COLLECTORS MADE IN JAPAN TREMENDOUSLY RARE OUT OF PRINT FRIDAY MUSIC 180 GRAM LIMITED 2010 EDITION VINYL AUDIOPHILE LP SET - THESE SPECIFIC FRIDAY MUSIC TITLES ARE BRAND NEW BUT DO NOT COME WITH THE TRADITIONAL SEALING WITH TIGHT PLASTIC WRAP. THEY COME WITH A PLASTIC OPEN PROTECTIVE WRAP FOR EASY STORAGE OF THE ITEM. THIS TYPE OF OPEN PLASTIC WRAP IS THE ONLY WAY A COLLECTOR CAN VERIFY THE OWN THE ORIGINAL 2010 EDITION ON BLACK VINYL.

 +RARE OBI JAPAN REPLICA GATEFOLD JACKET CD - 

TREMENDOUSLY RARE OUT OF PRINT MASTERPIECES    

BOTH SEALED -  THIS IS A ONE TIME ONLY OFFERING AND ONCE SOLD GONE FOREVER.

180g Audiophile Vinyl Mastered by Friday Music's Joe Reagoso From Original Warner Bros. Tapes! SAME TRACKS FOR THE JAPAN OBI REPLICA CD

As our extensive Deep Purple 180 Gram Audiophile Series continues, Friday Music is proud to announce the amazing limited edition release of their mega-platinum live album Made In Japan. Featuring the original Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, & Roger Glover, this deluxe two album set rocketed to the top of the charts & continues to be one of the most important rock albums of all time! Featuring extensive live workouts of Smoke On The Water, Strange Kind Of Woman & Space Truckin', this historic document truly represents this band in their prime, as it also shines in the audiophile domain. 

For this special occasion, Friday Music’s Joe Reagoso (Deep Purple/Jeff Beck/Yes) has mastered the masterpiece from the original Warner Bros. tapes, and we have also included the original art elements of the original gatefold cover. The album also comes packaged with a poly cover to protect your investment, as well as two-poly lined sleeves for each album. ROCK LIVES ON!

Features:
• Limited Edition
• 180g Audiophile Vinyl
• Double LP
• Mastered from Original Warner Bros. Tapes
• Mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music
• Original art elements of original gatefold cover
• Outer Poly cover
• Two Poly-lined Inner Sleeves

Selections:
LP 1
1. Highway Star
2. Child In Time
3. Smoke On the Water
4. The Mule
LP 2
1. Strange Kind of Woman
2. Lazy
3. Space Truckin'

PLUS AS A BONUS THIS REPLICA JAPAN CD WITH ALL THE SAME TRACKS AS THE VINYL LP - WHAT IS A JAPAN "MIN/REPLICAI-LP-SLEEVE" CD? 

Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.

Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.

Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.

Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.

All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece.