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On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by Deep Purple called Shades Of Deep Purple and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Parlophone label THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION THIS WAS DEEP PURPLE S FIRST RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE EARLIEST RAREST MONO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRE-RELEASE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP - AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS DEEP PURPLE S RAREST LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER JUST FINDING A STANDARD MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN NICE CONDITION IS VERY VERY HARD INDEED - BUT FINDING AN ULTRA RARE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ONLY A ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL 50 COPIES ONLY OF THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE AS TEST PRESSINGS , TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY MIX OF THE LP PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL ONLY AFTER THIS TEST PRESSING WAS FINALLY APPROVED - COULD THE 1ST PRESSING RUN BEGIN SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF NANCY SINATRA S ALL TIME RAREST LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE LIKE THIS - AND MUST BE REGARDED AS A TRUE ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY HOWEVER THIS LP IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT - AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST EARLIEST DEEP PURPLE LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER ALONG WITH OTHER TEST PRESSINGS FACTORY SAMPLES I ALSO LISTING - THIS LP CAME FROM AN EX PRODUCER WHO WORKED FOR VARIOUS RADIO STATIONS RECORD COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE 1960s AND 1970s AND THIS PARTICULAR LP WAS SPECIALLY MADE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY - AND CAME WITH AN ULTRA RARE PROMOTIONAL FLIPBACK COVER PICTURE STICKER THE COVER IS IN FACT, EXACTLY THE SAME IN CONSTRUCTION AS ALL RELEASED COVERS AND WAS UNDOUBTEDLY MADE BY GARROD LOFTHOUSE - THOUGH THIS WAS UNCREDITED , WITH A FLIPBACK COVER OF THE SAME DESIGN AS THE RELEASED VERSION ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCER - PARLOPHONE WERE TRYING TO PROMOTE DEEP PURPLE AS THE NEXT BIG THING , AND SO THIS PROMOTIONAL LP WAS SENT OUT PRIOR TO RELEASE TO PROMOTE THE LP, AND IN THE HOPE IT MAY GET AIRPLAY IN ADVANCE OF RELEASE NOW OF COURSE DEEP PURPLE WERE INDEED THE NEXT BIG THING - BUT NOT UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THEIR CLASSIC LP IN ROCK 4 LPs LATER IN 1970 UNFORTUNATELY - THIS LP DESPITE PROMOTION SOLD VERY POORLY.
THE PRODUCER ALSO STRESSED TO ME THAT 50 COPIES WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM EVER MADE - AND IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ONLY 10-20 COPIES WERE MADE.
AND THE REASON IS FAIRLY SIMPLE UNLIKE TODAY - IN THE 1960s RADIO AIRPLAY STATIONS WERE VERY STRICTLY CONTROLLED IN THE UK.
THERE WERE FAR FAR LESS THAN 50 RADIO STATIONS IN THE UK - AND ONLY 3 OR 4 NATIONAL STATIONS HENCE THE FACT, THIS LP WAS ONLY SENT TO A VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS IN THE HOPE OF RADIO AIRPLAY - AND IT IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAT ONLY 20-30 COPIES WERE EVER MADE AND OF COURSE, THIS LP IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT - AS IT WAS MADE RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF DEEP PURPLES AMAZING HISTORY, WAY BEFORE THIS LP HAD EVEN BEEN RELEASED SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST DEEP PURPLE LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY - AND THE CHANCES OR EVEN FINDING ANOTHER ONE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK EARLIEST MONO 1ST PRESSING TEST PRESSING ON EARLIEST WHITE LABEL TEST PRESS PARLOPHONE LABEL, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIXES, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESS PROMOTIONAL FLIPBACK COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK Earliest 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in BRILLIANT condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.
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No is PMC 7055 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Parlophone label see picture and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing The ULTRA RARE White label TEST PRESS record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO wear, NO writing, a Side One Factory Stamp as expected , and only a VERY few light spindle marks IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.
This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 MEGA light hairlines, only 1 VERY light scuffline, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either The record must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT RECORD Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to Brillant The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition The ULTRA RARE Promotional Flipback Cover is in BRILLIANT condition It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO rips, NO tears, barely ANY yellowing, NO splits, NO sticker marks, only 2 or 3 TINY age traces , NO sticker tears, only a VERY few light creases cover is VERY flat looking , NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO ringwear, VERY nice flipbacks, NO rubbing, barely ANY yellowing, NO grubbyness, and NO writing The Promotional Cover also features the SUPERB Deep Purple Cover Sticker on the front - with the picture of the ORIGINAL line up, and the names of each bandmember under each face The cover must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT COVER THIS LP IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST EARLIEST DEEP PURPLE LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - AND IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION TOO THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY AS AN ULTRA RARE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS TEST PRESSING - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK EARLIEST MONO 1ST PRESSING TEST PRESSING OF SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE BY DEEP PURPLE, IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.
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