DEEP PURPLE - Deep Purple In Rock

Item Description

Vinyl, , Gatefold
LP Album Repress

Presumably June-December 1972 UK pressing.

The main difference from the previous issues is slight changes in label design:

1) The song listing on labels in 2 lines on both sides.
It is quite difficult to determine the exact date for these changes, most likely this could be happened after the EMI Records factories in Hayes, Middlesex were finally moved from Blyth Road to a new premises at Uxbridge Road by July - August 1972 and a new batch of labels for this press (with a slightly modified layout) was printed in a new printing facilities.

Other main identifiers:

- Laminated gatefold sleeve with 'Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.' in most cases have an additional fine keyline box around the EMI and Harvest logos on the front of the sleeve. But the 1st sleeve variant with a single bold line around the logos is still valid.
- Inner sleeve: mostly the 'Harvest' advertising inner sleeve. However, plain EMI inner sleeve with 'Patent Nos. 1125555' text and 'Made In Great Britain' text near the bottom is still valid;
- Runouts: A2 / B1 (until about mid-1975);
- The upper rim text begins with 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD.' (until about May 1974);
- The inscription 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' on labels is separated of the lower rim text and centered above the circular bottom line (until about May 1974);
- The boxed 'EMI' logo on labels (since about June 1971);
- The Ⓟ icon (under the 'Side A/B' indicator on labels) has the same size as the year '1970' to the right of it (since about December 1970 / January 1971).

℗ 1970
Produced for Edwards Coletta Productions
Each track is a group composition
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Recording Studios:
IBC: Tracks A1, A3, B2, B3
Abbey Road: Track A2
De Lane Lea: Tracks B1, B4