Fireball (song)
October 1971
Fireball (English for " Fireball ") is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is characterized by its rapid, driving pace that was almost unknown when it was released in 1971. The song was used as the opening piece for the eponymous studio album Fireball and coupled together with Demon's Eye as a single. The single reached number 15 in 1971 in the UK Singles Chart.
Background
Fireball was, in contrast to some other album tracks that were previously posted on the north coast of Cornwall during a two -week stay, the band, on February 23, 1971 after a gig in Purley.
The song starts operated with a barely three seconds persistent sound of the studio ventilation, Deep Purple's producer Martin Birch. Then opened drummer Ian Paices double bass intro the piece, which, although it lacks a distinctive guitar solo, but by Jon Lord organ solo gets a characteristic melody. The basic features of Fireball based on how later Stormbringer, on the reef of Speed King. Ian Gillan's " driving and biting " song is another highlight in this song. In the final part of the piece Ian Gillian plays tambourine. Fireball was played as an encore at Deep Purple concerts in the years 1971 and 1972. Here, a second bass drum was installed by a roadie, so Ian Paice more power at the " stop " had. At the latest after the dissolution of the "classical " Mark II line-up in 1973, lost his place in the Fireball live repertoire of the group. Fireball in 1994 brought back again into the live entertainment, and serves today as the opening piece at concerts.
The guitar solo in the middle of the piece is a distorted bass solo, played by Roger Glover.
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- In 1973 the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy under the name of Funky Junction produced an album of cover versions of Deep Purple songs, including Fireball included.
- On the " 25th Anniversary Edition " from 1996 a 4:09 minute instrumental version under the title Fireball (Take 1 - Instrumental) has been on the eponymous studio album released. Here, from the end of the original version can be heard at 3:30 a guitar solo by Ritchie Blackmore.