DEEP PURPLE In Rock (What we have here is a bit different to our usual offerings but has come from an ex-EMI executive, so its authenticity is beyond doubt. The sheer weight of the thing tells you that anyway. This is a 10" GOLD disc that was presented to Deep Purple for the sale of 250,000 copies of 'In Rock' in November 1972 and is engraved to that effect. The front of the disc is GOLD plated over a copper base and actually plays a test tone [yes, we did]. This is just the disc, so you can mount it on the slab of granite of your choice. The more imaginative of you could mount it on a replica sculpture of the actual Mt Rushmore parody on the album sleeve to create your own Deep Purple display. Being gold, there is no serious tarnishing to the front, although it could do with a polish. What happened to its original mounting is lost to history, but nonetheless this is a real life, genuine, in house GOLD disc presented to the band itself and recovered from the storage spaces at EMI - A one off!)