DEEP PURPLE - Stormbringer

Item Description

Vinyl,
LP Album Stereo

Unlike later editions which have a semi glossy finish, this 1st German press is printed on matte card stock resulting in a matte finish. No shine, no gloss coating.

Back cover:
Cat# 1 C 062-96 004 in white on a black rectangle in the upper right corner.
All compositions published by Deep Purple Music Ltd.
The album was recorded at Musicland, Munich during August, 1974 and was mixed at Record Plant during September, 1974.
A Purple Records Production.
© [very faintly] 1974 Purple Records Ltd.
℗ [very faintly] 1974 Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd.
Also available on cassette and cartridge.
[Purple Records logo] [EMI Electrola logo]
EMI Electrola GmbH · All rights reserved. Printed in Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln.

Spine reads:
Deep Purple / Stormbringer 1 C 062-96 004

Labels read:
℗ 1974 "Purple Rec. Ltd."
Made in Germany
Cat# 1 C 062-96 004 (at three o clock)
Rim reads: Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte, besonders Vervielfältigung [clockwise top half] (ausser zum persönlichen Gebrauch), Vermietung, Aufführung, Sendung vorbehalten [counterclockwise lower half].

A 1979 repress is identical except for the following: embossed black circle underneath the cat# in the top right corner on the reverse cover, and 22/79 K printed on the inner sleeve.