Product Description
Rare Early Japanese Pressing Still In Top Condition! Includes Insert With Lyrics In English, Labels Are Clean. Features Powerful, Classic Deep Purple Numbers, “Burn”, “Might Just Take Your Life”, “You Fool No One” & “Mistreated”.
Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
David Coverdale – Vocals
Glenn Hughes – Vocals & Bass
Jon Lord – Keyboards
Ian Paice – Drums
Glenn Hughes participated in song-writing for all the tracks except “Sail Away”, “Mistreated”, & “”A” 200″, but wasn’t given credit at the time, due to unexpired contractual obligations.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Sounds fantastic!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Burn
Might Just Take Your Life
Lay Down Stay Down
Sail Away
Side 2:
You Fool No One
What’s Goin’ On Here
Mistreated
“A” 200
AMG –
The greatness of "Mistreated" qualifies it for the highest echelons of hard rock achievement -- an essential item in the discography of any self-respecting music fan. Although it shook the band's fan base to its core, the acrimonious departure of vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover served to rejuvenate Deep Purple in time for 1973's aptly named Burn album, which unquestionably showed huge improvement over their lackluster previous effort, Who Do We Think We Are. And in an interesting twist rarely attempted before or since, new recruits David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass and vocals, ex-Trapeze) traded lead singing duties on virtually every one of its songs -- an enviable tag team, as both possessed exceptional pipes. The phenomenal title track started things off at full throttle, actually challenging the seminal "Highway Star" for the honor of best opener to any Deep Purple album, while showcasing the always impressive drumming of Ian Paice. Up next, the intro to the equally timeless "Might Just Take Your Life," however simple from a technical perspective, remains one of organist Jon Lord's signature moments; and the downright nasty "Lay Down, Stay Down" roared behind wildly careening starts and stops and a fantastic Ritchie Blackmore guitar solo which left no doubt as to who was the band's primal force, regardless of lineup. Moving right along, though it was rarely included in later-day greatest hits sets, "What's Going on Here" was about as good a single as Purple ever wrote; "You Fool No One" was compelling for its sheer intensity; and the funky "Sail Away" was a sign of the band's direction in years to come. Lastly, the fantastic slow-boiling blues of "Mistreated" closed the album proper (let's ignore the record's only throw-away track -- final instrumental "A 200") with a command solo performance from Coverdale, as nuanced and sensitive as it was devastating. So impassioned was the singer's delivery, in fact, that the song would remain his personal, in-concert trademark with Whitesnake, long after his tenure with Deep Purple came to a close. Like the vast majority of Burn this song's greatness qualifies it for the highest echelons of hard rock achievement, and therefore ranks as an essential item in the discography of any self-respecting music fan.
Geoff (verified owner) –
A hard rock masterpiece, with Mk III Purple giving it everything they've got! Worth owning for "Mistreated" alone. Originally released in 1974, 'Burn' is undoubtedly a hard rock masterpiece, with Mk III Purple giving it everything they've got. Worth owning for "Mistreated" alone -- Love it!