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• Recorded at Entourage Studios. Mixed at Westlake Audio.
• Mastered at Future Disc Systems.
Tracks 11-13 Recorded Live in 1997 Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan
℗ © 1996 Issued under license from Glenn Hughes to Shrapnel Records Inc.
℗ © 1997 Shrapnel Records Inc.
(Duration times only listed for studio tracks)
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Note from CTC Issue 22:
From: Par.Holmgren@svt.se Subject: CTC: The guitar(ist)s on ADDICTION All, Damien asked me to specify about who is playing what on the new album. Well, basically Joakim is playing on *his* three tracks and Bonilla on *his*. But with these exceptions: * I’m Not Your Slave; Joakim is doing the HEAVY riff around the chorus; 1.37-1.52 and at the end from 3.41. * Madeleine; MB plays the guitarsolo and the accoustic guitars. * Blue Jade; Again MB does the accoustics.
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Ritchie Blackmore Moments:
Ritchie Blackmore – Practical jokes and getting back at Cozy Powell!
Deep Purple – Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) (Solo at 6:45)
Blackmore’s Night – Ariel (Live in Paris 2006) HD (5:00 mark)
Deep Purple – You Fool No One / The Mule – Live at California Jam 1974 (1080p) (Solo at 5:30)
Deep Purple – Bilzen Jazz Festival 1969 (Solo at 10:00)
Blackmore’s Night – Fires At Midnight (Live in Paris 2006) HD (Solo at 5:00 mark)
The Outlaws – Law & Order (1963) (Ritchie Blackmore, Mick Underwood)
https://www.youtube.com/@DogwithtwoBones/videos
Deep Purple – You Cant Do It Right Guitar LESSON and Breakdown
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ritchie-blackmore-shallow-purple-2-226355
Ritchie Blackmore Interview on Melbourne Radio November 21 1976 mp3 (Refuses to do promo at 47:45)
Ritchie Blackmore discussing the California Jam in 1974 (Part 1).
Ritchie Blackmore Interview, 2013
Video: Ritchie Blackmore Interviewed by RT — “The Whole World is Kind of Phony” | Guitar World
Ritchie Blackmore Interview (Rainbow) on Countdown 1979
Ritchie Blackmore – We all love ABBA!
Great podcast interview with Ritchie and Candice: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whole-lotta-talk-interviews-that-rock/id1352288358?i=1000502367556 (Arrests story from interview around 32:30)
Derek Lawrence provides some insight into Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Purple & the bands management.
Brian May discussing his earliest memories of Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore Studio Session Smoke on the water incredible Solo
Ritche Blackmore recording Smoke On The Water– Rock Aid Armenia
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George Lynch on Ritchie Blackmore being a dick to him(eddie)
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Joe Satriani discusses his thoughts on Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar playing
Simon McBride Reveals His Comparison Between Ritchie Blackmore And Steve Morse In Deep Purple (narrated)
The Steve Morse Interview: From The Dregs, to Deep Purple and Kansas
Candice Night on new solo album ‘Sea Glass’ featuring Ritchie Blackmore with Dawn Osborne/TotalRock (Update on Ritchie’s health at 33:50)
“As far as flying anywhere right now, Ritchie has actually been told by his cardiologist not to get in a plane. He had a heart attack about a year and a half ago. He’s got six stents.”
“And I can’t believe he’s gonna be 80 on April 14th, which is crazy, but he doesn’t look it, still doesn’t act it, but eventually medical things wind up catching up with you. So we’ve gotta make sure we keep him happy and healthy.”
Night continued:
“And he’s dealing with gout and some arthritic things. And, of course, his back has always been an issue for years. So it’s getting harder for him – it’s tricky – but, hey, I’ve seen people younger than him in wheelchairs on stage doing what they do. So I think he probably doesn’t want people to see him that way.”
“I see the other perspective – from a fan’s perspective, I would think people would just be happy to be under the same roof with him and listen to him play whatever he comes up with. So, we kind of have this discussion, or argument – I’ll say discussion – all the time.”
“But he was just recently at his cardiologist and they said, ‘Let’s put traveling by plane on hold.’ So, hopefully, we’ll get that all straightened out and that’ll change. But I’ll let you guys know if it does.”
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The CD release also features an interview with David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, and Ian Paice.
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This week we have a special bonus episode brought to us by Jonatan Hedlin. Jonatan discusses his appreciation of the Steve Morse era in celebration of our 300th episode.
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Our Episode on Jon Lord’s Studio Album of “Gemini Suite”:
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Nate reached out to John McCoy to ask him about Zzebra and this album in particular. Here’s what he had to say:
Hi Nathan…..ZZEBRA! I loved that band and the musical freedom we had.
Myself and drummer Liam Genockey had been working together for a couple of years in folk rockers Curtiss Maldoon with tours of USA support to Badfinger and an album “Maldoon” on Purple Records, followed by a stint with American folk legend Julie Felix touring UK,far east and after that became popular as bass/drums session players in very varied musical genres. We shared an appreciation of many styles
One such session was for a low budget film score….also booked for the session was Dave Quincy and Terry Smith from a very successful jazz rock band IF and an African percussionist, /sax/ flute player Loughty Amao from the band Osibisa.
When the session work was finished we kept on jamming into the early hours, loving each others playing and we all agreed it was something special and different and soon ZZEBRA was born ,through Daves jazz connections we were soon playing London jazz circuit even securing multiple shows at the prestigious Ronnie Scott’s club. Through Loughty’s success with Osibisa we crossed over into the rock circuit playing The Marquee and touring with Soft Machine and Chick Corea’s “Return to Forever”
To continue…we recorded the first album at a rural residential studio in Kent called Escape studios where we were able to immerse our selves in exploring this unusual mix of musical styles. By this time we had been joined by singer /keyboards player Gus Eden from pop rock group Love Affair. Under the magical production work of Ken Burgess and engineer Tony Taverner.
The band continued on to record two further albums with various changes in personally until like many 70s bands we were hit by the onslaught of Punk! That’s enough for now isn’t it?! Cheers and enjoy listening to the soundtrack of a lost World! Cheers John
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Recorded at Escape Studios, Kent, UK, October 1974.
Mixed at Advision Studios, London, November 1974.
Originally released in 1974.
Made under license from Tommy Eyre.
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John joins Scott Haskin on Smoke on the Podcast to discuss the track “Listen, Learn, Read On.” Check it out!
Check out the episode here: Lalena (Donovan cover) w/ John Mottola