Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (LP)

Artist: Deep Purple
Year: 1970
Genre: Rock
Sub-Genre: Hard Rock, Rock & Roll
Media condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Tracklist:
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

Notes:
This is the original UK release in outside-laminated gatefold cover, on yellow/green Harvest labels.

The main label identifiers are:
- Each track appears on a separate line.
- Start of upper rimtext as: 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' (This changed to 'EMI Records Ltd' on later releases.)
- 'Made In Gt. Britain' centered at bottom. (Reissues like [r=5746394] and [r=3365599] do not have this text.)
- No boxed EMI logo. (Reissues like [r=3955444] and [r=1475677] do have this.)

Inner sleeve is either plain with 'Patent Nos. 1,125,555' and 'Made In Great Britain', or poly-lined, advertising other Harvest releases.
Runout masters 'A-1'/'B-1' or 'A-2'/'B-1'.

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

℗ 1970

First catalogue number on cover and labels, 2nd (EMI international cat.#) in parentheses on cover rear top left.
A2 appears on cover as "Bloodsucker", but as "Blood Sucker" on label.

Each track is a group composition, published by Hec Music [cover] / Hec Music Ltd. [labels]

E.M.I. Records, (The Gramophone Company Ltd.), Hayes · Middlesex · England, Made and Printed in Great Britain
File under POPULAR : Pop Groups
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 943,895

Runouts are stamped.

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