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Episode #70 – Your Deep Purple Collections

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  • Gary Harvey on Twitter
    • Perfect Strangers jacket that Ian Paice gave me back in 1993, went to a family birthday party and he sent me back home with this!
  • Shaun Macguire on Twitter
    • The best musical experience of my life was sitting 10metres from Ian doing a drum workshop,he played the intro to fireball and the room shook,it was so surreal,I got to meet him after and you wouldn’t meet a nicer bloke,so humble and gracious,this is the poster he signed
  • Jose lamadrid on Twitter
    • Link to Facebook story (in Spanish)
      • Sí, los has contado bien, 26, veintiseis discos como veintiseis soles. Sí, todos de Deep Purple y sí, todos en directo.
      • Efectivamente hay uno repetido, el Made in Japan, pero no cuenta como repe, la edición de la carátula negra no sólo es remasterizada sino que tiene otro disco adicional.
      • Posiblemente el Made in Europe (que todavía anda por casa en formato vinilo) sea también un recopliatorio de los conciertos que dieron los Purple en Europa, obviamente, entre el 74 y el 75… sí, ya estaba Coverdale, claro. Si te conoces bien la historia púrpura sabrás como yo que a Gillan lo echaron en el 73. Luego volvió, pero bueno, el Made in Europe lo grabó Coverdale …¿cómo dices? ¿que también cantaba Glenn Hughes? Listo, que eres un listo, pues no sigas leyendo, Glenn quería echar a Coverdale y quedarse con el puesto de único cantante, y además convertir a Deep Purple en un grupo funky. Y claro, Blackmore se fue. El bueno de Ritchie jamás habría grabado Come taste the band.
      • Enterramos el hacha de guerra, venga. Bueno, pues sí 26 dicos en directo de la banda que inventó el Heavy Metal (aquí debería comenzar otra discusión, pero la dejamos para otro día). Te iba a decir que no soy particularmente un friki de este grupo, pero creo que más que posiblemente te estaría mintiendo. Pero sí que hay algo de cierto en que no soy un "picao" de Purple. O sea, me encantan, pero lo que más me gusta de estos británicos son sus discos en directo, ahí sí que entramos en el terreno del fanatismo. Concretamente los de la época de Blackmore. Ojo, sin desmerecer a Steve Morse, que es un tocado de la mano de Dios. Pero es que el hijoputa de Ritchie, el cabrón no tocaba igual dos temas, quiero decir, que los interpretaba de una forma completemente distinta. Y no me refiero sólo al solo…je je je, si eres lector de mis pajas mentales rockeras, habrás leído esta expresión más de una vez, me mola, la voy a patentar «sólo el solo». Bueno, que me lío, Ritchie es ese tipo de guitarrista de los años setenta que le gustaba alargar el tema, llevarlo a terrenos insondados, improvisar, y al fin y al cabo darle el follón a la banda que le acompañaba, ya fueran los Purple o sus Rainbow, para ver si podían seguirle, y vaya si le seguían, como que les iba el puesto en ello. 
      • Si me conoces bien, sabrás que soy más de Rainbow que de los Deep Purple, y de hecho tengo también como seis discos de Rainbow en directo (todos de la misma gira del 76) donde nuevamente Ritchie hace gala de su genio musical, que va de la mano de su mal genio personal, dotando a cada canción de un toquecito personal que la hacía distinta de la que había interpretado en día anterior en otra ciudad. Y esa manía de no tocar dos veces igual un mismo tema ya comenzó en la época de los Púrpura Profunda.
      • Pero eso es fabuloso, al menos para mí, puedes escuchar un tema, pongamos el Mistreated, en varios de sus discos de las giras europeas (sí, con Coverdale, y gracias a Dios sin Hughes) y descubrir un pequeño matiz en cada una de las versiones. Igual para tí es un aburrimiento, pero a mi me encanta.
      • El bueno de David Coverdale también hizo algo parecido con sus Whitesnake, y te remito a un post antiguo mío donde disertaba sobre las glorias de la primera formación de la Serpiente Albina (Serpens Albus, Papá) frente a la miseria comercial del WS del 87. Whitesnake, como decía, tiene precisamente dos versiones radicalmente opuestas del Mistreated que cada una vale su peso en oro. Y no quiero decir que una sea más fiel a la original y la otra la toque con ritmo de reagge, sino que la parte instrumental de ambas versiones no tiene que ver una con la otra melódicamente hablando, ni en duración ni en quien ni como toca un solo o quien hace la intro. Concretamente, si te pica el gusanito porque eres un forofo de este Mistreated, te recomiendo que lo busques en youtube, creo que no existe en disco, creo, aunque lo investigaré. Además en la guitarra no estaba mi idolatrado Bernie Marsden, sino Mel Galley. Vale te doy más datos, la que cantaron en Donnington en el 83, ya con Cozy Powell a la batería. Bueno, pues esa versión la comparas con la que tocan en el Live in the heart of the city. ¿Algo que ver? Nada ¿verdad? Maravilloso quillo. Músicos ingleses ¿qué más podemos añadir?
      • Pero claro, todo éso lo comenzó Ritchie Blackmore, claramente en la onda de los músicos que había en los setenta, bendita década. Y yo te animo a oír pausadamente esos temas, a desgranar esos directos y descubrir los matices de cada canción, sabes, ese "lick" que mete Ritchie en tal tema, o esa intro distinta que hace para este otro, y de esa forma puedes decidir cual es tu versión favorita.
      • Dejo para el siguiente «post», otra disertación acerca de Purple con Blackmore y Purple con Morse. No, no se trata de decir qué banda es mejor, ni de pelearnos, tú sabes que yo no sería imparcial, considero a Ritchie como el mejor guitarrista de rock de todos los tiempos y soy sinceramente un apasionado de su forma de tocar y componer…ojo Y componer, que igual estás hasta los cataplines del riff de Smoke on the water, pero seguro que ni tú ni muchos otros "mejores guitarristas" habéis sido capaces de componerlo. No, no van por ahí los tiros, sino del tema Pictures of home, pero eso tengo que estudiarlo tranquilamente y ver los repertorios de los veintiseis discos…veintiseis discos en directo, ahí es nada. Un abrazo
    • English Translation (through Google):
      • Yes, you counted them well, 26, twenty-six discs like twenty-six soles. Yes, all of Deep Purple and yes, all live.
      • Indeed there is one repeated, the Made in Japan, but it does not count as repe, the edition of the black cover is not only remastered but it has another additional album.
      • Possibly the Made in Europe (which is still at home in vinyl format) is also a compilation of the concerts given by the Purple in Europe, obviously, between 74 and 75 … yes, Coverdale was there, of course. If you know the purple story well you will know like me that Gillan was thrown out in ’73. Then he came back, but hey, the Made in Europe was recorded by Coverdale … how do you say? What was Glenn Hughes singing too? Done, you’re smart, don’t read on, Glenn wanted to kick Coverdale out and keep the position of sole singer, and also turn Deep Purple into a funky band. And of course, Blackmore left. The good guy Ritchie would never have recorded Come taste the band.
      • We buried the hatchet, come on. Well, yes, there are 26 live bands from the band that invented Heavy Metal (another discussion should start here, but we leave it for another day). I was going to tell you that I’m not particularly a geek in this group, but I think more than possibly I would be lying to you. But there is some truth in that I am not a “picao” from Purple. In other words, I love them, but what I like most about these British people is their live records, there we do enter the field of fanaticism. Specifically those from the Blackmore era. Be careful, without detracting from Steve Morse, who is a headdress from the hand of God. But the thing is that Ritchie’s motherfucker, the bastard didn’t play two songs the same way, I mean, he interpreted them in a completely different way. And I’m not just talking about the solo … hehe heh, if you are a reader of my mental rock straws, you will have read this expression more than once, I am cool, I will patent it “only the solo”. Well, what a mess, Ritchie is that type of guitarist from the seventies who liked to lengthen the song, take it to unfathomable terrain, improvise, and at the end of the day give the band that accompanied him, whether it be the Purple or his Rainbows, to see if they could follow him, and boy, did they follow him, like they were in charge of it.
      • If you know me well, you will know that I am more of Rainbow than of Deep Purple, and in fact I also have about six live Rainbow records (all from the same tour of ’76) where Ritchie once again shows off his musical genius, which is by the hand of his personal bad temper, giving each song a personal touch that made it different from the one he had performed the previous day in another city. And that mania of not playing the same theme twice has already started in the Deep Purple era.
      • But that’s fabulous, at least for me, you can listen to a theme, let’s put the Mistreated, on several of his European tour records (yes, with Coverdale, and thank God without Hughes) and discover a little nuance in each of the versions. Same for you is a bore, but I love it.
      • The good of David Coverdale also did something similar with his Whitesnake, and I refer you to an old post of mine where he lectured on the glories of the first formation of the Albino Serpent (Serpens Albus, Dad) against the commercial misery of the ’87 WS. Whitesnake, as I was saying, has precisely two radically opposite versions of the Mistreated that each is worth its weight in gold. And I do not mean that one is more faithful to the original and the other is played with a rhythm of reagge, but rather that the instrumental part of both versions does not have to do with each other melodically speaking, neither in duration nor in who or how it plays a solo or who does the intro. Specifically, if you get bitten by the worm because you are a fan of this Mistreated, I recommend that you look for it on YouTube, I think it does not exist on disk, I think, although I will investigate it. Also on guitar was not my idol Bernie Marsden, but Mel Galley. Ok I give you more information, the one they sang in Donnington in 83, already with Cozy Powell on drums. Well, you compare that version with the one they play at Live in the heart of the city. Something to see? Nothing right? Wonderful keel. English musicians what more can we add?
      • But of course, all that started Ritchie Blackmore, clearly in the vein of the musicians that were in the seventies, blessed decade. And I encourage you to listen slowly to those songs, to reel in those live shows and discover the nuances of each song, you know, that “lick” What does Ritchie put in such a theme, or that different intro that he does for this other one, and that way you can decide which is your favorite version.
      • I leave for the next «post», another dissertation about Purple with Blackmore and Purple with Morse. No, it is not about saying which band is better, or fighting, you know that I would not be impartial, I consider Ritchie as the best rock guitarist of all time and I am sincerely passionate about his way of playing and composing. ..eye And compose, that you are still up to the riff catapults of Smoke on the water, but surely neither you nor many other “better guitarists” you have been able to compose it. No, the shots do not go there, but rather the Pictures of home theme, but I have to study it calmly and see the repertoires of the twenty-six albums … twenty-six albums live, there is nothing. A hug
    • Marcelo Soares on Twitter:
      • 1. Poster from Ian Gillan’s gig in Porto Alegre (Brazil), may of 1992
        • 1. Gillan poster pic (attached) – this is from 1992, the first time when he sang in my original city, Porto Alegre. Deep Purple had visited for the first time in the year before (I have that poster also). 
        • But this one is much more special, as the cats can attest. It was pasted to a wall on the street I used to walk to go to school and back. I was 15 and studied at night. It rained a lot in Porto Alegre in April, so the water eased the glue. At 11pm, no one bothered a hairy kid who wanted to take a street poster home. The only problem is we had no money for me to attend the gig. So, I got there early, to listen to the soundcheck. Araújo Vianna was open on the top back then, and everyone could listen to everything. 
        • Ian arrived in a burgundy-coloured Volkswagen Santana, after giving an interview to the local radio. I was the first one in the queue to greet him. When the door opened and that towering man left the car, it took as long as it took for the Joker to draw his gun in the 1989 Batman movie (that was my exact reference at that moment). Speechless, I shook his hand and said: “mr. Gillan, you’re the best”. He answered: “I know”. I stayed there for the gig, but could not enter. Other tens of people had the same idea. When Black Night began, I was near the door and people went crazy. Police stormed in to spoil the fun – but it made it even more exciting, because I never thought I could be considered a public risk. At 15, that’s exactly what you need. Then I went to the front of the venue, where there was a green mound. 
        • People who had no money for the ticket gathered there to have a drink and listen to the music. I didn’t really drink, but I met a female colleague who was from the volleyball team in my school, a stunning girl. And she asked me if I wanted a sip of caipirinha. Of course I did. Then three inconsequent guys went in to kick the brick wall at the right side of the door. They took rounds kicking it. And they tore it open. Girls screaming: it was the ladies’ room. One got in. Two got in. The third one was clobbered by the police before he could enter. A policeman stood there guarding the hole on the wall every day for the next week or so, before they fixed it. Anyway, I was sipping caipirinha with the gorgeous volley girl who I would hardly ever talk to otherwise, and my favorite singer was just there, singing, and I was singing along, and… all that caipirinha made me tipsy. So, after the gig ended, I stayed there for some time talking to my friends and watching the consequences of the wall attack, and I may have laid my head on the colleague’s breasts, but all I know is she never talked to me again. 
        • I have a bootleg of that concert, and it’s even nicer than I remember.
        • (I told Gillan that story some two decades after it happened. He laughed a lot and told me the story from the Greek concert where there were people climbing the ceiling and the police stormed in – one of those famous “oy, oy” moments.)
      • 2. Poster from Deep Purple’s first Brazilian tour (1991)
        • 3. DVD with botched recording moments in an interview I did with Jon Lord for MTV Brazil in 2009. He also signed my list of questions.
          • Marcelo Soares interviews Jon Lord for MTV Brasil, May of 2009
          • At 13:57, my attempts at recording my opening and closing remarks for the interview. The great part of it is we can listen to some of the rehearsal. That was the first time when Jon played Soldier of Fortune in his Concerto tour. At 17:02 I begin singing along before recording my remarks. Jon let me stay to watch the rehearsal, and I ended up going to a rock store gallery nearby with Steve Balsamo and Kasia Laska to buy baby clothes with a Deep Purple logo for Jon’s recently born grandson.  
          • Check Jon’s face at 24:20 – 24:55.
          • Plus, he autographed my question list:
        • 4. Napkin from the pub where Deep Purple drank themselves under the table before recording Black Night. I wrote the lyrics to the song in it after the third pint, ten years ago.
          • 2. Napkin with “Black Night” lyrics on it. In 2010, I was a politics reporter at MTV Brazil and went to Brussels for a World Bank event on corruption. On my way back, I stopped in London for a couple of days and I decided to make a special feature for the 40 years of Black Night. MTV Brazil had that usual clip, so I could tell the story as it happened. I went to Holborn by tube and looked at where De Lane Lea studios (then Kingsway Studios) was located. It was now a drugstore. Then I stopped by a cafe to check on a Deep Purple biography what it said about where exactly was the bar where they got pissed off. Found out it was the Newton Arms, just around the block. So I went there with a camera. 
          • It was about 3PM, so I could have a drink. After the first pint, I talked to the oldest waiter there and asked him if he was present that night. It was a long shot, of course. And he wasn’t there in 1970 anyway, but he worked there in the early 80s when Gillan owned the studio. So I turned the camera on and he regaled me with tales about how musicians drank there and how they went back to the studio at Kingsway. The pub is in fact located on the antipod of the block in relation to the drugstore front, but he assured me there was an entrance on Newton St, through the parking lot. Then he poured light and bitter beer just like he said Gillan liked. “That man is a solid beer drinker”, he said. 
          • Then I asked for another light and bitter pint and looked for the biggest table, where five would fit, and sat there with the beer, listening to Black Night on my phones and trying to see myself among them that night. 
          • When I found a napkin. And I turned the camera on while I wrote the lyrics to Black Night on it, at a table that seemed big enough to sit my five favorite musicians. I could imagine how great the special report on Black Night at 40 would be. 
          • Of course, only when I was back at the TV station I found out the videotape was not rolling. Never drink at work, kids. 
          • Bonus track – my interview with Jon Lord for MTV Brazil in May of 2009, with all the errors. 
      • Mhenry on Twitter:
        • This is my copy of Machine Head. Purchased in Geneva in 1973. Our high school band went to Switzerland that summer. 
        • Waited all year to buy it until I was in Switzerland. Didn’t stop in Montreaux so bought it in Geneva.
        • Best souvenir of all time!
      • Peder on Instagram:
        • Ritchie autographed leather jacket from 1996.
        • It was before the show. I watched him play football  pre-show.  After the game he exited the pitch on the opposite side and I walked towards him. I asked him if I could have his autograph and he said no problems.  He told me he couldn’t stop and chat because he wanted to avoid the crowd that was walking towards him. So me and my mate was the only two getting thigns signed that day. Short meeting but he was kind and friends.
      • Scott Haskin via email:
        • I may have shared these pics (well, not THESE pics, I just took them and 2 of are a pic but the same one) but I saw your post so I thought I would send them over.  All from the night in Denver on 8-26-1998 when I sat next to Steve’s cousins at the show and almost met him but did meet Roger where fate either did or did not take place inthe form of Fools.  Good times!
        • Oh!  I didn’t even think about these from NAMM this year.
        • My Masterclass with Steve is on 7-17.  Can’t wait!
      • Steve Hunt on Facebook:
        • This I actually paid for.Saw it on the wall of a ticket brokerage and snagged it.Cant remember what I paid,but I’m guessing $250.
        • An autographed show schedule from Rainbow at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana CA 1997.This was handed to me by Doogie White as the band were returning for the encores.I was right up front by Blackmore for this show.In fact,Ritchie kept handing me beers all night.Signatures are RB top left,DW top right,Paul Morris center,Greg Smith bottom left,Candice Night bottom right.Only the drummer,Jon Micelli didn’t sign it.
      • Adrian Hernandez on Facebook:
        • Hey guys! Here is my ticket for when I went to go see Ian Gillan’s solo tour for his Gillan’s Inn tour back in 2006. He was in town in Phoenix (Scottsdale to be exact) and it was a small venue in which I was up front. Ian was nice enough to stick around after the show and shake hands. He shook my hand and even autographed my ticket. Here it is in a frame. It was an awesome experience!!
      • Steve Hunt on Facebook:
        • Got these signed by JLT after a solo show around 2006 or so.
        • Graham Bonnet signed this after an Alcatrazz gig in 2012.
      • Stewart smith on Twitter:
        • Autograph in Deep Purple Book.
        • I have Glenn’s signature in the same book, signed at Bradford Rio’s on his first gigs with half of Europe as his band.Gillan signature was from Nottingham. I have a photo with him. Jon Ian and Roger signed the book in Newcastle after a City Hall gig.  I think Jon’s final tour.
    • Unsermanninflorida on Instagram:
    • Jim Massa on Twitter, YouTube, and Email
      • Nate and John,
      • It’s 1982 or so, I remember hearing the news that the Mark 2 lineup was reforming, that an album was in the works. I was super excited as I saw them twice back in the 70s (mark2, also saw mark 3 and mark 4). At the time I was living in NH, but not able to steal away to Stowe, VT in hopes of seeing them…
      • Anyway, Perfect Strangers was released, and I was really happy, thought it was an excellent album (still my favorite of the reformation years). Then I heard of the upcoming tour. Got tickets to see them at the Worcester Centrum in MA (I mention this as you guys are from RI and would know where this is). On the drive down, I was wondering what song would they open the show with? I figured it would be Highway Star. And they did! It was a blistering kick ass version. I knew it was going to be a super concert.
      • Next they played SKOW and when they did the bit from JCS, my thought was, these boys are on fire. They then did several songs from PS, Nobody’s Home, Under the Gun – Ritchie smoking the frets, giving a clinic on how to really shred. They played PS, CIT, Beethoven with Jon taking his solo spot where he played snippets of Burntwood and Rhapsody in Blue which I can attest to as a technically demanding piece to play. Next was Knocking at your back door, then Gypsy’s Kiss. Loved watching Jon and Ritchie playing off of each other. Lazy, Space Truckin followed to close out the show. Speed King and SOTW were the encores. It was great watching Jon and Ritchie duel it out during Speed King. Great  fabulous concert! The photo of the concert program comes from this concert. (It is in the size of an album) They played 5 songs off PS – good mix of new and old material.
      • Lights go up. I stayed in my seat absorbing what I just saw and heard, namely the best band ever. I finally left the centrum. I am walking to my vehicle when I see a purple limo with dark windows leave – obviously, the lads being driven back to the hotel or something. I waved and gave 2 thumbs up)) This was in 1985.
      • 1987 – HOBL tour. I already had tickets to see them at the Worcester centrum again when someone from where I was working at the time (plumbing wholesale warehouse) said he had ticket for Purple at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland ME. He gave ticket to me. At CCCC, opened with Highway Star again, followed by SKOW. Then a bunch of songs from the new album including Bad Attitude, Unwritten Law which then morphed into solo by Paicey, Black Night, CIT, PS, Beethoven with Jon’s solo all followed. Knocking was next, Mitzi Dupree, Hard Loving Woman. Next was Dead Or Alive which saw amazing dueling between Jon and Ritchie, closed out with Space Truckin. SOTW was the encore except Roger was standing on the stage where Ritchie usually is because He had Ritchie’s strat and was playing SOTW! Ritchie had Roger’s bass and was standing next to Jon (Roger was playing a stick bass on this tour). So, that was an interesting twist. I distinctly remember Ritchie going right to the front of the stage during his solo on Highway Star and really letting it rip. Those in the front rows got a treat. My seat was up a bit to the left of the stage. I was looking right down at Jon. I had a great view of watching the maestro play all night)) The photos of the program comes from that night.
      • The set at the Centrum was the same except that Lazy was dropped in and Mitzi Dupree not played. Ritchie played SOTW. This was the last concert I have ever seen as within 2 weeks, I was traveling across the continent to Alaska to start graduate school. Been here ever since. 
      • Anyway, those are my recollections of several wonderful nights in my life. (I already told you guys about meeting Ritchie, him giving me backstage pass during the Rising tour and meeting the lads in Rainbow – the other great night of my life).
      • Cheers))
    • Janne Puska on Twitter:
      • Battle Rages On tour shirt from Helsinki 93
    • Frank Theilgaard-Mortensen
      • Signed copy of “Play Me Out” by Glenn Hughes
      • Joe Lynn Turner – Oh and this one! Dont know why I took a red pen to the concert
      • Joe was standing in the corner backstage and looking kinda mad. I went over to him and his first response was “wow someone who knows me… All the other ones are talking to Glenn” 😂 it was a Hughes Turner Project concert.
    • Arthur Smith on Twitter
      • I’ve kept this for years for no known reason, also have a couple of fanzines from that era if of interest. Additionally I’ve many programmes and tickets if that’s the sort of thing you’re interested in.
      • I’ve kept this for years for no known reason, also have a couple of fanzines from that era if of interest. Additionally I’ve many programmes and tickets if that’s the sort of thing you’re interested in.
    • ARthur Smith via email:
      • Hi,
      • Thought I’d stop cluttering up twitter and send via email. The Knebworth festival programme was just the world tour programme which was a missed opportunity to have something with all the bands in it. I’ve tweeted my ticket before.
      • The Battle Rages On arrived in Birmingham in Nov 93, I can’t recall whether I knew Ritchie was leaving but the onstage stuff is all captured on the video that came out. The programme is cobbled together of pictures from Perfect Strangers era. I was high above the stage on Ritchie’s side so could see backstage. Candice was around and all sorts of weird things were going on that I can’t recall in detail, he would wander off stage when bored. Not a great gig but memorable for other reasons.
      • I went to the second night announced of the Concerto which was I think the day before the one that was filmed. Only time I ever saw Dio sing live to be honest, huge voice obviously.
      • The last time I saw Purple was at Ipswich, I see the ticket is for March 2002 but it was deferred to September by which time Don was in the band but Jon was fulfilling his contract and played half the gig, very emotional as it turned out to be his last gig with the band and, indeed, I’ve not been to see them since either.
      • Also all my Rainbow tickets, bit of a gap between 1983 and 2016…
      • Hope of interest, I’m more of a Whitesnake and Rainbow fan these days. Whitesnake are still astonishing live and I’ve an unused ticket from May this year, it may never happen in that scale again ☹️.
      • Cheers
      • Arthur
    • Mike Healy via email:
      • Here’s a funny one. Way back in 4th grade for me, in the fall of 1985, I won a Deep Purple prize at some sort of game booth. I can’t remember what the game was, but I won, and was told to pick a prize. I remember that the walls of the booth were covered with these little cardboard frames that held small, glassy replicas of popular albums of the day. The only one that really stood out for me was the one for “Perfect Strangers”, so I chose that one, and held onto it. And it’s still on one of the walls of my house, all these years later.
      • The small glass replica is about 5.5″ square, with the album cover graphics printed on the underside.
      • A couple of years ago, I took it down to dust off the frame, and clean off the glass on the inside. As I slid the glass cover out into my hand, something funny hit me: I thought, “Jeez, If I didn’t know any better, I would swear that this is something you’d see at a party, where people are passing it around, with a few lines of coke on it!”.
      • Then I thought, “Wait…wait a damn minute…is this what that was all along, and I had no idea???”
      • There were things like that which were popular back in the late ’70s. I remember seeing a picture of a promotional gimmick that Polydor made for a Pat Travers album which was a “coke mirror” that looked like a dollar bill with his image in the middle, and some little trough-lines cut into the glass for easy dispensation.
      • Wow, times were different then, weren’t they!
      • Regardless of it being a suspected piece of drug-intended paraphernalia, I still look at it fondly on the wall.
    • Rich Shailor via Facebook:
      • My favorite picture…….. right after my daughter was born I was backstage doing the proud dad thing and showed him a picture of the newly minted Shailor. He looked at me and said “what do you want me to do, kiss the baby?” So I doubled down and said “yes, as a matter of fact I do!” So he did Thirteen years later she returned the favor at her first Deep Purple show
    • Peter Gardow via email:
      • Nate, this is kind of lame, but the best memorabilia I have.  Back on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Heaven & Hell were playing the Mohegan Sun Arena.  Those of us that were going had all seen Sabbath at the Bushnell in Hartford on the Dehumanizer tour in 1992, two of the guys saw Sabbath & BOC on the Black & Blue tour in 1981.  Between the Dehumanizer tour and 2007, me and my buddy Jim saw Dio at the Webster Theater in Hartford after an afternoon gig at the amphitheater in Hartford of Pat Travers, Fog Hat, BOC & Steppenwolf –  one of the best rock and roll days ever.  So as I was awaiting the boys to show up at my house, I pulled out my Holy Diver LP and cranked it up, only to find out that I had stored it wrong and the LP was totally warped and unplayable.  I was so bummed and not happy with myself – so I warmed up the oven, and made a chip bowl out of my ruined LP.  A few years later I got another LP chip bowl from one of my sisters – Dionne Warwick – any DP connections with her?   By the way, H&H was totally awesome that evening. 

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