
STORMBRINGER
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Mk
3. Recorded August 1974
Musicland Studios, Munich,
and The Record Plant, Los Angeles.
Charts : UK 6 / US 20
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1:
Stormbringer / Love Don't Mean A Thing / Holy Man / Hold On 2
: Lady Double Dealer / You Can't Do It Right /
Highball Shooter / The Gypsy / Soldier Of Fortune
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VINYL EDITIONS
GREAT BRITAIN
: Purple TPS 3508 : November 1974 SS
Painting
of winged horse in a tornado across front & back. Name in red/pink,
title below in red. (see photo) Lyrics across back cover. From
1989 bar code added to back and printers name blanked out.
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AMERICA V1 : Warner Brothers PR 2832 : November 1974 SS
As
UK but much bluer, name in red, title smaller & white. Line from
Highball Shooter lyric missing on UK sleeve is restored.
AMERICA
V2 : Warner Brothers PR4 2832 : 1975 SS
Quadraphonic
remix gives different sound to most tracks. Soldier Of Fortune
has a different vocal part at one point. Quad logo on sleeve.
(see photo)
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CANADA V1 : Warner Brothers PR 2832 : 1974
SS
As
USA with Warner Brothers palmtree label.
CANADA
V2 : Warner Brothers PR 2832 : 197-
SS
As
above but name in orange on front.
JAPAN V1 : Warner Brothers P 8524W : 1974 SS Early copies
had poster in. Cover as USA
JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1011W : 197- SS
as above
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All
other vinyl editions substantially the same as Great Britain except:
ARGENTINA
(EMI Odeon 8043 : 1974)
where title is in Spanish - Traetormentas - on front. Two
editions exist, later one has a 'Heavy Metal' logo added (see
photo).
URUGUAY
(Odeon SURL 21555) also has the title Traetormentas
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MOZAMBIQUE
(Purple TPS 3508)
uses
a hand painted copy of UK art in black on orange (see photo)
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SOUTH KOREA
(Odeon OLE 444)
the LP is retitled SOLDIER OF FORTUNE and the track Stormbringer
is omitted (see photo).
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SPECIAL
COLLECTORS' ITEMS
The
album was originally called SILENCE and a sleeve mock-up was made
(see photo).
They then changed the title to STORMBRINGER and a new mock-up
was made but rejected as too destructive an image! (See photo).
Both these were one-offs and are in the DPAS Archives.
The
final sleeve painting was closely based on a famous photograph
of a tornado in America.
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COMPACT
DISC EDITIONS
This CD has yet to be remastered properly anywhere.
JAPAN : Warner Pioneer 20P2 2609 : 1989
UK : EMI CDP 7 91084 2 : 198-
USA : Metal Blade 9 26456 2 : 198-
(Said to be remastered but differences very slight.)
SPECIAL
COMPACT DISC EDITIONS
UK : EMI Originals CDOMB 017 : 1997 3CD
Includes album in facsimile reproduction of original card
sleeve, CD size. One of three in a box, part of the Originals
series (also inc: Who Do We Think and Come Taste) (see photo).
JAPAN
: Warner Pioneer WPCR 1572 : May 1998
Original album in a minature card sleeve. No extra tracks.
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