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WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 1,000 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions DEEP PURPLE SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE THE GROUP S FIRST ALBUM ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING ORIGINAL 1968 PARLOPHONE RECORDS STEREO LP PCS-7055 ORIGINAL U.K.
PRESSING ULTRA-RARE, SHORT-LIVED, TRUE FIRST, ORIGINAL BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL WITH YELLOW PARLOPHONE LOGO AND THE INSCRIPTION SOLD IN THE U.K.
SUBJECT TO PRICE LISTS etc.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.K.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER EUROPEAN STYLE ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER ORIGINAL FLIP-BACK COVER 1/2-INCH MARGINS OF THE FRONT PANEL ARE FOLDED AND PASTED ONTO THE BACK PANEL CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -1/-1 .
ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction.
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GUARANTEED The usual perception of early Deep Purple is that it was a band with a lot of potential in search of a direction.
And that might be true of their debut LP, put together in three days of sessions in May of 1968, but it s still a hell of an album.
From the opening bars of And the Address, it s clear that they d gotten down the fundamentals of heavy metal from day one, and at various points the electricity and the beat just surge forth in ways that were startlingly new in the summer of 1968.
Ritchie Blackmore never sounded less at ease as a guitarist than he does on this album, and the sound mix doesn t exactly favor the heavier side of his playing, but the rhythm section of Nick Simper and Ian Paice rumble forward, and Jon Lord s organ flourishes, weaving classical riffs, and unexpected arabesques into I m So Glad, which sounds rather majestic here.
Hush was the number that most people knew at the time it was a hit single in America , and it is a smooth, crunchy interpretation of the Joe South song.
But nobody could have been disappointed with the rest of this record one can even hear the very distant origins of Smoke on the Water in Mandrake Root, once one gets past the similarities to Jimi Hendrix s Foxy Lady by the song s extended finale, they sound more like the Nice.
Their version of Help is one of the more interesting reinterpretations of a Beatles song, as a slow, rough-textured dirge.
Hey Joe is a bit overblown, and the group clearly had to work a bit at both songwriting and their presentation, but one key attribute that runs through most of this record even more so than the very pronounced heaviness of the playing is a spirit of fun these guys are obviously having the time of their lives rushing through their limited repertoire, and it s infectious to the listener it gives this record much more of a 60s feel than we re accustomed to hearing from this band REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/ TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER LISTED ITEMS BY THIS GROUP OR ARTIST CLICK HERE CONDITION: RECORD IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD .
CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition.
There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 2 inches 1 inch 2.5 centimeters b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings.
Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic.
Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording c The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording COVER THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER : THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has a few visible wrinkles along the seams - Cover has visible wrinkles creases in the cardboard base on the front panel - Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.
- Back cover has a tiny, barely visible peel-off mark, probably from the careless removal of the price sticker less than 1/32nd square inch in size - Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side nothing significant - Cover has a minor bump dent on the opening side nothing significant NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER: - No split seams - No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners - No saw-marks or indents - No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers - No yellowing from aging - No writing - No stamps - No stains - No mold or mildew spots - No stickers or labels - No water damage - No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.
- No warping - No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover - No glue traces or wax residue.
- No bar codes - No RIAA stamps or stickers.
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