DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 HARVEST CONTRACT PRESSING w/INSERT
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£ 44
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Oct 10, 2013
Sold Date
Sep 30, 2013
Start Date
£ 26
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Great Britain
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DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 HARVEST CONTRACT PRESSING w/INSERT
FIRST UK 'GRAM CO' RIM TEXT LABELS & G&L TEXTURED GF
DEEP PURPLEFireball
1971 HARVEST (SHVL 793) CONTRACT PRESSING (September 1971) OF DEEP PURPLE'S "Fireball"
SEEN LITTLE (if any) PLAY AND DELIVERS SENSATIONAL SOUND THROUGHOUT WITH NOTHING TO FAULT
FASCINATING COPY (never seen one of these before and as far as I am aware their existence is undocumented)
IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST UK RELEASE with "GRAM CO" RIM TEXT UK HARVEST LABELS AND ISSUED IN THE ORIGINAL UK TEXTURED GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE, COMPLETE WITH LYRIC INSERT
BUT THE LABELS HAVE A GROOVE, THE MATRIX NUMBERS INDICATES THIS WAS PRESSED IN HOLLAND AND THE INNER SLEEVE IS PLAIN WHITE
MATRIX: 1C 062-92726-1 / 1C 062-92726-2
One of Deep Purple's four indispensable albums (the others being In Rock, Machine Head, and Burn), 1971's Fireball saw the band broadening out from the no-holds-barred hard rock direction of the previous year's cacophonous In Rock.
Metal machine noises introduced the sizzling title track -- an unusually compact but explosively tight group effort on which Jon Lord's organ truly shined.
The innuendo-encrusted hilarity of "Anyone's Daughter," featuring one of singer Ian Gillan's first (and still best) humorous storylines to go with one of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's most uncharacteristic, bluesiest performances ever.
"The Mule" opened the vinyl album's second side with what is perhaps Purple's finest instrumental, and on the hyper-extended "Fools," the bandmembers proved they could flirt with progressive rock without plunging off its cliff (although the song could probably have done without its drawn-out middle section). And closing the album was the exceptional "No One Came," where intertwining instrumental lines locked together beautifully, Gillan wove another entertaining yarn that was part autobiography and part Monty Python, and the often underrated skills of drummer Ian Paice helped the song sound so unreservedly fresh and intuitive that one could almost be convinced the band had winged it on the spot.
Sure, the following year's Machine Head would provide Deep Purple with their commercial peak, but on Fireball, the formidable quintet was already firing on all cylinders
Side 1: FIREBALL / NO NO NO / DEMON'S EYE / ANYONE'S DAUGHTER
Side 2: THE MULE / FOOLS / NO ONE CAME
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, fresh and unmarked - no spindle traces or any real signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Apart from some harmless light hairlines both surfaces are unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Recorded and engineered with an incredibly strong, deep, rich and vibrant sound which is full of restless energy and excitement and from the opening breakneck, ferocious drumming intro of "Fireball" through to the final track "No One Came" the audio delivery is sensational - my play-check at loud volume found no audible issues of note - beautifully clean - great copy
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
A notoriously difficult sleeve to find in decent condition due to its untreated, textured nature but apart from surface rub it's in fine shape
INSERT: EXCELLENT
The lyric insert is in clean and unmarked with just soft creases to the bottom corners
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: Free (Recorded Delivery) or £9.00 (1pm Next Day Royal Mail Special Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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