DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #48 (a short one, but it'll go out anyway...)
In this issue:
SOTW and Black Night
Machine Head Disks Swapped
Tony Martin
Van Halen-Blackmore
... aaah, those halcyon days of vinyl...
Dio
Non-US releases
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Tripodi
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: SOTW and Black Night
Hey, don't feel so bad. The only songs that get any air play
around the Baltimore/ Washington DC area are; Woman From
Tokyo, Hush, SOTW, and Perfect Strangers. I've practically begged
the radio staions to play cuts off their last 2 CD's, but no luck. My
mother, who turned me on to Deep Purple, didn't even know they
were still together. They get virtually no airplay which sucks. Thats
ok because I play all their music constantly anyway.
{Dean "This issue's short, so I'll make more comments" Webb: We get "Space
Truckin'" and "Knocking at Your Back Door" every rare so often here in
Dallas. It's not enough for me, so I wind up making my own tapes and
playing CDs a bunch. There's a saying that Dallas radio was the reason the
car CD player got invented...}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fekete Istvan Dr.
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 4:33 AM
Subject: Machine Head disks swapped
Machine Head disks swapped
I don't remember reading anyone comment on this so here you are.
As I put on CD1 of the Rhino/Warner edition of Machine Head/25
and heard the first song I felt funny. Was this really the first disk
or did I buy a misprinted copy or what. I looked at the track list
on the cover and found that the contents of the two disks were
just swapped as compared to the EMI version. CD1 still has the
cover picture on the disk but has the remastered versions on it,
while CD2 has the Purple Records logo and the remixed stuff.
That is, if you like a table format:
CD1 CD2
MH picture Purple Records logo
EMI RG Remixes Remasters
Rhino/Warner Remasters RG Remixes
What did they think at Rhino, the americans play CD1,
hear the messed-up endings of the songs and return the set as faulty
goods?
Istvan Fekete
Hungary
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-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Wilson
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 6:11 AM
Subject: Tony Martin
Hello,
Just thought that I'd mention that I spoke with Tony Martin(Black
Sabbath) the other day and he mentioned that he has done a cover of Deep
Purple's "Stormbringer" on his new record. It should be out in Europe
rather soon but the U.S. will have to wait for a distributor.
Take care,
David
{Dean "Go Tony Martin!" Webb: That would ROCK! TM has a great set of pipes
and could wail on that song. Any chance of him doing other Mk3 numbers?
Born Again material? Pity the US release will have to wait, but no surprise
given the distribution woes Black Sabbath releases had when he was their
singer.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: l.zelfde
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: van Halen-Blackmore
Eddie van Halen idolised Ritchie and even said so in early interviews. In
fact my brother remembers van Halen covering 'Burn" just before the
release
of their first record in 1978!
Laurens van't Zelfde
{Dean Webb: Got a tape? Just thought I'd ask. Be *interesting* to hear
David Lee Roth singing that song. What did they do during the organ solo?}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hatheway-SSI
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #46
>Indeed!! But why, given the corner cutting that happens elsewhere?? I
>would hope record companies (should we call them CD companies now?) might
>see the potential in having less songs which make more of a statement.
>The remainder of the discs could have other data such as lyrics,
>QuickTime movies, group philosophies, favourite recipies;) etc. As a kid
>I would have loved some background info like this.
>Gearoid
Agreed. What I think happened when the music industry changed from records
to CDs: The basic cost of purchasing your bands new albums went from
around $7-$8 to$13-$15.
Record companies felt that to charge that much, more music needed to be
included. Gone were the
40 minute albums and in came the 60-70 minute releases Also gone were
releases once a year. I
remember in highschool, Van Halen put out an album a year -
'78,'79',80',81 - now we have to wait
three years between releases.
In the late 80's longer releases came out, 60 minutes plus - Queensryche,
and Def Leppard come to mind. Also, these bands didn't/don't put albums
out as quickly as they use
to. I'd hate to imagine going from 7th grade to 10th grade between
releases by my favorite band.
Waiting for Van Halen's third album to come out was long enough back
then.......
TomH
SunnyvaleCA
{Dean "I am Vinyl Man" Webb: Used to be able to keep time by album
releases. Now the artists drop off the radar screen for a couple of years
before surfacing again. Are they worried about getting too much airplay and
then burning out their core fans? (Did somebody say "Guns'n'Roses"?)
Actually, I read an article in _The_Economist_ about new media
conglomerates. Long story short is that Big Media wants the musicians to
become brands, not performers in the strictest sense of the word. Remember
Kiss in the 70's with all the lunchboxes, dolls, halloween masks, and stuff
like that? That's what they want, but with TV shows and movie deals, as
well. Kinda like Elvis. If the guys only want to play music, they're pretty
much out of luck with the big labels. I don't think it's just coincidence
that DP has gone to a smaller label. Todd Rundgren doesn't even have a
label (totally indie! You go, TR-i!) and Robert Fripp has his own label to
protect and foster artists and not rip them off royally.
On the note of Todd Rundgren and Robert Fripp, I strongly suggest that
anyone who cares about music check out their websites (find Fripp under a
search for Discipline Global Mobile and Rundgren at www.tr-i.com ). Both
have some very interesting ideas about how to offer up music without the
parasitic middlemen. Fripp's site is particularly interesting, as it has
his rant on how the industry sticks it to the performers. It's very well
done and quite eye-opening. Even if you don't like (or know) their music,
check out their sites anyway. I would love to see DP offer a subscription
like TR does.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 7:14 PM
Subject: Dio
Paul Sommer wrote:
>> What happened to the guitarist on the album " DREAM EVIL " Craig
Goldie??? <<
Maybe we should be talking about Ronnie on the Sabbath mailing list,
but anyway I'm not sure what Goldie's been up to, musically. I recall a
post to the Sabbath list a couple years ago; again by Sam Naugler; saying
that Craig Goldie and Rudy Sarzo appeared on Jeff Fenholt's little TV show.
Fenholt wasn't spinning yarns that evening, just talking to Craig and Rudy
about how they'd become Christians, and digressing into stories about how
wasted he used to get backstage, then he looked at his audience and was
like, "Uh, oops." :)
>> He's work on this album is really strong with the solo's from Night
People and the title track being me faves. Also the whole of ALL THE FOOLS
SAILED AWAY is glorious. How do other Dio albums stan up to Dream Evil??
Are they alot heavier or what??? <<
We're probably alone here, but Dream Evil is my favorite Dio album
too. Holy Diver stands up well next to it (I STILL don't have Last in
Line, but will soon; shoot me :)), Lock Up the Wolves sucks IMO, I'm not
too crazy about Strange Highways, Angry Machines is similar to SH but
better (same lineup, though Jeff Pilson didn't tour for AM and of course
Vinny is now gone too). Sacred Heart--I like it, but it seems like he
plagiarized every song on here from =somewhere= but damned if I can figure
out where from. "Hungry for Heaven" sounds like ELO, though I can't pin it
down to one particular song. Some lines from "King of Rock n' Roll" were
lifted from elsewhere (%Hot time, summer in the city...%), but Deep Purple
did the same with "Speed King," so I suppose it's no sin.
At work the other day, I began putting together my dream Dio set list
in my head, but I'll probably post that to the Black Sabbath mailing list
(I'm 0-2 trying to see Dio; I was almost at the Shaumburg, IL show where
most of Inferno was recorded, and I missed seeing them open for Maiden last
June). Oh, someone mentioned in a recent BS issue that RJD will be singing
"Dream On" on an upcoming Aerosmith tribute album. I'm sick of that song,
but hearing Ronnie sing it will probably breath new life into it for me.
--T.J.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lev Kalman
To: DPLIST(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 1:19 PM
Subject: Non-U.S. releases
I just picked up the Live at the Olympia CD and New Live & rare. Man,
these albums rock! Live at the Olympia sounds fresh and intense, and
especially when compared to Hell or High Water the energy of the band is
really felt. I'm not sure I'm all that fond of Steve Morse's style; He's
no Blackmore, and he seems to suffer from that lack-of-passion which all
speed demons seem to suffer from. On the plus side, he's injected the band
with the new blood they sorely need and managed to write songs and expand
Purple's capabilities like Blackmore never could.
I also picked up New Live & Rare, which I love. This is Purple and
Blackmore at their most rockin'. I finally got to listen to songs that
I've never heard before which I haven't found on U.S. releases. I'm alone
kicks ass...sounds a lot like some of the songs Blackmore recorded on Green
Bullfrog. (an underrated album, IMO.)
Now here's my issue: because I live in the states, I feel like I'm shut
out from or don't know about non-U.S. releases which probably have some of
the best stuff Purple's ever done. I have only been able to find the rarer
import stuff on the internet cd cites, and I'm sure they're missing albums
that I don't even know about. My question is this: where does one obtain
these rarer import albums or bootlegs? I've spent years scouring the
record stores in New York City, and althougn I've found some gems, I'm sure
I'm not finding all of the albums.
Any advice anyone could give would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Lev Kalman
lkalman(at-a-domain-named)skadden.com
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Short plea from the editor:
OK, folks, I need submissions! Review a record (as recommended at the
website) and submit the review. Especially all you new guys. Why? so we can
identify the better releases to pick up. From the good things I've heard,
for instance, I'm sold on Live at the Olympia. Now, if you guys that just
recommended it would *review* it, it would help quantify your buy signal
for all visitors to the site... which are growing, so I hear.
Anyway, it doesn't have to be a review or in good English. Pitch in and
I'll put it in! A mailing list is only as good as its subscriber
contributions, so get in your say!
I'll be waiting by the mailbox...
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