Deep Purple BURN 1974 UK LP 1st Press GRAMOPHONE CO/EMI HYBRID LABELS MINT HEAR

	£		180
	$		239

DEEP PURPLE - BURN
RARE GRAMOPHONE CO/EMI HYBRID EXAMPLE

MAGNIFICENT MINT PLAYTHROUGH

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MINT MINUSSLEEVE

MUSEUM COPY!!!
FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE

• CATALOGUE:PURPLE TPS3505
• MATRIX: TPS3505 A-1U / B-1U
• PORKY & MEL & TRISH ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE (NOT ON REISSUES) 
• PECKO ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ON SIDE 2
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 HL / 3 LL 

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

THIS COPY IS ONE OF THOSE HYBRID EXAMPLES

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION, BOTH COLOURS ARE UNRUBBED WITH THE WHITE SECTION REMAINING 'WHITE'

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.
SIDE ONE HAS THE'GRAMOPNONE CO RIM WORDING', WHEREAS SIDE TWO SHOWS 'EMI RECORDS'

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN WITH JUST ONE REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINE CLOSE BY, SHOWING THAT THE LP WAS BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE 1ST PRESS LP'S OF THIS TITLE WERE MADE OF FAR HEAVIER VINYL THAT THE REISSUES.

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS MAGNIFICENT. THERE ARE NO HANDLING MARKS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PERFECT MINT EXAMPLE

THE TEST PLAY

THE VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE ONE PLAY THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS UNWORN AND CORRECTLY WEIGHTED

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT, WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING AT ALL, AND NO CLICKS EITHER.

ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS OR TICS WHATSOEVER THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

SILENT IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO MINT!!!  

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE A  LISTEN TO THE ALBUM AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SLEEVE TO FIND IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION, BECAUSE IT IS SO FLIMSY THAT IS CREASES EASILY AND MOST COPIES WILL HAVE MULTIPLE SMALL LINES AROUND THE EDGES AT BEST. HERE IS ONE THAT HAS SAT INSIDE A STRONG PLASTIC OUTER FROM THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT

NON LAMINATED MATTE SINGLE SLEEVE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE RICH VIBRANT COLOURS DESPITE THE NON LAMINATED SURFACE.

THE COLOURS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR COLOUR FADE AT ANY POINT ON THIS SLEEVE.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND THERE ARE JUST TWO OF THE TINIEST AND BARLEY VISIBLE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE AT ALL ALONG THE TOP EDGE. NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE ON THE SLEEVE.

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.
THE ORIGINAL SHOP STICKER SITS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES .ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AND HAVE ALL OF THE COLOURS INTACT. THIS IS VERY UNCOMMON AS THESE FLIMSY SLEEVES WERE PRONE TO SHELF WEAR EASILY. THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW, AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO FANTASTIC. 

THE SPINE IS UNRUBBED, AND THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNWORN.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPER CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN JUST TWO PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO PERFECT. FLAT UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED

I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

THIS IS A VAULT CONDITION LP AND SLEEVE!!!  AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY