  THIS LP IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION!!!! 

THE FIRST ALBUM RELEASED BY THE MARK III PURPLE , NOW WITH DAVID COVERDALE ON VOCALS, AND GLEN HUGHES ON BASS.

THE ALBUM HAS BEEN REISSUED MANY TIMES, AND EVEN AT THE DATE OF PRODUCTION EMI WERE IN THE THROWS OF CHANGING THE RIM WORDING TO READ 'AN EMI RECORDING INSTEAD' OF THE GRAMOPHONE CO. THUS MOST COPIES YOU WILL FIND ARE THE ONES WITH THE EMI WORDING.THERE WERE ALSO SOME HYBRID COPIES WHICH HAS THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO' ON ONE SIDE AND 'EMI' ON THE OTHER

SO JUST A WORD ABOUT THE LABELS. IT IS SAID THAT ONLY THE VERY FIRST COPIES OFF THE PRESS HAD THE GRAMOPHONE RIM WORDING. CERTAINLY THERE APPEAR TO BE FAR FEWER ISSUES WITH THIS WORDING THAN THE EMI WORDING , HOWEVER I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE BELIEF.

MY BELIEF IS THAT AS EMI WERE IN THE THROWS OF CHANGING THE RIM WORDING TO EMI FROM THE GRAMOPHONE CO, I BELIEVE THAT LABELS HAD ALREADY BEEN PRODUCED WITH GRAMOPHONE CO ON THEM, AND ALSO THE NEWER EMI ONES. IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT BOTH LABELS WERE BEING USED AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT BECAME POT LUCK AS TO WHICH LABEL ENDED UP ON WHICH DISC. SO TO BACK UP MY BELIEF I OFFER THE FOLLOWING TWO REASONS.

FIRSTLY THERE ARE COPIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE A GRAMOPHONE CO LABEL ON ONE SIDE AND AN EMI ONE ON THE OTHER. SO THIS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT BOTH WERE IN EXISTENCE AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.

SECONDLY AND EVEN MORE COMPELLING IS THE FACT THAT THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS TELL THE REAL TRUTH. SURELY IF THE GRAMOPHONE LABELS WERE THE FIRST ONES USED, THEN THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS WOULD BE EARLIER DIGITS AND LETTERS THAT THE EMI ONES. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY LISTED IN YEARS GONE BY TWO COPIES OF BURN WITH GRAMOPHONE LABELS AND THE MOTHERS ON ONE COPY WERE 2 AND 3, AND THE STAMPERS WERE AP AND MH. THIS COPY OF BURN HAS MOTHERS THAT ARE BOTH 2'S, AND THE STAMPERS ARE AP AND OA -  CLEARLY THIS LP CAME FROM THE SAME MOTHER AND STAMPER ON SIDE ONE AND AN EARLIER ONE ON SIDE TWO, SO IF IT IS EARLIER THEN SURELY IT SHOULD HAVE A GRAMOPHONE CO LABEL, BUT IT HASN'T SO THIS I BELIEVE IS THE PROOF THAT THEY WERE BOTH BEING PLACED ONTO VINYL AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME

FINALLY THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE IDENTICAL INDICTING THE SAME EXACT RECORDING AND THE VINYL IS IDENTICAL IN THICKNESS, WITH ALL OF THE SAME ETCHINGS IN THE DEAD WAX.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1974 UK PRESSING ON THE PURPLE RECORDS LABEL, CATALOGUE NUMBER TPS3505 A-1U/B-1U. 'PORKY & MEL& TRISH' ARE ETCHED INTO SIDE ONE (NOT ON THE REISSUES) AND 'PECKO' IS ETCHED ON THE DEADWAX OF SIDE 2. THIS LP IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

The record labels are in TOP condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and NO spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY ONCE!!!!  The vinyl is in superb condition!!!!   THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!! The record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record grades as MINT MINUS!!!! Believe me this is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!

The record comes in its ORIGINAL inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!! The cover has NO edge wear AT ALL, or ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! The cover must grade MINT MINUS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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