DEEP PURPLE – FIREBALL LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK FIRST PRESS BLACKMORE

Deep Purple – Fireball
(Harvest Records  1971  SHVL793)
Matrix No’s: A2/B3 – UK Pressing
First Pressing
“Pek” in dead wax – “Gramophone Co” in ringwording

G&L Textured Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent+/Nr MINT condition
– some wear to edges/corners & some light rubbing here & there
Lyric Insert in Nr MINT condition
Original Harvest Poly Lined Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some discolouration to edges – no splits

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a light click on the intro to Anyone’s Daughter before the vocals start)

Deep Purple are an English rock band 1968. The band has several line-up changes.
Their most famous line-up was Mark II and the members were Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards, backing vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). Former and later members were Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), David Coverdale (lead vocals), Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals), Tommy Bolin (guitar), Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Steve Morse (guitar) and Don Airey (keyboards).

Fireball is an album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Deep Purple

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Roger Glover – bass
• Jon Lord – keyboards, Hammond organ
• Ian Paice – drums

Additional personnel

• Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971 at De Lane Lea Studios, Olympic Studios, and The Hermitage
• Engineered by Martin Birch, Lou Austin and Alan O’Duffy