Episode #275 – Deep Purple – = 1 (Part 1)

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John McCoy Answers Questions About Live in Edinburgh 1980

  • During our last episode I reached out to John to ask why he had a single sneaker tied to him during the concert. He responded back to explain what happened:
  • John McCoy says: 
    • Good afternoon, well! That’s a long time and a lot of gigs ago…..but I do remember coming off stage somewhere missing a shoe…..went back for encores and there was a girl in the crush at the front waving my shoe! She’d obviously untied it while I was standing at the front   during last song.I tied the other one on my flight suit for the next few shows  in case she turned up with her weird souvenir. Bet it was smelly.
    • Cheers for now,John

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  • The title was Ian Gillan’s idea. He says in Classic Rock UK: “I found myself online, trying to fill in some blurry matrix of traffic lights or motorcycles, trying to prove to a robot that I’m a human.  I thought: ‘This has got to stop.’ We live in a society of compliance. You have to comply if you want to get anything done. You have to jump through hoops. It drives me nuts.” He says he started drawing in his notebook and: “I wrote this ridiculous equation, with the answer ‘=1.’ All that crap on the left hand side, that’s what you want to get rid of. That’s the whole point.”
  • Roger Glover says, “=1 is such a strong symbol. I think of it now as being the history of the band. We’ve been through multiplications, divisions, extractions, brackets, algebra . . . all that, and yet we’re still one band.”
Deep Purple’s =1 Teaser Equation

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  2. A Bit On The Side
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  5. Old-Fangled Thing
    • Gillan says in Classic Rock UK that this song was inspired by the history of the pencil. Gillan: “For 2000 years, people were wandering around scratching their heads as to why their erasers had such long handles. Until they discovered the graphite inside it and civilisation was born.”
  6. If I Were You
  7. Pictures Of You
  8. I’m Saying Nothin’
  9. Lazy Sod
    • “Recently, a young journalist asked me how many songs I had written in my life. I replied that the last time my assistant counted, twenty years ago, it was over 500. I felt quite accomplished until she pointed out Dolly Parton’s 5,000 songs, calling me a lazy sod. I couldn’t help but agree and wrote down the exchange in my notebook.” Ian Gillan in a recent interview (ROCKS magazine, June 2024)
  10. Now You’re Talkin’
  11. No Money To Burn
  12. I’ll Catch You
  13. Bleeding Obvious

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Episode #274 – Gillan – Live Edinburgh 1980

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6. Vengeance

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Episode #273 – Deep Purple – Days May Come And Days May Go

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Lead up to the Album:

  • In April 7, 1975 Ritchie played his last show with Deep Purple at a show in Paris.
  • In May 1975 the future of the band was uncertain. Lord and Paice weren’t entirely keen on the idea of carrying on in the band without Ritchie.
  • Hughes and Coverdale, on the other hand, wanted to keep things going.
  • They were all living in LA at the time so they rented a rehearsal space at the Columbia Sound Stage in Hollywood.  The sound stage had been used for Columbia studio and was the location for a lot of horror movie shoots prior to World War II.
  • Robert Simon, who had been doing front of the house sound for rock bands, served as the sound engineer. Simon had been using this space as a rehearsal area for bands, letting them come to him rather than traveling and constantly being on tour.
  • This new facility was called Pirate Sound Studios. Simon moved out a bunch of old props and soundproofed the area.
  • While Deep Purple was one of the first to use the space it would go on to be used by Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, and Fleetwood Mac as well as many others.
  • Simon had worked with a company called Tychobrae which worked as a company doing sound for live shows, including California Jam.
  • Simon had worked with Deep Purple in 1972 and 1973 and was called in by Colin Hart when the band was having sound issues in 1974.
  • Deep Purple still needed a guitarist and had abandoned the idea of convincing Jeff Beck to join so they approached Clem Clempson and invited him to the studio.  After a few days they agreed there was no chemistry and that’s when Tommy Bolin was brought up. Robert Simon had worked with The James Gang and said he was a very promising player.
  • Colin Hart proposed this guitarist to Coverdale who had already heard him on Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum” album and had him on his list.
  • Once everything worked out and Tommy joined Simon taped the rehearsals so the band could hear the progress they were making on the songs.
  • The tapes were, as many were in those days, reused.  However, some got put to the sided and wound up being put into storage in a rental garage in LA.
  • Simon: “I must have dropped them down onto cassette and then forgotten all about them. On one I even taped a Wet Willie show over one side, can you believe it?” Overall two hours of the rehearsal were left.
  • The tapes were not always rolling but Simon would occasionally start up the tape when something was coming together.

Core Band:

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Album Art & Booklet Review

From Liner Notes:

Recorded during studio rehearsals in the summer of 1975 with their new guitarist Tommy Bolin, this previously unissued set includes early versions of “Come Taste..” album tracks, and several lengthy instrumental jams.

Track 10 is not mentioned in the booklet, or in the Tracklist on the backcover. It is an impromptu version of “I Got You Babe” by Sonny Bono.

Recorded at Pirate Sound Studio, California, USA, June 1975.

Sound Restoration done at SRT Studios.

All Tracks published by Purple Music Ltd.,

except Track 5 published by Peer Music UK Ltd.

Credits:

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Notes taken from Simon Robinson’s liner notes for the CD release.

  1. Owed to G (Bolin)
    • Tommy wrote most of the instrumental part to this song at Pirate Studios.  He later said: “Jon and Glenn were going to call their half ‘Gersh’ and I was going to call my half ‘Win’ but we though that’d be a little too sick!”
  2. If You Love Me Woman (Bolin, Coverdale)
  3. The Orange Juice Song (Coverdale, Lord)
    • Jon’s part is based on Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez (our title is how many orchestral players refer to it!) with David doing some fine seemingly improvised singing. Simon notes that it seems to be reminiscent of “Need Your Love So Bad” that would later serve as a Whitesnake B-side.
  4. I Got Nothing For You (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord)
  5. Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
    • This is a well known blues standard that Tommy likely played as a young blues player.  Simon notes that it’s not very often we get to hear Deep Purple playing material like this.
  6. Dance to the Rock & Roll (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice)
    • During the 1974 tour “Space Truckin” was reworked to give Glenn a chance to take lead and where Coverdale would join in.  This section evolved out of those jams.
  7. Drifter (Rehearsal Sequence) (Bolin, Coverdale)
    • There were a couple of goes in about 15 minutes of tape on this song with Glenn and David working out harmonies.  The opening banter features “Nicky” who is roadie Nick Bell. The other voice is Tommy Bolin.
  8. Driver (Version 1) (Bolin, Coverdale)
  9. The Last of the Long Jams (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice)
  10. Untitled Song (impromptu version of I Got You Babe) (Sonny Bono)

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Bustin’ Out The Spreadsheet

Reception and Charts:

  • It was from these June rehearsals that Tommy went off to start work on his solo album.
  • The band then reconvened in Munich in August to record “Come Tast The Band.”
  • Tommy is said to have wanted to use the guys in Deep Purple for his solo album but was unable to as they were unable to record in the US for copyright reasons.
  • The studio at Pirate Sounds was divided so two bands could use it at the same time.  While Deep Purple were using it he was contacted by Ritchie Blackmore who wanted to use it to audition players for Rainbow. He told him who was using the other part of the studio by Blackmore didn’t care.  He thought Blackmore may balk at the price but he didn’t and so it was that both bands ended up showing up. Deep Purple were not very happy about this arrangement.
  • Robert Simon had hoped Ritchie would take him on tour with Rainbow to do sound but it didn’t happen. Later Deep Purple would get a sort of revenge on Simon by stating on the liner notes for “Come Taste The Band” that it was “written and conceived at Musicland.”

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Episode #272 – David Coverdale – Into The Light (Part 2)

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    • Written-By – Vandenberg*
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    • After hearing the original version on “Restless Heart” the singer Chris Isaak suggested doing this in the style of Roy Orbison. Coverdale said he was a huge fan of Roy Orbison and decided to re-record it in this style with a new arrangement.  Vandenberg was not a fan of this idea saying that there was already a great version of the song.  Coverdale replied: “It’s totally great, but I just wanted to see what it’s like with some different colors.”
  5. Don’t Lie to Me (Coverdale, Slick)
  6. Wherever You May Go

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Reception and Charts:

  • released by EMI on 25 September 2000 in the UK and by Dragonshed on 21 November in the US.
  • Peaked at #5 in the UK rock and metal charts.
  • In an interview with Classic Rock magazine in 2000, Coverdale stated: “The whole premise of my new record, Into The Light, is about coming out of what I felt was a dark period. […] I didn’t really know who I was, using the illusion of David Coverdale I’ve created, or that other people have. I got tired of trying to live up to that, which is not necessarily who I am.”[3] Despite Restless Heart being released under the Whitesnake name, Coverdale considers it and Into the Light “brother and sister albums”.[4]
  • There were several songs written for these sessions that were later released on the 2020 compilation “Love Songs.” These included the tracks, Yours for the Asking, With All of My Heart, and Let’s Talk It Over.  The first track was written about his wife, while the last was written after a four-day “misunderstanding” between the two.  Coverdale hoped to record Let’s Talk It Over with Tina Turner.
  • The song Flesh & Blood was also written for this album but did not see release until the album by the same name was released in 2019.
  • A supporting tour for the album never happened.  Coveredale said the cost of touring as an individual solo artist was too high.
  • Coverdale started working on a follow up solo album but stopped in 2002 and re-formed Whitesnake.

Reviews

  • https://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-light-mw0000106539
    • 3/5
    • Into the Light Review by Alex Henderson
    • In 2000, David Coverdale was officially a full-time solo artist, but it wasn’t like the former Whitesnake and Deep Purple vocalist had never recorded an album by himself — his first solo project, Northwinds, came out in the late ’70s. Although not groundbreaking, 2000’s Into the Light is a decent solo effort that should please those who admire his ’70s and ’80s output. In fact, this isn’t a radical departure from the British singer’s work with Whitesnake and Deep Purple. Instead of attempting to be relevant to the alternate rock scene of 2000, Coverdale sticks with the type of commercial hard rock, arena rock, and power ballads that he is best known for. And even though the songs (all of which he wrote or co-wrote) aren’t quite in a class with his best Purple and Whitesnake offerings, they are enjoyable; Coverdale’s die-hard fans will find that he is as confident and assured on bluesy rockers like “Cry for Love” and “River Song” as he is on the power ballad “Don’t You Cry.” Into the Light often sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s or 1980s instead of 2000, which is just as well — Coverdale aficionados won’t find innovation on this CD, but they will find that the singer is still quite capable of holding their attention.
  • Llewellyn, Siân (18 September 2000). “David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI/Chrysalis – advance CD)”. Classic Rock. London, England: Future. p. 63.
    • 4/5
  • Sheils, Liam (4 November 2000). “David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI 5281242)”. Kerrang!. No. 826
    • KKK
  • Mineur, Matthias (2000). “David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI)”. Metal Hammer. Vol. 17, no. 10. Munich, Germany: AS Young Mediahouse GmbH. p. 86.
    • 6/7
  • Kereiff, John (15 September 2001). “Into the Light – David Coverdale (Dragonshead)”. Red Deer Advocate. Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. p. 22. Retrieved 26 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    • https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/558845425/
    • 5+ stars
    •  INTO THE LIGHT David Coverdale (dragonshead) Mister Whitesnake is back, kicking butt and taking names.
    • Had a bugger of a time getting this; special-ordered this U.S. import and waited forever a small price to bask in its greatness. Coverdale sings instead of the hysterical screaming he’s known for, the songs are more believable than the hair band tripe he peddled for much of the ’80s. “Into The Light” is a refinement of what he does so well. He’s always been a great voice but now treats his gifts and craft with respect.
    • “Light” sticks close to the blues-based rock that is his forte and the quiet stuff feels on the mark, not mawkish radio swill. He throttles back and still delivers but if it’s top speed highway screamers you need, David doesn’t disappoint. Kudos too to an excellent backing band that features Denny Carmassi (ex-Heart, on drums, bassist Marco Mendoza (currently with Ted Nugent) and guitarist Earl Slick. This is an excellent album, one of the year’s best your only chance to likely catch an earful is to place your order and wait patiently, for several months if need be, as I did. KEY CUTS: Cry For Love, River Song, Don’t Lie To Me.
  • David Coverdale – Into the Light”. Rock Hard (in German). Vol. 161. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
    • 8/10
  • Kane, Peter (2000). “David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI: Chrysalis 5281242)”. Q. London, England: EMAP.
    • 2/5 stars
  •  Mattila, Antti (9 July 2009). “David Coverdale: Into the Light”. Soundi (in Finnish). Pop Media Oy. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
    • 3/5 stars
  • Q Magazine – November of 2000 by Peter Kane
    • First post-Whitesnake solo venture from the preening double entendre.
    • 2 stars
  • QMagazine – December 2001
    • 5/10 review?

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Episode #271 – David Coverdale – Into the Light (Part 1)

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  • In late 1999 and early 2000 there had been rumors that David Coverdale was being considered to replace Gary Cherone in Van Halen. David Coverdale said it was possible as he had been approached to replace initially when Sammy Hagar left.
  • Rumors also began circulating that Coverdale was working on a solo project.  These turned out to be true.
  • Coverdale mentioned that the name of the album was literal in that he felt he was coming out of a dark period and trying to rediscover who he was.
  • Coverdale rented a house near to his own which they used for writing and rehearsing the songs on the album. He said this was one of the most prolific writing periods in his life.
  • They submitted over twenty songs for the album and ended up letting the producers choose the songs that would go on the album.
  • They spent three months at a studio in L.A. and three more at Coverdale’s home studio in Lake Tahoe.  According to Coverdale he had missed out on so much of his daughter growing up that he wanted to stay close to his wife and son so that he didn’t miss as much this time around.
  • This is the first album that Coverdale recorded completely digitally using Pro Tools. He had long railed against digital recording because it lacked the “warmth” of analog but after being exposed to this way of recording he considered himself a “digital convert.”  He is quoted as saying that there is “really no difference” between the sound of digital and analog recording.
  • In interviews Coverdale said that he felt this music was “more honest” and that he didn’t have to suit his songwriting to a particular band. He was able to use whatever musicians he want that would best suit the tracks at hand.

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Liner notes:

produced by david coverdale on behalf of 8 Angels Productions.

associate producers: bossi, mcintyre, thorsrud and x mixed by: john x volaitis.

tracks engineered by: rich veltrop and doug bossi d.c. recorded by: michael mcintyre.

pro tools engineers: bjorn thorsrud and michael mcintyre

assistant mix engineer: dylan vaughanmastered by: george marino.

management: morey management group – jim morey, andrew leff and jason morey

business management: gelfand, rennert, feldman and brown – nicholas brown, stephen marks, rhoda weintraub and trevor robinson, legal: russells of london: tony russell, chris organ and alan lander. photography & creative coordination by russell young.

art direction & design by stylorouge. midnight blue angel: cynthia. all songs published by north C music 8 Angels Productions and north C music are subsidiaries of w.r.e.i.

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144 gigabyte of thanks to bob cacciatore and wolfgang at xistor.com for pro tools support and the ‘coolest hard drive systems on the planet, bob and greg at bizarre guitar, terry and scott at starsound audio, bobby and anthony at mates, andy at apogee, tim godwinn at line 6, Di Aural Inc., bitheadz.com

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    • Jasper Coverdale – shaker
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  4. Don’t You Cry
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  6. Slave (Coverdale, Slick)
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Episode #270 – Deep Purple in Popular Culture (Part 1)

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  • Favourite band then and still now over 40 years later. And Burn is still the best. 
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  • Engineer – Angelo Arcuri
    • Previously worked on “Holy Diver.”
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    • Previously worked with Al Di Meola, went on to work on Michael Jackson’s album “Bad.”
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All lyrics written by Dio.

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  2. The Last in Line (Dio, Bain, Campbell)
  3. Breathless (Dio, Campbell)
  4. I Speed at Night (Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell)
  5. One Night in the City (Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell)

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  4. Egypt (The Chains Are On) (Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell)

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Reception and Charts:

  • From Wikipedia:
  • It became the band’s highest-charting album in both the UK and the U.S., reaching number 4 and number 23, respectively (Sacred Heart would later reach number 4 in the UK as well).
  • It was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the RIAA on September 12, 1984, and was the first Dio album to be certified platinum, achieving the feat on February 3, 1987.[3] In the UK, it attained Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1986, at the same time as Holy Diver.[4] To date, these are the only two Dio albums to be certified at least platinum.
  • In 2005, The Last In Line was ranked number 372 in Rock Hard magazine’s book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[9]

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Episode #268 – Glenn Hughes – Burning Japan Live

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The Venue:

Setlist

  1. Burn
    • Deep Purple, Burn
  2. The Liar
    • From Now On…
  3. Muscle and Blood
    • Hughes Thrall, Hughes Thrall
  4. Lay My Body Down
    • From Now On…
  5. From Now On…
    • From Now On…
  6. Into the Void
    • From Now On…
    • Glenn says this is his favorite song on the album.
  7. Still in Love with You
    • Written right before the show!
    • Glenn says this is his favorite ballad on the album.
  8. Coast to Coast
    • Trapeze, You Are The Music, We’re Just The Band
  9. This Time Around
    • Deep Purple, Come Taste The Band
  10. Owed to G
    • Deep Purple, Come Taste The Band
  11. Gettin’ Tighter
    • Deep Purple, Come Taste The Band
  12. You Keep on Moving
    • Deep Purple, Come Taste The Band
  13. Lady Double Dealer
    • Deep Purple, Stormbringer
  14. I Got Your Number
    • Hughes Thrall, Hughes Thrall
  15. Stormbringer
    • Deep Purple, Stormbringer
Better view of the shirt from the album cover. Photo taken by Steve Clowes – October 11, 1994, Rio, Bradford, UK .
Link to more photos from that concert here: https://www.glennhughes.com/tourography/solo1994.html

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Reception and Charts:

  • https://www.glennhughes.com/discography.html
    • “Recorded in Tokyo in the Summer Of 1994. A brilliant concert, my band played incredibly, the audience was fantastic. I felt my Creator present while singing Still In Love With You on this live recording. It was one of those nights that was like a dream. The crowd gave me tremendous energy. My fans are my songs, they are my lifeblood. Turn this one up really loud!”
  • Message from Glenn Hughes:
  • Here’s the most relevant part of the latest message from Glenn, from 21. December 1994:
  • To all Deep Purple Fans
  • I would like to thank all of you, who purchased the Mark III and Mark IV albums which I performed on.
  • I am currently writing and in production for my next studio album to be released in the early summer of 95. My live album (currently on import) Burning in Japan [sic] will be out in the New Year. Six Purple songs are performed here to great satisfactory performances.
  • You must remember that Purple asked me to join to add a new dimension to the sound, which I did. I have the greatest respect for Ian and Roger. But David and myself are different writers, performers and singers. I wish all the Purple family the very best, and to you all Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
  • Glenn Hughes

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