LP - Deep Purple – Fireball - Original 1 Press - 1971 - UK - M / NM

Deep Purple – Fireball Deep Purple - Fireball album cover More images Label: Harvest – SHVL 793, Harvest – 1E 064 o 92726 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Textured Gatefold Country: UK Released: Sep 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock A1 Fireball A2 No No No A3 Demon's Eye A4 Anyone's Daughter B1 The Mule B2 Fools B3 No One Came Record Company – E.M.I. Records Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Manufactured By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios Recorded At – Olympic Studios Recorded At – The Hermitage Produced For – Edwards Coletta Productions Published By – Hec Music Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Made By – Trade Platemaking Services Bass Guitar – Roger Glover Concept By [Devised By], Producer [Produced By] – Deep Purple Cover, Design – Castle, Chappell & Partners Limited Crew [Equipment] – Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Ron Quinton Drums – Ian Paice Electric Guitar, Lead Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore Engineer – Alan O'Duffy, Lou Austin*, Martin Birch Keyboards – Jon Lord Lacquer Cut By – Pek* Lead Vocals – Ian Gillan Photography By [Chagford Studios] – Tony Burrett Written By – Blackmore-Gillan-Glover-Lord-Paice Written-By – Gillan*, Paice*, Lord*, Blackmore*, Glover* Cover swopping is common on this LP so it is important to define a 1st Press Cover correctly. First edition covers have a darker textured gatefold sleeve (depicting five b&w live photos inside) - the texturing is deep and defined, the spine is thicker, and the cover is thick. The opening edges had one 'flat sealed' at the factory, and the other open. The cover is also of '1 piece' manufacture - folding over at the bottom and glued internally at the top. ANY COVER THAT IS:- thinner, has small texturing or less defined texturing, is paler, is smooth, is a '2 piece' cover (glued internally at the top and bottom), or has 1 edge 'folded over' and factory sealed is a LATER COVER and is not original. The Gramophone Co. Ltd. appears at the beginning of the circular text on both labels - later copies have 'EMI Records' instead. Initial quantities came with a lyrics insert printed in purple on both sides - and this was discontinued in 1973. All 1st pressings come in a 'polylined' EMI/Harvest inner sleeve depicting other artists' current releases on the Harvest label. This inner was discontinued in 1974. Date code 7109 (September 1971) and printer’s credit on inner gatefold. “Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.” E.M.I. RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) HAYES, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND. Made and Printed in Great Britain Album Devised And Produced By Deep Purple For Edwards/Coletta Productions. ℗ 1971 Runouts are stamped except for PE and K which are etched. Matrix / Runout (Label side A, in parentheses): SHVL.793A Matrix / Runout (Label side B, in parentheses): SHVL.793B Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): SHVL 793A-2U PE K Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): SHVL 793B-3U Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): SHVL 793 A-2U PE K PR 3 Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): SHVL 793 B-3U HT 1 Rights Society: MCPS. Britico. NCB