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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 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 THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH ULTRA RARE SOLD IN THE UK LABEL TEXT LATER YELLOW BLACK LABELLED COPIES FROM 1969 DIDNT HAVE THIS NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL - AND IS STILL A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE INDEED JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING ON THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS YELLOW BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS SOLD IN THE UK LABEL TEXT, EARLIEST 1ST PRESS EMI ADVERTISING PATENTS APPLIED FOR INNER SLEEVE, AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESS GARROD LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK LAMINATED PATENTS PENDING COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st Pressing from 1968 and is in GREAT condition overall The Cat.
No is PCS 7055 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow Black Parlophone label see picture and is a much MUCH rarer UK Stereo 1st Pressing And PLEASE NOTE - whilst later Stereo pressings on later labels are relatively common - 1st Press Stereos on 1st Press Yellow Black labels are BY FAR the rarer All the tracks are Pure quality Deep Purple at their best Any fan of Deep Purple, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO wear apart from a touched in trace around 1 centre hole , only some VERY minor texturisation, NO writing, 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 GREAT condition overall - and still VERY bright shiny looking indeed 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 AT ALL, only 2 or 3 TINY lateral hairline type marks, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light surface traces, 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 skips, only a few VERY light clicks though mostly NONE , NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL There is also some background sound on the run on grooves gaps - though this is lost WAY behind ALL but the VERY quietest parts of the music ONLY and 99 of this LP is very VERY loud indeed The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either The record must grade Very Good Minus PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed if not better - and is still a very VERY presentable record indeed 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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press EMI Advertising Patents Applied For inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition The ORIGINAL 1st Press Garrod Lofthouse Flipback Laminated Patents Pending Cover is in GREAT condition It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of tipping in to the corner tips, NO splits, only a few VERY light creases cover is VERY flat looking , shiny laminate, 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 apart from a faint touch on the middle opening edge, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO damage to the flipbacks, and a name at the very top The cover must grade Very Good PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed if not better THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - 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 RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING OF SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE BY DEEP PURPLE 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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