Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple) Heavy Metal Holocaust. Unofficial single

	£		21
	$		28

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple): Heavy Metal Holocaust. Unofficial single live vinyl album.

Cat No. LP 844.

Recorded St David’s Hall Cardiff, Sept 14th 1983, off Captured live US radio show.

These original vinyl live albums from the 70’s and 80’s are becoming increasingly hard to find, especially in good condition.

When originally bought (pre-loved I recall?) played once to check audio quality as I had the original radio show on vinyl, then filed away on a shelf…only to now surface.

Outer sleeve in overall in very good condition, lighter gauge card. Minor corner scuffs and slight dings, Mark by Rainbow logo where former price label removed, leaving adhesive residue and  partially lifting top laminate surface of the card. Small line of scuffing above this. Very light surface scuff marks to rear. Very slight beginnings of disc indentation, but no print loss or wear.

Disc has a deep glossy lustre look with no obvious visual flaws. No spindle wear.

Selling on behalf of my Dad (who supplied all the info) from his personal collection, from the olden days when he collected vinyl.

I aim to use recycled packaging when possible, but rest assure that your vinyl will be well packed and protected against the trials of postal travel!

Important perspective info, please read….thanks ?.

A few words about the vinyl grading.

I try to be as honest as possible, but all grades are based upon an experienced but ultimately subjective visual inspection, trying to identify and highlight obvious issues.

Back in the day whilst my Dad purchased much of the vinyl new, as he expanded his collection, (eventually running into a few thousand discs) hence many only played once, inevitably he was drawn to second hand (pre-loved) copies of certain discs, including the rarer original 1970’s issue boots.

As you will appreciate, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this or looking at the listing, the nature of many of these live/unofficial recordings meant that original production standards were not necessarily a top priority, with occasional mastering/pressing faults occurring.

Similarly with any second hand vinyl which in some cases is almost 50 years old they will potentially exhibit aural signs of having been played, sometimes a fair bit..these are not mint, new unplayed discs (unless stated).

The attraction for my Dad was either obtaining the different variations of an issue or otherwise unavailable rare recordings…its called collecting!

When playing vinyl my Dad had a Technics SL1800 turntable with Ortfon cartridge, so no thrashing and grinding on an old  fidelity UA4! (early 70’s starter bedroom lo-fi, crank it up ?).

Any questions or if you need more photos please ask.

From a smoke free home.

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