The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Deep Purple Title:  The Book of Taliesyn Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP Cat #: T-107 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Listed Condition: G+/G Sell Date: 9/23/25 Sell Price: $5.17 Discogs Last Sold: 9/11/25 NM/VG+ $65.10 Low: $1.99 Median: $19.30 Average: $21.97 High: $65.10 Current low price: $6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 3891/606 Where Sold: Historic New Castle, DE Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used Worcester, That's Entertainment early 80's dollar box Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The follow up to their debut Shade of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, came out only a few months after in 1968 in the US on the independent Tetragrammaton label.  The Neil Diamond cover of "Kentucky Woman" was the big hit here, even cracking the top 40.  Considering "Hush" was top 10, that was not all that surprising to see, although I was wondering if American rock rad...

  Artist: Deep Purple Title: Stormbringer Label: Warner Bros./Purple Format: LP Cat: PR 2832 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Date of Sale: 8/23/23 Sell Price: $9.94 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 7/8/23 NM/NM $23.31 Low:  5/18/21 VG/VG+ $2.56 Median: $9.47 Average: $9.55 High:  $23.31 Current low price: $4.00 G+/G+, $10.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 234/108 Where Sold: Matthews, NC Time It Took To Sell:  2  years Where and When Bought: internet lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No Mach 3 for Deep Purple Blackmore/Lord/Paice brought in David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes from Trapeze on bass and more vocals to replace the Superstar Ian Gillan.   Coincidentally, I witness Mr. Hughes live opening for Yngwie Malmsteen last week at the Times Square Palladium doing an all Deep Purple opening set. I have to admit that I ignored everything after Burn until Perfect Strange...

  Artist: Deep Purple Title: Deep Purple Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP Cat:  T 119 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition: US 80's reissue Sell Price: $12.99 VG+/VG 9/27/22  Discogs Last Sold:9/30/22 VG+/VG+ $13.50 Low: $10.99 Median: $14.00 Average: $14.89 High: $29.99 Current low price: $10.06 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 604/187 Where Sold:   Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester new Strawberries cut out bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No In the 80's the 3rd Deep Purple had a regular appearance in the cut out bin.  Since every rock fan had to have a complete Deep Purple collection at least through the Ian Gillan years, this was on the shelf of almost any serious rock fan. Oddly enough, whether every serious rock fan actually PLAYED this more than once after purchasing it from the cutout bin before it was filed away is another story.  I was surprised how t...

  Artist: Deep Purple Title:  M ade In Japan Label: Warner Bros. Format: 2LP Cat #  2WS-2701 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 gatefold Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/7/22 Sell Price: $8.99  Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/22 G+/VG $8.50 Low: $6.90 Median: $11.43 Average: $12.96 High:$28.00 Current low price:$10.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:10 Have/Want: 732/159 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester early 80's used $7.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I'm saying the same thing about Made In Japan as Bursting Out, yesterday's double live write up.  I tend not to gravitate to live records.   However, Made In Japan captures the band at the end of it's peak period so you really can't go wrong with any of these 7 performances.  Putting in a vinyl listen and another stream as I write this, I'm upgrading my rating to the A tier.    I...