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Episode #38 – Ian Gillan Band – Child in Time

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Show Updates:

  • Comments from social media.
  • Strange Brew Podcast came out with episode on Howie Casey the same day our Paice Ashton Lord episode dropped.  Check it out here: https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/howie-casey/
  • Come.taste.the.memes
  • Riding_the_meme_out: “Hey I just finished your Teaser episode and enjoyed it a lot and I just wanted to say I love your show and appreciate the work you guys do for the podcast!”
  • Rich on Facebook:
    • Hey guys just stumbled across your podcast. So far so good! I realize that it sounds like an insult but…. I like that you are not experts. There is a charm to listening to 2 good friends discuss the music they love and discovering/rediscovering the music of Deep Purple as well as their story.
    • I’m now 7 or episodes in and very much looking forward to hearing you guys as you listen to the Morse era albums, for my money some of their best. My only criticism would be the balance between the sound clips and your voices. Maybe this corrects itself in future episodes or maybe it was you guys paying homage to the poor production of the first three albums
    • Keep up the good work.
    • By the way, I spotted the RI accent right off the bat, Long Island?
  • Mo Foster:
  • Snippet from his talk promoting British Rock Guitar.
  • Email from Mo on Roger Glover:
    • Thanks Nate
    • I have a quick story for you.
    • Some years ago I had a call from Roger Glover who was visiting London. He fancied popping over for a cup of tea and a chat.
    • Just before he’d rung, my wife Kay — a New Zealander and a big Purple fan — had gone for a long walk on a very soggy Hampstead Heath.
    • When she returned home a couple of hours later — sweaty, and with her boots and clothes covered in mud  — she came into the room where we were sitting,
    • I introduced them: “Kay, this is Roger”. The expression on her face was priceless.
    • Cheers
    • Mo
  • We wondered in our Paice Ashton Lord episode (Episode #33) what George Harrison played with Deep Purple when he joined them on stage in 1984.  Joerg Planer answers our question with the following link: Deep Purple Feat George Harrison – LUCILLE (1984 – 12- 13, Sydney )
  • Also in our Paice Ashton Lord episode (Episode #33) John mentioned imagining the songs being done by Coverdale.  According to Joerg Planer Coverdale had been approached about doing the second album but it didn’t come together.  Coverdale refers to it as CLAP.
  • On Facebook, about our Teaser episode (Episode #32): Frank Krøier Theilgaard-Mortensen What a great episode! Im so glad I found your podcast! 🎶 It takes me back to the time in the late 90s when me and my friend got into Purple and suddenly found All these fantastic sideprojects/solostuff in the Purple family. I absolutely love Teaser and it was great to hear your thoughts about the songs. Looking forward to dive into another episode 😎

Gillan’s Financial Endeavors:

  • Deep Purple’s finances were taken care of by their accountant, Bill Reid.  He had invested most of their money in off shore bank accounts but before anyone could ask him about these investments he died suddenly and with him went the knowledge of how and where to access this money.
  • Gillan had decided he would never sing again and went into a new phase of his life. He didn’t, however, really know or understand how much money he was going to need to make this possible.
  • Bill Reid remained Gillan’s financial adviser.
  • Gillan cut his hair short, dressed more “normal” and decided he was going to turn an old building into the “finest country hotel in the world.”
  • He got taken advantage of by many contractors and sunk a lot of money into the renovations after paying 100,000 in cash for the property.
  • Opening party on November 30, 1974.
  • A second venture was the Mantis Motor Cycles company which Gillan helped finance after visiting a race and falling in love with the sport.  He then opened his own motorcycle shop World of Wheels in September of 1975.
  • The British motorcycle industry was experiencing a bit of a bubble which popped.
  • From then on things started falling apart for Gillan financially.
  • Martin Birch came to Gillan and asked him if he’d be willing to buy De Lane Lea studios as they’d moved De Lane Lea to a new location and left all the old equipment behind.  Gillan felt he missed all of these old friends and purchased the studio renaming it Kingsway after the street it was on.
  • Immediately they began running into problems with recording and were only allowed to record after 6:00pm.  They could only record quiet (string quartets) or use the place as an office during the day.
  • Gillan says it was a stupid move as he was never at all interested in the techinical aspects of making records.
  • Four days after this venture Martin came to see Gillan and told him that Purple offered him a permanent retainer.  It was something he couldn’t refuse having just gotten married. This left him without any qualified audio engineers.
  • Glover, mostly producing, still used the studio.
  • This is when Gillan was recruited to The Butterfly Ball and his interest in singing was rekindled as we discussed in our Butterfly Ball epiosdes.
  • He had three ventures going now and all of them were falling apart.  Bill Reid met with Gillan to discuss his finances.
  • By this point he had used all of his money up.  Gillan had no chance but to liquidate, selling the hotel for what he paid for it (losing possibly 300,000 on the deal).
  • Gillan tells the story of having one of his friends go fill up his car with gas for him at a station where he had an account.  In his book Gillan says “. . . a guy called Gary, whith whom I was on first name terms, came screaming out, shouting, ‘Take the pump out of the car. Don’t put petrol in it. It’s Gillan’s car — he’s bankrupt!’

Forming of the Band:

  • In the aftermath of “The Butterfly Ball” live at the Royal Albert Hall where Gillan performed with Ray Fenwick and John Gustafson he put together this band.
    • Ian Gillan
      • I think we’ve covered Ian Gillan by now
    • Ray Fenwick [wiki, discogs]
      • Covered extensively in previous episodes
    • John Gustafson [wiki, discogs]
      • Covered extensively in previous episodes
    • Mike Moran [wiki, discogs]
    • Covered in Episode #28 – The Butterfly Ball (Part 1: The Musicians)
      • Went on to work with Queen, Ozzy, George Harrison, David Bowie
      • Moran would drop out after the album being replaced by Mickey Lee Soule
    • Mark Nauseef [wiki, discogs]
      • Born in New York
      • At this point had performed with The Velvet Underground and Elf
      • Would go on to perform with Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Gary Moore
      • Played on Wizard’s Convention

Back in the Business:

  • Ian went back to Paris to focus on singing.
  • He set up a meeting with John Coletta to discuss making a new album.
  • Coletta demanded very high percentages but Gillan, out of desperation, agreed to the deal.
  • Then Coletta demanded the publishing.
  • At this point Gillan had his own publishing company, Pussy Music.
  • Gillan took the band to meet Coletta and Bill Reid.
  • There was a journalist present and they went back to the apartment that the band was sharing.
  • Gillan said as he was talking to the journalist he looked over and saw John Gustafson pissing in her handbag which he then threw out the window.
  • Needless to say the evening did not end on good terms.
  • Gillan then tells a story of him and John Gustafson having a “screaming contest” which he describes as “. . . we lay on the floor, face down and nose to nose. We then started to scream, and this continued for about two or three hours. I vaguely remember Zoe saying she was going to bed, and Mark also disappeared as the city came to life.”

Lead up to the Album:

  • In Dave Thompson’s “Smoke on the Water” he mentions that Gillan wanted to call the band Shand Grenade, a portmanteau of Shangri-La and Hand Grenade.
  • Made their debut just before Christmas in 1975 on German TV with Glover on Bass on Mickey Lee Soule on keyboards.The band went to Munich to make the album on the Oyster label.
  • They recorded at Musicland Studio, with Roger producing.
  • They got to the studio only after all being arrested at the airport for “making a nuisance of themselves on the plane.”
  • Gillan described the music as “now sort of music at the time.”
  • Recording began in January of 1976 (just three months after Butterfly Ball)
  • Gilan decided not to use Coletta’s management.
  • They stayed at the Arabella Huas Hotel while recording.
  • He said they all made friends with a group of hookers who were hanging out at the hotel.
  • Very odd story about how a short man with a cigar came into the hotel with the hookers one night and Ray Fenwick, for some reason, decided to drop his pants and sit in the plate of canapes the man was sharing with one of the hookers.  Gillan says that “Ray has one of the hariest arses in the world.” When he stood up there were bits of cucumber and carrot all stuck to his ass. Gillan says the man with the cigar only reacted by taking the lit cigar and sticking it Ray’s butt.
  • Gillan says that the group was out of control and when they went to America he traveled separately because he couldn’t keep up with them.

Album Art & Booklet Review

Album Credits (from Discogs):

  • Bass, Vocals – John Gustafson
  • Drums, Marimba, Bells [Tubular, Various], Triangle, Steel Drums, Drum [African Log], Percussion [Flexatone, Darabukka, Thunder Sheet, Ko-Daiko, Various Shakers], Cabasa, Claves, Gong, Congas, Bongos, Finger Cymbals, Temple Block, Gong [Water], Rototoms, Cymbal [Cymbal Tree], Bell Tree, Guiro [Shekere], Agogô [Agogo] – Mark Nauseef
  • Guitar, Slide Guitar [Slide], Vocals – Ray Fenwick
  • Mastered By – G.K.*
  • Organ [Rhodes, Hammond], Clavinet, Synthesizer [ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble], Piano – Mike Moran
  • Producer, Synthesizer [ARP 2600], Kalimba, Vocals – Roger Glover
  • Vocals – Ian Gillan

Album Tracks:

  1. Lay Me Down (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson)
  2. You Make Me Feel So Good (Gillan, Moran, Dave Wintour, Bernie Holland, Andy Steele)
  3. Shame (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson)
  4. My Baby Loves Me (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Glover)
  5. Down the Road (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson, Glover)
  6. Child in Time (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice)
  7. Let it Slide (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson, Moran)

Reception and Review

  • The Deep Purple Appreciation Society which would launch the magazine Darker than Blue started out in the 70s when it was called Stargazer.  In their Issue Seven, June/July 1976 they reviewed “Rising.”
    • “The production has left the potential of the band completely hidden. It’s overproduced to a point where the group’s natural energy sounds contrived, it’s usually the drive and freshness of a new band which attracts attention – vis. ‘In Rock’. Gillan sings on typical rock themes, ie. bed, but the backing is incongruous. Everything has a soft Americanised touch, and is altogether too rich. It will appeal more to the 25-35 age group. It sounds old.” Ann.
    • Ian Gillan’s personnel is changing faster than Blackmore’s! Keyboard player Mike Moran was replaced for the French Tour by Micky Lee Soule (ex. Elf), who was in turn replaced by Colin Towns after the tour before they left for America.1
  • In Dave Thompson’s “Smoke on the Water” Gillan says about their first show: “The audience went berserk as soon as we walked out onstage; they were hyped up, ready to headbang and everything else.  And our opening number went, ‘Dink-dink-a-dink, dink-dink-a-dink,; it was a jazzy, funky thing. And the crowd didn’t know what was happening. They were going, ‘Eh?What they hell’s that?’ But we stuck with it.  You’ve got to do what you believe in. You’ve got to take risks.
  • Fenwick: “A lot of the Deep Purple fans were getting a little unhappy — ‘Hey Ian’s getting funky!’ — and, of course, by the time the second album [Clear Air Turbulence’, that terrible word ‘jazz; was coming in. But the worst thing we could have done was be another Deep Purple. We started to really experience and, by the time we got to the third album [Scarabus], although we started doing shorter songs because we were thinking about radio play, we were also getting into some really strange stuff.”

This Week in Purple History . . .

January 13 through January 19

  • January 19, 1947 – Rod Evans is born
  • January 13, 1973 – Deep Purple releases Who Do We Think We Are
  • January 15, 2006 – Dream Theater performs Made in Japan in Osaka – Roger Glover does the mix

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Episode #37 – The “New” Deep Purple

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  • Apple Podcasts review by yah buh dee , 5 STARS, 11/26/2019 – Finally! – Finally a deep deep purple podcast. Amazing work. Love the band, love the music, love the hosts of this podcast. Just like Black Sabbath sent me to deep purple, Sabbath Bloody Podcast sent me to this podcast. Up to machine head episode and loving every episode so far. Keep up the great work
  • Lots of praise about Butterfly Ball episodes – lots of new people turned on to the show.
  • Aranea Push on YouTube on 11/21/2019
    • So excited to find somebody who has explored The Butterfly Ball in depth! I have a dad who not only instilled in me a passion for music, but who also gave me a name from this album! Needless to say I grew up with this music. But to this day I never meet anyone who’s ever even heard of The Butterfly Ball let alone listened to it! Thanks for taking the time to explore this!
  • Guested on Scott Haskin’s podcast, HaskinCast PodCast, Episode Eighty-Four: 
    • Don’t listen for us! Listen because Scott tells us an incredible Roger Glover story!
  • Judi Kuhl (Glover) words about Butterfly Ball:

Personnel:

  • Rod Evans – vocals
  • Tony Flynn [wiki, discogs] – guitar
    • Born in 1956 in San Francisco.
    • As a child he was in a comedy movie trilogy called “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monster” playing the role of Pee Wee.
    • Started recording and doing session work very young
    • In the 70s he was in The Tony Flynn Trio
    • Later he was in a band called Naked Kombo
    • He worked with Rick Derringer in 1973
    • In 1975 he was in a group called McJohn with John Mayall though they would never play live – Also in the group was Goldy McJohn, founding member of Steppenwof
    • Next group was Southern Pacific again with Goldy McJohn
  • Tom de Rivera [wiki, discogs] – bass
    • Grew up in Los Angeles County and was a founding member of the band Corroboree in 1968 which was one of the more highly regarded bands in the early 70s club scene in LA
  • Dick Jurgens III [wiki, discogs] – drums
    • Born in 1959 and grew up in Sacramento, California where he began playing drums in the school band.
    • Named after his grandfather who was the founder of the Dick Jurgens Orchestra in the early 1930s.
    • Because of his musical camily connectsions he’d gotten a backstage pass to meet the original Deep Purple when they played California in the 60s.
    • In the late 1970s he was in a fake remake of the band Association.
    • Would later join the new Steppenwolf band.
  • Geoff Emery [wiki, discogs] – keyboards
    • Born in 1951
    • First real credit was with New Steppenwolf
    • It was reported that Emery was also part of an Iron Butterfly lineup as well
    • Was an attorney

The New Steppenwolf:

  • In 1977 Tony Flynn was recruited to be in the “New” Steppenwolf with original organ player Goldy McJohn and bass player Nick St. Nicholas.  He played with them on and off in different lineups up until 1980.
  • Eventually this lineup would include Geogg Emery on organ

Formation:

  • In 1980 Steve Greenberg (also known as Steve Green) became interested in reforming Deep Purple in any way possible.
  • They approached Nick Simper first but Nick declined.
  • When they approached Rod he said in Sounds Magazine in August of 1980: “It came along at the right time because I was tired of what I was doing, you know, toeing someone else’s line and working semi-nine to five. I was ready for a change.”
  • After Simper refused they auditioned Tom who got the gig.
  • On Gerhard’s site it’s mentioned that Geoff Emery was an attorney who put this project together
  • Rod Evans says in an interview with Mexican magazine Conecte “ was tired of all this.  Then one day Gooeff called and said ‘Let’s get Deep Purple together, we have the name.’
  • Rod said he was a little lin doubt.
  • Nick Simper, in 2010, stated that Rod had called him in 1980 and left a message with Simper’s wife to have Nicky call him.  He did not. Later he would say this was a “wise” move.

Concert Audio:

  1. Smoke on the Water live in Mexico City
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuLwQMB7h4
    • Jorg Planer almost had the full show!
    • Rod: “… but with the Rolling Stones truck thing just outside . . .”
    • In 1994 when Deep Purple played Mexico City Ian Gillan would quip: “This is the FIRST time we play in Mexico!”

Tour Schedule:

  • The “New” Deep Purple featuring Rod Evans Tour Schedule
  • For an extensive review of specific shows along with quotes see: http://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html#1
  • Some selected quotes:
    • “I don’t know what they played at the Swing, but they played all the stuff that Rod wasn’t even in the band for when they played the gymnasium of my high school that same year. Yes. THAT is right. My high school. Arcadia high in Arcadia, California. I still can’t believe it 36 years later… I remember wondering why he was singing songs from albums he had nothing to do with… I was trying to see if I could contact any of the friends who were with me but to no avail. I was personally feeling like it was in the fall but after all this time and all the parties it very well could have been June… tell him thanks for the cool show if you see him.” (Ray Wright, via facebook comments)
    • “The next act was introduced as “Steppenwolf”, they did a selection of Steppen-wolf songs including “Magic carpet ride” and “Born to be wild”. When they finished the lead singer came out to introduce Deep Purple. I noticed then that the same band came out to perform as Deep Purple…” (Jon Trask, via e-mail, 2014)
    • “It was already dark when they announced the arrival of Deep Purple. The announcer had no better idea than to ask us to light our lighters to receive the musicians, so people started to burn everything they had nearby. Stands, posters, everything… In the middle of that general fire the magic chords sounded: chan chan chan, chan chan chan chan. I forgot everything and joined the crowd singing “Smoke on the Water” to the screams.” (Nicolás Gadano, laagenda.buenosaires.gob.ar, 2016)
    • “The keyboard player, who must have been playing all of two weeks, has captured Jon Lord’s actions well. The drummer is pretty good and did the synth work in ‘Space Trucking’.” (Julie Lewis, Stargazer magazine No. 23, 1981)
    • “The one thing I remember distinctly was the …ahem… drum solo which consisted of the drummer unscrewing a cymbal from it’s stand, carrying it into the audience and tapping it in front of some bewildered and increasingly smoldering patrons.” (Openair83, bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard, 2004)
    • “I’ll never forget that. The show I attended lasted less than a few minutes. When the lights when on, and there was no Ritchie, the crowd went ballistic which quickly turned into a riot! That show took place @ “At the Factory” on July 17, 1980 in Staten Island, NY. Well, that was a long time ago and I was in a different state of mind that night, but I distinctly remember the band coming on stage (although very briefly) sans Ritchie. It was a packed house and the crowd immediately went apesh*t and started screaming for Ritchie and within a minute (or so) beer bottles started flying toward the band members. It quickly turned into a chaotic scene so I don’t recall for sure, but I believe a few of them were hit and injured. And if that wasn’t bad enough things only escalated once the bouncers tried to intervene (not that they even had a chance). It was a night I’ll never forget.” (MrX, thegearpage forum, 2015)

Example Setlist

From 21 June, 1980 show in San Bernadino California: (source:  http://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html)

  • Hush
  • Hey Joe
  • Kentucky Woman
  • Highway Star
  • Smoke on the Water
  • Space Truckin’
  • Drum Solo
  • Woman From Tokyo
  • Might Just Take Your Life

They would also play “Wring That Neck”


In The Media:

  • Daily Record – 18 July 1980:
    • A band billed as Deep Purple was scheduled to perform last night at the Factory, a club located . . . on Staten Island.  The band will appear Sunday at Baby-O, in Seaside Heights . . .
    • “What does this Deep Purple have in common with the band that recorded ”Smoke on the Water” and “Burn?”  Don’t ask the band’s ol record company, Warner Brothers. “WE dont’ know anything about this group, “ said Marion Perkins, director of East Coast Tour Publicity for Warners.”
    • “Don’t ask Capitol Records, the label to which the current Deep Purple is supposedly signed.  “Deep Purple is not on Capitol,” said a spokeswoman int he company’s publicity department.”
    • John Salvato, of Talent Spectrum, made the claim that they were signed to Capitol.
    • Article goes on to talk about sold out show of 38,000 Deep Purple played in Mexico City grossing $342,000.
    • “So the question remains: who is this Deep Purple?  And do they have teh reight to use the band’s name? Salvato’s only comment on that issue: “I’m not sure of the legalities.”
  • In Reno Gazette Journal on 09 August, 1980 – 
    • Blackmore: I think it’s pretty disgusting that a band has to stoop this low and take somebody else’s name.  It’s like a bunch of guys putting together a group and calling it Led Zeppelin.
    • Glover: “People are paying good money to see something that isn’t what it’s purported to be.  Even though Rod was in the band originally, it’s not really the band that people know.”
    • “Tony Flynn contends that his group ‘ sounds exactly the same and looks exactly the same.  In all respects, we are the same product.’ Flynn also asserts taht he acquired the right to use the Deep Purple name from the group’s old manager, John Coletta, and its accountant, Bill Reed.”
    • Reed and Coletta, of course, denied this claim.
  • In Los Angeles Times on 09, August, 1980 – Patrick Goldstein
    • To most rock fans, Deep Purple means Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Gillan, all best-known for their work with the heavy-meatl supergroup.  But none of those stalwarts will be on stage when the band headlines the Long BEach Arena on Aug. 19. In fact, no one seems to want to reveal just who is in Deep Purple these days.  The group has been playing concert halls around the country despite the presence of only one original member, singer Rod Evans.
    • Goes on to say how they were going to reveal the band’s identities on August 17.
  • In Los Angeles Times, on 19 August, 1980 – Richard Cromelin 
    • The controversy surrounding tonight’s concert by Deep Purple –now billed as “The NEw Deep Purple” — at the Long Beach Arena excalated Monday when an ad appeared int eh Times stating that Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Glen [sic] Hughes, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice would not perform at the concert.
  • In Los Angeles Times, on 21 August, 1980 – Terry Atkinson
    • The New Deep Purple band, which includes only one musician ever associated with the famous British rock group, drew enough curious and confused fans Tuesday night to fill two-thirds of the 9,000 available seats at the Long BEach ARena.  The audience response wavered between docile acceptance and enthusiasm during the 55-minute set.
    • Some of the audience Tuesday seemsed unaware of the pre-concert controversy about the band’s makeup.  “This is ridiculous,” cried one young man. “That’s not Deep Purple up there.” A woman who gave up on the show after only 10 minutes had been better informed, but bought tickets anyway. “I wanted to see if they at least sounded something like Deep Purple.  They’re not even close.– it smears the name of the group.”
    • The band’s playing was so sloppy that, though I blieeve it performed nothing but old PUrple songs, I can’t be sure.  The group got halfway through one of my favorites “Woman From Tokyo,” before I realized what it was. I couldn’t even identify a couple of others though “Highway Star” . . . “Space Truckin’” and “Burn” were (barely) recognizeable.
    • Tempos constantly went awry, all sense of dynamics was absent, and the long guitar, organ and drum solos were pathetic.  On top of everything, Evans had a flat, leaden voice that didn’t do justice to his material. With his black tank top, tight black pants and short hair he didn’t even look the part. Flashy laser light effects couldn’t hide the fact that the whole thing was a sham.
  • In Los Angeles Times, on 25 August, 1980 – PAtrick Goldstein
    • Purple Pose: Rock or Xerox?
    • According to Lor Kain, a San Francisco-based singer, two members of the new Deep Purple, pianist Jeff Emery and guitarist Tony Flynn, played numerous dates with him in Colorado earlier this year — calling themselves Steppenwolf.
    • “One night Flynn even introduced himself on stage as Michael Monarch (the original STeppenwolf guitarist),” said Kain, who served as the group’s lead singer.  “Each night they’d say, “Who’s gonna play the original member this time?”
    • Kain claimed the group never had full-scale rehearsal, saying “We just learned the songs off Steppenwolf’s greatest-hits album.”  Though the group was billed as including original band member Nick St. Nicholas, who claimed to own the non-exclusive rights to the name of the group, KAin said that St. Nicholas never appeared at any of the gigs.  Emery and Flynn were unavailable for comment.
    • According to the new Billboard Talent Directory, NTI’s talent roster includes Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, as well as re-formed groups like JAy and the Americans, Canned Heat, the Blues Image, Herman’s Hermits, the MC5 and Rare Earth.
    • One rock businessman, a Colorado-base promoter, washed his hands of the whole matter.  According to the promoter, Emery earlier this year offered him either group–one price for STeppenwolf, one price for Deep Purple.  “At this rate,” said the promoter, “I expect to hear about a Beatles tour any day now.

The New Deep Purple Album

  • Featured the track list:
    • Tracks the New Deep Purple band recorded in the summer
    • of 1980 at L.A.’s Village Recording Studios had been:
    • – Hush
    • – All I Am Is Blue
    • – Hold On Me
    • – Blood Blister
    • – Brum Doogie
    • Producer: Mike Curb
    • Album title: unknown Picture: Tony Flynn
    • A more recent version of “All I Am Is Blue”, performed by Tony Flynn & The Bluescasters in Acapulco on July 10, 2015, can be viewed on youtube.
  • Tony Flynn – The Bluescasters – All I Am Is Blue
    • Live in Acupulco, July of 2015

What Deep Purple’s Former Members Had To Say

  • “People are paying good money to see something that isn’t what it’s purported to be. Even tough Rod was in the band originally, it’s not really the band people know.” (Roger Glover, Rolling Stone magazine, August 1980)
  • “I think it’s pretty disgusting that a band has to stoop this low and take somebody else’s name. It’s like a bunch of guys putting together a group and calling it Led Zeppelin. I don’t like this at all.” (Ritchie Blackmore, Rolling Stone magazine, August 1980)
  • “We did not want anything with Deep Purple, and everyone was involved in different projects. I think Rod Evans was in his right because the name had been abandoned, but there were so many “legal corners” hidden that this became a complex battle and they lost, I wish the best of lucks.” (Jon Lord, Conecte magazine, November 1980)
  • “We didn’t make that money, it went all to the lawyers involved… The only chance to stop that band was to sue Rod, as he was the only one receiving money, all others were on wages… Surely Rod did get involved with some very bad people!” (Ian Paice, March 18, 1996, from Hartmut Kreckels (un)official European Captain Beyond website)
  • “It was a very expensive business. And, of course, we’ll never be paid the damages. Rod Evans just doesn’t have the money. He no longer receives the royalities from those first three albums though.” (Manager Tony Edwards, source: Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography by Chris Charlesworth, 1983)
  • Before the controversy
    • “Deep Purple is a thing of the past and I don’t want to have another experience like that again.” (Ritchie Blackmore, 1978 – Conecte magazine, May 1981)
  • After the controversy
    • New: “One day I’d really like to work with Ritchie again and maybe it’ll be with Purple, I don’t know.” (Ian Gillan, Record Mirror, August 30, 1980)
    • “I think there is an excellent opportunity for Deep Purple to meet again in the near future.” (Jon Lord, 1980 – Conecte magazine, May 1981)

Where are they now?

  • Rod Evans
    • No one knows.
    • It’s reported he was married in 1988.
    • As we said in an earlier episode listener Norman wrote in to say he met Nick Simper and asked him where Rod Evans was.  His answer: “Where is he? That´s the 100.000 billion dollars question. As far is know – as my daughter is friend with somebody who is close to Rod´s kids – he is alive, doing well, living in California, retired, bald-headed, and totally out of the music biz.“
  • Tony Flynn
    • After The “New” Deep Purple Tony Flynn had plans to record a solo album in Mexico with Rod Evans, Goldy McJohn, Paul Butterfield, and Geoff Emery.  In an interview in 1981 he said that he completed some of the recordings but it’s unclear (and unlikely) that Evans, Goldy, or McJohn participated.
    • Released a CD in 1990 entitled “Anthony R. Flynn – Angel’s Breath.”
    • He also starred in a movie “Romancing the Bride” with Laura Prepon and Carrie Fisher credited as Tony Flynn
    • Tony Flynn – Deep Purple tribute show (a journey through Rod Evans’ 1980 Deep Purple tour)
    • Tony Flynn – Tribute to Deep Purple show (a journey through Rod Evans’ 1980 Deep Purple tour) Outtakes from Tony Flynn`s Deep Purple tribute show, performed in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, in Mexico on December 16th, 2017 From May 17th to September 20th, 1980, original Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans was on tour with his new Deep Purple band, performing in the United States, Mexico City and Canada. The group consisted of Rod Evans (vocals), Tony Flynn (guitars), Geoff Emery (organ, vocals), Dick Jurgens (drums) and Tom De Rivera (bass, vocals). A journey through the Deep Purple 1980 tour – Music by Tony Flynn & The Mountain Men
    • Tony Flynn & The Mountain Men – Wring That Neck
      • Tony Flynn – Fandango
      • Tom de Rivera [wiki, discogs] – bass
        • Allegedly retired from the music business after the 1980 tour
        • There is word taht he played with a band called Soul Purpose in South Orange County, California in 2006.
      • Dick Jurgens III [wiki, discogs] – drums
        • As reported on: http://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html
        • passed away of cancer on December 4th, 2016. He was sick for a long time. “Thank you for the nice contact we had, it gave me a lot of inspiration when creating the “New Deep Purple 1980” fanpage. Rest In Peace!“
        • Legendsfuneralhome.com – 
      • Geoff Emery [wiki, discogs] – keyboards

      Podcast Meeting

      • Show format moving forward
      • Discussion of subjects, how to select, etc.
        • Cycle through categories?
        • Introduce random element?
        • One picks category, other picks subject?
      • Deep Purple History segment? Time to retire?
      • Any new segments to bring in?

      In The News . . .

      • Ian Gillan “Announces” New Deep Purple Album on Facebook
      • Deep Purple
      • December 3 at 2:00 AM ·
      • A MESSAGE FROM IAN GILLAN
      • It was late March in 2019, when I found myself in Nashville TN, renting an Airbnb delight called ‘Rose River Cottage’, on one bank of the Cumberland River, almost directly opposite the Grand Ole Opry, from where the quaint music would drift across the water into the wee small hours.
      • It was springtime, and – along with the woodchucks – I was emerging from hibernation.
      • Across town, other members of Deep Purple were staying in more urbane accommodation. This was a shock, as we are famous for our lack of planning and we all wondered what had drawn us together in this place and time.
      • An even greater surprise was to follow; each member (arms and legs I’m talking about) arrived at a rehearsal studio and then a recording studio at roughly the same time on roughly the same day with roughly no idea of what we were doing.
      • It was a total coincidence, the like of which has probably never been witnessed since – unbelievably – exactly the same thing happened a few years earlier when we spawned some In-Finite ideas.
      • Then – blow me down – Bob Ezrin turned up and said ‘Let’s have dinner on Monday’
      • Someone enquired ‘What’s the big occasion?’
      • Bob replied ‘To celebrate the fact that we are all still alive…’
      • ‘In which case’ continued the world-weary muso, ‘We’d better make it Sunday’
      • But we survived the weekend and had dinner on Monday.
      • Tuesday, we made another album and Wednesday we went to the pub….
      • Something like that anyway (it was all a blur) and now we gird our lions (yes, I know, but I’m in Africa) for a year of febrile activity into which a rare amount of planning has been invested; obviously not by us.
      • I sense the grinding of campaign wheels, the oiling of creaky roadies, rumours of itineraries and ripples of creativity in Hamburg. Quite plainly something is in the air; but I have no idea what it could be.
      • Perhaps, after another brief hibernation, all will become clear, in the spring of 2020.
      • ig

      This Week in Purple History . . .

      January 6 through January 12

      • January 12, 1987 – The House of Blue Light is released
      • January 7, 1975 – Stormbringer is certified gold in the US having been released the previous November
      • January 10, 2013 – Claude Nobs dies

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      Episode #36 – Coverdale Tweets! (Part 1)

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      Coverdale Tweets!

      • 68 hand-selected Coverdale Tweets for review!

      The Year in Review

      • Listener demographic
      • Most listened to episode
      • Most listened to countries, 63 in total!

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      Episode #35 – The Deep Purple Christmas Special 2019

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      Notes From The Field:

      The Christmas Program:

      • Blackmore’s Night “Winter Carols” Ads
      • David Coverdale – Chestnuts
      • Deep Purple Holiday Ads from BRAVO (courtesy of Jorg Planer)
      • Melody Maker Ad for Purple Records from December 18, 1971 – two months after Purple Records launched:
        • Page 1 features the first four albums being released by Purple records (Drop in the Ocean, Curtiss Maldoon, Gemini Suite, and Pick Up a Bone. Also Merry Christmas from Yvonne Elliman, Al Shaw, Rupert Hine, Jon Lord, Clive Maldoon, Johnny Gustafson, Roger Glover, John Cann, Buddy Bohn, Tony Ashton, Paul Hammon, David MacIver, Dave Curtiss, Ian Paice, and Purple Records.
        • Second page features the band with a mountain range in the background (possibly taken in Geneva while the band was recording “Machine Head.”)
      • Energy – Miss Christmas
      • Time for some more Christmas cheer – winter warmer beer
      • David Coverdale – Zat You Santa Claus?
      • We Wish You a Metal Xmas – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
        • Featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright
      • Whitesnake Christmas Greetings over the years

      This Week in Purple History . . .

      December 23 through December 29

      • December 23, 1948 – The song “Deep Purple” is recorded Larry Clinton featuring vocalist Bea Wain. Previously it had only been an instrumental but Mitchell Parish added lyrics to the popular song in 1938.  The instrumentation was written in 1933.
      • December 23, 1947 – Graham Bonnet is born!
      • December 27, 1948 – Martin “The Wasp” Birch is born!

      David Coverdale Reads ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

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      Episode #34 – David Coverdale – White Snake

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      • gardowp, 11/17/2019 – 5 stars – It is like talking to old friends – Nate and John’s conversations about Deep Purple and the extended family of Deep Purple are well researched and provide laugh out loud moments with their off the cuff banter. It is like I am with my life-long friends talking about our favorite records and concerts that we enjoyed 30 years ago. Never being much of a Deep Purple fan, these fellas provided me with insights to appreciate the work of the band and the associated acts to become a fan. If I could give this podcast 6 Pilgrim Hats, I would. Butters!
      • Slowed Down Chipmunks inspired Hazemaze?
      • Jorg Planer sends us King Kurlee Feat. Blackmore Jr. ‎– Smoke On The Water (More Black Mix) (1991)

      Lead Up To Album & Writing:

      • Coverdale had been in the same music scene with Mick Moody coming up together in the late 60s.  After Purple imploded Coverdale reached out to his old friend to enlist his help in writing and recording his first solo album.
      • Roger Glover played a huge amount of the music and instrumentation on the album.
      • Coverdale was understandably upset about Purple coming to a premature close.
      • Glover acted as an adviser for Coverdale.  He had similarly been thrown from Deep Purple and could lend advice to Coverdale.
      • Glover: “Coverdale seemed happy enough making this album.  A producer is all of those things (above) and more besides . . . therapist, sounding board, salvage expert, tyrant, peacemaker, oh, and a good ear for music.”
      • Coverdale went into this process with the idea of being a band, not simply David Coverdale.

      Album Art & Booklet Review

      • Front cover and design by The Cream Group.
      • Cream did hundreds of covers for The Bay City Rollers, Gary Glitter, Queen, George Harrison, Uriah Heep, and of Course Deep Purple (Made in Europe).
      • Cover photo by Thomas Schmid.
      • Inside photography by Fin Costello.
      • Features a hand drawn album title, listing White Snake as two separate words.
      • Where did the name “White Snake” come from?
        • From The Record Mirror  in 1977:
          • Coverdales says: “Because snakes are phallic symbols, and I like writing about phallic things. I’m also a romantic person. I don’t just like writing about raw sex. The songs I write are like a diary of my life. I write mostly from experience. If I look back at a year’s songs it’s like turning back the pages of a book.”
        • From ContactMusic.com in 2006:
        • From BraveWords.com in 2009 (republished from Metro.co.uk):
          • Metro.co.uk: Where did that name come from?
          • Coverdale: “From my penis. If I had been from Africa it would have been Blacksnake. But, no, it was actually a song I wrote in the dying embers of Deep Purple.”

      Personnel:

      • David Coverdale – lead vocal, piano, percussion
        • Scotch ‘n’ Coke
      • Micky Moody [wiki, discogs] – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
        • Brandy ‘n’ Orange
        • Had previously been in a band called Snafu.
      • Tim Hinkley [wiki, discogs] – organ, percussion, vocals
        • Neat Brandy
        • Worked with Dr. Feelgood, Whitesnake, Roger Daltrey, Thin Lizzy
        • Had worked with Moody in Snafu.
      • Ron Aspery [wiki, discogs] – saxophone, flute
        • Beer
        • Played on Glenn Hughes’s “Play Me Out,” Roger Glover’s “Elements,” and many many more.
        • Was in the jazz-rock trio with bassist Colin Hodgkinson until the group broke up win 1977.  Hodgkinson joined Whitesnake in 1982 replacing Neil Murray on bass.
      • DeLisle Harper [wiki, discogs] – bass, percussion, vocal
        • Scotch ‘n’ Coke
        • Performed with Olympic Runners, Freddie King, 
      • Roger Glover – bass, melodica, synth, percussion, vocals
        • Iced Tea
      • Simon Philips [wiki, discogs] – drums, percussion
        • Soft Drinks ‘n’ Smarties
        • Martyn Ford calls him “the best drummer on the planet.”
        • Started in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, went on to play with Jeff Beck, Stanley Clarke, Peter Gabriel, Mike Oldfield, Joe Satriani, Derek Shernihan, Toto, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker.
        • Credits among his main influences:  Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham, Ian Paice, Tommy Aldridge and Bernard Purdie.
      • Liza Strike – backing vocals
        • Vodka n’ Orange
      • Helen Chappelle – backing vocals
        • Coke
      • Barry St. John – backing vocals
        • White Wine Plus
        • All three backup singers covered in Episode #29.

      Additional Personnel Credits:

      • Lou ‘Rolls’ Austin – Sonic Architect: (London) – Coffee
      • Hans Menzel – Needles ‘n’ Dials: (Munchen) – Social Beer
      • ‘William’ Fyffe – Chauffeur: Confidante: 7 Day Drinks: Meals: Percussion: Vocals: Sneakies
      • Chas [Watkins] – Alright Mon: Commissionaire (As above, I’m sure)
      • Bob – Great Mon: No thanks I’m driving
      • Magnet – For rather suspect but necessary accommodation
      • and Charles for odd welcome appearance
      • The music on this Album was conceived and given the ol’ once over in Deutchland (Somewhere in Europe).  The happy songs were written in my new home and also the Famille Ritzers fine residence – the moody ones were more or less the result of a three month sojourn in a hotel in Munich.  Anyway without Micky Moody an’ Roger I would have had to do it on me own GOD BLESS EM! Thanks to everyone, particularly Jools Dembreigh und John and me mother – who forgave me the day I was born.
      • This Album is dedicated to alf in NEVER-NEVERLAND;’ for whom one day it will all surely happen . . .

      Credits:

      • Recorded in Kingsway Recorders, London, Aug 3-17, and the evening of the 25th.
      • Vocals recorded at Musicland Studios, Munchen, Aug 26-30 after midnight.
      • Mixed in Kingsway Recorders, London, Sept 1-7, 1976.
      • Produced by Roger Glover

      Album Tracks:

      1. Lady (Coverdale, Moody)
        • Blindman (Coverdale)
          • Would be re-recorded in 1980 for Whitesnake’s album “Ready an’ Willing.”
        • Goldies Place (Coverdale)
          • Whitesnake (Coverdale, Moody)
            • Time on My Side (Coverdale, Moody)
              • Peace Lovin’ Man (Coverdale)
                • Sunny Days (Coverdale)
                  • Hole in the Sky (Coverdale)
                    • Single
                    • Record Mirror: Former Deep Purple man tries his hand at an epic single which builds to a straining climax and could provide him with a hit.
                  • Celebration (Coverdale, Moody)

                    Reception and Review

                    • There were two tracks that weren’t completed, Peace Lovin’ Man and Sunny Days.  They were both included on the reissue in 2000.
                    • The album did not chart and was not very successful.
                    • Coverdale: “It’s very difficult to think back and talk sensible about the first album.  White Snake had been a very inward looking, reflective and low-key affair in many ways, written and recorded in the aftermath of the collapse of Deep Purple.”
                    • Very shortly after the album’s release (16 August, 1977) Elvis Presley died.  Coverdale was with his friend Alan Rainer when he got the news.
                    • In an interview with Neil Priddey, Rainer said he had sung as an Elvis impersonator and when they two of them got the news they spent the whole day drinking and consoling each other as they sang Elvis songs.

                    This Week in Purple History . . .

                    December 16 through December 22

                    • December 19, 1947 – Jimmy Bain is born
                    • December 21, 1971 – Deep Purple concludes recording of Machine Head
                    • December 17, 1989 – David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen – they divorce in 1991

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                    Bonus Episode #1 – Interview with Martyn Ford

                    Audio link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-1-interview-with-martyn-ford/id1461491935?i=1000459375032

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                    The Deep Purple Podcast
                    Show Notes
                    Bonus Episode #1
                    “Interview with Martyn Ford”
                    December 12, 2019

                    Visit DeepPurplePodcast.com for more information.

                    In this special bonus epiosde Nate interviews Martyn Ford. Martyn is a conductor, arranger, and musician who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, The Grateful Dead, Toto, Nazareth, Phil Collins, Bad Company, Elf, Elton John, and many more.

                    In this discussion we talk about:

                    The Butterfly Ball
                    Martyn’s beginnings in the industry
                    Eddie Hardin
                    Playing at The Royal Albert Hall
                    His album Smoovin’
                    His professional relationship and friendship with John Gustafson
                    Jesus Christ Superstar
                    Working with Yvonne Elliman
                    Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die”
                    Vision 2020
                    Fifi Rong
                    Mo Foster
                    and a lot more!

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                    Episode #33 – Paice Ashton Lord – Malice in Wonderland

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                    • Explorationsofa, 4 stars,  11/14/2019 writes: “Tommy Bolin! So happy that you guys do intelligent discussion on Deep Purple but you actually discussed Tommy Bolton’s solo and sideman output in the 70’s! That was just awesome to hear discussion about Cobham, Mouzon, Energy, Zephyr, etc. They do a great job of discussion as well and you can tell they have good musical ears.”
                    • Michael Eriksson (Trinkelbonker) has been 
                    • Hazemaze released their new album the week of November 18.
                    • Interview with Martyn Ford being released as a bonus episode.
                    • He unintentionally answers my question about the pronunciation of De Lane Lea studios (pronounced De Lane LEE).
                      • A few quick clips of the interview.
                      • Will post as bonus episode this Thursday, December 12.  Check your feed!

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                    Lead Up To Album & Writing:

                    • Ashton: “Ian and Jon approached me with the idea of forming a band.  In fact Jon had approached me before and I hadn’t liked the idea much because I couldn’t see myself as a front man.  I also thought that with Jon and me both being keyboard players, we’d get in each other’s way.”
                    • “I was never really comfortable with the idea of being a lead singer.
                    • Ian Paice says that he got a call from Jon about doing this project with Tony Ashton and he thought about it for about a week thinking it sounded like a fun idea.
                    • Ian said he was excited because he didn’t know what to expect having spent the past 8-9 years with the same band, Deep Purple.
                    • 150 applicants for auditioning bassists and guitarists.
                    • Ian said things were very incestuous in the scene, they wanted to not necessarily go with unestablished musicians.
                    • Held auditions at an old cinema in Fulham.  Selected Bernie Marsden and Paul Martinez.
                    • They loved Bernie for his confidence.  He was in a band called Babe Ruth. He was recommended by Cozy Powell having worked with him in Cozy Powell’s Hammer.  He’d also previously been in UFO.
                    • Paul Martinez had been in a band called Stretch.
                    • Ian talks about how easy it was in DP knowing everyone so well and having that connection with Jon.  He’d only worked with Tony a few times before and Bernie and Paul he’d never played with.
                    • Jon Lord?: One track took 30 minutes, another song took them 5 days to get right.
                    • Jon Lord: talks about keeping humor in the music and how working with Tony Ashton that is very easy to do.
                    • They decided early on to add a brass section to add some color to the songs.
                    • They knew Howie Casey for a long time and describe it as “stealing him” from “Mr. McCartney.”  They used him to put together a horn section and help them with horn arrangements.
                    • Jeanette and Sheila McKinley recruited on backing vocals.
                    • The album title was from a conversation they overheard in abar in Munich.  “We couljn’t think of a title, then we heard this German guy come out with this remark about ‘Malice in Wonderland’, and we thought: ‘Ah, that’s a good title!’

                    Companies, etc.

                    Credits

                    Notes

                    Ⓟ 1977 Deep Purple Overseas Ltd

                    Made and printed in England.

                    Includes printed inne rsleeve with lyrics, credits, liner notes & photos.

                    Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich between 20th September & 30th October 1976.

                    Album Art & Booklet Review

                    • Front cover is an oil painting by Graham Ovenden from the “Alice in Wonderland” series.

                    Personnel:

                    • Ian Paice – drums, percussion
                    • Tony Ashton – vocals, keyboards
                    • Jon Lord – keyboards, synthesizer
                    • Paul Martinez [wiki, discogs] – bass
                      • Accomplished session musician and songwriter
                      • Played with Bernard Purdie, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, George Harrison, Peter Gabriel, and more.
                    • Bernie Marsden [wiki, discogs] – guitar, backing vocals
                      • Was in a number of bands
                      • Was recommended to join Paul McCartney’s Wings but it never came to pass
                      • Was founding member of Whitesnake and played in their first five albums, co-writing the band’s biggest hit “Here I Go Again.”

                    Additional Credits:

                    • Martin Birch – engineer
                    • Recorded between 20th September & 30th September 1976

                    Album Tracks:

                    1. Ghost Story (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
                    2. Remember the Good Times (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord, Bernie Marsden, Paul Martinez) *
                    3. Arabella (Oh Tell Me) (Tony Ashton)
                      • Tony Ashton wrote it about the hotel where they recorded in Munich.  MusicLand Studio was in the basement.
                    4. Silas & Jerome (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
                    5. Dance With Me Baby (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
                    6. On the Road Again, Again (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord, Bernie Marsden) *
                    7. Sneaky Private Lee (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord, Bernie Marsden) *
                    8. I’m Gonna Stop Drinking (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
                    9. Malice in Wonderland (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
                      • Jon Lord says they had such a hard time figuring out the right arrangement/chords for this song but eventually it all just clicked into place.

                    Reception and Review

                    • Ashton: “What we managed to achieve was a tighter version of The First Of The Big Bands.”
                    • After just five gigs PAL split while working on a second album in Munich.  This is important because it was in Munich that Bernie Marsden would meet David Coverdale who he would go on with to form Whitesnake.
                    • Paice Ashton Lord – Malice in Wonderland Live 1977 FULL CONCERT
                    • Ashton: “It didn’t really work on stage.  We were very happy with the album, but I couldn’t cut the mustard up front.  I actually fell off the stage at the Rainbow theatre concert in London. It went down well! But after that the band more or less fizlzled out.”
                    • Ashton’s fall was  twelve foot drop. They dragged him back on stage while Ian Paice did a half hour dum solo and Ashton managed to finish the show.
                    • They went to Munich to work on a second album and got most of the tracks down but the project was abandoned.
                    • Paice: “. . . it . . . was a great idea.  It was built around Tony Ashton and his ability to make an audience love him.  Tony still has that ability, but the audience had better not be bigger than three hundred! He loves his club atmosphere.”
                    • Paice:  “It was an experiment that cost Jon and I a fortune! But I’m glad we did it.”
                    • Paice says that the tracks are all there for the second album except the vocals.  They tried to locate the masters to give to Tony Ashton to give to him as a wedding present but no one could find the masters.”

                    In The News . . .


                    This Week in Purple History . . .

                    December 9 through December 15

                    • December 11, 1968 – The Book of Taliesyn is released in the US – it won’t be released in the UK until July of 1969
                    • December 9, 1973 – Deep Purple Mk3 plays their first gig in Copenhagen, Denmark
                    • December 13, 1984 – George Harrison joins Deep Purple on stage and introduces himself as “Arnold Grove.”

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                    Episode #32 – Tommy Bolin – Teaser

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                    Lead Up To Album & Writing:

                    • Jeff Cook says that by the time it went into the studio he was removed from the project.  Some of the songs were written over the phone with Jeff in Denver and Tommy in California
                    • Jeff Cook said he got a call from someone asking how high they were making “Teaser” because he wasn’t listed on the track sheets.
                    • Everyone was partying their brains out according ot Jeff Cook.
                    • Stanley Sheldon says Tommy went to New York while they were mixing Frampton Comes Alive.  They booked Electric Lady Studios and did half the Teaser album there and the other half in LA.
                    • Sheldon was bouncing back and forth between studio A and B.
                    • Glenn Hughes said Tommy wanted him to sing three or four songs but he felt that Tommy had his own style and he wanted Tommy to do it.  He said it would be like Hendrix having someone else sing.

                    Album Art & Booklet Review

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                    The Album

                    Personnel:

                    • Tommy Bolin [discogs] – Guitar, Lead Vocals
                    • Glenn Hughes – Lead Vocals on “Dreamer”
                      • Was not credit due to contractual reasons
                    • Stanley Sheldon [discogs] – Bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
                      • Played with Peter Frampton, most credits are with Tommy Bolin
                    • Paul Stallworth [discogs] – Bass (4, 8, 9)
                      • Played with George Harrison, Johnny Nas, Al Jarreau, Bobby Womack, Blood Sweat and Tears, Yvonne Elliman
                    • Dave Foster [discogs] – Piano/Synthesizer (1, 2, 3)
                      • Tons of credits including Ted Neeley, Neil Sedaka, George Harrison, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and many, many more
                    • Jan Hammer [discogs] – Synthesizer (6, 7), drums (6)
                      • Very prolific, played with Billy Cobham and Bolin on Spectrum album, he wrote the theme song to Miami Vice as well as doing the soundtrack for the show.
                    • Ron Fransen [discogs] – Piano (9)
                      • Played with Rare Earth, 
                    • David Sanborn [discogs] – Saxophone (6, 7)
                      • Played with B.B. King, Stevie Wonder (on the album Talking Book), Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, and hundreds more.
                    • Jeff Porcaro [discogs] – Drums (1, 2, 3, 5)
                      • Played with Sunny & Cher, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Juice Newton and hundreds more, almost 1,000 entries on discogs.
                    • Prairie Prince [discogs] – Drums (4, 8)
                      • Todd Rundgren, John Fogerty, Brian Eno, Chris Isaac, Richard Marx, and many more.
                    • Michael Walden [discogs] – Drums (7)
                      • Tommy Bolin Band, Jaco PAstorius, Jeff Beck, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Robert Fribb, hundreds more.
                    • Bobbie Berge [discogs] – Drums (9)
                      • Drummer in Zephyr, Buddy Miles
                    • Phil Collins [discogs] – Percussion (4)
                      • Do we need to deep dive this one?
                    • Sammy Figueroa [discogs] – Percussion (6, 7)
                      • Worked with The Village People, Bette Midler, Ben E. King, Miles Davis, and hundreds more
                    • Rafael Cruz [discogs] – Percussion (6, 7)
                      • Worked with Chaka Khan, and others
                    • Dave Brown [discogs] – Background vocals (1)
                      • This and “Bealtes Jam” from Tommy Bolin Fever are only credits
                    • Lee Kiefer [discogs] – Background vocals (1)
                      • Mostly worked as an engineer and producer with John Lennon, Billy PReston, America, Keith Moon, and Lynyrd Skynyrd
                    • Johnnie Bolin, Tommy’s younger brother, also played drums
                    • The Sniffettes (Tommy Bolin, Lee Kiefer & Dave Brown)
                      • One time credit for this album.

                    Credits:

                    1. The Grind (Bolin, Jeff Cook, Stanley Sheldon, John Tesar)
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Piano/Synth – Dave Foster
                      • Drums – Jeff Porcaro
                      • Backing Vocals – Dave Brown, Lee Kiefer
                      • Van Halen used to cover this song in their early club days
                        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDo-gKiPUI
                      • One of the songs that Jeff Cook and Tommy Boling wrote over the phone.
                    2. Homeward Strut (Bolin)
                      • Instrumental
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Piano/Synth – Dave Foster
                      • Drums – Jeff Porcaro
                    3. Dreamer (Jeff Cook)
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Piano/Synth – Dave Foster
                      • Drums – Jeff Porcaro
                      • Vocals – Glenn Hughes
                    4. Savannah Woman (Bolin, Jeff Cook)
                      • Bass – Paul Stallworth
                      • Drums – Prairie Prince
                      • Percussion – Phil Collins
                      • John Tesar says that he wrote the lyrics.
                    5. Teaser (Bolin, Jeff Cook)
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Drums – Jeff Porcaro
                      • Covered by Motley Crue on charity album Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell
                        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHsseQOdDdA
                    6. People, People (Bolin)
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Drums – Jan Hammer
                      • Piano/Synth – Jam Hammer
                      • Saxophone – David Sanborn
                      • Percussion – Sammy Figueroa, Rafael Cruz
                    7. Marching Powder (Bolin)
                      • Instrumental
                      • Bass – Stanley Sheldon
                      • Saxophone – David Sanborn
                      • Drums – Michael Walden
                      • Percussion – Sammy Figueroa, Rafael Cruz
                    8. Wild Dogs (Bolin, John Tesar)
                      • Bass – Paul Stallworth
                      • Drums – Prairie Prince
                    9. Lotus (Bolin, John Tesar)
                      • Bass – Paul Stallworth
                      • Piano – Ron Fransen
                      • Drums – Bobby Berge

                    Reception and Review

                    • Tommy Bolin is proud of the album and lists Wild Dogs as his favorite song.

                    In The News . . .

                    • N/A

                    This Week in Purple History . . .

                    December 2 through December 8

                    • December 4, 1971 – The Montreux Casino burns down
                    • December 8, 1972 – Ian Gillan writes his famous letter to Tony Edwards that he is leaving Deep Purple at the end of the tour the following June
                    • December 4, 1976 – Tommy Bolin Dies

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                    Episode #31 – The Butterfly Ball (Part 4: The Movie)

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                    Show Updates:

                    • Comments from social media.
                    • Listener Jeff Taylor writes: “Just listened to the first episode on the Butterfly Ball today. I liked the piece you played from Curved Air with Eddie Jobson so much that I went to Spotify and followed Curved Air so I can check out their music further when I have time.”
                    • A lot of chatter about “Come Hell or Highwater” where Ritchie gets into an altercation with yet another cameraman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qZJ3BHzjY
                    • Ritchie’s take on the situation in a 1996 fan interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyIzI3s3Ddk
                    • Nice email from Norman about fandom and the whereabouts of Rod Evans!

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                    Lead Up To Album & Writing:

                    • Glover: “In September 1975 I staged a concert of The Butterfly Ball at the Albert Hall, London, and as far as possible gathered together as many of the performers as I could from the recording of the original album, which was released the previous year. The event was recorded and filmed by Tony Klinger and British Lion Films and the resulting movie is what is now being re-released in DVD format by a company called MusicVideoDistributors.”
                    • Glover had the idea to do a live concert of “The Butterfly Ball” as a one-off performance.  The show was scheduled at The Royal Albert Hall on October 16, 1975 and filmed. It was directed by Tony Klinger who had produced “Deep Purple Rises Over Japan” a few months after this.
                    • Concert was 
                    • Glover: “. . . when it was released in 1974 it was, to my relief, very well received in various countries around Europe. However, it failed to ignite a broad interest in the UK and so the idea for staging a concert at the Albert Hall came about as a means of getting some attention for it in my home country.”
                    • Almost everyone from the original album was in attendance.  Dio was unable to attend due to touring with Rainbow so Glover contacted Ian Gillan who agreed to fill his place on “Sitting in a Dream.”
                    • Later it would be rumored that Dio wanted to attend but was forbidden by Blackmore.
                    • Gillan says in his autobiography: “. . . although I don’t feature on the album, I was glad to help him with the live production of The Butterfly Ball at the Royal Albert Hall (16 October 1974), after Ronnie Dio had to pull out at the last minute.”
                    • Twiggy was also recruited and Vincent Price agreed to narrate it.  They rehearsed for a week before the concert.
                    • Glover had to organize everything himself and quickly became overwhelmed. Bruce Payne eventually helped out by getting him Bob Adcock, Rainbow’s road manager, to help out at the last minute.  This seems at odds with the rumor that Dio was prevented by Blackmore.
                    • This would be Gillan’s first public performance since leaving Deep Purple over two years earlier.
                    • Glover: “The actual night of the concert was lovely, all the artists on the stage gave superlative performances and I felt, and still feel, indebted to every single one of them.”
                    • The performance raised money for The Bud Flanagan Leukaemia Fund and Action Research for the Crippled Child

                    Album Art & Booklet Review

                    • DVD Cover featuring Glenn Hughes.
                      • Glover: “My first impression was not good; as I opened the box, I found the DVD plastered with a huge photograph of Glenn Hughes (who also features on the box’s spine). Huh? Ah, now I get it; some dolt in the art department (if there is such a department) was informed that this was the work of Deep Purple’s bass player. Now I have nothing against Glenn, he’s a fine bloke, but… this was not a good omen.”
                      • Read Glover’s full thoughts on the 2006 DVD release here: https://www.rogerglover.com/writings/messages-from-roger-glover/the-dvd-release-of-the-butterfly-ball-concert/

                    The Movie

                    1. Dreams of Sir Bedivere
                      • Featuring Vincent Price
                    2. Dawn
                      • Featuring Vincent Price
                    3. Get Ready
                      • Featuring Glenn Hughes
                    4. Saffron Dormouse and Lizzy Bee
                      • Featuring Helen Chappelle and Barry St. John
                    5. Together Again
                      • Featuring Tony Ashton
                    6. Old Bilnd Mole
                      • Featuring Earl Jordan [wiki, discogs]
                      • Originally sung by John Goodison
                      • Was part of the Les Humphries Singers
                      • Was on the Green Bullfrog album
                      • Worked with Lucifer’s Friend
                    7. Magician Moth
                      • Featuring Vincent Price
                    8. Watch Out For The Bat
                      • Featuring John Gustafson
                    9. Aranea
                      • Featuring Judi Kuhl
                    10. Sir Maximus Mouse
                      • Featuring Eddie Hardin
                    11. Behind the Smile
                      • Featuring David Coverdale
                    12. Little Chalk Blue
                      • Featuring John Lawton
                    13. Waiting
                      • Featuring Al Matthews [wiki, discogs]
                      • Originally sung by Jimmy Helms
                      • American actor and musician
                      • Known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Apone in the movie Aliens
                      • Was also in Superman III and The Fifth Element
                    14. Sitting in a Dream
                      • Featuring Ian Gillan
                      • Originally sung by Ronnie James Dio
                      • Gillan’s first time on stage since leaving Deep Purple two years earlier
                    15. No Solution
                      • Featuring Mickey Lee Soule
                    16. The Feast
                      • Featuring Vincent Price
                    17. Love Is All
                      • Featuring John Lawton
                      • Originally sung by Ronnie James Dio
                    18. Homeward
                      • Featuring Twiggy
                      • Originally sung by Ronnie James Dio
                    19. Love Is All (Encore)
                      • Featuring the group

                    Reception and Review

                    • THE DVD RELEASE OF THE BUTTERFLY BALL CONCERT
                      • Talks about the joy of seeing all these wonderful talents on the same stage.
                      • Mentions that Neil Lancaster’s performance of Harlequin HAre was not included in the movie for some reason.
                      • Gives benefit of the doubt to the filmmaker and actors in the movie. 
                      • On the release of the DVD there was a big picture of Glenn Hughes on the cover.  Gover was confused until he realised that whoever they hired to do it heard it was by the bassist for Deep Purple and found this pic to use for the cover.
                      • Jon Lord’s name is spelled incorrectly on the cover.
                    • Glover: “A limousine picked me up at Wessex Studios and I was delivered to the Odeon, met on a red carpet by the manager of the cinema and ushered in with a suitable degree of pomp.  Most of the performers were there, along with most of their relatives (and mine) and after a glass of wine or two we all settled down to watch the movie, my wife Judi and I being shown to especially plush and centrally located seats so that all would know we were the guests of honor.”
                    • Glover: “The film of it I don’t like at all.  I‘ve never liked that. I had nothing to do with it.  But to me it was shoddily done, it was tastelessly done, it was cheaply done.  Probably the most embarrassing moment of my life was being invited to the premier of the only film that i’ve ever starred in and hating it.  I sat there in the special seat surrounded by all the people that worked on the concert and on the album and the lights went down and this thing came on and I just hated it.  I just wanted to run away. I thought about leaving the theater half way through but I thought no I’m too nice a guy for that, I’ll stick it out, I’ll say thank you when people say it was interesting.  Oh that was really . . . interesting. So I’ve got a bad memory of that.”
                    • Glover: “… [I] cried angry tears on the long, silent journey back home.”
                    • Glover: “The Butterfly Ball album is something that I am very proud of, and the concert was undoubtedly one of the best nights of my life, but the movie does it no justice.”
                    • Glover was not happy, very difficult time dealing with being forced out of DP, going through a depression, an unhappy period.
                    • Gillan from his autobiography: “I suppose it was Roger’s project that reminded me of what I’d walked away from . . .”
                    • Gillan: “For me, horribly unfulfilled in my various ventures, the show was one of great emotion, surprise and joy, because I’d thought that, with the passing of time and the ongoing Deep Purple, I’d be a forgotten star.  However, that was not the case, not the case at all, because, at the announcement of my name for ‘my song’, the audience rose and gave me a standing ovation! ‘Welcome home, Ian!’ they seemed to say while Vinent Price needed to pause in his narration from a peacock chair in the organ loft, so the applause and cheering could run its very long course! As I sang from a crib sheet, the experience at The Butterfly Ball was totally overhwhelming, and I left the venue feeling good, and with warming thoughts!”
                    • Hardin: We got very close, me and Roger, and we started to go through funny phases.  I just wanted to get away from everything, I was unhappy and boozing.
                    • The movie gets a 1.3/10 rating on IMDB out of 2,944 votes.

                    In The News . . .

                    • Glenn Hughes is in the studio right now recording with The Dead Daisies.  You can see what they’re up to by reading their recording diary on their website here: Recording Chapter One

                    This Week in Purple History . . .

                    November 25 through December 1

                    • November 30, 1945 – Roger Glover is born
                    • November 27, 1984 – Deep Purple plays their first reunion show in Perth, Australia
                    • November 28, 1981 – Don Airey quits Rainbow

                    Thanksgiving Thoughts:

                    • Thinking of how fortunate we are this year.

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