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GATEFOLD JACKET

VPI MACHINE CLEANED & PLAYTESTED

Band: Bachman Turner Overdrive

Album Title: Not Fragile

Featuring: CF Turner, Randy Bachman, Blair Thornton, Rob Bachman, Frank Trowbridge

Catalogue Number: 6338 516

Year/Record Company: 1974 Mercury Records

1 LP – Stereo - 12 inch vinyl record - 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This gatefold import LP record album comes from my personal collection & has been VPI machine cleaned & playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke and pet free conditions.

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LP Condition: very good+

Shine: almost all

Scratches: several feather

Label Wear: very light

Label: silver on dark blue, “Mercury” logo at the top

Spindle Hole Wear: very light

LP Sound: excellent

Surface Noise: minimal

Jacket Condition: very good

Shrink Wrap: none

Wear To Seams: light; no splits, no tape, spine is completely readable

Back Ring Wear: light

Front Ring Wear: light

Ink or pencil marks: none

Water Stains: none

Drill Holes: none

Saw Cuts: none

Stamp/Stickers: none

Sleeve Type: new anti-static sleeve

Cover: Parvis Sadighian and Tom Zamiar

Not Fragile is the third album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), released in 1974. It proved to be the group's most popular album (not counting compilations), and is the only BTO album to have reached #1 on the US Pop Album charts.

In a 1995 interview, Randy Bachman indicated that he thought that using the word "fragile" as a title for a rock album, as Yes had done with their 1971 album Fragile, was "strange." He thought that BTO music could be "dropped and kicked" without breaking, so, without intending any commentary about Yes, the band "tongue-in-cheek" called their next album Not Fragile.

The album marks the debut of guitarist Blair Thornton, who, unlike his predecessor Tim Bachman, is billed on the album liner notes as "second lead guitar". Thornton's dual-guitar solos with Randy Bachman are prominent features on many Not Fragile tracks. "Roll On Down the Highway" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" were hit singles, with the latter hitting #1 on the singles charts in November 1974. Other cuts had significant airplay on FM rock radio.

Ironically, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was a leftover track that was not originally intended to be included on Not Fragile. It was only after Charlie Fach of Mercury Records heard the other eight tracks, and didn't see hit single potential in any of them, that he asked if the band had anything else he could hear. They played him the leftover track and he assured them it was more radio-friendly than any of the others, convincing the band to add it to the album. (source: Wikipedia)

Song List:

Side One

Not Fragile

Rock Is My Life, And This Is My Song

Roll On Down The Highway

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Side Two

Sledgehammer

Blue Moanin’

Second Hand

Givin’ It All Away

Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated as BTO, is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that had a series of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. Their 1970s catalogue included five Top 40 albums and six US Top 40 singles (eleven in Canada). The band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped logo). Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride," "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," "Takin' Care of Business," "Hey You" and "Roll on Down the Highway," still receive play on classic-rock stations.

The original lineup consisted of Randy Bachman (lead guitar, lead vocals), Fred Turner (bass guitar, lead vocals), Tim Bachman (guitar, vocals) and Robbie Bachman (drums). This lineup released two albums in 1973. The second and most commercially successful lineup featured Blair Thornton (lead guitar), in place of Tim Bachman. This lineup released four albums between 1974 and 1977, including two that reached the Top 5 in the U.S. pop charts, as well as the band's only U.S. No. 1 single ("You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"). Subsequent lineups enjoyed only moderate success.

After the band went into a hiatus in 2005, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunited in 2009 to tour and collaborate on a new album. In 2010, they played the halftime show at the Grey Cup in Edmonton and continue to tour as of summer 2014.

On March 29, 2014, the classic Not Fragile line-up reunited for the first time since 1991 to mark Bachman–Turner Overdrive's induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and participated in performing in a tribute version of "Takin' Care of Business." (source: Wikipedia)

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