DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS - INSERT - STUNNING COPY - MINT
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275
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364
£ 275
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Jun 27, 2016
Sold Date
Jun 17, 2016
Start Date
£ 24
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Great Britain
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DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS - INSERT - STUNNING COPY - MINT
DEEP PURPLEFireball
UK HARVEST (SHVL 793) FIRST PRESSING (September 1971)
AN EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL COPY - THE FINEST I'VE SEEN - LIKE-NEW - A FINAL UPGRADE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK HARVEST LABELS "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD...." RIM TEXT
MATRIX: SHVL 793 A-2U PEK / SHVL 793 B-3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3/MM and 1/LM
HOUSED IN A FULLY TEXTURED SOFT-BACKED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE "Printed and made by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd"
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: NEAR MINT
Clean, fresh labels with just one or two light spindle traces - spindle hole is still quite tight
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and look new
VINYL Audio: MINT
My play-check at volume found nothing to fault this practically untouched copy - as new throughout (not cleaned - completely unnecessary) - the finest copy you could wish for - very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The finest example I have ever seen - the slightest of storage rub to the edges/corners - nothing really - the whole cover has the feel and appearance of a brand new sleeve
INSERT: MINT
As crisp, white and fresh as the day it was made
HARVEST INNER: MINT
Again, as new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW 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 standard)
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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625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))
