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Episode #190 – Come Hell or High Water (Part 1: The Cattle Grazes On) with Jerry Bloom

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  • March of 1992: Lord intends to hit the road performing music from The Concerto, Gemini Suite, etc. (Page 13)
  • August of 1992: JLT is fired by Bruce Payne. (page 16)
  • October of 1992 (six weeks after JLT is fired): In an interview with Mike Eriksson, Turner is very critical of Deep Purple, particularly Jon Lord. (page 17)
  • November of 1992: Gillan writes a letter to fans about Deep Purple but doesn’t refer to it as a reunion but rather a “celebration.” (page 20)
  • April 1993: North American tour is announced from July 27th through August 29th (page 23-24)
  • Gillan suggests after the tour that Blackmore would reform Rainbow but Blackmore denies it and rather suggests that he would work on another band project, coming back to DeepPurple every couple of years.
  • June 1993: Blackmore blows off the “silver clef Awards ceremony (page 28)
  • July 1993: In July it’s announced that the US tour is canceled/postponed – no explanation is given as to why. (page 29).
  • July 1992: Ian Gillan’s interview where he addresses his famous quote: “I would rather slit by throat than ever sing with these guys again.”
  • Jon Lord open letter saying he’s excited about the direction the album was taking with Ian. What was the deal between JL and JLT? (page 34)
  • Rehearsals and travel
  • Nine Weeks of shows —-
  • The Band agreed to have rehearsals recorded and every show was bootlegged as well as being recorded off the soundboard. (page 39)
  • The feeling was that this was the end of the band.
  • Friday, September 24, 1993 – Rome – 1st show
  • Anyone’s Daughter being performed live, with Ian Paice sitting on a stool (and later the drum riser) with a tambourine and Ian Gillan referring to him as “Elton John.” (page 40).
  • Early shows a little shaky with some shorter solos and Gillan forgetting words (page 45)
  • When they reach Germany Ritchie seems quite happy to be back and with his new girlfriend Candice (page 50).
  • About a third of the tour/shows are played in Germany. (page 51)
  • By Mid October of 1993 Jerry Bloom joins the band for as many shows as possible (page 70)
  • At your first show it was evident Gillan and Blackmore, Gillan singing over Blackmore  Blackmore had his roadie, Rob fodder to tape a lyrics sheet to Gillan’s mic stand because he was tired of Gillan forgetting the lyrics. (page 71)
  • Ritchie had a tape of the “One Man’s Meat” demo “”Stroke of Midnight” with JLT singing and contemplated having it played before the show. (page 73)
  • Bloom asks Glover about Ritchie’s little Goatee: “It’s his alter ego. He thinks he was born in 1549.”  Bloom says Ritchie did not leave his dressing room but he could hear Abba blasting from his room. (page 72)
  • 16 October 1993: Stuttgart, Bloom says it’s the best show he’s ever seen by Deep Purple (page 80) 
  • France, October 18: Ritchie throws in Jesus Christ Superstar but Gillan does not sing it. Was this a peace offering by Ritchie? (Page 86)
  • Ritchie throwing in snippets of Rainbow and MK3 songs like “All Night Long” and “Burn” as well as “Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Gillan singing “cliched French Dialogue”(Page 87)
  • October 22nd: Ritchie tells Colin Hart he’s not doing the two shows in Spain and that they were added without his approval – they’d been there from the beginning. (page 94)
  • 30 October: Show in Prague, Candice does backing vocals on Beethoven’s Ninth. Unclear if the rest of the band consented. After the show he let Rob Fodder know he was leaving the band. Later he gives Colin Hart a letter to read to the rest of the band. He claimed he’d paly through Helsinki but did not know that the Japan gigs were booked. (page 99)
  • Ritchie makes it very clear that Gillan is the reason he’s leaving citing his “clownish” attire and stage moves.
  • Ritchie was expecting the band to be upset the following morning but it was business as usual. (page 103)
  • 3 November: Ritchie hears that Mr. Udo, the Japanese tour manager is expecting Ritchie to play Japan so Ritchie destroys his Japanese work visa.(page 106)
  • Ritchie seems to go through a lot of trouble trying to get a reaction out of the management and the rest of the band.
  • 8 Nov, Ritchie performs an amazing show with the band in London at Brixton Academy. Tony Ahston and Mel Galley were in attendance. (page 109)
  • 9 Nov: NEC Birmingham. Final UK gig. They were advised to cancel due to Ritchie’s ankle injury. (page 111)
  • The whole drama with the camera man, Ritchie’s second most famous camera man altercation.  Roger’s anger. Lots of stories. Who ultimately got the brunt of the water soaking? Between Highway Star and Black Night Ritchie soaks the cameraman with beer behind the amps.
  • 13 November: Stockholm, Sweden, Glenn Hughes is a backstage guest. He and Gillan toy with the idea of doing an album together. They hang out after the show. Blackmore was told Glenn was there and responds, “Glenn who?” (page 116)
  • 14 November: It’s publicly announced Blackmore is leaving the band on the BBC (page 117)
  • 15 November: Glenn Hughes is backstage again in Oslo, Norway, and a promoter had booked him a small show at a 300 capacity show.  Glover and Paice go to see his show. (page 118)
  • 17 November: Helsinki, Finland. Ritchie makes demand that Bruce Payne be at his hotel door before the show or he won’t go on. He doesn’t know that Colin Hart had already discussed with Payne and he would be there.  Ritchie was again upset that chaos had not erupted. (page 119)

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Episode #182 – Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman (with Nick Jones from Pod of Thunder)

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    • Most importantly – the doors this opened for us in our journey and fandom of hard rock and this style of music

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    • Photography By – Fin Costello
      • Legendary rock photographer over the years.
    • Photography By – Tony Harrison (6)
      • Mostly Ozzy credits on Discogs
    • Set Designer [Set] – Denise Richardson
      • Also credited on Bark at the Moon
    • Set Designer [Set] – Ernie Spruces
      • Only credit on Discogs
    • Design – Steve “Skull” Joule*
      • Art Director at Kerrang!
      • Did many Ozzy designs during this period
      • Also famously did the Born Again album cover
      • In interview with heavymusicartwork.com: “But I guess the one I’m proudest of and really is the full package is Ozzy’s, 1981, ‘Diary Of A Madman’, the great set , brilliantly built by photographer Fin Costello’s work pixies, the ridiculous props, magic alphabets, the hand lettering, Ozzy being as drunk as a skunk at the shoot, Ozzy’s son Louis biting the head off the stuffed dove on the cover, just like daddy and of course becoming ‘THE HAND OF SATAN!!! Haaaaaaaargh!!! Yeah, I love that cover and it definitely sums up the early ’80’s.”

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    1. Over the Mountain (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: Title and lyrics were mine. To be fair, Ozzy’s melodies and scat singing before lyrics were written sometimes influenced what I wrote, the lyrics were written to fit his phrasing on most songs.
      • Daisley said Rhoads wrote the riff using eight notes but Daisley suggested going with sixteenth notes.
      • Daisley stated that over the years Frank Banali had been credited as coming up with the opening drums but he said there is no basis to these rumors.
      • Lyrics were written right before Ozzy recorded the vocal.
    2. Flying High Again (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: The title and lyrics were mine, Ozzy may have put in a word or two again. In my book, there’s a whole story about how this song came about from an experience I had as a young lad playing in bands in Australia. The title actually came from a very ‘straight’ bloke who asked me a question about drugs.
      • Started off as a song called “Mean Machine” based on the vocals Lee sang during the writing process.
    3. You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll (Daisley, Osbourne, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: Ozzy’s title, and a few words were his but the meat and potatoes of the lyrics were mine. I wrote it about being screwed by record companies and being lied to, a premonition me thinks…
      • In his book “For Facts Sake,” Bob Daisley writes: “One of [the new songs] had a Pink Floyd vibe so I named it “Floydian,” which later became “You Can’t Kill Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
    4. Believer (Daisley, Osbourne, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: My title and lyrics. I was reading about the power of belief at the time and wanted to convey a positive message. Maybe a word or two from Ozzy and some inspiration from his phrasing but all my idea.
      • Randy and Daisley would joke that this bass riff sounded like “Purple haze”

    Side Two:

    1. Little Dolls (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: My title and lyrics. Again, maybe a word or two here and there from Ozzy but totally my idea. A song about Voodoo without mentioning the word. Fuck knows how I came up with that one…
      • Daisley says it was based on a riff he’d written in Windowmaker for a song called “Mean What You Say” while the middle eight was taken from a song he’d layed in Mecca’s single, “Black Sally” in 1969.
    2. Tonight (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: Ozzy had originally sung ‘just a kiss before we say goodnight’ to open the song but I thought that was a bit soppy so changed the idea to someone down and out on the street. I think Lee came up with the ‘tonight’ where it ended up in the chorus but I wrote almost all the lyrics.
      • Daisley says this song had the working title “Just a Kiss.”
    3. S.A.T.O. (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Allegedly stands for Sharon Arden Thelma Osbourne
      • Bob Daisley: Not my title, Ozzy and Sharon changed it from ‘Strange Voyage’ which had been mine, to ‘S.A.T.O.’ after Lee and I were ousted. I wrote the lyrics about how life can be a strange voyage and was inspired by a Buddhist text entitled ‘A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering’. The S.A.T.O part is explained in my book.
      • The working title was “Headbanger.”
      • Daisley says this is the only song on the album not tuned down a semitone.
      • Lyrics were inspired by Buddhism
      • Ozzy and Sharon decided to change the title from “Strange Voyage” to this because they were both having an affair.  It stood for S.A. (Sharon Adrian, her boyfriend) T. O. (Thelma Ozzy.)
    4. Diary of a Madman (Daisley, Osbourne, Kerslake, Rhoads)
      • Bob Daisley: My title and lyrics. The title came from a movie of the same name which I’d seen starring Vincent price. When I told Ozzy about my idea he loved it and that became the title of the next album before we’d even started writing it. I wrote the lyrics about my own personal experience which I go into detail about in the book. When Randy, Lee and I first worked up the music for the song without Ozzy, he came in the next day, heard what we had and said, “Who the fuck do you think I am, Frank Zappa?”
      • Daisley says that at the time he wasn’t aware that some of the chord progressions weren’t entirely original.  He said it borrowed from Randy practicing “Etude Number 6” by classical guitarist Leo Brouwer.
      • Daisley says Ozzy needed a few run throughs with Lee explaining to him how the vocals fit in to get it before he was comfortable singing it.
      • Arranged By [Strings] – Louis Clark
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Clark
      • Conductor and arranger that worked with ELO
      • Continued to work with Ozzy on “Bark at the Moon.”
      • Daisley said Clark was going for a Carl Orff type sound to give it the “Carmina Burana” treatment with the orchestra and choir.

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    • Daisley said the whole album is tuned down semitone to give it a heavier feel and to make it easier for Ozzy to sing.
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    Episode #178 – Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell (with Ry from Sabbath Bloody Podcast)

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    • Ozzy left the band after reportedly being frustrated with the experimental direction they were going with the last two albums.
    • Osbourne was involved with early writing for the album before he left.
    • Sharon Arden introduced Dio to Tony Iommi.
    • Initially Dio and Iommi immediately clicked and toyed with the idea of forming a new band.
    • They played briefly with Dio on bass/vocals as Geezer was going through a divorce.
    • Craig Gruber also played with them on bass for a brief time.  Gruber has made many claims over the years including that he co-wrote most of the songs on the album and that they reached a financial settlement.
    • Iommi says in his biography that Gruber recorded all of the bass parts but they were re-recorded by Butler who hadn’t heard them.
    • In 2009 Gruber admitted he only helped write “Die Young.”
    • Bill Ward considered this to be the start of a new band rather than a turning point for Black Sabbath.
    • The album was recorded in Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida.
    • It was Dio who recommended they use Martin Birch who he’s worked with in Rainbow.
    • It was the band’s first outside producer since Rodger Bain who produced “Master of Reality” in 1971.  Iommi had produced the band’s albums since 1971.
    • Looking back at the addition of Dio, Butler says it wasn’t really adding Dio to the band because the band as everyone knew it “Barely existed” as a band during this time.
    • It seems it could have gone either way with Tony doing a solo album with Dio or Dio joining sabbath.

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    • Crew [Equipment] – Graham Wright
      • Had worked on previous Sabbath records including Sabotage, Technical Ecstacy, and Never Say Die
    • Crew [Equipment] – Mickey Balla
      • Only other credit is a Maynard Fergusun album from 1982.
    • Engineer [Assistant] – Joe Foglia
      • Worked with bands Foxy and Outlaws in the 70s and Manowar in the 80s
    • Engineer, Producer – Martin Birch

    Album Art & Booklet Review

    • Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
      • American art designer.
      • Designed a number of album covers for bands including Diana Ross and Dominic Troiano who Tommy Bolin replaced in The James Gang
      • Also worked on albums for the band Wet Willie and Stillwater
    • Illustration [Cover] – Lynn Curlee
      • http://www.curleeart.com/
      • From interview with Joe at Black-Sabbath.com
      • “MASQUE was a series of paintings with people in costumes. the SMOKING ANGELS was specifically inspired by a photo of some people backstage at a small town Christmas pageant. The painting was cropped a little on the right for the album cover. You can see the full painting in the ARCHIVE segment of www.curleeart.com.”
      • From interview with RevolverMag.com
      • “They were in a jam,” recalls Curlee. “Black Sabbath were releasing the new album Heaven and Hell. The original cover-art plan was not working out, I received a call to ask if I had anything they might be able to use, since the timing was getting short.” Lynn Curlee sent them a photo of Smoking Angels; Warner Bros. sent a check!
    • Illustration [Liner] – Harry Carmean
      • Only credit – he drew the back cover illustration.

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    All songs written by Iommi, Butler, Ward with lyrics by Dio.

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    1. Neon Knights
    2. Children of the Sea
      • Iommi claims he has a demo version of this with Ozzy singing a completely different melody and set of lyrics.
    3. Lady Evil
    4. Heaven and Hell

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    • The album was the band’s highest charting album since “Sabotage” reaching No. 9 in the UK and No. 28 in the US).
    • Dio on the differences between working with Iommi and Blackmore from a 1982 intervew: “The difference really is that Tony is an all-around player. Ritchie is a brilliant, brilliant player. And he always will be. He has very good musical ideas. But to my way of thinking, he is not a member of a band. I’ve always been a band-oriented musician. Tony is a team player. Tony caares about me, he cares about Vinny, he cares about Billy, and we all feel the same way. Ritchie really only cares about himself. I’m trying not to make this a derogatory statement. The man hasn’t said any bad things about me and it’s not in my constitution to use the press to say anything bad about Ritchie. I had a good relationship with him; he’s a fine player and I wish him all the success in the world.
    • Ozzy referred to this lineup as “Black Rainbow.”

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    Episode #158 – The Three Year Interview

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      Episode #154 – Deep Purple & Iron Maiden

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      John’s history with Iron Maiden

      Nate’s History with Iron Maiden

      Nate, roaming the halls of Bulmershe College in his “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” t-shirt (c. 1993.).

      Influences:

      • Bruce Dickinson & Deep Purple: How Ian Gillan Influenced Bruce Dickinson’s Vocals
      • Guesting on The Rock Show With Johnny Walker’s “Rock God” segment aired on the BBC here, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson named Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan as his personal rock god.
        • You can’t talk about Iron Maiden without first mentioning Deep Purple, a group that Dickinson first heard after accidentally stumbling upon their album In Rock: “I was walking up and down the corridor at boarding school and I heard this racket coming from behind a door,” Dickinson began. “I thought, ‘Oh my god, what is that?!’ So, I knocked on the door and this senior boy opened the door and looked at me with a big sneer on his face. I asked, ‘Who was that?’. He went, ‘Oh, it’s Deep Purple if you must know, ‘Speed King’’ and shut the door. That was that, I was hooked.”
        • Having said all that, I met Ian Gillan. Not only did I meet him, I actually went on tour with him when I was in a band called Samson.”
        • “I’m in a studio,” Dickinson continues. “We’ve done an album in Ian Gillan’s studio. We’ve all been at the pub and had a few pints, in walks my god Ian Gillan and goes, ‘Hey, what a great vocalist. Who’s the singer?’ At that moment, I felt the sudden urge to vomit. I ran out of the room, puked up for about 45 minutes in the toilet when in comes my idol, kicks the door and goes, ‘C’mon, mate, out you come. Let’s get you wiped down with a towel.’ He put me in a taxi and sent me home. I’ve never forgotten that, and he’s never let me forget it, either.”
      • Adrian Smith:
        • Adrian Smith Once Quit Fishing Because of Ritchie Blackmore
        • “When I was about 14 or 15, I was kind of a clueless, your usual type of teenager and I didn’t know what I wanted to do in my life. And I sort of wandered into my older sister’s bedroom to check out her albums, which were normally soul records — THE TEMPTATIONS and [other] Motown [artists]. And then I noticed she had some new records, and one of them was a DEEP PURPLE record called ‘Machine Head’. So I put the album on a little record player, and I just couldn’t believe what I was hearing. That was it, really. It sort of changed my life. I thought, ‘Well, I’d love to be out doing that one day.’ The fishing had kind of tapered off. In those days, I couldn’t imagine my heroes, like Ritchie Blackmore from DEEP PURPLE, and people like that going fishing. So I thought, ‘Well, I’ll give it up and I’ll give all my time to try and make it as a professional musician.’ So that’s what I did.”
      • The song Innocent Excile would ve worth listening to as an example of maiden at the Purplest sound.
      • Paul DiAnno auditioning en with “Lady Double Dealer” (not available to hear but, anyway)
      • Murders in the Rue Morgue and Lost in Hollywood drum resemblance. Clive’s and Nicko’s influence from Cozy and Paicey. Gangland another song example for this.
      • Iron Maiden – Murders in the Rue Morgue *HD*
      • Gangland (2015 – Remaster)
      • Interviews with members from both band must’ve occured, I know there is one with Paice and McBrain about cymbals ;p
      • PAISTE CYMBALS – 2 Legends 1 Sofa – Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) & Ian Paice (Deep Purple)

      Best Albums according to Dickinson:

      • In Rock by Deep Purple (1970)
      • Are You Experience by Jimi Hendrix (1967)
      • Aqualung by Jethro Tull (1971)
      • Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (1971)
      • Vol.4 by Black Sabbath (1972)
      • Rising by Rainbow (1976)
      • Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy (1976)
      • Van Halen by Van Halen (1978)
      • Live Bootleg by Aerosmith (1978)
      • Strangers In The Night by UFO (1979)
      • British Steel by Judas Priest (1980)
      • Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne (1980)
      • Back In Black by ACDC (1980)
      • Come An’ Get It by Whitesnake (1981)
      • Number of The Beast by Iron Maiden (1982)

      Martin Birch Connection:

      Deep Purple

      Iron Maiden[edit]

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      Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Bruce Dickinson and Dave Murray of Iron Maiden (Photo by Leslie McGhie/WireImage)

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      Episode #152 – Deep Purple in the Charts

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        In The Charts

        • Hush
          • Peaked at #4 (#58 in the UK)
          • US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 28th September, 1968
          • TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)
          • 1 3 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-3 (1 week at #1) (1)
          • 2 1 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-6 (1)
          • 3 2 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-11 (1)
          • 4 4 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-7 (4)
          • 5 15 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-4 (5)
          • 6 8 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-8 (6)
          • 7 5 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-10 (5)
          • 8 9 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-7 (8)
          • 9 16 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-7 (9)
          • 10 13 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-12 (10)
        • Kentucky Woman
          • Peaked at #38 in the US (Did not chart in the UK)
          • Week Ending 14th December, 1968
          • 1 4 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-4 (1 week at #1) (1)
          • 2 1 LOVE CHILD –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-9 (1)
          • 3 3 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-7 (3)
          • 4 7 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN –•– Dion (Laurie)-8 (4)
          • 5 5 WHO’S MAKING LOVE –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-8 (5)
          • 6 2 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-14 (1)
          • 7 8 WICHITA LINEMAN –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-7 (7)
          • 8 9 STORMY –•– The Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost (Imperial)-8 (8)
          • 9 11 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-7 (9)
          • 10 6 MAGIC CARPET RIDE –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-11 (3)
          • …
          • 31 34 GOODBYE MY LOVE –•– James Brown (King)-6 (31)
          • 32 44 LO MUCHO QUE TE QUIERO (The More I Love You) –•– Rene and Rene (White Whale)-4 (32)
          • 33 50 PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG –•– Otis Redding (Atco)-3 (33)
          • 34 25 QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) –•– The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Buddah)-11 (25)
          • 35 29 CYCLES –•– Frank Sinatra (Reprise)-10 (23)
          • 36 49 SON-OF-A PREACHER MAN –•– Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)-3 (36)
          • 37 40 GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-8 (37)
          • 38 38 KENTUCKY WOMAN –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-6 (38)
          • 39 58 A RAY OF HOPE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-2 (39)
          • 40 63 IF I CAN DREAM –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-3 (40)
        • River Deep – Mountain High
          • Week Ending 25th January, 1969
          • Entered charts at #72 (Peaked at #53)
          • 1 1 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-10 (7 weeks at #1) (1)
          • 2 4 CRIMSON AND CLOVER –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-7 (2)
          • 3 2 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations (Motown)-8 (2)
          • 4 3 SOULFUL STRUT –•– Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick)-9 (3)
          • 5 15 EVERYDAY PEOPLE –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-9 (5)
          • 6 5 HOOKED ON A FEELING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-11 (5)
          • 7 8 TOUCH ME –•– The Doors (Elektra)-5 (7)
          • 8 9 WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN –•– Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah)-6 (8)
          • 9 16 I STARTED A JOKE –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-6 (9)
          • 10 10 SON-OF-A PREACHER MAN –•– Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)-9 (10)
        • Help! (France)
        • Emmaretta – Peaked at #128 in the US, did not chart in the UK
        • Hallelujah – Peaked at #108 in the US, did not chart in the UK
        • Black Night – Peaked at #66 in the US, #2 in the UK
          • Week Ending 5th December, 1970
          • Entered the US charts at #90
          • 1 1 I THINK I LOVE YOU –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
          • 2 2 THE TEARS OF A CLOWN –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-8 (2)
          • 3 6 GYPSY WOMAN –•– Brian Hyland (Uni)-14 (3)
          • 4 3 I’LL BE THERE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-12 (1)
          • 5 4 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-13 (2)
          • 6 5 FIRE AND RAIN –•– James Taylor (Warner Brothers)-13 (3)
          • 7 25 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-7 (7)
          • 8 24 NO MATTER WHAT –•– Badfinger (Apple)-6 (8)
          • 9 9 HEAVEN HELP US ALL –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-8 (9)
          • 10 16 SHARE THE LAND –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-7 (10)
        • Speed King (Germany, Netherlands)
        • Strange Kind of Woman
          • Did not chart in the US, Peaked at #8 in the UK
        • Fireball
          • Did not chart in the US, Peaked at #15 in the UK
        • Never Before
          • Did not chart in the US, Peaked at #35 in the UK
        • Lazy (US/Canada)
          • Did Not Chart
        • Child in Time
          • Did Not Chart – released in select EU markets
        • Highway Star
          • Released in US/Canada and Japan
          • Did not chart
        • Woman From Tokyo
          • Did not chart in US or UK
          • Had success in assorted EU markets
        • Smoke on the Water
          • Debuted at #85 week ending May 25, 1973
            • P1 4 FRANKENSTEIN –•– The Edgar Winter Group (Epic)-12 (1 week at #1) (1)
            • 2 6 MY LOVE –•– Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-7 (2)
            • 3 5 DANIEL –•– Elton John (MCA)-8 (3)
            • 4 2 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE –•– Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando (Bell)-15 (1)
            • 5 1 YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-11 (1)
            • 6 9 PILLOW TALK –•– Sylvia (Vibration)-10 (6)
            • 7 3 LITTLE WILLY –•– The Sweet (Bell)-19 (3)
            • 8 7 DRIFT AWAY –•– Dobie Gray (Decca)-14 (5)
            • 9 10 WILDFLOWER –•– Skylark (Capitol)-15 (9)
            • 10 13 HOCUS POCUS –•– Focus (Sire)-13 (10)eaked at #4 in the US
          • Peaked at #4 in the US – Week Ending July 28th, 1973
            • 1 1 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN –•– Jim Croce (ABC)-15 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
            • 2 3 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-9 (2)
            • 3 4 SHAMBALA –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-11 (3)
            • 4 7 SMOKE ON THE WATER –•– Deep Purple (Warner Brothers)-10 (4)
            • 5 2 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-18 (1)
            • 6 11 DIAMOND GIRL –•– Seals and Crofts (Warner Brothers)-12 (6)
            • 7 5 KODACHROME –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-11 (2)
            • 8 8 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY –•– Bette Midler (Atlantic)-12 (8)
            • 9 20 THE MORNING AFTER –•– Maureen McGovern (20th Century)-6 (9)
            • 10 6 GIVE ME LOVE (Give Me Peace On Earth) –•– George Harrison (Apple)-11 (1)
          • Did not chart in the UK
        • Super Trouper
          • Released in some EU markets
          • Did not chart anywhere
        • Might Just Take Your Life
          • Debuted at #99 for Week Ending March 23rd, 1974
          • Chameleon by Herbie Hancock debuted at #96 that same week
          • Peaked at #91 in the US
            • 1 3 DARK LADY –•– Cher (MCA)-10 (1 week at #1) (1)
            • 2 1 SEASONS IN THE SUN –•– Terry Jacks (Bell)-11 (1)
            • 3 4 SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS –•– John Denver (RCA)-9 (3)
            • 4 2 BOOGIE DOWN –•– Eddie Kendricks (Tamla)-12 (2)
            • 5 6 MOCKINGBIRD –•– Carly Simon and James Taylor (Elektra)-8 (5)
            • 6 12 BENNIE AND THE JETS –•– Elton John (MCA)-6 (6)
            • 7 14 HOOKED ON A FEELING –•– Blue Swede (EMI)-6 (7)
            • 8 10 JET –•– Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-7 (8)
            • 9 11 ERES TU (Touch the Wind) –•– Mocedades (Tara)-11 (9)
            • 10 7 JUNGLE BOOGIE –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-16 (4)
          • Peaked at #55 in the UK
        • Burn
          • Released in US/Canada and JApan
          • Peaked at #105 in the US – does not show up in top 40 (I think it’s only the top 100)
          • Did not chart in the UK
        • You Can’t Do It Right
          • Released in US/Canada
          • Did not chart
        • Lady Double Dealer
          • Released in Japan
          • Did not chart
        • Stormbringer
          • Peaked at #26 in Italy
          • Did not chart elsewhere
        • Gettin’ Tighter (US/Canada)
          • Released in US/Canada
        • You Keep on Moving
          • Did not chart

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        Episode #149 – Deep Purple Live in Florida (2022)

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        • Irish pub
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        • Nate drives back

        Thursday, February 10, 2022

        • Breakfast
        • Happy birthday John
        • Casino
        • Mickey Lee Soule (reprise)
        • Gillan breezing by
        • Lunch with Glover
        • Finding “The Gardow”
        • Gardow’s coaster tradition
        • “Angry Eagle”
        • Blue Oyster Cult
        • Peter Gardow stalking me

        Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – February 10, 2022

        1. Mars, The Bringer of War
        2. Highway Star
        3. Pictures of Home
        4. Strange Kind of Woman
        5. Nothing at All (Live Debut)
        6. Uncommon Man
        7. Lazy
        8. Keyboard Solo
        9. Perfect Strangers
        10. Bass Solo
        11. Space Truckin’
        12. Smoke on the Water
        13. Caught in the Act
        14. Hush
        • Drinks with Roger
        • OJ Simpson cameo!
        • John tells Roger about his birthday
        • Glovers talks about adding “Throw My Bones” to Margaret show (they ran out of time)
        • Gardow has him sign coaster
        • Wawa & Sponch

        Friday, February 11, 2022

        • Breakfast biscuit incident
        • Drive to St. Petersburg
        • Rich told Bellhop NateI was famous and he asked if he was in Spider-Man then he said he wanted Nate’s autograph
        • Steak house
        • Glen chat

        Saturday, February 12, 2022

        • Saturday
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        5. Nothing at All
        6. Uncommon Man
        7. Lazy
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        Episode #148 – Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape (with Chris L from Pod of Thunder)

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • Chuck Burgi, a friend of Joe’s, and drummer with Hall and Oates. Colin Hart says Joe had a hand in getting Bobby out of the band and getting Joe to replace him.  Ritchie wasn’t sold on Burgi right away.
        • Bobby says he knew he was going to get kicked out so he quit.
        • Rosenthal says they had another drummer who he doesn’t remember the name of who did all the drum parts in Copenhagen.  Ritchie eventually decided to have Burgi come over and redo all the drum parts.
        • Chris Carroll seems to be the drummer that started sessions in Copenhagen.
        • Rasmussen says they “wasted three or four days” with the first drummer.  Everyone seems unwilling to name the drummer.
        • Joe increased his level of collaboration with Ritchie on the writing process.
        • They went up to Vermont to rehearse then over to Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen to record the album.
        • Ritchie insisted on writing outside of the studio for financial purposes. 
        • The album was recorded in five weeks.

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        Album Art & Booklet Review

        • Wikipedia says the album art was designed by Hipgnosis and that along with Led Zeppelin’s “Coda” were the last to be designed by Hipgnosis before they shut down in 1983.
        • Discogs credits this album differently.
        • Artwork [Sleeve Design And Concept] – STd (3)
          • Storm Thorgerson Designs – used this acronym to credit his work after Hipgnosis closed for business.  Shortly after this he formed StormStudios.
          • Discogs lists Storm as the designer and not Hipgnosis.
        • Photography By [Cover] – Derek Burnett
          • Only credit is this album and Kansas’s “In The Spirit of Things” featuring none other than current Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse.
        • The title is an American expression and not a British one supporting the theory that this album was specifically marketed at American audiences.
        • Joe says it came from Clif Cooky Crawford, Ritchie’s guitar tech, who used to say “don’t get all bent out of shape” all the time.
        • The band originally wanted to call the album “Don’t Fuck Around with Love.”  As could be expected the record company wasn’t crazy about this album, hence the title it has.
        • We saw this sort of thing really annoy Ian Gillan a few years later when Blackmore said to Gillan ‘There’s no need to cop an attitude.’ This infuriated Ian Gillan who didn’t appreciate Blackmore’s adopting of American expressions or mannerisms.

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        Side One:

        1. Stranded (Blackmore, Turner)
          • Turner says the song was written while looking out the window in Copenhagen and feeling like he was stranded.
        2. Can’t Let You Go (Blackmore, Turner, Rosenthal)
          • Second single released from the album with 
          • Released  “All Night Long” live as a B-side, other versions also contained “Stranded” live as well as “Drinking With The Devil” included in the Spanish single release.
          • Rosenthal wrote the intro. Ritchie told him he was looking for something like Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue.”
          • If you haven’t seen the video, you should definitely check it out. Future bonus episode material for sure.
          • Reached #43 on the UK Singles Chart.
          • Burgi says they couldn’t quite get this one right.  Ritchie got frustrated and left Roger, David, and Chuck and told them to try it as a trio.  They said they got it in the first take and Ritchie liked it and later overdubbed his guitar part.
          • Ritchie says this is the best Joe ever sang.
        3. Fool for the Night (Blackmore, Turner)
          • Turner says this song is autobiographical about being addicted to the rock and roll lifestyle.
        4. Fire Dance (Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Rosenthal)
          • Joe says this song is about dabbling in the occult with Ritchie.
          • JLT says they were into Wicca and Alestair Crowley.  He says he was “literally possessed” to write this song.
          • He also claims they used to do seances with Jimmy Page.
        5. Anybody There (Blackmore)
          • Joe Lynn Turner says this song was titled this way because the first three lines of any seance are “Is Anybody There?”
          • Ritchie says it’s a typo on the sleeve and there should be a question mark after the song title.
          • Ritchie says it’s based on Bach’s “Prelude in C.”

        Side Two:

        1. Desperate Heart (Blackmore, Turner)
          • The LP has “Desperate Heart” at 4:00, whilst cassette and remastered CD have this track at 4:36, repeating the verse after the guitar solo.
        2. Street of Dreams (Blackmore, Turner)
          • Turner calls this song “Stone Cold Part II.”
          • First single released off of the album.  A couple of different versions including “Anybody There” as a B-side, “Power” live as a B-side.
          • There’s a video for this one as well directed by Storm Thurgerson, the cover artist.
          • The video was banned by MTV for a segment that was supposedly hypnotic.
          • Reached number 52 in the UK charts, #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on US Mainstream Rock.
          • Joe Lynn Turner said that this song was a “big story for me.”  He goes on to say, “It was a spiritual experience that I had. I’m a reincarnationist, and I believe we all lived before, and know people and places before.”
          • JLT says Ritchie was intimidated by some of the lyrics and the melody because he’d done such a great performance.  He says Ritchie “was like, ‘ Fuck, how am I supposed to play a lead? This vocal is so strong.”
          • Ritchie says this song is one of the best commercial songs he’s ever been involved with.
        3. Drinking With The Devil (Blackmore, Turner)
        4. Snowman (Howard Blake, arranged by Blackmore)
          • The instrumental “Snowman” is based upon “Walking in the Air“, a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film The Snowman based on Raymond Briggs‘ 1978 children’s book of the same name.
          • This song was based upon “Walking in the Air” by Howard Blake. This was from a 1982 animated movie called “The Snowman” based on Raymond Briggs’ 1978 children’s book.
          • Was nominated for a grammy for best rock instrumental performance in 1984.
          • Sting beat it out with his song “Brimstone and Treacle.”
          • Ritchie: “I think Sting won it, because they felt sorry for Sting. This is the story I heard. They felt sorry for him because he didn’t win in the vocal category. So they had to include him in something.”  He goes on to say. “That’s not a slight at Sting, but that’s how the story came back to me.”
        5. Make Your Move (Blackmore, Turner)
          • Similarly, “Make Your Move” is 3:56 on the LP, yet 5:25 on cassette and remastered CD, due to a reprise of a bridge section and a much longer playout. The first US CD edition (Polydor – 815 305-2) uses the LP version.
          • Joe says this is something he and Roger were saying to each other. They were at this point in their life where you have to do something different.  He likens it to the song “Power” from “Straight Between The Eyes.”

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        Reception and Review

        • Roger says this was the best sounding record sonically.
        • The album reached #11 in the UK Albums Charts and #34 on the Billboard 200 in the US.
        • Howard Johnson of Kerrang! magazine (No.51 – Sept 22-Oct 5, 1983) praised the album as “possibly Rainbow’s most complete work to date” and called “Desperate Heart” and “Street of Dreams” “two of this year’s finest tunes.”
        • Joe Lynn Turner tells this story of making a 10 foot line of cocaine in the studio and all of this excess.  Roger says he doesn’t recall any of this but says, “Sounds like a good story, though. And who am I to ruin a good story?”
        • They started the tour for this album in England supported by Lita Ford.  Joe and Lita quickly became romantically involved.
        • Ritchie: “I’ve come to realize that playing music that people can enjoy is not a sin. When I left Purple and started Rainbow in 1974, I was committed to making music I viewed as challenging. Regrettably, that style didn’t sell too many records. 
        • In 2006 “Street of Dreams” was recorded by Blackmore’s Night for their album “The Village Lanterne” and is sung by Candice Night.  There’s a special edition version of the album that features the song as a duet with Candice Night singing the track with Joe Lynn Turner.
        • By this point rumors were starting to swirl around about a Deep Purple Mark 2 reunion.
        • Joe Lynn Turner says they were on the verge of something greater and were really picking up traction but broke up right before it happened.

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