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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 Yellow Black Parlophone label THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 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 QUITE LITERALLY THE EARLIEST MONO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE AND THIS HAS TO MAKE THIS LP THE RAREST DEEP PURPLE LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER IN FACT, THIS IS ANY PERSONS UNIQUE CHANCE TO OWN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A PIECE OF HISTORY BECAUSE OUT OF ALL THE LPS THAT DEEP PURPLE EVER MADE SOLD, AND HUGE SUCCESS THEY HAD LATER ON - THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING OF THEIR FIRST RAREST EVER LP RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR AMAZING HISTORY THIS LP IS QUITE LITERALLY THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND MADE WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE AND WHAT SHOWS THIS LP TO BE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - IS THAT IT HAS 1/1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, AND EVEN MORE AMAZINGLY 1G/1G MOTHER STAMPER CODES THE EARLIEST EVER ONLY THE FIRST 300 COPIES EVER MADE - EVER HAD THESE AMAZINGLY RARE 1G/1G MOTHER STAMPER CODINGS, WITH ALL LATER COPIES BEING DIFFERENT AND WITH THESE AMAZING EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1G/1G MOTHER STAMPER CODINGS 1/1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS - THIS LP HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE RAREST DEEP PURPLE LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER THIS LP ALSO HAS A KT EMBOSSED TAX CODE ON ONE LABEL - WHICH ALL LATER PRESSINGS NEVER HAD SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE EARLIEST RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP - THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET AND WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED BACK IN 1968, NEARLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE MONO AT ALL MOST SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK MONOS AS STANDARD BY THIS POINT - AND IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE BY SPECIAL ORDER ONLY AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE MONO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING ON THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS YELLOW BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS KT LABEL TAX CODING, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS 1G/1G MOTHER STAMPER CODINGS, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS SOLD IN THE UK TEXT, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESS GARROD LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK LAMINATED PATENTS PENDING MONO COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE MONO - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in BRILLIANT condition The Cat.
No is PMC 7055 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow Black Parlophone label see picture and is a much MUCH rarer UK MONO 1st Pressing The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL The vinyl is in 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 nasty concentric marks, only 3 or 4 VERY light hairlines, only 3 or 4 VERY light scufflines, NO nasty deep feelable scratches AT ALL, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light 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 slight background sound on the run on grooves gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL The record is also FRACTIONALLY uneven and I mean barely ANY - though most people would never EVER see this AT ALL The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either The record must grade Very Good if not better 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 Patents Applied For Advertising inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition The ORIGINAL 1st Press Garrod Lofthouse Flipback Laminated Patents Pending MONO Cover is in GREAT condition It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear apart from 2 or 3 VERY small touched in creases , only VERY slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO splits, NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of tipping in to the corners, only a few light creases cover is VERY flat looking , shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, VERY nice flipbacks, NO sticker marks, only 2 or 3 almost INVISIBLE touching in traces to the EXTREME flipback edges, NO sticker tears, NO yellowing, only the VERY faintest touch of uneveness towards the left, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, and NO writing The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed if not better - and is still a very VERY decent cover indeed THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY AS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING IN MEGA RARE MONO - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK EARLIEST POSSIBLE MONO 1ST PRESSING OF SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE BY DEEP PURPLE, IN 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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