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- Great fun podcast on Deep Purple
- I found out about this excellent podcast by accident and I absolutely love it. It’s a great fun listen. I’ve only played a few episodes so have loads to catch up! The House of Blue Light review was interesting. I saw Purple on this tour at Wembley London UK. On that eve Blackmore refused to do an encore! So Lord and Glover played lead. It was definitely an interesting version of Smoke on the water! Having seen Gillan in mind blowing vocal form (the band) live in 81, it was noticeable Ian had lost some of his range/power by 87/88. Overall he was/is still great. Keep up the great work, thank you! Ps The latest “Accidentally on Purpose” episode was excellent, I had forgotten how good this album was. Like you l appreciate it more now. I bought it when it came out and wasn’t sure I liked it back then 🙂
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Lead up to the Album:
- The first album had been recorded in the US but for the second album Roger Glover brought them over to England to record.
- Recorded at The Manor which had opened in 1971 by Richard Branson.
- Discogs lists over 1900 recordings taking place at The Manor. This would have been one of the earlier recordings.
- David Feinstein left the band after the first album and was replaced by Steve Edwards on this album.
Personnel:
- Bass – Craig Gruber
- Keyboards, Vocals – Micky Lee Soule
- Vocals – Ronnie Dio
- Drums, Percussion – Gary Driscoll
- Guitar – Steve Edwards (3)
- Newly added to the band. His only credits appear to be with Elf.
Additional Personnel:
- Clarinet – Ray Swinfield
- Credited on many albums by people such as Lionel Bart and Irving Berlin.
- Performer [M.d.] – Martyn Ford
- Friend of the show interviewed on our first bonus episode: Bonus Episode #1 – Interview with Martyn Ford
- Strings – Mountain Fjord
- Trombone – Chris Pyne
- One of the best English trombonists. Frank Sinatra insisted that Chris Pyne played on all of his European tour dates.
- Trumpet – Henry Lowther
- http://www.henrylowther.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lowther_(musician)
- Worked with the Keef Hartley band and even played with him at Woodstock.
- Vocals [Singer] – Barry St. John
- Vocals [Singer] – Helen Chappell
- Vocals [Singer] – Liza Strike
- Choir – Manor Chorus
- Also credited on Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells.”
- Potentially St. John, Chappell, and Strike?
- Tubular Bells lists it as “Choir” and the Wikipedia entry says it’s “unknown” who was in the choir.
- Kevin Ayers’ 1973 album “Bananamour” also lists the “choir” as these three singers.
Technical:
- Arranged By [String Arrangements], Producer – Roger Glover
- Engineer – Simon Heyworth
- https://www.superaudiomastering.com/
- UK engineer and producer, famous for being instrumental in launching Virgin with Richard Branson. He started his own company Super Audio Mastering in July 2002.
- Engineer [Mixing] – Lou (Conway) Austin
- https://www.louisaustin.com/about-2/
- Worked at De Lane Lea studios
- Worked with Fleetwood Mac, Queen, The Butterfly Ball, Deep Purple (Fireball), Hardin & York, Thin Lizzy
- Mastered By – Pecko, Melo
- Mixed at Kingsway Recorders.
Album Art & Booklet Review
- Photography By – Fin Costello
- Legendary rock photographer.
- Art Studio – Nesbit Phipps and Froome LTD
- Worked on Deep Purple In Rock and Burn.
- Original US and Japanese release as “L.A. 59”
- Art Direction – Sheri Leverich
- Worked on albums for The Osmonds
- Elf Illustration – Nigel Brook
- Couldn’t find any additional information
- Art Direction – Sheri Leverich
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Album Tracks:
Side One:
- Carolina County Ball
- L.A. 59
- Ain’t It All Amusing
- Happy
Side Two:
- Annie New Orleans
- Rocking Chair Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
- Rainbow
- Do The Same Thing
- Blanche
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Reception and Review
- On some European releases the first song is listed as “Carolina Country Ball.”
For Further Information:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_County_Ball
- https://www.discogs.com/release/4841186-Elf-Carolina-County-Ball
- https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/elf-carolina-county-ball-album-of-the-week-club-review
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