Singer: Deep Purple
Title: Fireball
Label: Harvest ‎– SHVL 793, Harvest ‎– 1E 064 o 92726
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Textured Gatefold
Country: UK
Date of released: Sep 1971
Category: Rock
Style: Hard Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1747 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1312 mb
Rating: 4.9✭
Format: MP3 AU MP1 MP3 MP2 MMF AHX MPC FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Fireball
A2	No No No
A3	Demon's Eye
A4	Anyone's Daughter
B1	The Mule
B2	Fools
B3	No One Came

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – EMI
• Manufactured By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Produced For – Edwards Coletta Productions
• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Published By – Hec Music

Credits

• Crew [Equipment] – Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Ron Quinton
• Design [Cover] – Castle, Chappell And Partners Limited*
• Engineer – Alan O'Duffy, Lou Austin*, Martin Birch
• Lacquer Cut By – Pek*
• Performer – Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
• Photography By – Tony Burrett
• Producer – Deep Purple
• Written-By – Gillan*, Paice*, Lord*, Blackmore*, Glover*

Notes

‘Gramophone Co.’ variant labels, including e.g. different text positioning from Fireball and different fonts from Fireball.

First edition with a darker textured gatefold sleeve depicting five b&w live photos inside, while later editions are paler and smooth.
Rough labels with ‘The Gramophone Co. Ltd.’ at the beginning of the rim text.
Initial quantities came with a lyrics insert printed in purple on both sides and in a generic polylined EMI inner sleeve depicting other artists' current releases.

The second catalogue number appears on the rear sleeve.

Album devised and produced by Deep Purple for Edwards/Coletta Productions.

Made and printed in Great Britain.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped exc. PEK etched, variant 1): SHVL 793A-2U 02 C PEK
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped, variant 1): SHVL 793B-3U HT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped exc. PEK etched, variant 2): SHVL 793A-2U PEK P H 3
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped, variant 2): SHVL 793B-3U OI I
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): SHVL.793A
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): SHVL.793B
• Other (Sleeve printing date): 7109
• Rights Society: MCPS
• Rights Society: Britico
• Rights Society: NCB

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SHVL 793, IE 064 o 92726	Deep Purple	Fireball ‎(LP, Album, Tex)	Harvest, Harvest	SHVL 793, IE 064 o 92726	UK	1971
6215, SHVL 793	Deep Purple	Fireball ‎(LP, Album)	EMI, Harvest	6215, SHVL 793	Argentina	1972
WT-429	Deep Purple	Fireball ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Western Thunder Records	WT-429	Ukraine	Unknown
BS 2564	Deep Purple	Fireball ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Warner Bros. Records Inc.	BS 2564	US	Unknown
SHVL 793, IE 064 o 92726	Deep Purple	Fireball ‎(LP, Album, Tex)	Harvest, Harvest	SHVL 793, IE 064 o 92726	UK	1971

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