DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/INSERT - GREAT COPY
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£ 68
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Sep 17, 2018
Sold Date
Sep 7, 2018
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£ 45
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DEEP PURPLE Fireball 1971 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/INSERT - GREAT COPY
DEEP PURPLEFireball
UK HARVEST (SHVL 793) FIRST PRESSING (September 1971)
SUPERB COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD...." RIM TEXT
MATRIX: SHVL 793 A-2U PEK / SHVL 793 B-3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/T and 2/RC
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SOFT-BACKED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "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, unmarked labels with just a couple of broad spindle traces.
See little use
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new.
Some light marks/hairlines are visible under bright light but these are all audibly harmless
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault
No scratches, loud clicks and exceptionally clean.
A couple of light background ticks noted on "Anyone's Daughter" but these are brief, background and nothing really
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
A really fine copy of the original fully textured gatefold.
Crisp, clean and sharp with all spine text clear and bold and nothing but light storage rub to the edges
INSERT: NEAR MINT
As crisp, white and fresh as the day it was made
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: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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837 (GS 7.0.15 (837))
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