Episode #51 – California Jam (Part 2)

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Lead up to the Album:

• Allen Pamplin
  • California Jam Fan Club

• Deep Purple Bios

• Other bands playing
  • • Rare Earth
    • Earth, Wind & Fire
    • Eagles
    • Seals and Crofts
    • Black Oak Arkansas
    • Black Sabbath
    • Deep Purple
    • Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• California Jam 1974 / Eight Rock Bands / 200,000 Music Lovers! – First two minutes intro
• California Jam One April 6 1974 Film Footage – Great footage of some of the artists
• California Jam TV intro 1974 Deep Purple Black Sabbath ELP Rare Earth – ad for the show aired on ABC to promote
• Deep Purple – Lets celebrate the California Jam from April 1974 – short documentary that reviews how the show ran with some clips of the acts
• The California Jam Concert Overview And Interview Special from April 1974 – expanded documentary
• deep purple airport arrival – california jam – quick one minute video of band arrival

Additional Audio/Video from Show:

1. Burn – 8:00 version
2. Lay Down, Stay Down from California Jamming CD – 14:20 on DVD rip video
3. Extended plays and camera angles

Controversy:

• Ritchie Blackmore discussing the California Jam in 1974 (Part 1)
• Ritchie Blackmore celebrating The California Jam (Part 2)

• Glenn Hughes talks about California Jam
  • 1:45 – starts talking about California Jam show

• Jon Lord & Glenn Hughes Interview / 1974 California Jam
  • 0:50 – Jon Lord talks about crowd size and controversy
  • 3:25 – Glenn discusses California Jam
  • 4:50 – Jon Lord talking about blowing up amps
• Deep Purple-Jon Lord Speech and Guitar Solo (Live 1974) – DO NOT INCLUDE

Mike Stark on Rock 50 with Don Branker

• 1:34 minute mark starts to describe the show

Reception and Review

• Allen Pamplin

• Letter from Don Hearston to Sandy Feldman (TV executive who promoted the show and sadly passed away in 1996) – https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-07-mn-33346-story.html

• Letter from City of Ontario Fire Department to Sandy Feldman
• Deep Purple – Lets celebrate the California Jam from April 1974 – short documentary that reviews how the show ran with some clips of the acts
  • 5:30 – “Mad John” and Simon interviewed about DP’s exploding amps
• 19740402 – BIllboard discusses money Deep Purple are making

• 19740404 Santa Ana Register gets it all wrong!
• 19740406 – ‘Salbuquerque Tribune – ‘California Jam’ rock fans jam up traffic for 13 miles
• 19740408 Connellsville Daily Courier – “Police Surprised at Quiet Nature of Rock Concer”
• 19740408 Huntingdon Daily News – “caused no trouble and few arrests.”
• TV: ‘California Jam’ Simulates Live Rock Session – NY Times, scanned, some of text garbled

This Week in Purple History . . .

• April 14, 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore is born

• April 15, 1977 – Ian Gillan Band releases Clear Air Turbulence

• April 14, 1978 – Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow releases Long Live Rock 

For Further Information:

• Album 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elements_(Roger_Glover_album)
• https://www.rogerglover.com/discography/elements/
• https://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/connoiss/cd183.htm
• California Jam Fan Club
• rocknpics deep purple – pics from concert
• Darker than Blue – Concert listings for 1974
• https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/photo-of-deep-purple-california-jam-concert-showing-sunset-news-photo/84884733
• https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1974/Billboard%201974-04-20.pdf
• http://www.insidesocal.com/davidallen/2014/04/04/california-jam-1974/?fbclid=IwAR3FKqeSg2sIFzNA47NepKUcnl9meLGCuOoQb3TKNeviHO1AoVKf1dG2pZ4
• https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=dave%20hilmer&epa=SEARCH_BOX
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