Deep Purple

Shades of Deep Purple

The Book of Taliesyn

Harvest / EMI / EMI Electrola, 1 C 062-04 000 / 1C 062-04 000, black vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 04000-A-1

side B, full runouts, stamped: 04 000 B-2

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (4/3, one is credited in two parts)

- VINYL: probably cut at and pressed by EMI in Köln, Germany

- CENTER LABELS: standard yellow/green Harvest labels with green and black text,

MADE IN GERMANY,

1C 062-04 000,

O,

GEMA

- COVER: gatefold cover laminated only on the outside,

℗ 1968,

O,

1 C 062-04 000

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Early German reissue made in the late 60s or in the early 70s.

Originally released in 1968.

Harvest / EMI, SHVL 759 / 1 E 062 ° 90505, black vinyl, reissue, repress

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 1 2 SHVL 759 A-1 RM

side B, full runouts, stamped: 1 SHVL 759 B-2 RD

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (4/3, one is credited in two parts)

- VINYL: cut at and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard yellow/green Harvest labels with green and black text,

℗ 1969,

THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.,

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN,

SHVL 759, (SHVL.759A) (side A) / (SHVL.759B) (side B),

boxed EMI logo on the labels

- COVER: gatefold cover laminated only on the outside,

℗1969,

E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd),

Made and Printed in Great Britain,

6911 TPS Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London SHVL 759

- INNERSLEEVE: thin white paper innersleeve, all corners clipped, not die-cut to show the center labels (possibly the original innersleeve),

all in light blue letters: PATENT NO. 1,125,555 MADE IN ENGLAND

- RELEASED: Early UK reissue made in the early 70s before The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was finally renamed to EMI Records Ltd on the copyright text and center labels.

Originally released in 1969.

- NOTE: The cymbals sound very unnatural and practically nonexistent on both sides of the record I have.

Deep Purple in Rock

Harvest / EMI, SHVL 777 / 1 E 062 ° 91442, black vinyl, reissue, repress

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 2 SHVL 777 A-2 GLP

side B, full runouts, stamped: 1 SHVL 777 B-1 GTR

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (3/4)

- VINYL: cut at and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard yellow/green Harvest labels with green and black text,

℗ 1970,

THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.,

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN,

SHVL 777, (SHVL.777A) (side A) / (SHVL.777B) (side B),

boxed EMI logo on the labels

- COVER: gatefold cover laminated only on the outside,

℗ 1970,

E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd),

7006 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 943,895 SHVL 777

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Early UK reissue made in the early 70s before The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was finally renamed to EMI Records Ltd on the copyright text and center labels.

Originally released in 1970.

- NOTE: There are practically no higher frequencies on side A of my copy and therefore guitar and cymbals are barely audible.

Especially the A-2 cut sounds really weird and lousy, the B-1 cut sounds much more natural. I wouldn't recommend this pressing to anyone!

Warner Bros. Records, P-10108W, black vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: P-8020W1 6-1 1-A-36 (1) 23 〄

side B, full runouts, stamped: P-8020W2 1-A-40 (1) 23 〄

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (3/4)

- VINYL: cut at and pressed somewhere in Japan

- CENTER LABELS: standard Warner Burbank labels with black text,

MADE BY WARNER-PIONEER CORPORATION, JAPAN, UNDER LICENSE FROM WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., U.S.A.,

P-10108W, (P-8020W1) (side A) / (P-8020W2) (side B)

- COVER: non-laminated gatefold cover,

WARNER BROS.-PIONEER CORPORATION ■ TOKYO, JAPAN

spine: P-10108W DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK P-10108W

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels and no corners clipped (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: This is supposedly a 1976 Japanese reissue.

Originally released in 1970.

- OTHER: Includes OBI with printed price of ¥2,500.

Fireball

Harvest / EMI, SHVL 793 / IE 064 ° 92726, heavyweight black vinyl

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: SH[L corrected to V][V corrected to L] 793 A B

side B, full runouts, stamped: SHLV 793 B B

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (4/3)

- VINYL: probably not cut at and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard yellow/green Harvest labels with green and black text,

P 1971,

THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.,

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN,

SHVL 793, (SHVL 793 A) (side A) / (SHVL 793 B) (side B),

boxed EMI logo on the labels

- COVER: textured and quite soft non-laminated tube-like gatefold cover,

℗ 1971,

E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd),

7109 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 1224339 SHVL 793

spine: Fireball • Deep Purple SHVL 793

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels and no corners cut (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Appears to be the first UK edition made and released in 1971 before The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was renamed to EMI Records Ltd on the copyright text and

center labels.

- NOTE: The cover was definitely made in UK and the center labels are of the standard EMI UK labels with slightly different font than usually but the runouts are

definitely not of the standard EMI UK runouts. Based on some Swedish Hurriganes LPs I've had the runouts appear to be the same type of VERY thin stamped

runouts so this may have been cut in Sweden.

Some people say this is a Finnish release but AFAIK no evidence has been shown, only claims.

Machine Head

Purple Records / EMI, TPSA 7504 / IE 064 o 93261, black vinyl, reissue, repress

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 1 TPSA 7504 A-1U GHG

side B, full runouts: 2 TPSA 7504 B-3 [two unidentified marks] [three dots in the shape of a triangle]

side A, etched: [no etched markings]

side B, etched: [three dots in the shape of a triangle]

side A, stamped: 1 TPSA 7504 A-1U GHG

side B, stamped: 2 TPSA 7504 B-3 [two unidentified marks]

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (4/3)

- VINYL: side A cut outside EMI most likely somewhere in the UK and side B cut at EMI in the UK,

pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard purple/white Purple Records labels with black text,

℗ 1972,

EMI RECORDS LTD,

MADE IN GT BRITAIN,

TPSA 7504, (TPSA.7504A) (side A) / (TPSA.7504B) (side B)

- COVER: gatefold cover laminated only on the outside,

℗ 1972,

E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd.),

Made and Printed in Great Britain,

7204 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 1224339

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, all corners clipped (probably the original innersleeve),

Made in Great Britain

PATENT 1,125,555

1178

- RELEASED: UK reissue made in the 70s after The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was finally renamed to EMI Records Ltd in 1973 on the copyright text and center labels.

Originally released in 1972.

Warner Bros. Records, BS 2607, black vinyl

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: s BS-2607 A 40125-1A [drum with two sticks] A3

side B, full runouts, etched: S BS-2607-B 40126-1A [drum with two sticks] A 10

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (4/3)

- VINYL: cut at Artisan Sound Recorders, California, US, and pressed by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, California, US

- CENTER LABELS: standard olive green Warner Bros. labels with black text,

℗ 1972

Warner Bros. Records Inc.,

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., A SUBSIDIARY AND LICENSEE OF WARNER BROS. INC. MADE IN U.S.A.,

BS 2607, (S40125) (side A) / (S40126) (side B)

- COVER: non-laminated gatefold cover,

spine: BS 2607 MACHINE HEAD / DEEP PURPLE 0598-℗1972-WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.-PRINTED IN U.S.A.

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Probably the first US edition made and released in 1972.

- NOTE: This is a a very good quality though low volume cut but luckily the vinyl is dead quiet. At first I liked this pressing a lot but as time went by and I compared this

to the UK edition right above this started sounding muffled, especially Gillan's voice has a lot more presence in the UK pressing right above.

Made in Japan

Purple Records, TPSP 351, two black vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 2 TPS 3511 A-2U LG KIP

side B, full runouts: 2 4 TPS 3511 B-1U RT DELTA PORK

side C, full runouts: 3 TPS 3512 A-2 PO

side D, full runouts: 7 PECKIE TPS 3512 B-1U HRG

side A, etched: KIP

side B, etched: DELTA PORK

side C, etched: [no etched markings]

side D, etched: PECKIE

side A, stamped: 2 TPS 3511 A-2U LG

side B, stamped: 2 4 TPS 3511 B-1U RT

side C, stamped: 3 TPS 3512 A-2 PO

side D, stamped: 7 TPS 3512 B-1U HRG

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 7 (2/2 + 2/1)

- VINYL: side A cut by Howard Thompson most likely at Trident Studios, UK, sides B and D cut by George Peckham, side C cut at EMI in Hayes, UK,

pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard purple/white Purple Records labels with black text,

℗ 1972 Deep Purple (Overseas Ltd.),

EMI RECORDS LTD,

MADE IN GT BRITAIN,

TPS 3511 (record 1) / TPS 3512 (record 2),

(TPS.3511 A) (side A) / (TPS.3511 B) (side B) / (TPS.3512 A) (side C) / (TPS.3512 B) (side D)

- COVER: gatefold cover laminated only from the outside,

Made and Printed in Great Britain,

TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. TPSP 351,

TPSP 351, (IE 192 o 93915-6), 2 record set, stereo,

spine: Deep Purple-Made in Japan TPSP 351

- INNERSLEEVES: plain white polylined paper innersleeves, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels (not the original innersleeves)

- RELEASED: UK reissue based on the runouts.

Originally released in 1972.

Who Do We Thin We are

Burn

Purple Records / EMI, TPS 3505 / 0C 062 o 94837, black vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 1 TPS 3505 A-1U DG PORKY-MEL-TRISH

side B, full runouts: 1 PECKO TPS 3505 B-1U MR

side A, etched: PORKY-MEL-TRISH

side B, etched: PECKO

side A, stamped: 1 TPS 3505 A-1U DG

side B, stamped: 1 TPS 3505 B-1U MR

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

- VINYL: cut by George Peckham outside EMI studios and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard Purple Records labels with black text,

℗ 1974 Purple Records Ltd.,

THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (side A) / EMI RECORDS LTD (side B),

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN,

TPS 3505, (TPS.3505 A) (side A) / (TPS.3505 B) (side B)

- COVER: simple non-laminated cover,

℗ DEEP PURPLE LTD 1974 © PURPLE RECORDS LTD 1974,

EMI Records Ltd.

HAYES

MIDDLESEX

ENGLAND

Made and printed in Great Britain.,

7401 Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd TPS 3505,

stereo TPS 3505

0C 062 ◦ 94837,

spine: Burn - Deep Purple TPS 3505

- INNERSLEEVE: white polylined paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels but no corners clipped (not the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Second UK edition probably made and released in 1974 with EMI mentioned on the B side center label instead of Gramophone Co.

Originally released in 1974.

Stormbringer

Purple Records / EMI, TPS 3508 / 0C 062 o 96004, black vinyl, repress

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: 4 TPS 3508 A-1U OP KENDUN A

side B, full runouts: 3 TPS 3508 B-1U PH KENDUN B

side A, etched: A

side B, etched: B

side A, stamped: 4 TPS 3508 A-1U OP KENDUN

side B, stamped: 3 TPS 3508 B-1U PH KENDUN

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 9 (4/5)

- VINYL: cut at Kendun Recorders in California, US, and pressed by EMI in Hayes, UK

- CENTER LABELS: standard Purple Records labels with black text,

℗ 1974 Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd.,

EMI RECORDS LTD,

MADE IN GT BRITAIN,

TPS 3508, (TPS.3508 A) (side A) / (TPS.3508 B) (side B)

- COVER: simple non-laminated cover,

EMI RECORDS

HAYES

MIDDLESEX

ENGLAND

Made and printed in Great Britain,

7411 Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.,

spine: DEEP PURPLE/STORMBRINGER TPS 3508

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, all corners clipped but not die-cut to show the center labels (probably the original innersleeve),

PATENT Nos. 1,125,555 MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN

- RELEASED: First UK edition made and released in the 1974 though based on the runouts this is an early repress.

- OTHER: There is a small round Pathe Marconi sticker on the back cover suggesting this was imported to France from UK.

Perfect Strangers (single)

Polydor, 881 605-1 / 881 605-1 Y, 45 rpm black vinyl, repress

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 0 42288 16051 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 881 605-1 S 1 320 VI H

side B, full runouts, stamped: 881 605-1 S 2 320 I E

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 2 (1/1)

- VINYL: cut at and most likely also pressed by PRS in Hannover, Germany

- CENTER LABELS: standard red Polydor labels with black text,

℗ 1984 PolyGram Records, Inc.,

New York,

Made in West Germany,

881 605-1, LC 0309, GEMA

- COVER: simple glossy cover,

Printed in West Germany,

881 605-1 Y, 3185, LC 0309,

faint PRS Hannover logo is embossed on the back cover

- INNERSLEEVE: plain white paper innersleeve (the original innersleeve),

4912000 1533.1/W9/85

- RELEASED: West German repress made in about '85.

Originally released in 1984.

Perfect Strangers (album)

Polydor, POLH 16 / 823 777-1, black vinyl

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 0 422-824003-1 4

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts: POLH 16 A//1▽130 SS 1 3 3 STERLING

side B, full runouts: [X'd over 0]P POLH 16B//1▽130 SS 1 1 STERLING Ⓗ 5

side A, full runouts, etched: [no etched markings]

side B, full runouts, etched: Ⓗ

side A, full runouts, stamped: POLH 16 A//1▽130 SS 1 3 3 STERLING

side B, full runouts, stamped: [X'd over 0]P POLH 16B//1▽130 SS 1 1 STERLING 5

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

- VINYL: cut by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in the US and pressed somewhere in the UK most like by Philips

- CENTER LABELS: standard red Polydor labels with white and black text,

℗ 1984 PolyGram Records Inc. (New York)

Original sound recording made by PolyGram Records Inc. (New York),

MADE IN ENGLAND,

POLH 16, (823 777-1)

- COVER: simple glossy cover,

℗ 1984 PolyGram Records Inc. (New York)

Place of manufacture as stated on label. Marketed and distributed in the UK by Polydor Ltd. 13/14 Saint George Street. London W1R 9DE.

Copyright exists in all records issued by Polydor Ltd.,

POLH 16, (823 777-1)

- INNERSLEEVE: printed cardboard innersleeve (the original innersleeve),

POLH 16

- RELEASED: Early UK repress from the 80s based on the runouts.

Originally released in 1984.

- NOTE 1: The sound quality is typical silky soft and somewhat muffled Sterling cut and the sound quality is not miles away from the Finnish pressing below.

The pressing quality is very good for both records though this one has clearly much more surface noise possibly due to the original cardboard innersleeve

that has left marks on the vinyl.

- NOTE 2: Of all the editions of this album I've played I prefer this and the Japanese edition below the best, this one due to silky smooth sound quality and the Japanese

edition due to rougher and more naturally balanced sound. The Japanese edition clearly has different mix. The German edition below sounds too distorted

and unnaturally bright compared to this and the Japanese edition.

Polydor, 823 777-1 Y, black vinyl, repress

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 0 42282 37771 5

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 823 777-1 S 1 320 1 O

side B, full runouts, stamped: 823 777-1 S 2 320 3 R

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

- VINYL: cut at and pressed by PRS in Hannover, Germany

- CENTER LABELS: standard red Polydor labels with black text,

℗ 1984 Polygram Records, Inc., New York,

Made in West Germany,

DIGITAL MASTER MIX,

823 777-1, GEMA, LC0309

- COVER: simple glossy cover,

℗ 1984 Polygram Records, Inc., New York

Aus dem Hause Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH · Glockengie[beta]erwall 3 · 2000 Hamburg 1. ...

Printed in West Germany,

LC 0309,

embossed PRS Hannover logo near the lower left corner of back cover,

upper spine: DEEP PURPLE/PERFECT STRANGERS STEREO 823 777-1 [Y in a rectangular box]

spine: DEEP PURPLE · PERFECT STRANGERS STEREO 823 777-1 [Y in a rectangular box]

- INNERSLEEVE: printed glossy paper innersleeve (the original innersleeve),

STEREO 823 777-1 [Y in a rectangular box]

- RELEASED: West German repress probably made and released around mid 80s.

Originally released in 1984.

- NOTE: The pressing quality is very good with nearly perfectly centered but slightly warped record but the cut is significantly brighter and more distorted than the

Sterling cut UK pressing above. Both are characteristic features to German made vinyl.

In fact the cut is so bright I get tinnitus whenever I spin this record (no I do not have worn out stylus right now).

The Japanese edition below sounds less bright, a lot more balanced and doesn't give me tinnitus.

Polydor, 823 777-1 / 823 777-1 Y, black vinyl

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 0 42282 37771 5

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: 823777-1 A MTV-MB

side B, full runouts, etched: 823777-1 B MTV-MB

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

- VINYL: cut by MB at MTV in Finland and pressed somewhere in Finland

- CENTER LABELS: standard red Polydor labels with white and black text,

℗ 1984 Polygram Records, Inc., New York

Made in Finland,

Digital Master Mix,

823 777-1, n©b

- COVER: simple glossy cover,

℗ 1984 Polygram Records, Inc., New York,

047 in a rectangular box (price code though it's not explicitly mentioned on this release),

spine: STEREO 823 777-1 [Y in a rectangular box]

- INNERSLEEVE: printed cardboard innersleeve (the original innersleeve),

STEREO 823 777-1 [Y in a rectangular box]

- RELEASED: Finnish edition probably made and released around mid or late 80s.

Originally released in 1984.

- NOTE 1: The sound quality is not miles away from the Sterling cut UK pressing above which is a VERY honorable achievement from a Finnish cut.

Also, like normally for this Finnish pressing plant, the vinyl is quiet and the pressing quality is very close if not even slightly better than in the UK pressing above.

- NOTE 2: Barcodes weren't commonly used on Finnish CDs and vinyl records until around 1992/1993 so this a very funny release and the barcode is most likely

present due to Polydor's orders.

Polydor, 25MM 0401, dark brown slightly transparent vinyl

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 25MM-0401-1 111 :⊹’ W V 〄Ⓑ

side B, full runouts, stamped: 25MM-0401-2 131 :⊹:

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 8 (4/4)

- VINYL: lacquer cut by and most likely also pressed at Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. at their plant in Yokohama, Japan based on the runouts

- CENTER LABELS: standard red Polydor labels with white and black text,

℗ 1984 PolyGram Records, Inc.,

Made in Japan,

Polydor K.K.,

25MM 0401, JASRAC