Sold Date: May 25, 2016
Start Date: May 18, 2016
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"SMOKE ON THE WATER" (Ritchie Blackmore / Ian Gillan / Roger Glover / Jon Lord / Ian Paice)
 
We all came out to Montreux,
On the Lake Geneva shoreline,
To make records with a mobile,
We didn't have much time.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers,
Were at the best place around,
But some stupid with a flare gun,
Burned the place to the ground,
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky,
Smoke on the water.....

They burned down the gambling house,
It died with an awful sound.
Funky Claude was running in and out,
Pulling kids out of the ground.
When it all was over,
We had to find another place,
But Swiss time was running out,
It seemed that we would lose the race,
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky.
Smoke on the water.....

We ended up at the Grand Hotel,
It was empty, cold and bare,
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside,
Making our music there,
With a few red lights and a few old beds,
We made a place to sweat,
No matter what we get out of this,
I know, I know we'll never forget,
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky,
Smoke on the water.....
DEEP PURPLE:"Machine Head" LP, UK EMI 1973 PRESSING, 1972 FIRST ISSUE GATEFOLD COVER & LYRIC INSERT.
PERHAPS BEST DESCRIBED AS A FOLD OUT POSTER, AT APPROXIMATELY, 28 inches LONG & 12 INCHES WIDE.
 
AS THE 1973 SECOND PRESSING, THE LABELS HAVE "EMI Record Company" RIM TEXT;  THE 1972 PRESSINGS
HAVE "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
I can accurately place the pressing in 1973 because after March,1973, EMI introduced two new items, the above label rim text and
a new design for their inner sleeves, outside of promotional LP picture inner's, it was the first major change since 1966.  As an
unplayed true Mint record and I can say for certain it was inside this inner sleeve since first being inserted in EMI's pressing
plant in 1973, I will describe and grade that shortly.  Another adjustment label text in March, 1973, "Made In Gt. Britain" was
relocated  from 6 o'clock to the end of the copyright line, at 4 o'clock.  A logical placement, EMI's labels settled into position
and after the upheaval at the end of the 1960's, the vinyl remained exactly the same and only printing amendments gave an
indication was the second pressing.  After all, only eleven months had passed since the 8th April, 1972 release and with the UK
consecutive chart residence of 24 weeks, "Machine Head" did not leave the charts until October, 1972. So no surprise to find such
a closely connected second pressing like this, in a first issue 1972 gatefold cover, complete with the first edition lyric insert
or poster.  There was no difference between April - October, 1972 EMI vinyl, and a March, 1973 record, an unplayed 43 year old
record is extremely rare.  I always feel it is very important to place the correct perspective onto how directly connected vinyl
pressings actually are.   Please see this record's machine stamping for confirmation of that statement, the pressing details of
"Machine Head" are very typical of all EMI's meticulous indexing, particularly during the 1960's and 1970's.
 

  PURPLE RECORDS LABEL: TPS 7504
.  
    MAITRIX: TPS 7504  A - 1U  /  TPS 7508  B - 3

EMI STAMPING CODES: T   1 / GPG   ?  (Blank or just too faintly stamped to see)  
Even without one side's mother digit, the above maitrix is without any doubt a direct continuation of the 1972 pressings, then
  the first mother on one side has to be taken into consideration.  I am certain the missing mother digit would have been very low,
if not another '1' digit.  As I have have demonstrated with countless Beatles singles, EP's and LP's, first mothers were not
necessarily used in strict order or sequence, hence the mixture of mother numbers per individual side of the same record.
I will move on and return to this fascinating record's machine stamping, yes, a second pressing by virtue of the label rim text,
but except for the inner sleeve, everything else associated with this cover, poster and machine stamping in the run-out grooves
of the record, are very firmly rooted in 1972.

FIRST ISSUE,  LARGE SIZE FOLD-OUT LYRICS INSERT, PRINTED ON TEXTURED PAPER, MATT WHITE ON
THE BACK.  THE FRONT HAS A PURPLE BORDER TO A LIGHT PURPLE OR MAUVE BACKGROUND TO PURPLE
PRINTING, THE PRINTED SIDE HAS A SEMI-GLOSSY SHEEN.   MEASURING A HUGE,  27 .75" x 11. 75"
The above could have been written for the first pressing insert in April, 1972, like the gatefold cover, this originated in 1972
  and has never been used or handled.  The semi-glossy posters were exclusive to the 1972 first editions, they had the 'TPS 7504'
UK catalogue number printed in the top right corner, obviously any left over from the final charting period, October, 1972, were
used up for some of these March, 1973 pressings.  Untorn, unscuffed, unaged, with perfectly crisp edges and corners, allowing
for being inside with the record because the 1972 front compartment was sealed, just a few ripples and a record impression.
THE "Machine Head" POSTER / INSERT IS IN UNUSED, NEAR MINT CONDITION.
 
 
  ORIGINAL 1973, EMI / Purple LABEL INNER SLEEVE, UNUSED, UNSPLIT AND UNAGED,
A curved corners inner sleeve with two sets of boxed information printed on the front in black, the top one has the heading;

1.) "Care Of Your Records" - With five individual essential instructions that should be just as rigidly observed in 2016!
2.) "IMPORTANT NOTICE" -  Copyright instructions and where to apply for performance licences and EMI's London address.

Underneath the bottom "IMPORTANT NOTICE" is "Made In Great Britain" & The Patent Number.
THE FIRST OF THIS TYPE, MADE FROM THICK, TEXTURED PAPER BUT WITHOUT THE MONTH & YEAR WHEN IT
WAS PRINTED IN.   AFTER 1973 THE MANUFACTURING DATE WAS PRINTED ON THE BOTTOM CENTRE OF THE FRONT.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT- CONDITION.


1972 FIRST ISSUE 'Garrod & Lofthouse' PRINTED LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER,THE INSIDE HAS A COLLAGE
  OF BLACK & WHITE BAND PICTURES, INCLUDING A BURNING 'Smoke on the water, fire in the sky' BUILDING.
  I will give more details below about the fire that inspired one of, in not the greatest riff since Jimi Hendrix 'kissed the sky',
  on his fittingly titled 1967 composition with a related colour, "Purple Haze."
  THE CREDITS AND TRACK LISTING ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARRAY OF PICTURES OVER BOTH OF THE INSIDE
  PANELS.   I AM NAMING THIS AS AN ORIGINAL UNSOLD 1972 COVER, BEING USED FOR THE SMALL BATCH OF
  RECORDS PRESSED IN MARCH, 1973 FOR SEVERAL REASONS;
 
  1.) THE DELUXE QUALITY OF THE COVER, INCLUDING ULTRA GLOSSY LAMINATION ON THE OUTSIDE,  BUT MORE
  SUBSTANTIAL FOR AN EASILY MISSED, ACTUAL BOWED SHAPED ON THE FRONT TOP SECTION.
 
  2.)  THE COVER INCLUDES EMI's 1960's TEXT AS FOUND ON THE DEBUT 1968 LP, "Shades Of Deep Purple."
 
  "File Under - POPULAR ; Pop Groups" - Printed on the back top left corner.
 
  3.) NEXT TO THE 'Garrod & Lofthouse' CREDIT IS THE DATE THE COVER WAS PRINTED; '7204' = April1973.
 
  4.)  THE FRONT RIGHT EDGE WAS NOT CUT STRAIGHT WITH THE INSIDE EDGE, INCLUDING THE LAMINATE, IT
   WAS CONTINUED OVER THE EDGE AND GLUED UNDER THE FAR LEFT EDGE OF THE INSIDE LEFT PANEL.
 
  All above specifications apply to the April, 1972 very first pressings with, 'Gramophone Co.Ltd." label rims, and the maitrix ;
  'TPS 7504  A - 1U / TPS 7508  B - 1U.'  I could have just said I know 1972 first edition gatefold covers through sheer experience
  as a professional record seller of long standing, plus I bought my original in April, 1972, because since the 1970 "In Rock" LP,
  I stayed with this line-up's latest albums. Facts avoid just giving opinions but at least my opinions are based on personal first
hand experience and I know my way around items like 1970's EMI inner sleeves blindfolded.

  The cover was never used and perfectly stored inside a plastic outer sleeve for every day of it's 43 years of age, well, 44 years
of age if including sitting in EMI's warehouse since 1972. There is no ageing, including a white background to the inside panels
which look untouched.  Just the usual glue edge of the lamination's finishing position on the top and bottom edges affecting the
printing, but too minimally too mention.   What fantastic ultra glossy lamination,completely undulled, when angled there are a few
single line impressions, they hardly show at a normal position because the artwork's reflected band picture has lines that could
be interpreted as actual on the top surface,  they are under the laminate and positively part of the photograph taken of the
reflective material..not the cover. The first mentioned few single line impressions are on the cover, not from the original glass
like original photograph, plus the usual record impression formed over all those decades, as I constantly say, I can and do locate
incredible condition records, but I cannot hold back the passage of time's impact on the cardboard covers.  Related to holding
the record and an impression, some positive edge laminate lines and a few laminate crinkles where the record's contours have
created them.  Light rubbing to the spine ends is yet another standing in storage trait, at this point I always add a reminder
this cover has been holding an ultra rare unplayed record for 43 years. There are more positive's than negative's here, the sheer
quality of the 1972 lamination remains as glossy and mirror like, as the day it was made, a superb 'Garrod & Lofthouse'  1972
gatefold cover and I have been deliberately critical, so please see the pictures for the reality of this original "Machine Head"
cover and remember it is 2016 now!  
A TRULY BEAUTIFUL COVER IN MINT- CONDITION.

  JUST LIKE THE 1972 LABELS, THEY HAVE THE SAME TEXTURED FINISH AROUND THE WHITE SPINDLE HOLES, YET
AGAIN MY PICTURES ARE BEST SEEN TO APPRECIATE THE REMARKABLE CONDITION.  POSITIVELY NONE OF THE
USUAL  YELLOWING OR STAINS ON ANY OF THE LARGE WHITE LETTER 'P.'  THE ROUNDED TOP OF THE 'P' FORMS
THE WHITE CIRCLE AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE, I AM INCLUDING THE REST OF THE LETTER THAT CARRIES ON
TO THE OUTSIDE RIM OF THE LABELS.    THERE ARE NO SPINDLE ALIGNMENT TRACES OR ANY MARKS, SCUFFS OR
SCRATCHES ON THE GLEAMING LIKE NEW VINYL.
THE RECORD IS IN UNPLAYED, MINT CONDITION.
SIDE 1
"Highway Star"
"Maybe I'm A Leo"
"Pictures Of Home"
"Never Before"

SIDE 2
"Smoke On The Water
"Lazy"
"Space Truckin' "


DEEP PURPLE (Mark II /Second Line-Up)
  Ian Gillan - vocals & harmonica
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Jon Lord - organ & keyboards
Roger Glover - bass
Ian Paice - drums & percussion


Recorded 6th - 21st December 1971, In Montreux, Switzerland On The Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.
All Tracks Written By Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice.
Produced By Deep Purple
I can only really sum up the mountain of details given as I worked through all the individual items and discuss a few key points.
  The record was pressed only approximately 11 months after the very first made records, but because this was a UK No.1 album with
  a 6 months (24 week) chart residency, in reality the figure narrows to becoming only six months after the last records were made
for the period within the charts.  Had this been a Beatles album in the 1960's decade with at least a chart duration of one year,
it would have been part of the consecutive pressings, therefore an 'original,' the 1960's were still only just over the horizon
in the early 70's and that was an accurate comment.  Anyway, 43 years old or 44 years old, is hardly worth discussing when EMI's
  mastering, pressing and vinyl were exactly the same, without the label rim text change, this would be impossible to tell apart from
the initial or the 6 months of pressings.  Side 1 has the same 'TPS 7504  A - 1U' maitrix as the very first pressings and Side 2
has only risen two digits, plus the gatefold cover and lyric poster are identical to those issued in April,1972, as pointed out,
they originated in 1972.  Label text changes or not, unused covers being utilised until gone, was common for all record companies
in the 60's and nothing had changed in 1972.   Economic restraints in the 1970's decade, was growing into a worldwide recession,
and even if the mentioned line impressions happened in packaging and storage, by 1973 the position had now worsened out of all
recognition.  I do not believe the cover was abused, the unplayed record and ultra glossy lamination tell a very different story
about the circumstances in the Spring of 1973.  Those my age will remember that well, I do not stoop to excuses, I lived through
that era of doom and gloom, why albums like "Machine Head" were so important.  I just realised I have forgotten to include an
  important credit unique to the UK.

The mother digit on one Side is '1', as I commented earlier, the unstamped side would have been very low if not another '1 digit.
Not that I need it with such a low maitrix, this is a 100% first generation Master Tape mastering and pressing, the rarity of an
unplayed,1973 "Machine Head," has to take priority over my keenness and love of hearing ultimate condition records!  I'm starting
to have second thoughts about hearing it, if only for that side opener on Side 2, what a joy to experience that astonishing impact
right from the intro to the glorious ending piece with psychedelic phasing on Ian's drums. Then I know this amazing album will
have audio perfection to compliment the loud and powerful mastering.  "Smoke On The Water" would have my walls shaking from
the unbelievable sound of a true Mint record, how many early 1970's "Machine Head" records are still in this condition?  I better stick 
to album info instead,  Deep Purple set out to record the album in December,1971, at Montreux Casino, Switzerland, using the
Rolling Stones mobile studio. With Ian Gillan unwell, an America  tour was postponed until he fully recovered, the band still set
off to Montreux where the hotel had been booked anyway.  Events now took over, when Frank Zappa And The Mothers performed
  a concert at  Montreux Casino, 'some stupid' person in the audience fired a flare gun up into the roof and a resulting raging fire
immediately started to spread, the building had to be evacuated, luckily safely without any casualties.  Meanwhile, Deep Purple
had lost their venue and instead moved to a local theatre,The Pavilion, with the tapes rolling, they began playing a brand new
riff, that riff would become one of the greatest rock songs of all time,"Smoke On The Water", the lyrics I typed earlier contain
this story and were inspired by watching the flames destroy the Casino, if you look inside the gatefold cover there is picture of
the building engulfed by flames.

One day I will find a Mint 1972 first pressing, but in 15 years on ebay I have yet to locate one and refuse to offer a worn out
average condition.  "Machine Head" is a much loved Deep Purple album, the same sentiments include  the line-up who recorded
 it, I am thrilled to list  this stunning record on ebay in the ultimate condition.
{Roy}
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