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Episode #239 – Before They Were Purple: Don Airey

This week’s episode is so scandalous it was BANNED on YouTube!

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Don Airey Chronology

  1. Cozy Powell’s Hammer – Na Na Na – 1974
  2. Colosseum II – Dark Side of the Moog – 1976
  3. Babe Ruth – Kids’ Stuff – Sweet, Sweet Surrender – 1976
  4. Barbara Thompson – The Funky Flunky – 1978
  5. Black Sabbath – Never Say Die – Air Dance – 1978
  6. Andrew Lloyd Weber – Variations – 1978
  7. Cozy Powell – Over The Top – Theme One – 1979
  8. The Michael Schenker Group 1980
  9. Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz 1980
  10. Rainbow – Difficult to Cure 1981
  11. Bogdan – Who Do You Think You Are –  1982
  12. Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon – You’re No Different To Me – 1983

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Don Airey showing us his Ozzy tour book on Bonus Episode #7 of the Deep Purple Podcast.

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