Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974) Vinyl LP • You Ain't Seen Nothing

Catalog Number: SRM-1-1004

Record Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-), Sleeve Grading: Excellent (EX)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Embossed gate-fold cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, surface impressions and tiny surface abrasions (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is generic white with a tear on the opening. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Some shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Not Fragile
• Rock Is My Life, And This Is My Song
• Roll On Down The Highway
• You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
• Free Wheelin'
• Sledgehammer
• Blue Moanin'
• Second Hand
• Givin' It All Away

About The Record:

Not Fragile, by Bachman Turner Overdrive, proved to be the group's most popular album (not counting compilations), and is the only BTO album to have reached No. 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 No. 1 on the singles charts in November 1974 and receiving GOLD certification by the RIAA. Other cuts had significant airplay on FM rock radio. 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. Not Fragile has gone on to achieve triple platinum status. Randy Bachman has called it the band's "crowning achievement," stating: "Not Fragile was when it all came together for us. We captured the album-oriented rock audience as well as the singles audience with that album. Not Fragile made BTO recognized around the world."