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Lead up to the Album:

• 1978 event planned?  Jerry Bloom’s Black Night, page 255.
• For years there had been rumors of a Deep Purple Mk 2 reunion.  In late 1982 it had come very close to becoming a reality.
• Gillan said in his book “Child in Time” that he’d been over to Ritchie’s to meet with Bruce Payne but says he got extremely drunk and probably spoiled any chance at an ‘82 reunion.
• The ‘82 attempt was discussed by Roger in an interview in the LA Times shortly after the release of “Perfect Strangers”:
  • “Ian came over from England to talk to Ritchie and me about re-forming Deep Purple,” Glover recalled. “He had been singing in some bands, but none had been that big. He was just about to join Black Sabbath, but what he really wanted was a Deep Purple reunion.
  • “We had dinner in a restaurant and Ian got totally drunk by the end of the meal. Ritchie and I looked at each other and said: ‘Do we really want to deal with this?’ The answer was no. So Ian went back to England with a terrible hangover and no Deep Purple.” 
• There was even a rumor of a 1982 reunion as David Coverdale was approached and reportedly turned it down. 
• Things weren’t going great in Rainbow.  The US tour they embarked on in 1983 was one of their smallest ever.  There was even talk of canceled shows due to poor ticket sales.
• Colin Hart writes in his book “A Hart Life” that Ritchie Blackmore was not a fun person to be around at this time.  The recent shows had included Blackmore including Deep Purple classics into the setlist to get more interest from fans.  Hart says these songs were a little outside of Joe’s wheelhouse.
• Bruce Payne had seen the writing on the wall and had already been in contact with Gillan. 
• Jon was playing with Whitesnake, Gillan with Gillan, Ritchie and Roger with Rainbow, and Ian Paice was with Gary Moore.  This was right around the time Gillan had suffered vocal nodes and for whatever reason the 1982 reunion never came together.
• Ian Paice was back home and enjoying his time as a highly sought after session drummer.
• The five members met up in April of 1984 in Kentucky for talks.  Blackmore called Jon Lord personally to ask him over.
• The band members had mostly been in touch for the previous 9 years but the five of them had not been together since 1973.
• In DPAS Issue 29 there was talk of a Swedish newspaper ran a story in 1983 that there was a Deep Purple reunion in the works with dates as the summer of 1984 pending Jon Lord’s agreement.  This seemed to be mostly dismissed as rumor but it turns out it may have been the case.
• Gillan said that Blackmore and Payne were looking to get Blackmore 50% of the writing credits for the reunion and it was up to the rest of the band how the remaining 50% was split.
• Gillan, not surprisingly, didn’t go for this and they agreed on a three way split between Blackmore, Glover, and Gillan.
• Gillan admits to being foggy on the financial details and says he could have asked Ian Paice if he was more interested as he seemed to be very good with the numbers.
• Bruce Payne represented everyone in the band but Ian who remained represented by Phil Banfield and still does to this day.
• Gillan and Glover reportedly tried to get the five way split they had in the early days but Blackmore held firm and it remained a three way songwriting split of Gillan, Glover, Blackmore. It would remain that way until Blackmore left in 1993.
• Tony Edwards and John Coletta were still around, the duo who had managed Deep Purple from 1968 to 1976.  They saw that Bruce Payne was in a position to take over and they were not happy with this turn of events.  There were a lot of legal battles that would be fought.
• Gillan also owed Virgin Records one more album. 
• On April 18, 1984, all five members met again at Thames Talent in New York and signed a contract to reform the band.
• Colin Hart tells of picking them up and booking them separate rooms for the negotiations.  He said he was worried about what they would be like but he knew he’d be able to read the expressions of Ian and Ritchie.  He was worried that they’d be glum and the deal would be off but he said instead they were chatting like old school buddies.
• The announcement of the reunion was made on April 27, 1984 in the Evening Standard as well as on BBC Radio One on the Tommy Vance programme.  Vance had gotten the scoop from Gillan the previous day.
• Bruce Payne is said to have told Joe Lynn Turner that Rainbow wasn’t disbanding but merely being put on a hiatus of sorts.  It seems that he was likely hedging his bets, not sure of the longevity of the Deep Purple reunion.
• Rainbow played one last gig at the Budokan in Tokyo with the band performing “Difficult to Cure” with an orchestra with the orchestrations written by David Rosenthal.
• According to the DPAS magazine Tommy Vance teased it by saying he had news that a very big band from the 70s was about to reform.  He said, “I’m going to play four records which featured the members of this band before the group was formed.”  The first single was a Ritchie solo single and it became very clear what was happening.
• Colin Hart was given instruction to find them a place in the Northeastern US to record.  He booked them a place in Massachusetts called Bass Lodge.  It was an ideal location but it was so isolated that they eventually decided the band would have nothing to do with their leisure time so they found a new location in Vermont which Hart was familiar with as Rainbow had rehearsed there previously.
• Gillan said in his book that once they started playing together the magic was back and he couldn’t keep the smile off his face.
• Gillan describes the band getting together, coming in one by one and him just sitting there with a smile on his face thinking that these were the best players he’d ever worked with.
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• The album was recorded at “Horizons” in Stowe, Vermont with Le Mobile Studio.
  • Horizons: https://www.discogs.com/label/454853-Horizons-Stowe-Vermont
    • A large house in Vermont.
  • Le Mobile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mobile
    • http://lemobile.com/
    • A remote recording truck based in Carlsbad, California since 1984.
    • Used by Gwen Stefani, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Herbie Hancock.
    • Still in use today.
• Le Mobile was unfortunately drew too much power so they had to have an electrician wire it directly to the electrical pole with extra breakers so they didn’t start a fire.
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• John Lord said in an interview with Tommy Vance that he arrived in Vermont with “bits and pieces” of ideas that he’d had in the back of his mind but that Ritchie arrived “bursting at the seams” with ideas and songs so Lord said he basically just threw all his stuff away.
• Jon Lord also says “If it didn’t have Ritchie in it, it isn’t really Deep Purple.”
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• Gillan and Blackmore both said in interviews that they felt an enormous relief in not having to be the overall band leader, manager, etc.  They both seemed to really like the idea that they could settle back and be a lead guitarist or a lead singer with all the other stuff being handled by other people.
• Gillan cites his experience in Black Sabbath as getting a taste of that and really enjoying it.
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Deep Purple Reunion Press Conference announcement 1984 – October, 1984

Deep Purple 1984 Reunion announcement on USA TV.

Personnel

• Bass – Roger Glover
• Drums – Ian Paice
• Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore
• Keyboards – Jon Lord
• Vocals – Ian Gillan

Technical:

• Producer – Deep Purple, Roger Glover
  • Glover said from the beginning in the meetings that he didn’t want to be the producer.  He said he wanted this to be a representation of what the band was.  It turned out to go back to the old way with the band doing it.  After about a week Ritchie had been asking Roger for help and against his wishes he fell into the producer role. He said he didn’t want to be a scape goat either if things didn’t go quite right.
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bernd Reiger
  • Only credit.
• Engineer [Assistant] – Cliff Bonnell
  • Worked with Peter Frampton, Rufus & Chaka Khan on Stompin’ at the Savoy, Kansas.
• Engineer [Assistant] – Drafi Deutscher
  • Worked with a lot of German acts going back to the 1960s and was a songwriter in his own right.
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ronald David
  • Worked with a number of artists including Roy Orbison and Rod Stewart.
• Engineer [Creatively] – Nick Blagona
  • Long time engineer with Deep Purple, Gillan, Glover.
  • Also worked with Crack the Sky.
• Producer – Deep Purple, Roger Glover
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• Management – Bruce Payne
  • Long time manager or Rainbow, Cozy Powell
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
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Album Art & Booklet Review

• Ritchie Blackmore originally suggested that they title the album “At Last, the 1974 Album.”  Like most things with Ritchie it’s not clear how much of this was serious and how much was a joke.
• A lot of fans were looking for the follow up to “Who Do We Think We Are” but Jon Lord wanted the album to sound like 1984 not 1974.
• Art Direction – Bill Levy
  • Album covers for John Coltrane, Jesus Christ Superstar, Zzebra, and Cybil Shepard.
• Design [Album] – George Corsillo
  • Did covers for Elvis, Stevie Wonder, the Grease Soundtrack, The Commodores, Bob Dylan
• Design, Concept By [Logo] – Craig Sprovach
  • Only credit on Discogs.
• Illustration [Logo] – Glenn Dean
  • Only other credit is The Allman Brothers – Brothers of the Road
• Photography By – George Bodnar
  • Worked with Motorhead, UFO, Whitesnake.
• Photography By – Mick Gregory
  • Worked with Gillan and Nightwing.

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Album Tracks:

Side One:

1. Knocking at Your Back Door (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover)
2. Under the Gun (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover)
   • When asked by Tommy Vance about what his favorite solo is that he ever recorded Ritchie said he couldn’t really say but added: “I’m quite pleased with the solo work I did on this new song, ‘Under the Gun.’ That wasn’t bad.”
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For Further Information:

• Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story by Dave Thompson
• Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Strangers_(album)
• https://www.discogs.com/Deep-Purple-Perfect-Strangers/release/4810055
• http://www.deep-purple.net/reunion/deep-purple-reunion-1.html
• http://www.deep-purple.net/DPASmags/dtb29.htm
• http://www.deep-purple.net/DPASmags/dtb30.htm
• http://www.deep-purple.net/discography/pstrangers/DiscogPS.htm
• Deep Purple – The Interview Album
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Lead up to the Album:

• Don Airey decided he was going to join Ozzy full time to work on Bark at the Moon.
• Ritchie said in interviews that Don was “best friends” with Cozy and when he found out Cozy was being replaced he became furious and left the band to tour with Ozzy.
• Roger Glover quit the band to just do production but was convinced to rejoin on bass by Bruce Payne.
• Rosenthal joined the band straight out of Music College.  He was asked to contribute with the songwriting but was told he would not get a full writing credit.  Rosenthal had the foresight to get a lawyer to deal with the contract.
• Rumors are the Bruce Payne wanted Rainbow to attempt to make a go of it without a keyboard player but that Ritchie wasn’t having it.
• The recording took place at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Canada.  The weather was exceptionally cold and snowy.  It was in a beautiful 10-12 bedroom lake house with the studio at the other side of the lake. The band had two sets of equipment, one at the house for them to write and practice, and another at the studio.
• Ritchie, of course, played a prank on Rosenthal but moving all the furniture out of his room and putting it in the cold and snow.  The next morning Rosenthal was still freezing because he’d had to sleep in a freezing cold bed that he’d lugged back into the room himself.
• Joe Lynn Turner said that Blackmore had warned him that moving more into this AOR direction was going to get him a lot of flak from the fans.  Blackmore told Turner that for every one Dio fan they lost they’d pick up two new fans.  Joe Lynn Turner said, “And that was the truck, literally.  For example they never had any women at the concerts.  So everyone loved that including the crew — it was thank God we have girls in teh audience now, we could compete . . .”
• The first album with JLT where it was more cohesive, everything being done in one studio and together rather than the patchwork that was Difficult to Cure.
• Ritchie admitted during this time he was more focused on song writing and was even struggling with solos.
• Ritchie: “Unquestionably, we’ve turned in a more accessible direction on the last few albums.  A few years ago I would have insisted that selling records means nothing.  I realize now that a statement like that is made only by someone who it’s selling many records.”
• Joe Lynn Turner says: “I’m an incredibly varied singer. I just grew up that way.  . . . I love blues; I love ard rock and heavy metal, love country music s well.  I listen to everything and just soaked it up; jazz and Etta James –I love that shit. I listen to sax players for vocal phrasings, just like guitarists do.”
• JLT:  “Sometimes people are surprised that I can sing R&B. I mean I grew up in a gospel church, in a black Baptist church.  I’m a black man in a white man’s body –it’s unbelievable.  If I really turn it on and go to the R&B side, it would just be too black.  Glenn Hughes used to do that and do it real well, but he got killed for it.  They used to say he’s too funky, he’s too black.  You know what? He’s too gifted, so fuck you!”

Personnel

• Bass [Hondo Longhorn 4 & 8 String] – Roger Glover
• Drums [Yamaha, Sonor & Paiste] – Bobby Rondinelli
• Guitar [Fender Strat, Marshall] – Ritchie Blackmore
• Keyboards [Oberheim, Moog, Roland, Hammond & Hohner] – Dave Rosenthal
  • http://www.davidrosenthal.com/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rosenthal_(musician)
  • First Credit on Discogs is this album with Rainbow.
  • Worked with Bruce Springsteen, Robert Palmer, Steve Vai, STevie Lauper, and Yngwie Malmsteen.
  • Played on Roger Glover’s album Mask.
  • Worked with Steve Vai, played on Whitesnake’s “Slip of the Tongue.”
  • Went on to work with Billy Joel.
• Vocals – Joe Lynn Turner
• Written-By – Bobby Rondinelli (tracks: B4), Rosenthal* (tracks: B2), Turner*, Blackmore*, Glover* (tracks: A2 to B1)

Additional Credits:

• François Dompierre – orchestra conductor
• Raymond Dessaint – orchestra lead

Album Art & Booklet Review

• Artwork – Jeff Cummings (2)
  • http://www.jeffcummins.com/index2.php
  • http://www.saatchiart.com/jeff.cummins
  • https://jeffcummins.wixsite.com/jeff
  • Worked for Hipgnosis
  • Designed album covers for Graham Bonnett, Paul McCartney, Whitesnake’s “Live in the Heart of the City.” 
• Artwork [Concept] – Mr. B (16)
  • Only credit on Discogs.  Can only assume this is Ritchie.
• Ritchie says that the album title was from when he bumped into Jeff Beck at a bar in 1967 after he’d just seen Hendrix.  Jeff Beck told him that Hendrix’s playing hit him “straight between the eyes.”

Technical:

• Mastered By [Digital] – Nick*, Roger*
• Mixed By [Digital] – Greg Calbi
• Producer – Roger GloverEngineer – Nick Blagona 
• Engineer [Assistant] – Robbie Whelan 

Album Tracks:

Side One:

1. Death Alley Driver (Blackmore, Turner)
   • Written by Turner about route 109 in New Jersey and how it was so dangerous to drive down.
   • About a “drug run” in south Jersey where people would run massive amounts of cocaine and heroin.
   • In some interviews JLT says it’s about these drug runs, in other he says he was involved in one of the drug runs.  He claims that he was friends with a guy who was a doctor who was analysing the cocaine.  He tells the story of being caught up in this drug run unknowingly.
   • Video shot at a graveyard in Connecticut that was banned by MTV.
2. Stone Cold (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
   • Joe Lynn Turner says this was written in the studio.  He said he came up to Roger who was looking really depressed and when he asked Roger what was wrong he said, “She left me stone cold.”  He was going through a difficult divorce at the time.
   • JLT said he heard him say that and said, “Wow, there’s a great song title!”
   • The part at the end with the ad libs about a “Deep freeze” etc. were done in the moment as it was recorded during a blizzard.  JLT describes the mood created with giant icicles hanging in front of the windows as they looked out at the frozen lake.
   • Single released ahead of the album.
   • Reached #40 in the US and #34 in the UK.
   • Another video was made for this song.
3. Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser) (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
   • Joe Lynn Turner says that he and Roger both set to write lyrics for this one and both had very different lyrics.  They decided to combine the two into one song hence the parenthetical title.
   • Ritchie is on record as being a huge Abba fan.  He would say that he was writing Abba-style songs disguised as hard rock.
4. Tite Squeeze (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
   • A favorite of Roger Glover’s.
   • Turner says it wasn’t about any particular woman that he could remember.
5. Tearin’ Out My Heart (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
   • This was about a Canadian girl that Joe was in love with.
   • Joe says the girl was with him while he was writing it.

Side Two:

1. Power (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
   • JLT wanted this to be a huge arena rock anthem.
   • JLT claims that they were criticized because this song was too commercial.
   • JLT says this was an autobiographical song which came from him realizing how much personal power he had.
2. MISS Mistreated (Blackmore, Turner, Rosenthal)
   • Ritchie was talking about some girl he was interested in and Joe said, “She sounds like Miss Mistreated.”
   • Revolves around the question of in a breakup who really hurt who?
   • JLT says Ritchie told him to write it when he revealed the title and said he wanted to “shove it up Purple’s ass.”  He then said, “Let them suck on that for a while.”
3. Rock Fever (Blackmore, Turner)
   • Turner says again he was aiming for an anthem.
   • Ritchie: “We’ve got to be more mainstream, Ritchie.  We can’t just keep writing about dragons.”
4. Eyes Of Fire (Blackmore, Turner, Rondinelli)
   • Ritchie had wanted to do a track with an orchestra on it and tasked Rosenthal to write the orchestration.
   • Turner says he went to the bar one night and caught a glimpse of girl int he mirror behind the bar.  “… her eyes were just incredible–she had that bewitching siren look. This is absolutely true. It sounds kind of sappy, but it’s really not;it’s what dreams are made of.”
   • “Her name was Erica Varga; I’ll never forget this girl. She was just stunning, platinum blond hair and these incredible green eyes that would turn colours, almost like red to green to brown. It was very strange; I’ve never seen a person like this before.”
   • JLT goes on to say that this is one of his wife’s favorite songs.

Reception and Review

• In retrospect Blackmore says he remembers these albums as “fuzzy memories.”  He says his main criticism is that they were so focused on making them perfect with their production that they lost a little of the more improvisational quality they’d had in previous albums.
• Roger Glover: “ This is an album that should appeal to everyone. What we’ve done on this album is strike a balance between the accessibility of the last few albums and the progressivism of the earlier ones.”
• The tour included the support acts: Iron Maiden, UFO, Riot, Scorpions, Krokus, 38 Special, Saxon, and Girlschool.

For Further Information:

• Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story by Martin Popoff
• Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom
• A Hart Life by Colin Hart with Dick Allix
• The Other Side of the Rainbow by Greg Prato
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Between_the_Eyes
• https://www.discogs.com/Rainbow-Straight-Between-The-Eyes/release/1595738
• http://www.deep-purple.net/DPASmags/stargazer25r.htm#str

Listener Mail/Comments

• Comments about the show? Things you’d like us to cover?  We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at info@deeppurplepodcast.com or @ us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

• Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story by Greg Prato
• Tommy Bolin – in and out of Deep Purple by Laura Shenton
• Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom
• Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story by Dave Thompson
• The Road of Golden Dust: The Deep Purple Story 1968-1976 by Jerry Bloom
• Child in Time by Ian Gillan
• Deep Purple and Rainbow 1968-79: Every album, every song (On Track) by Steve Pilkington

• Deep Purple: Complete Uk Vinyl Discography 1968-1982 By Neil Priddey
• Purple Records 1971-1978 by Neil Priddey
• THE DVD RELEASE OF THE BUTTERFLY BALL CONCERT from RogerGlover.com

• Deep Purple: Complete Uk Vinyl Discography 1968-1982 By Neil Priddey
• Glenn Hughes The Autobiography: From Deep Purple to Black Country Communion by Glenn Hughes
• Sail Away: Whitesnake’s Fantastic Voyage by Martin Popoff

• Child in Time by Ian Gillan
• Deep Purple and Rainbow 1968-79: Every album, every song (On Track)

• Deep Purple – Nasty Piece of Work by Jerry Bloom
• Sail Away: Whitesnake’s Fantastic Voyage by Martin Popoff
• British Rock Guitar by Mo Foster
• Help from the archives of Jörg Planer

• Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story by Martin Popoff
• TRAPEZE – A BRIEF HISTORY (1969-1994)
• Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom 
• Country Boy: A Biography of Albert Lee by Derek Watts
• The Complete Deep Purple by Michael Heatley
• Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story by Laura Shenton
• Ronnie James Dio: A biography of a heavy metal Icon by James Curl
• https://www.tommybolin.com/history/james-gang/
• A Hart Life by Colin Hart with Dick Allix
• Jon Lord: All Those Years Ago
• The Other Side of the Rainbow by Greg Prato
• Chasing Shadows: The Search for Rod Evans by Adrian Jarvis
• Rock Opera: The Creation of Jesus Christ Superstar, from Record Album to Broadway Show and Motion Picture by Ellis Nassour
• Get Onto My Cloud: The Tim Rice Podcast – Jesus Christ Superstar – the early days
• Unmasked: A Memoir by Andrew Lloyd-Webber
• Oh What A Circus by Tim Rice
• http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/gillan/gillan-1.htm
• Born Again! Black Sabbath in the Eighties and Nineties by Martin Popoff
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Jeff Breis Shares!

This week: Trapeze and its German counterpart!Jeff Breis shares the Trapeze album “Hold On” and it’s German counterpart!

Lead up to the Album:

• There was concern that the image Island had given IGB was not working.
• Ian Gillan was very upset and Colin Towns tried to write songs that would showcase Gillan and make him appear better than he viewed himself.
• Towns: “I’m going to write something which shows Ian from one extreme to the other, show he’s a good singer as well as a good screamer, and all the things in between.”
• When Gillan returned to the studio Towns showed him a song he’d been demoing and Gillan really liked it.
• The two decided they needed to make some changes.
• Ian Gillan kept on Colin Towns after dissolving Ian Gillan Band.
• Towns: “The following day he rang round the menbers of the band and said it was over.  He said we’re not going to get any more out of the band, which was true.  It’s a shame.  If CLEAR AIR had been more successful it would have been good, but on the other hand it wasn’t any good for Ian.  There was too much music for it to be the Ian Gillan Band.”
• Drummer Liam Genocky (the first to be recruited) joined the band with Richard Brampton on guitar.
• Genocky gave Towns a list of suggestions including John McCoy for bass.
• John McCoy’s bandmate Steve Byrd was brought in to replace Brampton early on.
• Towns was the primary songwriter and wrote most of the album’s material which they completed recording in August of 1978.
• They played the Reading Festival on August 16, 1978 still billed as Ian Gillan Band.
• The band’s policy was “no-frills” and they soon changed the name to simply Gillan.
• Album was released on October 5, 1978 in Japan only.  It would later be released in Australia and New Zealand but never saw release in the UK until the 1993 CD re-release.  It sold well in the UK as an import.

Personnel

• Bass – John McCoy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCoy_%28musician%29
  • British bass guitarist. He also plays drums, trumpet, cello, double bass, and is an independent producer.
  • Alises: John Renn-McDonald, Stix Hoypolloy
  • Played with Maldoon with Clive Maldoon and Dave Curtiss .  Previously known as Maldoon Curtiss.  Curtiss wasn’t happy with their album so he asked that his name be taken off.
  • Also played in Zzebra.
• Drums – Liam Genockey
  • Irish drummer who played with John McCoy in Zzebra
  • Would go on to play with Maldoon and McCoy in his self-named band.
• Drums – Pete Barnacle
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Barnacle
  • Went on to play with Yngwie Malmsteen and a few others.
  • Also the band Barnacle with his brothers and father.
• Flute – Colin Towns
• Guitar – Steve Byrd
  • Played with Zzebra.
  • Went on to play with Samantha Fox, Billy Ocean, McCoy
• Keyboards – Colin Towns
• Vocals – Ian Gillan

Album Art & Booklet Review

• Liner Notes [対訳] – 山口麻記* – Maki Yamaguchi
• Liner Notes [解説] – 伊藤政則* – Masa Itoh
  • Japanese hard rock/heavy metal journalist, author, and radio DJ. Born July 10, 1953 in Hanamaki, Iwate.

Technical:

• Producer – Ian Gillan, Paul Watkins
  • Also known as Chas Watkins
  • Did production for Spirit and Bernie Torme as well as Strapps and Ian Gillan Band
• Producer, Arranged By – Colin Towns

Album Tracks:

All songs written by Ian Gillan and Colin Towns except where noted.

Side One:

1. Second Sight (Towns)
2. Secret of the Dance (Gillan, Towns)
3. I’m Your Man (Gillan, Towns)
4. Dead of Night (Gillan, Towns)
5. Fighting Man (Towns)
   • According to liner notes it was written by Colin Towns and he recorded who stayed behind with Chas Watkins and taped a vocal/piano demo.  This was in the IGB days and Ian had left the studio with low morale after they’d been trying to record a few tracks.
   • “I’d been thinking about ‘Twin Exhausted’ and I thought sod it, I’ll write something that I think is right.”

Side Two:

1. Message in a Bottle (Gillan, Towns)
2. Not Weird Enough (Gillan, Towns)
3. Bringing Joanna Back (Gillan, Towns)
4. Abbey of Thelema (Gillan, Towns)
5. Back in the Game (Gillan, Towns)

Reception and Review

• The new album was promised for September of 1978 (though it likely came out in October).
• The tapes were sent to Japan where they where they were mixed up until hours before it needed to be shipped.  The two IGB Budokan albums had done well in Japan so Gillan decided to captalize on that success.
• In October they toured Japan to promote the album.  When they got back to the UK there was no way to buy the album locally without going through an importer.
• Gillan was a huge change of direction for Ian Gillan.  The album sold well in the UK as an import despite only being released in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
• The album received a good amount of positive press.
• The band gigged consistently after the release and even got the attention of Ritchie Blackmore who joined them on stage at the London Marquee Club in December of 1978.  Afterward he would offer Gillan the job in Rainbow which Gillan refused.
• Review from Stargazer, Issue #18, April 1979.
  • Eek. It’s good! Right from the word go it’s clear that this is a new band, and a new Gillan (or at least the old one revitalised!) Back is the raw, rough and ready sound which the IGB never had, and which Purple lost after ‘Fireball’. The band haven’t the technique or skill of Purple, but, by keeping things simple and doing straightforward songs with a minimum of solos they get away with it nicely. Compare this to ‘Long Live..’ or ‘Trouble’ and see how dated they sound.
  • Marquee, London. 27th December 1978 – Live Review
  • Blackmore also spent Christmas in Britain, probably to check out vocalists. He did take the chance to sneak down to Gillan’s opening date at The Marquee, and join in for an encore. Blackmore also asked Gillan to join Rainbow. Ian said no, but in return asked Blackmore to join his band! But Ritchie, according to Gillan, wants to start at the top, and work from America, whereas Gillan wants to begin at the bottom and work his way up. Some of you were lucky enough to be at The Marquee on the night in question (gnashes teeth!)……
  • “We were all at the front, crushed, waiting for an encore, when the whole place erupted. It was Blackmore. He just walked out, smelt Steve Byrd’s armpit, plugged in, and started.. He didn’t replace Byrd, just joined in. He broke into ‘Lucille’, it was total bliss.” Terry.
• Genocky did not continue with Gillan as he had a previous commitment with Gerry Rafferty.  A new drummer, Pete Barnacle, joined the band.
• The band replaced Genocky with Mick Underwood and Byrd with Bernie Torme.
• They got to work on Mr. Universe with the new lineup.
• The CD release has extra tracks:

For Further Information:

• Child in Time by Ian Gillan
• http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/gillan/gillan-1.htm
• “The Japanese Album” Liner notes by Simon Robinson

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• Tommy Bolin Memorial Statue Fundraiser
• BreisHeim – The Mask
• Email from Per Sørensen
  • Hi guys,
  • Thanks for a great site. Writing from DK I saw them at the following show in Odense on that tour and a year later in Feb 73 also in Odense. The end of MK 2 was coming.
  • Great memories. KB-Hallen would have about 4000+ in the audience and the other venues in DK (Odense + Aarhus) 3000-3500 at that time. We were allowed to be close, no chairs, but a lot of fun. Age between 14-18 and yes – we could smoke. KB-Hallen was a sports arena and that’s why the audience is everywhere – front and back.
  • I saw them in KB Hallen whenever they came and last time was 2009 there. They have since done bigger venues in CPH indoor and especially outdoor (5 coin on Amager with Morse). Nowadays they are doing bigger places (ValbyHallen 2017) and in Sept 2021 Royal Arena (?)
  • Even IG with Black Sabbath in KB Hallen as a guest in 1989 doing the encores SOTW and Paranoid.
  • The 72 show was recorded and broadcast by Danmarks Radio (DR)  – the Danish national TV broadcast station – and as you notice they didn’t quite know what to film and who did what in the band (RB missing a lot!!) It was shown prior to the 73 DK tour on TV, but only Child in Time and Lazy.
  • I bought the same shirt as IG was wearing which you could also get in DK, even in Odense, so I guess it was pretty mainstream. 
  • IG was the hero in the press, then RB being called the next Hendrix, then JL as the spokesperson delivering the facts.
  • in 72 Machine Head and Made in Japan went into the top 20 of the year in DK, even if MIJ came out in Dec 72. 
  • The opening act was Philip Goodhand-Tait, solo piano player, never appeared again. In 73 it was ELO in DK. They surely did – still popular here and easily selling 12000 tickets in CPH.
  • BR Per Sorensen
• Jorg says: You asked for more connections 😉 John Lawton claimed too, that he was asked to join Deep Purple in 1973… And more a Whitesnake – Uriah Heep connection: Micky Moody did a number of shows with Uriah Heep back in 2010.
• Apple Podcast Reviews:
  • 5 Stars!
  • BreisHeim , 01/03/2021
  • Heeere’s Johnny and Nate!
  • These guys are like the Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon of the podcast world, and I mean that as a great compliment.
  • Very entertaining show!

Lead up to the Album:

• On December 22, 2020 a video was posted on YouTube:
  • Deep Purple 6 avril 1972 Québec + Randy California Blind Man
  • The video was sent to me by Jorg within an hour of being posted.
  • The video purported to be the long storied performance of “When a Blind Man Cries” the only time Deep Purple did it live in the 70s when Randy California subbed in for a sick Blackmore.
  • There was posted by Robert Lafontaine:
    • This is an extremely rare audio recording of a Deep Purple show with Randy California. I recorded it all in stéréo. Sadly, at the encore , somebody knocked down one mike and I stopped recording. So… no Lucille. The recording is a bit muddy at times ’cause people who were holding the mikes didn’t keep them horizontal, but upward facing the metal roof… 
    • Years later, I sent this recording to Randy and we chatted about music, his story, etc. He seemed to want to remix the show. In the vidéo there are many unreleased gems archives. The setlist was always wrong on a lot of websites. HERE’S THE REAL SETLIST FOR THIS RARE SHOW:
      • Strange kind of woman
      • Into the fire
      • Child in time
      • The Mule 
      • Lazy
      • When a blind man cry 
      • Space Truckin’
      • Lucille
    • Randy was called in because Deep Purple cancelled 2 shows before heading to Québec city; Ritchie was out. Some could say it’s The Saint Graal for Deep Purple fans as the songs were never played with Ritchie. Someday maybe, I’ll post the entire show. Enjoy this great archive in the meantime…
• This show was never known to have a bootleg so this was big news.
• There was a lot of debate as to the authenticity of the recording.
• Of course fans WANT to believe but there were a lot of detractors citing the tone of Gillan’s voice, etc.  But listening to it it just seemed like it must be authentic.
• On December 30, 2020 part one of the full concert was posted to Robert Lafontaine’s account:
  • Deep Purple Québec 6 avril 1972
• On December 31, 2020 the final video of the remainder of the concert was posted:
  • Deep Purple Québec 6 avril 1072 Partie B Repaired final

Deep Purple: Self-Evaluation Time Again

Jon Lord: “Randy was brilliant, God bless ’em, but everything had gotten to be such a bitch that we had to go home. We just couldn’t take it any longer.”

Personnel

• Ian Gillan – Vocals
• Roger Glover – Bass
• Randy California – Guitars
• Jon Lord – Organ
• Ian Paice – Drums

The Show:

Articles (Translated by Ian Desrosiers):

Deep Purple, 6 avril 1972…translation :

A substitute in Québec

On April the 6th 1972, Deep Purple stopped in Québec (City) with a singular formation. This night, instead of Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, the crowd saw Randy California getting up on stage. Blackmore was sick with hepatitis and the band felt they had a chance to impose themselves in this part/territory and they tried to finish the tour even with a substitute. “At the time, Randy California’s band, Spirit, was popular, so we approached him,” tells Roger Glover. “I think we rehearsed for just a couple of hours before getting on stage. He was a good guy, but, as talented as he was, it was not the right thing to do to pursue the tour so we stopped. It pushed back our chances to be recognized in America for 6 month or a year.”

Deep Purple, 6 avril 1972…translation :

Jon Lord Interview

After the concert the wheel kept on spinning for Deep Purple. The band took a plane to New York the same night and it’s Jon Lord, harassed by the road manager, that gave us 10 minutes of his precious time.

Quite happy by the reaction of the Québec crowd, Lord is surprised to learn that some fans blame the new direction of the band on recent albums. He says that at the beginning of their career Deep Purple suffered from the “studio sickness.” The band didn’t really know what to do and what looked like a precise direction from the outside, was in fact the result of a quasi-improvisation where Lord’s classical formation took an important place. The last albums, Fireball and Machine Head, give a more precise idea of the music that the band plays on stage. Deep Purple is essentially a “rock n’ roll band” and the classical experiments will be relegated to solo output like “Gemini Suite” released last fall under Lord’s name.

This back to basics is not limited to only music, the lyrics are more simple, they could be judged as simplistic even, but Lord says that the band sees it as a way to get away from  a morbid intellectual movement that plagues the world of rock. The lyrics are parodies of the first rock songs, but it’s just a gentle way to mock things that we like.

The simple stories found in Deep Purple’s lyrics translate, in a good way according to Lord, the band reality. Jon Lord doesn’t want to be seen as a demi god like some other musicians. His only responsibility on stage is to give the public what they paid for: music and good times.

People often interpret lyrics in a way to find meanings or messages, and in this way, it’s with prejudice that the band was labeled as “speed freaks.” Up until recently, the word “speed” in England did not mean amphetamine, and it’s with a great surprise that the band found that some saw in “Speed King” a drug song that contributed to making it a hit.

Lord says that drug taking is rare in English bands. The members of English groups consider themselves more like musicians than members of a big family of “smokers,” and this priority for the music is an element that helps make the English bands to be considered the best. We could not learn more; the wheel keeps on turning…

Jacques Marois,

special collaborator

Concert review

Deep Purple finally gave their concert in Québec (city), after waiting for eight months, a couple of snowstorms and lots of work.

That’s it, Deep Purple comes up on stage. Ian Gillan gets in front and says that Ritchie Blackmore is sick and will be replaced by Randy California, but nobody listens. People whistle, people scream, THEY are finally here.

The band starts with “Strange Kind Of Woman.” The sound is perfect, powerful and precise. But the musicians look hesitant (we will understand why, later after the concert, when we learn that California had only 2 days to rehearse with the band). But after “Into The Fire,” an old hit two years ago, we witness a high class of rockers and the guitar player is not here to take it easy.

Gillan announces “Child In Time,” one of the most beautiful Deep Purple songs. A quiet beginning on the organ and the band launch themselves into a fast “boogie” : hard to describe, but those who already heard a good guitar solo played on a Strat going through two Marshall amps at 400 Watts know. A police officer inside the Colisée (it’s the old hockey rink for the Quebec’s Nordiques) says to a woman watching the show “It’s catchy. I want to dance.”

Next, “The Mule.” Roger Glover (bass) and Ian Paice (drums) go crazy while Jon Lord gets some violin sounds from his organ. Ian Paice stays on stage alone and does a drum solo, that if he doesn’t dazzle by the complexity, surprises by his rapidity and energy. Paice doesn’t stop there and continues full speed into “Lazy” while Glover gives a demonstration of the way bass should serve hard rock.

Roger Glover is, with Tim Bogert (Cactus) one of the best rock bassists that played here.

Jon Lord had some problems with his organ. 

The next number, “When A Blind Man Comes [sic]” is a really beautiful blues telling the story of a blind man abandoned by his mistress after knowing bliss with her. Gillan captures the atmosphere of the piece really well and shows that he’s truly a great singer knowing how to use his voice to the maximum effect in any musical genre.

Randy California ends the blues with an excellent solo helped by a volume pedal. He is, finally, the surprise of the night, playing soberly and effectively (his playing and personality on stage reminds me of Rayburn Blake, ex-Mashmakhan). It’s a real tour-de-force accomplish by California to fit in a band with whom he rehearsed for only 8 hours with: knowing the band, we could only admire the guitarist.

The concert ends with “Space Truckin’” on a rapid rhythm. Encore. “Lucille,” an old classic, and a guy dancing in front of the stage since the beginning of the concert finally finds himself on stage with Gillan.

Everyone got out of the Colisée with a smile on their lips.

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• BreisHeim update . . . 
• Gain it for Riffs
  • 39 – Captain Beyond New Year’s Special!
• Mikkel Steen
  • Hi guys. Once again, thanks for a superb show. A funny note to Your last episode DP in Denmark. The last band to play original KB Hallen, before it burned down, was Black Country Communion (great concert) and guess what they played as the last number ever to be played in this old hall….? The hall where Beatles, Zep, Hendrix to name a few have played. It was the 13th of July, 2011, and 2½ months later the old hall was in flames…
  • https://kbhallen.dk/om/historie/
  • The song . . . BURN!
• Stephen Sommerville
  • hi nathan, im studying television and journlaism in College and im doing one of my classes is reviewing the concerto of both 1969 and 1999 versions and comparing them of how they are different in styles and was wandering if you could give me some feedback on it which is important for my work in terms of what people think about it.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3hkm2AkT43FaOZxFNDGBJjO-imFUc6rB3QiHERokV9sO_E8mXKDQ2-MGU&v=vNHxTIz824g&feature=youtu.be

• In 1972 UH supported Purple in their first American tour
• Total shows from spreadsheet played with DP.  30+
• In the 90’s and 00’s UH often supported Purple during ‘”Satriani'” tours, then in South Africa and many other occasions.
• In 1974 Lucifer’s Friend vocalist John Lawton sang ‘”Little Chalk Blue'” in Roger’s ‘”Butterfly Ball'”
• Then, in 1976, UH looked for replacement for David Byron auditioned David Coverdale, they choose John Lawton, recommended by Roger Glover.
  • Ian Desrosiers: And here’s another Purple family link. The singer who’s gonna take Lawton’s place is Mike Starr who sang on a Colosseum II album with Airy on keys of course…
  • Lucifer’s Friend – Keep Going
• Living Loud project with Steve Morse, Don Airey, Lee Kerslake, Bob Daisley and Jimmy Barnes.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_loud
  • Living Loud (2004) – Over The Mountain
• July Morning bass part inspired by Child in Time (My interview with Paul Newton)
• Glenn Hughes sang on Ken Hensley’s song The Last Dance
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ92WDGPm-s
• Ken Hensley with Ian Gillan
  • Rock Heroes (Ian Gillan, Ken Hensley R.I.P) – Smoke On The Water (St.Petersburg, Russia: 23.02.2005)
• Roger Glover said, “It all started with Lonnie Donegan,” he says, “the energy of skiffle was infectious and I was a huge fan. In short trousers.” Heep drummer Russell Gilbrook played with Lonnie.
• Russell Gilbrook replaced cozy Powell in the band Bedlam
• Russell Gilbrook filled in on a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar when he was a boy.
• Hanwel Community Center, DP and UH both had rehearsal spaces. This would be in the creation of Deep Purple In Rock and Very ‘Eavy Very ‘Umble.
• Bob Daisley played with Rainbow and Jon Lord (Hoochie Coochie Men)
  • Jon Lord & The Hoochie Coochie Men – Green Onions
  • Jon Lord with The Hoochie Coochie Men (and Jimmy Barnes): Hoochie Coochie Man
• Blackmore’s Night covered Lady In Black
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCP5MBL4wE
• David Goalby sang in Trapeze
  • Trapeze – Hold on
• Ian Paice played on a Ken Hensley album (when they weren’t having food fights)
  • 1980 Free Spirit (Ken Hensley, “Brown Eyed Boy”)
• Ken Hensley and Glenn Hughes
  • https://www.discogs.com/Ken-Hensley-Blood-On-The-Highway-The-Ken-Hensley-Story-When-Too-Many-Dreams-Come-True/release/2103106
• 11-12-2003 DP Played in Helsinki Finland at the Ice Hall (Bananas Tour)
• 2/21/1970 – first time playing together billed as Spice
• Played on same bill a total of 56 times
• Last show was June 11, 2016 in Finland
• Don Airey filling in for Phil Lanzon in 2020?
  • Uriah Heep with Don Airey – Jahrhunderthalle – 15Jan 2020 – full Concert Part 1of3 – PetziAZ
  • Uriah Heep (feat. Don Airey) – July Morning (live, 15/1/2020)

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    • We all have our different opinions about the band and you all found much humor in these Mark I works, I do come at them with a different perspective.  I purchased “Shades” on vinyl in 1968 when I was 11 going on 12 years old.  Up till that point my LP collection consisted of mainly Beatles and Stones (great stuff) and assorted 45 singles from the AM radio playlist.  So when listening to these albums back then, there was no “In Rock” or “Burn” to compare them to at the time, and for that matter nothing else like it.  However, the DP vibe struck a strand of my DNA in these first 3 albums and has been with me ever since.  I can’t say that I disagree with your observations on Mark I, but, your observations are based on a different perspective.  But hey, I have been on internet boards for over 20 years discussing such differences and I am looking forward to listening to more of the DPP.
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    • Also, a shout out to John for pointing out what delineates Blackmore from most guitarists aside form his brilliant playing ability is the feeling he exudes from the instrument!!
    • Perhaps I will start listening to the more current episodes first, so I don’t hit you with these dated comments.
    • I really enjoy what your doing and appreciate your effort!!  It is so nice to hear talk about DP and the related tree.  Keep them coming.
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Lead up to the Album:

• Live in Concert 1972/73
• Scandinavian Nights
• Live in Copenhagen 1972
• Performed on March 1, 1972 at KB Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Same stage Lars would see Deep Purple in February of 1973 at 9 years old. Where they held his tennis tournaments. (February 9, 1973)
• On December 9 the Mark 3 lineup would debut on that same stage
• Original building was destroyed in a fire in 2011 but was renovated and reopened in 2019.

Article from CD booklet translated by Frederik Gonzalez Olsen.

Superstar gets people to go to Deep Purple concerts The fact that Ian Gillan sings the role of Jesus on the album version of Jesus Christ Superstar is probably a significant reason for people showing up at the concerts of the beat group Deep Purple.

That’s the opinion of the leader, Jon Lord, who was in transit at Kastrup Airport yesterday, before the concerts at K.B. Hallen tonight, Odense on Friday and Århus on Saturday. 10.000 audience members. How long the group will last, Jon Lord doesn’t know.

He is betting on three years himself. Here, the group’s records are always among the most sold. As a part of a number of groups, he has visited Denmark 11-12 times himself, and finds the Danish audience to be open.

The strange thing about Jon Lord is that he didn’t listen to beat music until he was 16. Earlier, it was just jazz. And he has written a symphony for 38 [can’t read the number properly] instruments (it took him eight months).

– I feel the classical part of me is often expressed through my solos even though we play hard beat, but apparently that just adds colour, says Jon Lord, who plays the organ.

Album Tracks:

1. Highway Star
2. Strange Kind of Woman
3. Child in Time
4. The Mule
5. Lazy
6. Space Truckin’
7. Fireball
8. Lucille
9. Black Night

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All 5s!

• 80s Hit
  • John
    • “Faith” by George Michael – 1987
  • Nate
    • “Ain’t Nobody” by Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan) – 1983
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_Nobody
• Recent Track within the Last 5 Years
  • John
    • Harry Styles – 2019
  • Nate
    • “Baby I Don’t Know (Oh Oh) by Vulfpeck
• Wild Card
  • John
    • “Santa Lucia Luntana” by Giuseppe Di Stefano
  • Nate
    • “Numbers” by G. Love and Special Sauce – 1999
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphonic

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• Listener Email of the week:
  • Hi guys! Just wanted to check in and let you know you I just discovered the podcast and have downloaded every episode. Obviously I’m a big Purple fan, as well as, all the branches of the family tree. Already listened to the first two episodes and now I have to keep going and refresh my memory on the early Purple that I don’t really reach for often.
  • One other thing…..you guys have to be from Rhode Island. First episode I heard you guys mention Great Woods, The Strand and that record shop in Apple Valley near the old movie theater I think. I’m a Pawtucket native so its cool to hear a local podcast. 
  • Looking forward to getting through the episodes and rediscovering all the Purple.
  • Cheers!
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The Christmas Special:

1. Blackmore’s Night – “Here We Come A-Caroling” – Official Lyric Video
2. Christmas in Stowe, VT via Colin Hart.
   • https://www.facebook.com/colin.hart1/posts/10158648245889788
   • Here’s a shot taken in the Pub at Stowe of the band playing and singing Christmas Carols for whoever cared to listen. There was a little drinking involved, of course!
   • This was during the writing sessions for House of Blue Light in December 1985. The album was recorded at the Playhouse in Stowe a few months later.
   • Roger, Ian G., Jon and Ritchie. Charlie Lewis in the background.
   • Happy days!
3. Merry Christmas Holiday 2020 From David Coverdale
4. Christmas card… No its a deep purple non official release from Poland. Its a flexi disc in mono and playable on one side. You fool no one & a track by Demis Roussos. Comes in 4 different designs
   • https://www.facebook.com/groups/DEEP.PURPLE.TM/permalink/1725742497577828
   • Merry Christmas to all our friends.
   • Have a wonderful day where you might be!
   • Noud Smeets
5. This photo is from 45 years ago – Roger Glover at Christmas time 1974.
   • https://www.facebook.com/deeppurple6876/posts/2849508555069666
6. Deep Purple in the snow Switzerland 1985
7. From the listeners:
   • Saul Evans
   • @EvansSaul
   • Back in the early 80’s I bought a Teddy bear for my 3 year old sister for Xmas. I told her it was called Ritchie Blackmore. Over the next couple of weeks my young sister would climb into my parent’s bed at night with Ritchie Blackmore in tow….
   • One day in a local small grocery stall, as we stood in a queue to by sister, very loudly proclaimed ” Would you like to sleep with Ritchie Blackmore mammy? I don’t mind if you want to sleep with Ritchie Blackmore, ‘ Most of the people who turned around knew my dad Geraint
   • gottahearemall
   • @gottahearemall
   • The band once played a rocked-up Silent Night onstage in 2009 or so in Italy. If I can find the recording again I’ll let you know!
     • Deep Purple – Intro Astro del Ciel (Silent Night)/Smoke on the water – Bologna 16/12/2009
   • Mike Ladano
   • @MikeLadano
   • Deep Purple are a Christmas band for me. I got so much Purple for Christmas. Battle Rages On may not be a Christmas tune to you… so why can I always picture myself listening under the tree?
   • Ian Minch
   • @ianminch
   • Isn’t Pictures of Home the ultimate Christmas Covid song? I’m alone here With emptiness eagles and snow Unfriendliness chilling my body And screaming out pictures of home
   • Georg Baumbach
   • @BaumbachGeorg
   • In 1978, as a ten-year-old boy, my parents made me a wonderful gift for Christmas. It was a small radio recorder. Instanty I started to discover the world of rock music. Two days Iater I listened to my first DP song: Child in Time. I’ve been in love with the band ever since!
8. Rich Shailor: Nothing at All sounds like a Christmas song
   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMNQoV9YCs
   • Deep Purple “Nothing At All” Official Music Video – New album “Whoosh!” out now
9. Deep Purple Beethoven meets Rock 1985
10. 2016 MWJW the Warrens (Christmas lights with Deep purple) Christmas Day 2016
11. Dead Daisies – Christmas Message From The Band
12. Whitesnake Christmas Memories
13. A Whitesnake Christmas… Farewell 2011. Forevermore.
14. Deep Purple Christmas Ornament
15. Peter Gardow’s DP Christmas Ornament
    • Nate – as I was driving home this evening I was thinking, I can share something I make, using my grandfather’s coppersmith tools and supplies – a Deep Purple Perfect Strangers logo ornament.  It is not done yet, but will be ready for when Santa comes and visits on Christmas.  Hope I make the cutoff – Pete
    • PS – let John know that I used a coping saw.
16. Scott Haskin’s Tree skirt
17. Whitesnake – the ending, whitesnake christmas, bow & devin’s photoshooooot Enschede Dec 3rd 2011
18. Blackmore’s Night – Christmas Show on German TV 2007
    • 0:00 – Fur Uns Alle (For All of Us)
    • 5:00 – Christmas Eve
    • 9:00 – Ensemble
19. David Coverdale | Whitesnake | How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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