Month: December 2021

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Episode #141 – The 2021 New Year’s Special

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Highlights from 2021:

  • Scott Haskin
    • 3 days ago
    • I want to hear all the things!  Best moment is John not getting murdered by the suspicious woman, your text-review of Whoosh!  Of course the first part of the new album and all the other moments.
  • jasur makhkamov
    • 3 days ago
    • Excited for the 50th anniversary of Machine Head! March 25, which is also the same date that I’ll be seeing them in Turkey! Looks like the stars align for an amazing show (if it doesn’t get delayed that is) And I suppose the 40th anniversary of Straight Between the Eyes, Magic, Saints An’ Sinners, Hughes/Thrall as well. Also not to brag or anything, but in 2021 I had listened to over 3,000 minutes of this podcast just on Spotify alone (and apparently my favorite song was “King of Dreams” but that’s besides the point). I’m definitely looking forward to more episodes, and seeing as there is so much ground to cover it’s gonna be a fun ride!
  • Arthur Smith 
    • @artsmithdrums
    • The one that sticks with me is the Straight Between the Eyes episode, I’d forgotten how good the album was, cover aside, and realised that it’s aged really well too.
  • @sabbathfans
    • My favorite moment isn’t from any particular episode. It was the fact that the episodes I listened to have turned my opinions around on several records. Also, I enjoy screaming at your ratings in the car – “How the frick can you rate that a 5? What’s wrong with you?” 🙂
  • Peter Gardow
    • @gardowp
    • A fine year of episodes overall – enjoyed being part of some of the live episodes, however the “Maine Pizzeria Reviews” stands out – as a “5 Dirty Grinder” episode. What a coincidence – ordered out some Japanese tonight – a LOL moment when I saw this menu item -“not rude”
  • https://twitter.com/gardowp/status/1467018575676424195/photo/1
  • Davi Leão
    • @DaviMatosLeao
    • The Turning To Crime originals stream was the highlight for me, that was so much fun! I also enjoyed the variety in the episodes this year, like the Burn isolated tracks or Roger on MTV as well as the recent one on Ritchie’s ES335
  • Robert Smith
    • @RobertS66580395
    • ·The Burn Isolated Tracks was a great episode. But for me, it’s hard to beat John’s reactions during the Warhorse episode.
  • Steve Hunt
    • @Huntersway67
    • Replying to @DeepPurplePod
    • I really liked the 2 episodes on The House of Blue Light and the Turning to Crime originals live chat.Getting to comment in real time along with you guys was fun.Oh,it’s always good to hear Nate’s impression of the record label boss.
  • Kev Roberts
  • Fredrik Ek Sotka
    • @fsotka
    • ·7h
    • Oh yes, Chris and Ry – awesome guests!
  • Michaeljosephmusic
    • “Flaps” 😂
  • Fielding Fowler
    • The live streams were awesome! Do more!
  • Fielding Fowler
    • Also, I was exposed to so much more music than I expected to hear. The extended family has some amazing stuff.
  • Robert Pontzer
    • Loved that you guys got to hang out in person!
  • Anders Sundelin
    • 90 to 137 so far.
    • //ZTEA
  • Fielding Fowler
    • Bobby Harrison Funkist episode from a musical standpoint. I really liked that record and still plan on buying it.
    • Like many, Maine Pizza Reviews is a favorite for unknown reasons. It should be a waste of time, but it was awesome!
    • The Black Country Christmas was by far my favorite! (This is a comment that will of course be relevant soon!)
  • Raff Kaff
    • We finally get to hear the early Whitesnake Albums, which I love. I liked the episodes that are a little outside the box like the Doors smackdown, The Who did it better episode and Blackmore’s Gibson.
    • The shows about the live albums had just a great atmosphere.

Predictions and Speculation for 2022:

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Episode #140 – The Deep Purple Podcast Christmas Special (2021)

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A Christmas Message from a Patron’s Family:

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Christmas at the Cabin in Snowy Stowe, Vermont

Nate to John Satellite link – thankfully due to spotty internet at cabin

Invited the whole Deep Dive Podcast crew over for Christmas party

Bad winter storm

Let’s see how it is out there

Hang tight and see if any messages trickle in

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Christmas drink of choice

Favorite Christmas album

Favorite Christmas movie

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What are you doing Christmas Eve/Day

Invite was sent to Jon “Douglas” Mottola!

Least favorite Christmas song?

Least favorite Christmas movie?

Do you hear sleigh bells?

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Well, it looks like I’m on my own.

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Episode #139 – Four on the Floor

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  • Postcards from the Edge . . . of Maine!
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Lead up to the Album:

  • This was the brainchild of Al Kooper and Jeff Baxter.
  • Al Kooper
  • Jeff Baxter
    • Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter
    • Worked extensively with Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, 
    • Most recently, and oddly, he has been working as a missile defense consultant. He also works on the NASA advisory board.
    • He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of the Doobie Brothers.
  • In the Connoisseur Collection liner notes, Simon Robinson says that someone saw this album in a Manchester HMV with a sticker on it saying that the vocals were by Glenn Hughes.  The sleeve did not back this up so it must’ve seemed suspicious.
  • Information on this album is very hard to come by. Simon Robinson writes that he wonders how the Manchester HMV knew Glenn was on it.
  • In 1978 Al Kooper began working with a group which was going to be named The Hollywood Horns.  Richie Hayward of  Little Feat was going to be on drums and Jeff Baxter on guitar. Elliott Randall was also going to play guitar in the group.
  • Glenn Hughes was brought in for vocals.
  • Hayward was injured in a bike crash three weeks before going into the studio and had to be replaced with studio musicians.
  • This project fell apart and there was music written by Kooper, Hayward, and Baxter that was never recorded.
  • Casablanca, the label who bankrolled this project, decided to clean up some of the tapes from the sessions and release them to recoup some of the losses they suffered from this project.
  • Hughes was unhappy with the way this was handled and asked to remain uncredited on this album.
  • There wasn’t a huge release with Hughes’s name off the album and it soon became difficult to find.

Personnel:

Technical:

Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Illustration [Cover] – Fred Nelson (2)
  • Concept By [Logo] – Vicki Lee Johnston
  • Design [Jacket] – Gary Nichamin
  • Robinson speculates that the title “Four on the Floor” is that there were four tracks left on the floor.  That being said Robinson admits to being unaware that this was how manual shift cars are referred to outside of Europe: four (gears) on the floor.
  • My understanding is that this refers to a 4/4 time signature in electronic, pop, and disco music.
  • Connoisseur Collection released in 1990.
  • Our friend Mike Eriksson is thanked in the liner notes.

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Album Tracks:

Side One:

  1. There Goes My Baby
  2. Gypsy Woman
  3. Any Day Now

Side Two:

  1. Glimmer Twins Medley:
    • Let’s Spend The Night Together
    • Lady Jane
    • Paint It Black
    • Under My Thumb

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Reception and Review

  • Simon Robinson says that his friend passed this album along to him after discovering it was Glenn Hughes doing disco tunes.
  • Simon admits that he actually preferred it to “Play Me Out.”

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Episode #138 – Deep Purple – Turning to Crime (Part 2)

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Album Tracks:

  1. “Dixie Chicken” (Little Feat)
    • From the 1973 album “Dixie Chicken” by Little Feat.
  2. “Shapes of Things” (Yardbirds)
    • Single by The Yardbirds from 1966.
  3. “The Battle of New Orleans” (Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Horton)
    • From the 1962 album by Lonnie Donegan, “A Golden Age of Donegan.”
  4.  “Lucifer” (Bob Seger System)
    • From the 1970 album “Mongrel” by Bob Seger System.
  5.  “White Room” (Cream)
    • From the 1968 Cream album “Wheels of Fire.”
  6.  (Medley)
    • “Going Down” (Moloch)
      1. From 1969 album “Moloch” by the band Moloch.
      2. Also covered by Freddie King in 1971 and likely popularized by Jeff Beck in 1972
      3. Mark 4 used to cover this live.
    • “Green Onions” (Booker T. & The MG’s)
      1. From the 1962 album “Green Onions” by Booker T. & The MG’s.
    • “Hot ‘Lanta” (The Allman Brothers)
      1. From the 1971 live album “Live at Fillmore East” by The Allman Brothers.
    • “Dazed and Confused” (Led Zeppelin)
      1. From Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album in 1969.
    • “Gimme Some Lovin’ (Spencer Davis Group)
      1. A single from 1966 by Spencer Davis Group.

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Reception and Review

  • https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-turning-to-crime-album-review/
    • But these surprises are surprisingly convincing. Guitarist Steve Morse gets to employ some different playing techniques, Don Airey rolls out a little barrelhouse piano on some of the tracks and drummer Ian Paice sounds assured in the different rhythmic approaches. Gillan, meanwhile, can sing just about anything, so his voice winds up being the best ambassador for this unlikely fare.
    • The closing “Caught in the Act,” meanwhile, fuses together bits of five ’60s favorites – Jeff Beck Group’s “Going Down,” Booker T. & the MG’s’ “Green Onions,” the Allman Brothers Band‘s “Hot ‘Lanta,” Led Zeppelin‘s “Dazed and Confused” and the Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin'” – into a mostly instrumental medley that shows why Mark VIII is one of the group’s best lineups and more potent than most of its Purple predecessors.
  • https://bravewords.com/reviews/deep-purple-turning-to-crime
    • 6.5
    • My one gripe with Turning To Crime is that the selection of songs was rather predictable in the sense that it makes perfect sense for Deep Purple to cover a track like Cream’s “White Room”. It’s obvious that Deep Purple is targeting their efforts to their most prominent demographic whom they’ve already won over long ago, but I wish the band would’ve taken a different approach — maybe even covering songs from an artist or era that we wouldn’t have necessarily expected.
    • Despite wanting the band to step a bit outside of their comfort zone, the band’s latest efforts have continued to surprise fans with their level of quality; and I am still incredibly elated that 53 years after the band’s debut in 1968, Deep Purple are still recording and releasing music new (or in this case old), for rock fans of multiple generations to continue to enjoy.
    • An inexplicably odd, badly worded, and poorly researched article: https://pennsylvanianewstoday.com/genesis-2-nights-at-wells-fargo-center-and-6-new-album-releases-seven-in-seven-thereporteronline/273622/New release
      Deep Purple — “Conversion to Crime”
      “Turning to Crime” arrives just 15 months after “Whoosh!”. — Deep Purple’s 21st studio album. Despite the death of guitar wizard Ritchie Blackmore nearly 30 years ago and the death of keyboardist Jon Lord in 2012, he received high praise from critics who praised the band’s ever-evolving creativity. This new release is the first DP album of a track that wasn’t written by the band. This is a collection of songs previously recorded by other artists, such as Cream’s “White Room,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well,” and Bob Dylan’s “Watching the River Flow.”

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