DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT - SUPERB SOUND
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Oct 4, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 24, 2014
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£ 20
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Great Britain
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DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/LYRIC INSERT - SUPERB SOUND
DEEP PURPLEFireball
UK HARVEST (SHVL 793) FIRST PRESSING (September 1971)
THIS ORIGINAL COPY HAS SEEN A FEW SPINS BUT STILL PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD...." RIM TEXT
MATRIX: SHVL 793 A-2U (etched "Pek") / SHVL 793 B-3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3/PG and 2/PA
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A FULLY TEXTURED SOFT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE "Printed and made by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd", DATE CODED "7109" (1971 September)
COMPLETE WITH THE LYRIC INSERT PRINTED ON MEDIUM WEIGHT CARD
AND THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
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 extended "Fools," the bandmembers proved they could flirt with progressive rock without plunging off its cliff. 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: EXCELLENT
Both labels are clean and unmarked with moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy with nothing but harmless hairlines
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Beautifully recorded and engineered with an incredibly strong, deep, rich and vibrant sound and a powerful cut this original pressing is full of restless energy and excitement right from the opening breakneck, ferocious drumming intro of "Fireball" through to the final track "No One Came". And even though this copy has seen a moderate amount of play my play-check at volume found little to fault - no deterioration in sound quality, just the (very) occasional touch of low-level background - sounds great - a strong EX+ for audio
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
Always a notoriously difficult sleeve to find in decent condition this one displays all the common faults - rub to the edges and spine and slight ring to the back but it's good and solid with no structural damage
INSERT: EXCELLENT+
The lyric insert is in clean and white with just a couple of light marks but nothing else to fault
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 (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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