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isnw ecpDEEP PURPLE - BURN IN MAGNIFICENT MINT PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE MUSEUM COPY 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: 2 AP / 2 OA 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 THE RECORDS 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.
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 ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO SEE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES .
a truly stunning disc in every way PLAYING THE RECORD I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING.
I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.
I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM DOING NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.
THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.
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 ONE TINY SPECK OF STATIC HEARD IN BETWEEN TRACK 2 AND THREE OF SIDE ONE I DIDN T HEAR ANY DUST POPS WHATSOEVER THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT IT IS JUST SUPERB.
MINT MINUS AT THE VERY VERY LOWEST 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 JUST PERFECT NON LAMINATED 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 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 HALF 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 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.
ONLY THE TOP RIGHT TIP END SHOWS A SPECK OF RUBBING 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 THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO PERFECT.
FLAT UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT 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 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
