Fireball Discography

(This is the complete discography, compiled by Simon Robinson and originally intended for inclusion in the Fireball 25th Anniversary edition. It didn't make it there, so along with a couple of very minor additions, here it is)

For vinyl collectors the Fireball album has thrown up no real variations over the years beyond the inclusion of Strange Kind Of Woman in the USA and elsewhere, and the change from gatefold (DS) to single sleeve (SS) status in the 80's when budget reissues were the rage (though several countries used a single sleeve to begin with). Because the textured card wears poorly, good copies of the original UK edition with the lyric sheet are now getting hard to find. The lyric sheet-suitably amended-also appeared inside the USA sleeve.

On the singles scene, while most countries went with the UK choice of tracks, some opted to use different A or B sides, and there are plenty of good picture sleeves (P/s) around. The album was also issued on cassette and 8 track cartridge.

STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN/I'M ALONE

GREAT BRITAIN: Harvest HAR 5033 : Feb 1971
AMERICA : Warner Brothers WB 7493 : May 1971
CANADA : Warner Brothers WB 7493 : 1971
GERMANY : Harvest 1C 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
ITALY : Harvest 3C 006 92301 : March 3d, 1971 P/s
FRANCE : Harvest 2C 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
DENMARK : Harvest HAR 5033 P/s
HOLLAND : Harvest 5C 006 92301 : 1971 A/s
SPAIN : Harvest 1J 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
PORTUGAL : Stateside 8E 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
SWEDEN : Harvest 1E 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
NORWAY : Harvest 7E 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
BELGIUM : Harvest 4C 006 92301 : 1971 P/s
JAPAN : Warner Brothers P1054W : July 25, 1971 P/s
NEW ZEALAND : Harvest HAR 5033 : 1971
YUGOSLAVIA : Harvest Jugoton SHAR 8467 : 1971 A/s
TURKEY : Stateside T8S 4079 : 1971
ISRAEL : Harvest HAR 5033 : 1971 P/s
ARGENTINA : EMI Harvest 1391 : 1971
[one that got away from Simon's discography :
GREECE : Harvest HAR 5033, no pic sleeve, but available in black and green vinyl.]

FIREBALL/DEMON'S EYE

GREAT BRITAIN : Harvest HAR 5045 : Oct 26, 1971
GERMANY : Harvest 1C 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
ITALY : Harvest 3C 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
FRANCE : Harvest 2C 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
DENMARK : Harvest HAR 5045 : 1971 P/s
NORWAY : Harvest 7E 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
HOLLAND : Harvest 5C 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
SPAIN : Harvest 1J 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
PORTUGAL : Stateside 8E 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
SWEDEN : Harvest 4E 006 92988 : 1971 P/s
YUGOSLAVIA : Harvest Yugoton SHAR 88521 : 1971 P/s
ARGENTINA : EMI Harvest 1481 : 1971
BRAZIL : Odeon SHAR 5045 : 1971
SOUTH AFRICA : Harvest HARJ 5045 : 1971
AUSTRALIA : Harvest 9174 : Nov 18 1971
FIREBALL/INTO THE FIRE
NEW ZEALAND : Harvest HAR 5508 : 1971
GREECE : Harvest HAR 5045 : 1971

FIREBALL (mono/stereo)

USA : Warner Brothers WB 7528 : 1971 promo

FIREBALL/I'M ALONE

USA : Warner Brothers WB 7528 : Oct. 1971

FIREBALL/ANYONE'S DAUGHTER

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1069W : Dec 21 1971 P/s
JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 135W : Nov. 1976 P/s
USA : Warner Brothers WB 7528 : 1971 Cancelled

FIREBALL album

GREAT BRITAIN : Harvest SHVL 793 : September 1971 DS gatefold sleeve in textured card (all other releases used normal card unless noted). Lyric sheet inside. Titles across label.
GREAT BRITAIN : EMI FAME FA 4130931 : 1984 SS
GREAT BRITAIN : EMI EJ2603440 : Feb. 1985 picture disc with poster
USA : Warner Brothers BS 2564 : August 1971 DS
Strange Kind Of Woman replaced Demon's Eye
JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 8092W : 1971 as USA
JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 10109W : 1975 as above
CANADA : Warner Brothers BS 2564Q : 1971 as USA
GERMANY : Harvest 1C 062 92726 : 1971 as UK
GERMANY/ HOLLAND : Harvest 1C/5C 062 92726 : 1971 as above
GERMANY : Harvest Club Sonderauflage 28643.5 : 1971 DS
special edition by mail order with German text on the inside
GERMANY : Fame 1C 038 1575621 : 197- single sleeve
HOLLAND : Fame 1A 038 1575621 : 197- single sleeve
FRANCE version 1: Harvest SHVL 793 2C064 92726 : 1971 as UK
FRANCE version 2: Harvest SHVL 793 2C064 92726 : 1976 as above, reissue
ITALY : Harvest 3C 062 92726 : 1971 as UK
GREECE version 1 : Harvest SHVL 793 : 1971 single sleeve with pics from the inside gatefold printed on back sleeve
GREECE version 2 : Harvest 14C 062 92726 : 1976 single sleeve
SPAIN : Harvest 1J 062 92726 : 1971 single sleeve
AUSTRALIA version 1 : Harvest SHVL 793 : 1971 as UK
AUSTRALIA version 2 : Harvest 166254: 198- single sleeve
NEW ZEALAND : Harvest SHVL 793 : 1971-Jan 1975 single sleeve
MEXICO : Capitol SLEM 316 : 197-
BRAZIL version 1 : Harvest KHVI 1017 : 1972 as USA
BRAZIL version 2 : EMI 31C 064 92726D : 19-
ARGENTINA : EMI 81.1927261.8375 : 197- with Demon's Eye
SOUTH AFRICA : Harvest SHVLJ (D) 793 : 1971 textured gatefold
ISRAEL : Harvest SHVL 793 : 197- single sleeve
SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA/HING KONG : Harvest SHVL 793 : 1971
MALAYSIA : Angus 9113 : 197- single sleeve
TAIWAN : CSJ 1171 : 197- single sleeve pirate
KOREA : PRC 5176 : 197- single sleeve pirate
RUSSIA : Antrop 00541 : 1993 single sleeve pirate

COMPACT DISC

UK : EMI CDP 7 462402 : 1987
JAPAN : Warner Pioneer 20P2 2604 : 1981 no Demon's Eye