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Episode #53 – One Year Anniversary Extravaganza

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Show Updates:

  • Comments from social media.
    • Lionel_Hutz_, 04/10/2020 – FIVE STARS!
      • Unbelievably Researched Deep Dives
      • On some timeless classic albums, and some pretty terrible ones. It’s been great to hear the backstories on some of my alltime favorites, like “Machine Head” and “Burn”. But even better, hearing 7+ hours of indepth analysis of a talking animal concept album is what has kept me sane through quarantine.
    • Dubbleagle , 04/17/2020 – FIVE STARS!
      • 1st listen
      • I saw this show when it first aired , 14 years old I was .
      • Huge impact on my rock n roll sensibilities.
      • Great to hear your thoughts !

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Top Episodes

Peter Gardow – written

Top Rated Albums

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Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Followers

  • Stats for each

Mark Roback – written

Top Patrons and Patron Moments

Ry from Sabbath Bloody Podcast

Ry – video

Highlights of the past year

Interactions with Glenn and Coverdale

Nick Jones – audio

Goals for next year

Anton Glaving – written

Album you’re looking forward to reviewing the most

Mike Knowles

Champions of the Show

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  • Pod of Thunder
  • Terry
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The Simple Man – audio

All 5’s – All our perfectly ranked songs (spaced throughout episode)

Steve Seaborg – written

Social Media Stats

  • Twitter followers
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  • Apple Podcast Reviews
Ian Desrosiers wishes the Deep Purple Podcast a happy anniversary.

Podcast Listeners in 81 countries!

Top 10 countries

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Stats and play graph

Top 10 episodes by plays

Leaky Mausoleum

Q&A: If you could do a band podcast about any other band, what would it be?

Jonatan Hedlin

Jen (Nate’s Wife)

Peter Gardow’s Year in Review

From The Providence Journal Bulletin – June 16, 1997 by Cristy DeAuraujo
From The Providence Journal Bulletin – June 16, 1997 by Cristy DeAuraujo

A review of the 1997 Providence Journal slang article by Cristy DeAuraujo

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Episode #52 – Captain Beyond – Dawn Explosion with Nick Jones of Pod of Thunder

Link to video on Cocoscope:
https://www.cocoscope.com/watch?v=55421

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Lead up to the Album:

  • The Captain Beyond Story researched by Hartmut Kreckel
    • Reformation:
    • Lee Dorman: “Warner and Capricorn had a deal and contacted us in 1976 to do another album. In the interim I was working as a engineer/producer for demo bands for Warner Bros. We started to audition singers and were quite happy with Willy Daffern. We have a outtake of “Icarus” and a studio version of the song “Dawn Explosion” that wasn´t used for that album. We did like 15 to 20 gigs with that line-up.”
    • Rhino: “… I first met Willy in a liquor store…”

Personnel

  • Producer – Captain Beyond, John Stronach
    • Stronach worked with R.E.O. Speedwagon, Dan Fogelberg, Diana Ross, Keith Moon, and Joe Walsh
  • Engineer – John Stronach, Rick Sanchez
    • Al Kooper’s “Act Like Nothing’s Wrong album, The Outlaws (not the Ritchie Blackmore version), Tower of Power, UFO

Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Design [Album] – Pacific Eye And Ear*
    • Discussed on previous episodes, did Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Grand Funk, The Doors, Billion Dollar Babies, Aerosmith’s Toys in th eAttic, and the previous Captain Beyond album Sufficiently Breathless
  • Illustration – Carl Ramsey (2)

Album Tracks:

Side one:

  1. Do or Die (Caldwell, Daffern, Reinhardt)
  2. Icarus (Caldwell, Dorman, Reinhardt)
    1. Written by previous keyboardist (Lewie Gold) but he didn’t get credit, previously  recorded with Rod Evans
    2. Not played Live
    3. “Icarus” studio recording in 1972 with Rod Evans and Lewie Gold from Lost & Found 
  3. Sweet Dreams (Caldwell, Dorman, Reinhardt)
    1. Played a beginning version of this with Rod on ‘72 tour “Lonely Feeling” or “Lovely Feeling.”
  4. Fantasy (Caldwell, Daffern, Reinhardt)

Side two:

  1. Breath of Fire, Part 1 & 2 (Caldwell, Daffern, Reinhardt)
    1. The CD reissue separated these into two tracks:
      1. Breath of Fire, Pt. 1 (A Speck Within a Sphere)
      2. Breath of Fire, Pt. 2 (Alone in the Cosmos)
  2. If You Please (Caldwell, Daffern, Dorman, Reinhardt)
    1. Not played live
  3. Midnight Memories (Reinhardt)
    1. Not played live.
  4. Oblivion (Caldwell, Dorman, Reinhardt)
    1. The CD reissue separated this into three tracks: “Space Interlude” followed by “Oblivion” and ending with “Space Reprise”

Live they played the song “Dawn Explosion” which was not included on the album.

Reception and Review

  • The Captain Beyond Story researched by Hartmut Kreckel
    • Lee Dorman: “Looking back, we lacked of proper management. I think if we´d gone out doing 150 gigs a year it would have done much better. Our management did nothing for us, it was like “we´ll get back to you” and they never did a thing, so what could you do about it… They should have bought us into a tour to open up for someone who would really draw some people, but it never happened… There were several attempts of reforming Captain Beyond over the years, but it never got beyond talking about it, and the only chance to do it seemed, if I was going to do anything… I´m now with Iron Butterfly and surely I can do one thing at the time only, but THERE´LL ALWAYS BE A PLACE IN MY HEART FOR CAPTAIN BEYOND…´CAUSE THIS WAS REALLY A LABOUR OF LOVE…”
    • Bobby Caldwell: “… after Willy left, we tried out Jimmy Henderson for a time in 1978…”
    • Rhino: “… and then Jimmy went with me in my band named “Rhino”, we were managed by the manager of Styx and toured for six months in 1979…”

This Week in Purple History . . .

April 20 through April 26

  • April 20, 1968 – Roundabout plays their first show
    • *Date: 1968-04-20
    • *Venue: Parkskolen-Vestpoppen   
    • *City: Tastrup   
    • *Country: Denmark
  • April 22, 1997 – Blackmore’s Night releases “Shadow of the Moon”
  • April 26, 2013 – Deep Purple releases “Now What?!”

For Further Information:

  • Album Liner Notes

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Episode #51 – California Jam (Part 2)

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Lead up to the Album:

  • Deep Purple Bios

Additional Audio/Video from Show:

  1. Burn – 8:00 version
  2. Lay Down, Stay Down from California Jamming CD – 14:20 on DVD rip video
  3. Extended plays and camera angles

Controversy:

Mike Stark on Rock 50 with Don Branker

  • 1:34 minute mark starts to describe the show

Reception and Review

  • Allen Pamplin
  • Letter from Don Hearston to Sandy Feldman (TV executive who promoted the show and sadly passed away in 1996) – https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-07-mn-33346-story.html
  • Letter from City of Ontario Fire Department to Sandy Feldman
  • Deep Purple – Lets celebrate the California Jam from April 1974 – short documentary that reviews how the show ran with some clips of the acts
    • 5:30 – “Mad John” and Simon interviewed about DP’s exploding amps
  • 19740402 – BIllboard discusses money Deep Purple are making
  • 19740404 Santa Ana Register gets it all wrong!
  • 19740406 – ‘Salbuquerque Tribune – ‘California Jam’ rock fans jam up traffic for 13 miles
  • 19740408 Connellsville Daily Courier – “Police Surprised at Quiet Nature of Rock Concer”
  • 19740408 Huntingdon Daily News – “caused no trouble and few arrests.”
  • TV: ‘California Jam’ Simulates Live Rock Session – NY Times, scanned, some of text garbled

This Week in Purple History . . .


  • April 14, 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore is born
  • April 15, 1977 – Ian Gillan Band releases Clear Air Turbulence
  • April 14, 1978 – Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow releases Long Live Rock 

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Episode #50 – California Jam (Part 1)

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    • 5 STARS! – Sgt. Rock 24 , 03/05/2020
      • The best (not just because it’s the only)
      • Great podcast! These are not experts flexing their knowledge of facts and trivia. It’s two friends having casual and entertaining discussions about all things Deep Purple related. It reminds me of hanging out and talking music with my friends. I consider myself a die hard Deep Purple fan but these guys have opened my eyes up to things I never noticed and given me a fresh perspective on things I know by heart.
    • 5 STARS! – deep blackmore , 03/07/2020
      • Great podcast!!!
      • They are just regular fans just like me of the greatest band of all time!!
    • 5 STARS! – MikeOfTheTerribleOpinion , 03/09/2020
      • What’s not to like?
      • Two old friends investigating and discussing the fascinating music and history of Deep Purple. Hard to think of anything better, in my opinion.
    • 3 STARS! – assdf Fhh hhj I’ll l , 03/09/2020
      • Volume
      • Please turn up the music level, it is barely audible.
      • It would make this much harder more listenable.
      • Content great!

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Congratulations on 50 Episodes!

Set list:

  1. Burn
  2. Might Just Take Your Life
  3. Mistreated
  4. Smoke on the Water
  5. You Fool No One/The Mule
  6. Space Truckin’

This Week in Purple History . . .

April 6 through April 12

  • April 6, 1974 – The California Jam
  • April 7, 1975 – Made in Europe live performance
  • April 7, 1987 – Whitesnake releases self titled album

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Episode #49 – Roger Glover – Elements

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  • Rich Shailor on Facbeook: Just got finished with this episode 😂. Not sure if this or your dramatic reading of the Crucifixion from JCSS was my favorite part.

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Lead up to the Album:

  • Roger: “I wrote [the poem] it about a year before the album. The album came about because I’d been wanting to do an album for a while but kept putting it off. The only way I’d get it done would be to actually book the time and then I wouldn’t have an excuse. So this I did, went to Musicland with Simon and Mickey Lee and spent a week laying down tracks over which I was going to sing, with a little help from Liza Strike and Helen Chapelle who were due to arrive a week later. What happened was I got cold feet when it came to my singing and abandoned the idea. Rather than go home and forfeit the studio time and musicians I’d already paid for, I decided to try something really off the cuff, not to mention off the wall, based on that strange poem.”
  • It was exhilarating actually, not knowing what I was going to do (or not knowing what I was doing) and just forcing myself to come up with something in the hour or so before the rest of them came into the studio each day. My only credo was that I really didn’t want to use the electric guitar; I’d had enough of it and I reasoned that it should be possible to make dramatic music without that crutch. It’s a matter of conjecture whether I succeeded or not, but if one went by record sales then I’d have to admit that I didn’t. Only one piece of music survived from the earlier abandoned recordings and that was used for the third section (water).
  • There two other musicians that I would mention: Ronnie Aspery, the sax player from Back Door who sometime later gave me the unforgettable quote when I asked him what he’d been up to and he replied that he’d had enough of doing sessions and was writing more, saying, “I’d rather be an architect than a bricklayer.” The other one is Graham Preskett, a super bloke and musician who orchestrated my ideas with a great deal of talent and zeal, and who sang whilst playing the electric violin. I’m indebted to everyone who appeared on that album, not the least of whom was Martin Birch, they gave me a lot of support when I needed it most.

Personnel

  • Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Producer, Engineer – Martin Birch
  • Drums, Tabla, Percussion – Simon Phillips
  • Lead Vocals – Helen Chappelle, Liza Strike
  • Piano, Organ, Percussion – Mickey Lee Soule
  • Saxophone, Flute – Ronnie Aspery*
  • Synthesizer [Arp 2600, Oberheim Polyphonic], Bass Guitar, Percussion, Tabla, Sitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vibraphone [Vibes], Backing Vocals, Producer, Written-By – Roger Glover
  • Violin [Electric], Clarinet, Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Graham Preskett
    • http://www.preskett.com/
    • Hundreds of credits including Whitesnake’s “Snakebite” album, Coverdale’s “Northwinds,” and the Judi Dench version of “The Butterfly Ball”
  • Written-By – Martin Birch (tracks: B2, B3)

Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Graphics – Tony Cohen (2)
    • Only other credit is the cover for “The Rutles” album.
  • Photography By [Image] – Ken Randall
    • Only 3 other credits including Rick Wakeman’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  • Back Cover
    • Bruce Payne for managing
    • Mack for the intro
    • Stuart Wicks for the equipment
    • Francoise and Anne for the food
    • Stefan Kresic for being physically Immaculate
    • Graham Preskett for being spiritually immaculate
    • Judi and Gillian for just being
    • Cosy Powell for blowing my trumpet
    • Ken Randall for the image
    • Tony Cohen for the graphics

Album Tracks:

  1. The First Ring Made of Clay (Glover)
  2. The Next a Ring of Fire (Glover)
  3. The Third Ring’s Watery Flow (Glover)
  4. The Fourth Rings With The Wind (Glover, Birch)
  5. Finale (Glover, Birch)

Reception and Review

  • “A long-winded labour of love” by Geoff Barton in Sounds Magazine, 8 April, 1978:
    • If I asked you which of the five members of Deep Purple Mk. II you reckoned had had the most success since the split, you’d probably say Ritchie Blackmore — and you’d be right.
    • But who would you place after Rainbow’s Man in Black?
    • The author puts Roger in second place due to his production.
    • Called the album “a labour of love, no doubt about it, but sadly not a resounding success.”
    • “Superior to some of Jon Lord’s similar work, i.e. “Sarabande.”
    • “Overall it lacks cohesion and direction.”
    • “It’s a commendable, proficient all round effort, but no ‘Tubular Bells’ or anything.”
  • German review, rough translation by Jorg Planer: “They said that this is a milestone of classic rock (in the meaning of symphonic rock), that has nothing to do with his former work in Deep Purple.”

In The News . . .

This Week in Purple History . . .

March 30 through April 5

  • April 3 & 5, 1975 – the performance that would become “Made in Europe”
  • April 5, 1998 – Cozy Powell dies
  • April 4, 2014 – Concert celebrating Jon Lord at the Royal Albert Hall

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Episode #48 – Elf – Elf

Another episode banned by YouTube.

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    • Ells Murders
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Show Updates:

  • Nick Jones sends incredible pictures of a Machine Head era in-store display kit!
  • Stephen Sommerville sends some great outtakes from Concerto ‘99,  wanting to make sure we cover them when we review it.
  • Dear, Mr. Pop Star by Dereck and Dave Philpott – father and son team who write letters to famous pop stars about the lyrics to their favorite songs.  This book features the letters they received back including some from Ian Gillan and Roger Glover
  • Lots of back and forth about Ritchie’s stolen and returned guitar.
  • 1961 Gibson ES-335 semihollowbody (serial number 26547)  Word is it Ritchie’s second wife, Babs, was awarded the guitar in their divorce and sold it at an auction in 2004 for $28,000.  The current owner lives in Connecticut.

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Lead up to the Album:

  • Elf was formed in 1967 when Ronnie Dio and the Prophets changed their name to the Electric Elves and added Doug Thaler on Keyboards.
  • In 1968 there was an automobile accident which killed Nick Pantas. Doug Thaler (former keyboard player) moved to guitar after recovering from his injuries and that’s when they brought in Mickey Lee Soule.
  • Ronnie is listed as Ronald Padavona on this album.  In Dio’s Brutally Honest Tour Bus Interview from 1994 Dio explains that he used his birth name so that his parents could see their family name on an album at least once.

Personnel

Recorded April-July 1972

Released August 1972

Album Art & Booklet Review


  • From the back of the sleeve:
  • Recorded at Studio One, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • © 1972 CBS, Inc. / ℗ 1972 CBS, Inc. / Manufactured by Epic Records / CBS, Inc.
  • From the disc labels:
  • Printed in U.S.A.

Album Tracks:

  1. Hoockie Koochie Lady
  2. First Avenue
  3. Never More
  4. I’m Coming Back for You
  5. Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright)
  6. Dixie Lee Junction
  7. Love Me Like a Woman
  8. Gambler, Gambler

In The News . . .

  • Whoosh! Album cover teased then revealed, track listing released
  • https://www.deeppurple-whoosh.com/
    • Being released on June 12, 2020
    • We will be coming to you on June 12 with a special episode to give real time reactions/review to the new album
    • Track Listing:
      • 1. Throw My Bones
      • 2. Drop The Weapon
      • 3. We’re All The Same In The Dark
      • 4. Nothing At All
      • 5. No Need To Shout
      • 6. Step By Step
      • 7. What the What
      • 8. The Long Way Around
      • 9. The Power of the Moon
      • 10. Remission Possible
      • 11. Man Alive
      • 12. And the Address
      • 13. Dancing In My Sleep

This Week in Purple History . . .

March 23 through March 29


  • March 25, 1972 – Machine Head is released
  • March 24-25, 2001 – Deep Purple play concerto dates in tokyo with Dio on vocals
  • March 26, 2002 – Steve Morse releases his album “Split Decision”

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Episode #47 – Dream Theater – Made in Japan

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Patron News:

  • From Greg Sealby: Love the show. I thought I knew alot about Deep Purple until I started listening to you guys. I don’t always agree with your ratings of songs (and am often yelling at my car stereo in dismay!), but that’s the great thing about music … we all appreciate different things. My favourite album you’ve covered so far is Rising, but I have discovered some other awesome music through you … so thank you! More Coverdale tweets please!!! Regards, Greg “I Come From The Land Down Under” Sealby

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Show Updates:

  • Comments from social media.
  • History in Five Songs 34: Off the Deep Purple End
    • Kind words from Martin Popoff:
  • Rupert Axelsson via email:
  • Jon Miller on Facebook, story about Muriel, the woman who inspired the song Starstruck: “
  • Interview with Roger Glover and Roger Glover’s Banana Bread recipe!
  • Bonus: Roger’s banana bread recipe1.25 dl butter
    • 2.5 dl sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 3-4 ripe bananas
    • 3.5 dl wheat flour (he used whole wheat)
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Preheat oven to 175C.
  • Mash bananas in a bowl, add butter warmed to the room temperature, eggs and sugar. Mix well. Add flour and baking soda and mix to a smooth paste. Add vanilla extract. You can also add crushed walnuts or other nuts and stir. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan and bake 40-50 minutes in the middle of the oven. Probe with a stick towards the end of baking. The bread is ready when the stick is dry. Allow to cool and remove bread from the pan.
  • ps. 1 dl = 100 ml = 3.4 fl oz
  • Jorg writes in to inform us that Ritchie got the guitar back that we mentioned was stolen on epiosde 44.
    • https://www.purple.de/dirk/purple/tours/1970/70-02-28.php
    • The UK tour ended on the 28th February at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool on a bit of a sour point as Ritchie’s guitar was stolen by an over enthusiastic fan. Ian Hansford tells the background to this event: “During ‘Mandrake Root’ Ritchie would sometimes smash up an old guitar which, if there was even left, would be put back together and used next time. That night Ritchie was at the front of the stage rubbing the guitar up and down during the strobe section, it was in his hands not around his neck and the lead came out the jack plug. He came running back towards me as I ran towards him with the strobe lights flashing and we crashed into each other. By the time he had picked up his other guitar and I had gone to the front of the stage for the other guitar it had gone. We tried to find it at the front of the stage and even in the streets outside but it was gone. After that we had a couple of days off and then went onto Switzerland. The lad who had the guitar had taken it home and when his parents they got in touch with the hall who then got in touch with the promoter who got in touch with the office and eventually the guitar found its way back to Ritchie who was then very happy.”
  • Last two episodes (Smoke on the Water, Sufficiently Breathless) were banned on YouTube.
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Lead up to the Album:

  • Dream Theater made a habit of performing entire albums
  • This album was recorded in Osaka at the very same venue where Deep Purple recorded Made in Japan in 1972.
  • Mike Portnoy in the liner notes:
    • Of course, the other reason I thought of doing this particular album is because of the significance of where we were going to be doing the multiple night stands (which is the rule for this cover tradition).  By sheer coincidence, our two multiple nighters were in Tokyo and Osaka . . . which is exactly the 2 cities that Made in Japan was recorded in back in August of 1972! So . . . it was a natural!
    • Often we are asked, why do we do these complete album covers?  I think there are 3 reasons: First (and most selfishly), we have a lto of fun doing it.  IT breaks up the traditional touring setlists for us and gives us a chance to just have some fun paying tribute to the bands and the music we grew up with.
    • The second reason is for you — the fans.  Although there are inevitably “fans” who complain about this tradition (they don’t want to sit through another band’s music, they didn’t like the choice of album, etc.) the majority’s reaction is that of enjoyment and excitement.  (and the fact is, we ONLY do this on 2 night stands and at “Evening with” shows — so the fans are already getting many, many hours of DT music in addition to the classic album)
    • But the Third reason, and one that we did not initially anticipate, is that doing these albums have often been a great learning experience for us.  STudying and playing other arist’s writing and performance has really given us the chance to try some different things and get inside these musician’s heads.
    • Every song is loose and spontaneous.  And it was a fun challenge to try and capture that vibe.  From JAmes’ scatty Ian Gillan improv in STrange Kind of Woman to John’s wreckless whammy-bar Ritchie Blackmore impersonations to Jordan’s over the top solo spots and Jon Lord tributes in Lazy and Space Truckin. And of course, my drum solo in The Mule, is not *me* at all . . . but my very best Ian PAice solo.
    • To top it all off, it is an absolute honor to have none other than Roger Glover mixing these tapes for us.  Of course, in addition to Roger being the bass player and key creative force behind Deep Purple for almost 40 years now, he also happens to be the man who mixed the original MAde in Japan!  So it is a great honor to have these tapes in the hands of the only man that could’ve possibly mixed this show for us.
  • Roger Glover in the liner notes:
    • When I heard that Dream Theater had performed MAde in Japan (in Osaka, the site of our recording thirty five years ago) I was somewhat skeptical that they could pull it off since it was a stage performance that included a lot of spontaneity, and how can you plan spontaneity?  So, when Mike Portnoy contacted me and invited me to mix the recording, I was intrigued enough to agree.
    • I sat in the studio with PEter Denberg, the sound engineer with whom I’ve worked for many years, and was amazed by what I heard.  Not only had they captured the essence of the performance but had injected their own brand of fireworks into the process. IT almost goes without saying that they are all top shelf musicians, but I’ll say it anyway because I was thoroughly impressed by their dedication and their obvious respect for the original show — they had picked up many of Deep Purple’s musical idiosyncrasies and reinvented them for Dream Theater.  The energy of their performance is impressive and I felt honoured to be a part of it. I also thank them for tipping their hat to what was for us in Deep Purple one of the most important defining moments in our career.
    • Roger Glover, March 2007

Personnel

Album Art & Booklet Review

Notes:

Album Tracks:

  1. Highway Star
  2. Child in Time
  3. Smoke on the Water
  4. The Mule
  5. Strange Kind of Woman
  6. Lazy
  7. Space Truckin’

In The News . . .

  • Trinkelbonker – Whoosh!
    • Produced by Bob Ezrin, it is said to feature only seven new songs, all of them quite lengthy. In fact, you need to go back to “Machine Head” (1972) and “Who Do We Think We Are” (1973) to find that kind of format, so in a way this is pretty exciting news.
  • Whoosh Track Listing Song Titles:
    • Throw My Bones 
    • No Need to Shout
    • Nothing At All 
    • The Long Way Round
    • What the What!
    • Man Alive
    • The Power of the Moon

This Week in Purple History . . .

March 16 through March 22

  • March 19, 1971 – first official release of Green Bullfrog (covered on episode #43)
  • March 18, 1995 – Steve Morse’s first official show as guitarist in Seoule, Korea
  • March 17, 2002 – Mark 10 lineup plays its first gig in St. Petersburg, Russia at the New Ice Arena
    • setlist
    • Woman From Tokyo
    • Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic
    • Mary Long
    • Lazy
    • Child In Time
    • The Aviator
    • No One Came
    • The Well Dressed Guitar
    • Fools
    • Keyboard Solo
    • Perfect Strangers
    • When A Blind Man Cries
    • Guitar Solo
    • Smoke On The Water
    • Speed King
    • —
    • Hush
    • Black Night
    • Highway Star
    • bootlegs
    • An Evening With The Locals – DVD … GMV-007
    • St Petersburg – 2 CD
  • Review of GreatKat.com website

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Episode #46 – Captain Beyond – Sufficiently Breathless

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Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Design [Album Design] – Pacific Eye & Ear
    • Did design for Lou Reed’s Berlin and Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
  • Many other albums between 1972 and 1980 when they were in business
  • Illustration – Carl Ramsey
    • Worked on illustration for Count Basie, Benny Goodnman, Buddy Miles, The Turtles, Cameo, Dreamgirls, Black Oak ARkansas, Nazareth, 
  • Illustration – Joe Petagno
    • The Kids From The Brady Bunch, Five Man Electrical Band, The Kinks,  Dr. Feelgood, Nazareth’s Rampant album (produced by Roger Glover), 
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  • Photography By – Bob Jenkins
    • Worked with Iron Butterfly, The Beach Boys,The Doors, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Walsh, and a group called Providence, 
  • Original release on cream/marble labels
Captain Beyond LP 1
  • On both inner and outer gatefold sleeve, tracks A1 and A2 are listed in reverse order.
  • “Dedicated to the memory of Berry Oakley” printed on inner gatefold sleeve.
    • Bass player for Allman Brothers who died on November 11, 1972
  • Produced by Captain Beyond for Capricorn Records, Inc. by special arrangement with Phil Walden and Associates, Inc., Macon, GA.
  • Published by Starship Music D/b/a Beyond Music (ASCAP)
  • Made in U.S.A.
  • Tracks A1 & A4: Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
  • Remaining tracks: Recorded at Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Captain Beyond LP 2

Credits

Album Tracks:

Side One:

  1. Sufficiently Breathless
  2. Bright Blue Tango
  3. Drifting in Space
  4. Evil Men

Side Two

  1. Starglow Energy
  2. Distant Sun
  3. Voyages of Past Travellers
  4. Everything’s a Circle

Reception and Review

In The News . . .

This Week in Purple History . . .

March 9 through March 15

  • March 10, 1980 – Blackmore gets on stage and plays with Gillan at the Rainbow
  • March 15, 1993 – Coverdale Page is released internationally

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Episode #45 – Weird Versions of “Smoke on the Water” (Part 1)

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  • Norman writes in to ask if we’ve seen Discoverdale – A fly-on-the-wall film crew follow cult Comedy Rock Band ‘Dead Cat Bounce’ on a desperate quest across Europe to reunite lead singer Jim with his long lost father, who he believes is the legendary rock singer and Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale. Crossing Ireland, England, Norway & Denmark the band follow the Whitesnake Forevermore tour across Europe. They’ve got no money and no idea what they’re doing – just blind faith that one day soon Jim will be sharing a jacuzzi in a 5 star hotel with the Dad of his dreams… and hopefully some hot Asian chicks.

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The Versions

  1. Jorg: НОВЫЙ ХИТ Deep Purple Smoke on the Water HIT Самохина Евгения цимбалы Dulcimer Hackbrett cover
  2. Jorg: SMOKE ON THE WATER by RED FOLEY (1944) – “Smoke on the Water” was written in 1944 by Zeke Clements and recorded shortly thereafter by Red Foley. 
  3. Jorg: CARLOS LYRA – Maria Moita (1964) – 
  4. Jorg: deep purple – jazz tribute – smoke on the water – new edition 2017 – by Alain Rabiat 
  5. Jorg: Moscow Symphony Orchestra – The Music Of Deep Purple (Full Album) –  A Symphonic Tribute To Deep Purple:
  6. David Rushworth on Twitter & Jorg: Pat Boone – Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple cover – feat. Ritchie Blackmore) (1997) 
  7. Pantse67 on Twitter: Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water (Bluegrass Version)  – 
  8. Jorg: “Smoke on the Water” Roy Acuff & SmokyMountain Boys and Girls – from the movie 1943 “O, My Darling Clementine” Edited to Starts with Brother Oswald’s famous Laugh Jimmie Riddle, Pete Kirby(Bro.Oswald),Lonnie Wilson,Velma Smith,Jess Easterday, Rachael Veach
  9. Mike Healy: Two and a Half Men – Smoke on the Water
  10. Jake Harper – Smoke on the water (Two and a half man)  
  11. Mike Healy: Two and a half men – Smoke On The Water with tongue 
  12. Mike Healy: Gerard playing smoke on the water – From “Everybody Loves Raymond” 
  14. Lord Balckmore von Decker on Twitter: SENOR COCONUT – SMOKE ON THE WATER – 
  15. John’s Bahamas Vacation Video
  16. Jorg: Nebel auf dem Wasser – German folk music version
  17. Elías on Twitter: – Marcelo ‘Teto’ Medina – Humo sobre el Agua This is the weirdest thing you are going to listen to… In 1992, an Argentinian TV presenter called ‘Teto’ Medina decided to record his own version of this classic… What do you think about?
  18. Elías on Twitter: Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water by Sueños Purpura Tribute Album – www.dontpaymusic.com I can offer this version featuring some of the most important rock musicians from Argentina… Maybe it redeems me haha
  19. Black Sabbath – Smoke on the Water – No, it’s not a typo. Black Sabbath performed “Smoke on the Water” as an encore during Gillan’s tenure in the band. This rendition comes from Worcester, MA on 11/4/1983. Quite good.
  20. Jorg: Kid Abelha – Smoke on The Water – 1995 Jazzmania
  21. DEEP PURPLE – «Smoke on the water» Live (Jazz version) – source: Interview Ian GILLAN France 2 – 14.11.2012 – 

In The News . . .

This Week in Purple History . . .

March 2 through March 8

  • March 4, 1948 – Mike Moran is born
  • March 8, 1948 – Mel Galley is born
  • March 4, 1977 – Paice Ashton Lord releases Malice in Wonderland

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