LP - Deep Purple – Deep Purple In Rock - ORIGINAL 1 PRESS - UK - 1970 - NM / EX + !

Deep Purple – Deep Purple In Rock
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Label: Harvest – SHVL 777, Harvest – 1E 062 º 91442
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: Jun 5, 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock
A1 Speed King
A2 Bloodsucker
A3 Child In Time
B1 Flight Of The Rat
B2 Into The Fire
B3 Living Wreck
B4 Hard Lovin' Man
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Recorded At – I.B.C. Studios
Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Published By – Hec Music Ltd.
Published By – Hec Music
Produced For – Edwards Coletta Productions
Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Artwork [Art Studios] – Nesbit, Phipps & Froome*
Design [Cover Design] – Edwards Coletta Productions
Engineer [Abbey Road] – Philip McDonald*
Engineer [De Lane Lea] – Martin Birch
Engineer [IBC] – Andy Knight
Other [Equipment] – Ian (Bige) Hansford, Mick (Egg) Angus
Performer – Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
Photography By – Alan Hall (3), Mike Brown (22)
Producer [Produced By], Composed By, Concept By [Album Devised By], Arranged By – Deep Purple
This is the first UK issue

The main identifiers are:

- Laminated gatefold sleeve with 'Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.' (until about 1981)

- Inner sleeve: Copies bought in the first month of release feature a plain inner sleeve with 'Patent Nos. 1125555' text and 'Made In Great Britain' text in BLACK PRINT near the bottom on 1 side. Shortly after this LP was released (about July / August 1970) EMI introduced the 'Harvest' advertising inner sleeve. So with all copies made from this date onwards mostly having the 'Harvest' advertising inner sleeve instead. However, plain EMI inner sleeve were also used;

- Runouts: A2 / B1 (until about mid-1975). It is worth noting that variant 1 - 1st pressings with A-1 / B-1 matrixes are extremely rare on this LP. They were changed prior to the release date, with even most release date copies having A2/B1 matrixes instead. Only 1 in 20 1st pressings have this matrix - with A2/B1 matrix being used through all remaining 1st pressings, and many 2nd pressings also;

- The upper rim text begins with 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD.' (until about May 1974);
- No 'EMI' logo on labels (until about June 1971);
- 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);
- Song listing in 3-lines for side A and in 4 lines for side B (until about the second half of 1972);
- The Ⓟ icon (under the 'Side A/B' indicator on labels) is about a third smaller than the year '1970' to the right of it (until about December 1970 / January 1971);
- Inscriptions (on the right side of the label) 'STEREO', 'SHVL 777' and '(SHVL.777A or B) 33 1/3' are located one above the other and have an equal gap between them.

Recording Studios:
IBC: Tracks A1, A3, B2, B3
Abbey Road: Track A2
De Lane Lea: Tracks B1, B4
Rights Society (Publisher): Mecolico. NCB
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): SHVL.777A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): SHVL.777B
Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 1): SHVL 777 A-1 PM 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 1): SHVL 777 B-1 GH 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 2): SHVL 777 A-2 G 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side B. Var. 2): SHVL 777 B-1 G 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, side A. Var. 3): SHVL 777 A-2 R 2