Deep Purple In Rock 1970 original vintage press
Here’s what I can tell you:
• Album: Deep Purple in Rock
• Label: Harvest (yellow/green, EMI logo at top left)
• Catalogue number: SHVL 777
• Country: UK (Made in Great Britain, EMI Records Ltd.)
• Matrix/runouts runout mentions:
• Side A: SHVL 777 A-4
• Side B: SHVL 777 B-3
This is pressed on the same year 1970 however not the very first but the same year
The very first UK pressing from June 1970 on Harvest usually has:
• Matrices: SHVL 777 A-1 / B-1 (some early copies A-2/B-1 or A-2/B-2).
It’s an early 1970s UK pressing, still on the original Harvest label, but a few stampers later than the true first press. Collectors usually call this a later 1st issue / early re-pres
FINAL DETAILS
• Deep Purple – In Rock (Harvest SHVL 777, UK early press)
• Matrix/runouts: Side A: SHVL 777 A-4 / Side B: SHVL 777 B-3
• Condition: Vinyl NM, Sleeve VG+
• Details: Original UK Harvest pressing, clean labels, no writing, no stickers, sleeve only has light corner wear. Vinyl plays beautifully with no crackle even in quiet passages.