DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #35
In this issue:
BBC Stew has flown
KBFH
Richard Poustie Has Flown
Blackmore's Night Bootleg
Nekkid Thunder/Toolbox
A Life in Purple
Mother's Army/Jon Lord
More Nekkid Thunder
Banjos
More KBFH
Heikki has flown
Gillan Albums
Deep Purple (Third Album) review
Burn Review
Perfect Poison
I wish DP did...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Grandison, Andrew (DHS)
To: 'Deep Purple Digest'
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 9:27 PM
Subject: RE: Deep Purple Digest #34
A bootleg of old BBC recordings "BBC Stew" has a version of
Bird Has Flown with Gillan singing and he does a sterling job
although fairly close to the original.
> BHF was more like what Purple would later do with Gillan
> and I also wanted to know what it would sound like with
> Big Ian singing it. I liked the way he did "Mandrake Root",
> so what could IG do with this, hm?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Fallas
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #34
Hi Purpleheads
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda
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Subject: Mk. IV KBFH
The other night I caught part of an old King Biscuit broadcast, of Mk.
IV Purple on 94.7 in Chicago. Dumb question time: Was this officially
released? I remember hearing something about it, but I could be think of
California Jam.
I have a shortened 45 minute version of it, minus the CTTB songs, and
I'd like to get my hands on the complete version...
--T.J.
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Yes the full show has been released on theKBFH Prsents Deep Purpleon KBFH
Records. The show was recorded in Long Beach in 1976, this double CD comes
with bonus tracks from Springfield Mass also from 1976
I think it was also released with the title On The Wings Of A Russian
Foxbat.
I love this incarnation of Purple. The live Getting Tighter kicks some
serious butt.
Cheers
Eric
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-----Original Message-----
From: Poustie, Richard (BMRB Ealing)
To: 'Deep Purple Digest'
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 3:06 AM
Subject: Bird Has Flown
Dean,
Within your own review of Deep Purple you wonder what Ian Gillan might have
made of "Bird Has Flown".
Now I'm really probing the furthest reaches of my Purple memory here, but I
seem to recall that there is a version of BHF cut in a very early MK2
session which I beieve was issued around 1980/1 on a 7" vinyl release -
possibly "New Live and Rare 3", with, I think, "Grabsplatter" and a version
of "Smoke".
Someone else can surely confirm or deny as my memory might be playing
tricks
on me. Otherwise it will mean another trip down into my cellar to unearth
my
old 45s to put my mind at rest. It's amazing that these trips seem to be
getting more and more frequent these days.
Do you think I am regressing?
Regards
Richard.
{Dean: I'm hitting the ol' archives more and more myself since I started
the digest. It's a great excuse to listen to DP stuff.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: AlexandroTalamini
To: 'Deep Purple Digest'
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:46 AM
Subject: Blackmore's Night BOOTLEG
Hello!
I just wanted to know if anybody have heard anything from a Blackmore's
Night bootleg. There are many available in japanese bootleg stores but I
don't know nothing about sound quality and set list. Does anybody know if
he's playing Purple songs acoustically?
Alex
Curitiba, Brazil
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Reichberg
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 7:33 AM
Subject: Naked Thunder/Toolbox
About those albums...
Naked Thunder has a very slick productionö. It's really not a Hard
Rock/HM album, but it's a GOOD album. Apart from the production and
overall sound. If you get your mind off that, you'll be able to enjoy
tracks like "Gut Reaction" and the fantastic "No More Cane On The
Brazos".
But personally, I prefer Toolbox. A much harder album with, in my
opinion, better songs. "Pictures Of Hell", "Candy Horizon".
By the way, does anyone know why Ian brought an extra singer with him
for the Naked Thunder tour?
Daniel
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Reichberg
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: A life in Purple
How do I get hold on this book? It seems amazing! Is there only an
edition in German? Fortunately, I understand that delicate language!
Daniel
{Dean "Das is sehr richtig!" Webb: Absolutely! German is the most delicate
and gossamer-like of all the languages in the world! Such finery and
elegance in words like weltanschauüng, panzerkampfwagen,
landespolizeigruppe, unterfeldwebel, or fallschirmpanzerdivision eludes the
crude, gutteral romance languages in every way. It's common knowledge that
German is the best language for opera, far and away better than either
French or Italian... (JOKE. The previous comment was a JOKE.)}
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-----Original Message-----
From: BSchwanke(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 12:34 PM
Subject: Mother's Army...Jon Lord
Hi all!
I got my copy of Mother's Army's new album yesterday and I'm quite shocked.
I
loved the two albums before but this one already got me! Fantastic Hard
Rock
Music and by far the heaviest album JLT has ever recorded. Fantastic stuff
with a very groovy rhythm section (Bobn Daisley/Aynsley Dunbar) and Jeff
Watson from Night Ranger on guitar.
One of the best releases in Hard Rock this year.
That's the review for it which I wrote for my page:
Mother's Army - Fire on the Moon
9,5/10
Finally I received the 3rd album from American Hard Rock band Mother's Army
which is called "Fire on the Moon".
This band features the great Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Rainbow/ Malmsteen) on
vocals, Bob Daisley (ex- Rainbow...) on bass, Jeff Watson of Night Ranger
on
guitar and now Aynsley Dunbar (ex- Whitesnake, ex- Journey) on drums who
replaced Carmine Appice.
The line-up of this band is a hint for what you can expect on this album:
great Melodic Hard Rock with a very good songwriting. And indeed, the album
really rocks and compared to the first two releases of Mother's Army, this
one's a lot heavier.
The album has too many hightlights to mention them all here in this space
but
my fave tunes include the great opener "N.D.E." which is one of the best
Hard
Rock songs so far this year. Jeff's guitar work is awesome on this one,
catchy
riffs that suit the song perfectly and a singer at his best. Joe Lynn
Turner's
voice sounds a little more rough compared to the old days. I like that
particulary and it fits into the music perfectly. "Way of Thorns" kicks off
with a ´heavy groovy rhythm which is amazing! Play it loud....Another song,
"A
Day in the Night" sounds great as well. From the song structure and the
musical direction this one might be the closet to the stuff "Night Ranger"
are
usually up to together with "Do what I like".
"Fire on the Mountain" is a heavy rocker with fantastic guitar work and a
groovy rhythm section once again...great. "Common ground" is an outstanding
tune as well. It features a guest musician called Habib Khan on Sitar. This
songs actually reminds me a lot on the stuff Led Zeppelin were up to in the
70's. One of my favourite tunes as well. Track 8, "Mururoa Atoll" kicks off
with a Black Sabbath type of guitar riff. Get bangin' on this one..."The
Code", "The lonely" and "Another Dimension" finish off the album and those
songs are Hard Rock gems, too.
Finally, I have to say that this one is by far the best release of Mother's
Army so far even though I already liked the other albums. Nearly to be
perfect and I'm sure if this album was released in the 80's it would have
been
huge. Check it out yourself. When you're into Hard Rock music, you'll like
this one...
line-up: Joe Lynn Turner -vox, Bob Daisley - bass, Jeff Watson - guit.,
Aynsley Dunbar - dr.
released: November 1998 on USG /EastWest (Germany)
I also have a copy of Jon Lord's solo album. Bought it yesterday as well
and
haven't listened to it deeply yet :-)
Birgitt
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-----Original Message-----
From: Laurens Andrew van't Zelfde
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Naked Thunder
Naked Thunder is an awesome album. I was lucky enough to score a couple
copies of imported vinyl when it came out (originally on Teldec Germany).
However it is a mellow album which really highlights Ian's voice, and quite
unlike Toolbox or any Purple stuff. I relax to it more than anything else.
A
highlight track is "No More Cane on the Brazos" which almost everyone
universally agrees is one of Ian's finest solo moments.
Larry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Svante Pettersson
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: Ritchie's banjo
Nico Borger wrote:
>Does Ritchie Blackmore play banjo in the acoustic,
>medieval, pop, "folky" Blackmore's Night?
No. If someone mentioned banjo it's a joke. It's been a in-joke among DP
fans since Purendicular was released, inspried by the line "the banjo
player took a hike" in the song "Ted the mechanic". Banjo=guitar in this
case.
/Svante
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-----Original Message-----
From: Svante Pettersson
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: KBFH
Tom Swoboda
> The other night I caught part of an old King Biscuit broadcast, of
Mk.
>IV Purple on 94.7 in Chicago. Dumb question time: Was this officially
>released? I remember hearing something about it, but I could be think of
>California Jam.
This must be the CD we in Europe call "On the wings of a Russian foxbat"
released last year. I believe it is released on the King Biscuit label in
the US and is simply called "KBFH Live". Check out the discography section
of our website and all will become clear:
http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/discog/
Cheers,
/Svante
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-----Original Message-----
From: Heikki Heino
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: Bird Has Flown
Hi Dean!
You wrote:
"Bird Has Flown was more like what Purple would later do with Gillan and I
also wanted to know what it would sound like with Big Ian singing it."
I'm not 100% sure, but I think there is a BBC version of BHF with Big Ian
singing on a bootleg called "BBC Stew". At least some screams don't sound
like Evans. "Deep Purple set lists year-by-year" compiled & maintained by
Brian Currin also claim that it and The Painter were performed at BBC
during
1969/70 by Mk 2 (and by Mk 1 during 1969 - that's why I'm not 100% sure).
Why do I send this - I bet Brian has already send you a message and told
everything about this track!
A couple of DPDs ago you wrote about stolen/re-used riffs. Here's some
more:
Deep Purple: Slow Train (from Fireball 25, by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover,
Lord & Paice) - Rainbow: Make Your Move (from Bent Out Of Shape, by
Blackmore & Turner)
Rainbow: L.A. Connection (from Long Live R'n'R, by Blackmore & Dio) - Deep
Purple: One Man's Meat (from Battle Rages On, by Blackmore, Gillan &
Glover)
Black Oak Arkansas: Mutants Of The Monster (from Raunch'N'Roll/Live, by
B.O.A.) - Gillan: Caught In A Trap (from Magic, by Gillan & Towns)
The link on the first two examples is Mr. Blackmore, but the third is
harder
to find. My guess:
Tommy Aldridge was in B.O.A. & Whitesnake
David Coverdale was in Whitesnake & Deep Purple
Ian Gillan was in Deep Purple & Gillan ;-)
One more thing before I forget: What are the non-Purple songs you would
like
to hear DP play (live)? No votes, (I won't count them) just some
suggestions
to their repertoire. My own favourite is Trouble, a Leiber-Stoller tune
Gillan (the band) used to play. The song would give Lord and Morse a great
chance to play some rock'n'roll - remember how Lucille rocked on "In
Concert
1970-72"!
Heikki
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hatheway-SSI
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 8:02 AM
Subject: Gillan Albums
>From: A B
>To: Deep Purple Digest
>Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 3:34 AM
>Subject: a question
>What do you think about Ian gillan's 89 album Naked Thunder. I really
>liked his 91 album 'Toolbox' but I have no idea about the previous one.
Get them both!! They're both top notch albums.........
TomH
Sunnyvale CA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Richardson
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 1:35 PM
Subject: The Best (and not best) of Deep Purple
Some of you have been waiting since Digest #4 (when I reviewed Fireball)
for this (yeah right), and now I've finally reviewed and rated all Deep
Purple studio albums. The hardest part was rating some of my favorite
albums less than 9 or 10. If some of the ratings seem harsh, realize
they are all rated against the greatest work of Deep Purple. There are
only three albums released by this fine band that I would not rate very
highly against all music.
I'll start with two albums that do not include Ian Gillan, just to stir
it up a little bit.
DEEP PURPLE (1969)
Rating: 8.0. The eponymous album was the third by the band, and last of
the Mark I lineup. While it's hard to imagine what Deep Purple would be
if Ian Gillan and Roger Glover had never joined, this is a great album,
easily the finest as a whole of the Evans-Simper lineup.
Chasing Shadows - One of my favorite Mark I songs. Major props to Ian
Paice. He's doing so much it would be easy to lose cohesiveness and be
all over the place, but he's not. He's controlled and keeps the song in
a straight lineup.
Nicky's doing a fine job as well. Ritchie and Jon add their lines nicely
as the rhythm section takes the song where it needs to go. Ritchie gives
us an OK wah-pedal solo. Rod does a decent job with the song, but it's
the musicians that star here. Jon's solo is good and helps keep the
listener in the song. And Paicey keeps hitting everything around him and
the song abruptly ends.
Blind - Illustrative lyrics presented well by Rod. Jon's Hammond sounds
great alongside the rhythm section that's holding up the song. Ritchie
gives us another wah-pedal solo but this one's better than the "Chasing
Shadows" one. However, it's over too soon. Jon ends the song with a
rich flourish. If you asked me about this song before I listened to the
album this time, I wouldn't have much to say, but I rather like it.
Lalena. A Donovan cover. And yet another cover by the Mark I lineup.
Rod does well, and Jon plays decent for him, but the song doesn't stand
up to the rest of this fine album.
Fault Line: Nick and Jon start up, and Ritchie goes back to the
wah-pedal. This intro gets me going and tells me something's going to
happen. With this build up, the next song had better be good.
The Painter: Ritchie plays incredible to start the song and Jon and Nick
join in. The performances grab ahold of my emotions. Rod does his job
well here, but Ritchie is the star. Ritchie whips out a great solo, and
Jon follows with a good solo that gets better as it progesses. My heart
rate has gone up and I actually feel better by the end of the song - very
nice. Deep Purple as medication.
Why Didn't Rosemary? - Ritchie is his inimitable self with his
interpretation of the blues. Jon aslo achieves, mixing well with
Ritchie. And then comes Ritchie's solo. It starts rather pedestrain for
him, but as it goes along, it's fantastic. As soon as you think he's
done kicking butt, he's not. He keeps on with the notes and the rhthym
section is once again a fine foundation. Ritchie gets the award, but
Jon's worthy of a 'best supporting performer" nod as well.
Bird has Flown - All the musicians do fine and Rod handles the vocals
well at the start. And when he hits the low notes, he nails them. Rod
shows the passion needed for this song. As the song progresses, Ritchie
and Paicey do nicely. I like Ritchie's solo although it's not as
difficult as many of his are.
April - This is Jon's baby, obviously, and Ritchie's playing is
beautiful. To add an orchestral part to a rock album could certainly
turn out sounding pompous and out of place, but it doesn't.
Rating: 8.0. Highlights: Chasing Shadows, the Painter, Why didn't
Rosemary?.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Richardson
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 2:52 PM
Subject: Rob's review of Burn
Deep Purple
BURN (1974)
Rating: 8.6 (Best non-Gillan). This album I consider Machine Head's evil
younger brother. It was also born in Montreux and recorded in the
Rolling Stones' mobile studio (23 months later). (So Coverdale did go
down to Montreux, and make records with a mobile. I don't think he ended
up at the Grand Hotel, however.) I must admit to all the Coverdalephiles
on the list, I really don't care for his voice or delivery. Just not my
style. Despite that, I still really love this album!
Burn - Blackmore's riff for this song is as good as anything he's done in
Mark II. Paice is incredible, as he is basically throughout this album .
Maybe it's the free feeling of being the only Ian in the band.
Ritchie's solo is stinging, and Lord follows with a nice melody to be
followed by Ritchie's great riff again. Lord's solo is fantastic. If
only Gillan had performed this song. Then we'd get a number of live
performances of the song. But you probably couldn't get him to sing "I
didn't believe she was devils' sperm". (Did Ritchie write these lyrics?)
Then again, he'd forget the lyrics and instead we'd get something like
"echo of your past". As it is, for me to hear this song live, I have to
suffer with Coverdale or Turner's singing.
Might Just Take Your Life - Lord sounds great. He himself makes this a
good song. But he's not alone, Paice is also a major contributor.
Lay Down, Stay Down - Paicey's really showing virtuosity. Can we bottle
what he did on this album and Fireball? Every drummer should drink from
this. Blackmore stays fairly low in the mix, until just before the
solo, but he's playing rather well.
Sail Away - A Blackmore riff that sounds like some of what we'll hear a
few years later in Rainbow. Paice is doing well, of course. Glenn
Hughes is singing well, trading line for line with Coverdale.
You Fool No One - Lord and Paice are very solid. Glenn hits the high end
of his vocal range as Coverdale covers the low end. They sound good
together. Apparently this is what Ritchie had in mind with the
harmonizing vocals when putting together Mark III. The first guitar solo
is fairly unimaginative for Ritchie, outside of the flurry of notes and
the end. The second guitar solo really smokes, for all 43 seconds.
What's Going On Here - Blackmore's bluesy tones create a great riff. The
solo is below average for him, but still would be a highlight of most
guitarists' careers. Lord's piano solo is nice, maybe worthy of some air
piano, but doesn't rival Blackmore's stamp on the song.
Mistreated - Blackmore's riff is good, but I can't see the legendary
status some Deep Purple fans want to give this song. Paice is only
keeping time and Lord's way in the background. Coverdale pretending
he's so out of breath while singing and his annoying baby-baby-baby makes
this song not even close to a favorite of mine. I know to some, this is
the best song on the album. To me, it's my least favorite and I wish
they put it on Stormbringer; that's where it belongs.
A200 - Paice sounds good, as he has all album. Lord seems more than a
little influenced by what other keyboardists are playing at the time. It
just doesn't sound like Jon Lord should. He's a legend and his playing
typically is timeless. Of course, if you forget it's supposed to be Jon
Lord, you'd say "That's pretty good!"
Wrap up: Amazing that despite my dislike for Coverdale and "Mistreated",
the rest of the album is so strong, I can't rate it below 8.6. Paice
gets a 9.8, Blackmore a 9.3, and the songwriting is solid. If I liked
Coverdale or "Mistreated", this album would rank well over a 9. My
rating of 8.6 puts it above In Rock, below Purpendicular (9.2), Perfect
Strangers (9.7), and far above Stormbringer (1.4).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Currin
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Saturday, December 05, 1998 5:12 PM
Subject: Perfect Poison
Hi Dean
Heikki wrote in an e-mail to me:
>Is the live ending "I don't want to taste your poison" (or something like
that) from Perfect Strangers taken from some other song? I believe they've
ended PS with it every time they've played the song live.
So I thought the other DP Digest readers might like some info about this...
This phrase is taken from the song GETHSEMANE (I ONLY WANT TO SAY) from
Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972 originally sung by none other than Ian
Gillan and written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
The actual lyrics on Jesus Christ Superstar go: "I don't want to taste this
poison" which is based on the Bible passage from Luke 22:42 and Matthew
26:39.
Has this line been used everytime to end this song? Knebworth - yes!
Olympia - yes! Anybody else got anymore info?
DP also quote some lyrics from Superstar during certain live versions of
Strange Kind Of Woman. Interesting since this song was not originally sung
by Ian but by Murray Head (as the voice of Judas).
Cheers
Brian (the detail nut)
-----Brian Currin----
www.new.co.za/~currin
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>From Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
First, a few administrative notes: 1. I'll get the reviews updated in a day
or two... Keep 'em coming!
2. Found our that webtv.com is blocking Geocities emails as spam. The
punks. Anyway, I'll get the digest to our webtv subscribers through the
back door and ask that they try to get webtv to lighten the hell up and let
geocities mail come on through.
OK, now my bit:
Gee, I wish DP recorded...
1. "Black Sheep of the Family": Listened to this one on Raibow's first
album today. Dio does a great job, but it was meant to be sung by
Coverdale/Hughes trading vocal licks. I agree with Ritchie: they should
have done it in Mk3 Purple.
2. Anything else by Little Richard in addition to "Lucille." Little Richard
did songs for screamers, and Gillan is one of the best screamers ever to
have srcrum a song. (Or is it screamed? I prefer the old Anglo-Saxon
internal change to the word rather than the suffixation that followed the
Norman conquest...)
3. "Deacon Blues": The Mark Morse (is it 7, 8, 9, or 10?) lineup should do
this one.Lord could play his Hammond in place of the sax parts. I really
enjoy this song by Steely Dan, and think DP could really do well with this
one.
4. "Trashed": This song Gillan did with Sabbath is the perfect follow-on
for Highway Star. Imagine the two, HS first and T right after it, in a
concert setting. Un-be-lieve-a-ble! And, if DP went ahead and did it, it
would get Black Sabbath fans who need a live Born Again fix without having
to kidnap Tony Iommi and hypnotise him into getting Ian Gillan back into
the band... believe me, I've tried...
5. "Heavy Metal Kids": Todd Rundgren wrote this one back in 1974, and it
was great then. The lineup now should grab up this tune, pay Todd some
royalties, and rock out with this one. It's right up Gillan's alley.
6. "In My Time of Dying": Coverdale should have sung this song, too, with
either the Mk3 or Mk4 lineup. I really enjoy Dave's voice (although not
always his lyrics), and found that his style is very close to that of
Robert Plant's. Rather than set the two off against each other, I just
think it would be interesting if they covered each other's material. Plant
could do "Might Just Take Your Life"...
Actually, I could start an argument/discussion with the following
statement: Coverdale can cover Plant's material better than Plant could do
Coverdale's. I can see DC doing a bunch of Zeppelin stuff no prob, but I
don't know how Plant could handle the harder and faster tunes Coverdale can
wail on. Could you see Plant pulling off "Take Me With You" or "Lady Double
Dealer"? Some of the parts, yes, but I don't think Plant could adapt his
style to the harder stuff. I really like both as singers, don't get me
wrong, but I just can't see Plant pulling off DP meterial. (We know
Coverdale can do Zeppelin... Coverdale/Page, anyone?)
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