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

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Topics of Discussion:

  • Parents drop off
  • Irish pub
  • Ghost of Jon Lord
  • Back at house
  • Mike Airey and Mickey Lee soule
  • Roulette Roulette
  • Ian paice
  • “That wasn’t me, i’m not old enough. That was my father”
  • Steakhouses
  • “Promise me you won’t play roulette.”
  • “You’re a clever guy.”
  • John “that was the guy who was on Shades of Deep Purple!”
  • Did Ian Paice buy our drinks?
  • 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
  • Morning Starbucks
  • Dali fail
  • Teaki bar and walk down the pier
  • Meeting with Peter from Illinois
  • Beers from Doug MacBeath!
  • The Georgia Thunderbolts

St. Petersburg, FL – The Mahaffey Theater – February 12, 2022

  1. Mars, The Bringer of War
  2. Highway Star
  3. Pictures of Home
  4. Strange Kind of Woman
  5. Nothing at All
  6. Uncommon Man
  7. Lazy
  8. Throw My Bones (Live Debut)
  9. Keyboard Solo
  10. Perfect Strangers
  11. Bass Solo
  12. Space Truckin’
  13. Smoke on the Water
  14. Caught in the Act
  15. Hush

Sunday, February 13, 2022 – The Journey(s) Home

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Episode #148 – Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape (with Chris L from Pod of Thunder)

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  • 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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  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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  • 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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Episode #147 – Weird Versions of Smoke on the Water (Part 2)

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Episode #146 – Elf – Carolina County Ball

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  • I found out about this excellent podcast by accident and I absolutely love it. It’s a great fun listen. I’ve only played a few episodes so have loads to catch up! The House of Blue Light review was interesting. I saw Purple on this tour at Wembley London UK. On that eve Blackmore refused to do an encore! So Lord and Glover played lead. It was definitely an interesting version of Smoke on the water! Having seen Gillan in mind blowing vocal form (the band) live in 81, it was noticeable Ian had lost some of his range/power by 87/88. Overall he was/is still great. Keep up the great work, thank you! Ps The latest “Accidentally on Purpose” episode was excellent, I had forgotten how good this album was. Like you l appreciate it more now. I bought it when it came out and wasn’t sure I liked it back then 🙂

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Lead up to the Album:

  • The first album had been recorded in the US but for the second album Roger Glover brought them over to England to record.
  • Recorded at The Manor which had opened in 1971 by Richard Branson.
  • Discogs lists over 1900 recordings taking place at The Manor.  This would have been one of the earlier recordings.
  • David Feinstein left the band after the first album and was replaced by Steve Edwards on this album.

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Additional Personnel:

Technical:

Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Photography By – Fin Costello
    • Legendary rock photographer.
  • Art Studio – Nesbit Phipps and Froome LTD
    • Worked on Deep Purple In Rock and Burn. 
  • Original US and Japanese release as “L.A. 59”
    • Art Direction – Sheri Leverich
      • Worked on albums for The Osmonds
    • Elf Illustration – Nigel Brook
      • Couldn’t find any additional information

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Side One:

  1. Carolina County Ball
  2. L.A. 59
  3. Ain’t It All Amusing
  4. Happy

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  1. Annie New Orleans
  2. Rocking Chair Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
  3. Rainbow
  4. Do The Same Thing
  5. Blanche

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  • On some European releases the first song is listed as “Carolina Country Ball.”

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Episode #145 – BBC Sessions (January, 1969)

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Lead up to the Recording

  • Recorded January 14th 1969.

Tracks:

  1. 14:40 – Hey Bob A Rebop (Gloria?)
    • Group were invited to play on BBC TV on a show called “Late Night Line Up” to play this new track. Nigel Young, archivist, said this was the show they played. There are no tapes from the show that survived.
    • This song would eventually be reworked into “The Painter.”
  2. 18:10 – Emmaretta
    • They would be back in the studio three days later to record this one.
  3. 21:18 – Wring That Neck

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  1. 26:00 – Interview
  2. 27:29 – Hey Joe
    • The first live broadcast had an intro taken from ballet called “The Three Cornered Hat.”
  3. 31:31 – It’s All Over (version two)
    • Original by Ben E. King from the 1965 album “Seven Letters”

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Episode #144 – Moxy

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Lead Up To The Album:

  • Moxy was formed in Toronto in 1974. Douglas “Buzz” Shearman had previously been in a band called Leigh Ashford that had formed in 1967.  They had some fair success including a top 30 single.
  • Earl Johnson, Terry Juric and Billy Wade had been in another Torongo band called Outlaw Music.  Johnson and Wade had also been in a previous lineup of Leigh Ashford.
  • When Leigh Ashford broke up in 1973 Shearman teamed up with Johnson, wade and Kim Fraser on bass and continued to use the name Leigh Ashford.
  • Fraser left shortly after that and Johnson recommended Juric.  They then changed their name to Moxy and released “Can’t You See I’m a Star” as a single in 1974.
  • They were soon signed to Polydoor and went to record their first album in the early months of 1975.
  • During the sessions Johnson had a disagreement with M. Smith, the producer, and Smith brought in Bolin to record solos on six of the eight songs on the album.
  • Bolin was in the studio next door and Moxy’s manager Roland Paquin knew of Tommy from his work with James Gang.
  • Tommy came in and played the solos on very short notice.
  • It’s noted that his guitar tone is similar to his tone on Spectrum.
  • From Chris Schild’s notes: In January of 1975, when Tommy Bolin was asked to play the solos for Moxy’s first album, he recorded demos for Teaser at Brothers studio of the Beach Boys in Santa Monica CA.. Moxy was 30 minutes away at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys CA. Tommy played solos on six of the eight songs, and they got massive airplay on US radio stations. I know for sure that Tommy was paid on Cocaine, it is said half an ounce per track, so he must have gotten three ounces.
  • Tom Stephenson, Stanley Sheldon’s cousin and keyboarder of Energy also played on a track on the Moxy album.
The disappointment of opening a mid-90’s CD release, being greeted with a blank white back to the album cover.

Magazine from Andy Bolton!

Personnel:

  • Bass – Terry Juric
    • Moxy is only real credit.
  • Drums – Bill Wade
    • Went on to play with Thor and The Cry and Bongo Fury.
    • Sadly passed away in 2001.
  • Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Earl Johnson (5)
    • Johnson performs all rhythm guitar on the album.
  • Lead Guitar – Tommy Bolin [Uncredited]
  • Rhythm Guitar – Buddy Caine (2)
    • Credited but didn’t join the band until after they’d recorded the album. Does not appear on this album.
    • Mostly Moxy, also went on to Bongo Fury with Bill Wade.
  • Vocals – Buzz Shearman
    • Tragically died in a motorcycle accident in 1983. He was 33 years old.
  • Written-By – Buzz Shearman (tracks: A3, A4, B4), Earl Johnson (5)
    • Moxy was main credit. Played with Lee Aaron as well.

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  • Design [Front] – Heiner Geisel
    • Credited with a few Moxy albums as well as a couple of other bands:The Pucker and Valve Society Band and Don Jewitt.
  • Photography By – Larry Nickels
    • Only credit on Discogs

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Album Tracks:

Side One:

  1. Fantasy (Johnson)
  2. Sail On Sail Away (Johnson)
  3. Can’t You See I’m A Star (Johnson)
    • Moon Rider (Johnson, Shearman)

    Side Two:

    1. Time To Move On (Johnson, Shearman)
    2. Still I Wonder (Johnson)
    3. Train (Johnson, Bonnell)
      • Guitar [Uncredited] – Tommy Bolin
      • Johnson also credited with lead on this track
    4. Out Of The Darkness (Johnson, Shearman)

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    Reception and Review

    • After Bolin worked on this album he went on to work on Teaser and went on to join Deep Purple.
    • Moxy would get some significant airplay in the US where the album was released on Mercury records. It was released on Polydor in Canada.
    • Tommy being on the album helped the band get some traction for the album.
    • The Tommy Bolin Band played at the Convention Center Arena in San Antonio on July 13, 1976. They played with Moxy, opening for Santana. It was a Feyline production (by Tommy Bolin,s manager Barry Fey). Tommy Bolin jammed two songs with Moxy on stage. There’s a poster of that event.
    • The next gig was in Albuquerque NM, July 16, 1976. Moxy did not take part, just the Tommy Bolin Band and Santana. That’s where Santana joined the Bolin Band on stage to jam. The only existing photo of the event, you can clearly see Norma Jean Bell in the background.
    • They went on to headline in the US with AC/DC as their opening act.
    • They went on to record Moxy II which many believe Tommy played on as well (he did not).
    • Shearman began having vocal trouples and was replaced with Brian Maxim, their soundman. They broke up shortly after that.
    • Mike Rynowski then joined the band and released “Under the Lights” in 1978.
    • Rynowski would go on to change his name to Mike Reno and went on to form the group Loverboy.
    • Buzz Shearman died on June 16, 1983 in a motorcycle act.
    • The back of the CD states: “Speed ills . . . and Moxy was a band on the fast track!”
    • Back of the CD ends with: “Shearman later made his final exit in a fiery motorcycle crash. Speed kills!”
    • Earl Johnson: “I was very surprised to see the two of the songs on the TOMMY BOLIN 2 CD set (“The Ultimate”), which I have a copy of. I wrote the two tunes mentioned and it’s always nice to get a complement, when people think enough of your songs to include them on such a disc.”

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    Episode #143 – Highway Star (Isolated Tracks)

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    Episode #142 – Gillan & Glover – Accidentally on Purpose

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    Lead up to the Album:

    • As we left off in our “The House of Blue Light” episodes Ian and Roger were drained after recording the album and Glover had the perfect idea to recover from studio burnout: recording another album!
    • Glover: “I was living alone in my house in Connecticut and Ian came over and stayed for quite a long while, I think it was a large chunk of the summer of ‘86. It was a long, hot summer and I don’t think we quite achieved the objective but along the way we realised that we liked writing odd stuff together. In Episode Six, in the sixties, we were a songwriting partnership but when we joined Deep Purple we sort of gravitated to our own particular areas; although we still wrote some lyrics together, he developed his own direction and style of writing and singing while I concentrated more on the bass guitar and writing music. To a certain extent, that summer we rediscovered our former selves again.”
    • Glover described the experience as being very freeing, exploring their musical roots, and consuming large quantities of alcohol and other sorts of ‘inspiration’ around.  Of that Glover says, “I’ll say no more.”
    • They brought very little with them to Monsterrat.  Ian brought harmonicas and they both brought acoustic guitars. Glover also brought his Hondo LLonghorn bass, a Fender Strat, a Linn drum machine, a Yamaha QX-1  sequencer and a Yamaha DX-7.  They had no computer.
    • Glover, in Kerrang: “Our reason for making the album was to have a good time and to do something people wouldn’t expect from us, and do something we couldn’t within the confines of DeepPurple.”
    • Ian, in the same Kerrang article: “When you think about it, Purple have always thrived pretty much on diversity. Jon Lord did his Concerto and I did ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’ It’s good because it keeps the frustrations away. You can let loose with your own ideas.”

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    Album Tracks:

    All tracks written by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover except where noted.

    The first phase was recorded in Montserrat including Clouds and Rain, Evil Eye, She took My Breath Away, Dislocated, Via Miami, and I Thought No (as well as some tracks later released as bonus content).

    The second phase was done at The Power Station in New York where they assembled musicians and recorded “I Can’t Dance To That,” “Can’t Believe You Want To Leave,” and “Telephone Box” as well as bonus content.

    Side One:

    1. Clouds and Rain
      • Done in the first phase of recording.
    2. Evil Eye
      • Done in the first phase.
      • Built over an African-inspired chant.  Glover said it was the first song that was inspired by their surroundings while recording.
    3. She Took My Breath Away
      • First phase.
      • Virgin wanted to make this the first single on it but Gillan didn’t like the idea and favored Dislocated instead.
    4. Dislocated
      • This was written the very first day in Montserrat.
      • Glover said this song set the mood for their time in Montserrat.
      • Glover described this track as “wacky.”
      • Gillan said, “It has one of the best bass lines I’ve ever heard, so simple and wonderful.  Lyrically it makes no sense at all, but as the whole concept was ‘off the wall’ we thought it would be a reasonable representation of the whole album.”
    5. Via Miami
      • First phase.
      • Glover compares this to Stray Cats as being “Elvis-inspired.”

    Side Two:

    1. I Can’t Dance To That
      • First song recorded during second phase in New York.
    2. Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (R. Penniman)
      • Featuring Dr. John
      • Cover of a Little Richard track.
      • They said Dr. John was supposed to show up at 3pm but didn’t show up until almost 6pm.  They were getting annoyed because he lived very nearby.  Dr. John explained he’d been in New Orleans and just got back the night before.
      • Song was recorded live in the studio.  Gillan said it “still sends shivers up and down my do-dabs.”
    3. Lonely Avenue (D. Pomus)
      • Appeared on the “Rain Man” soundtrack.
    4. Telephone Box
      • Reached No.l 15 on the US Billboard charts
      • Ian tells a story of how on the last Purple tour and Roger decided to take a luxury bus instead of a plane.  He sid a friend went to use the toilet on the bus and there was a phone in there.  He asked if he could call home but they told him it was an internal phone and could only call the driver.  The friend said, “Who wants to live in a telephone box!”  That gave them the idea for the song.
    5. I Thought No
      • First phase.
      • Everything on this is played by Glover and Gillan.  Gillan on guitar and harmonica, Roger on bass, piano, and drums.

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    Reception and Review

    • After all of the recording they flew back to Montserrat to mix the album then went on tour. They weren’t happy with the mixes they had so at the end of the tour they returned to the Power Station with Nick Blagona and mixed the album.
    • Gillan said there was a lot of skepticism or cynicism about their motives behind doing this album but both said it was just some fun.
    • They went back to New York to work on overdubs when Ritchie broke his thumb.
    • Review by Mike Ladano
      • Accidentally on Purpose probably kept Ian and Roger sane at the time.  That has to be why it sounds so gleeful.  They needed this.  Does a Deep Purple fan “need” this?  No.  But they’d find some good times here regardless.
    • Gillan in Kerrang: “I’m sure we will piss of a lot of Deep Purple fans who will buy our album thinking they’ll hear watered down Deep Purple, or something, but we don’t want to do that.”
    • From liner notes:
      • Gillan: “We kind of moved on after this record. However I look back on it with great affection and certainly consider it one of the top five records of my career.
      • “It’s the chemistry or more accurately the alchemy that turns the ingredients into gold. When you remove Paice, Lord and Blackmore from the equation and put two old mates together on a Caribbean Island (Montserrat) to write and then to NYC to record, and then add maestro Nick Blagona into the mix, it’s like getting time off for bad behaviour; you don’t necessarily deserve it, but what wicked fun it can be!”

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    Episode #141 – The 2021 New Year’s Special

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    Highlights from 2021:

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

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

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    Christmas at the Cabin in Snowy Stowe, Vermont

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    Bad winter storm

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    Christmas drink of choice

    Favorite Christmas album

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    What are you doing Christmas Eve/Day

    Invite was sent to Jon “Douglas” Mottola!

    Least favorite Christmas song?

    Least favorite Christmas movie?

    Do you hear sleigh bells?

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    Well, it looks like I’m on my own.

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