DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #49 (I asked for more posts and I got them! Keep up the
good work, DP-heads!)
In this issue:
Radio
RB and Bolin in Guitar magazines
CD Length
*BIG* post from Svante (many topics)
Tony Martin
DP in doritos commercials
Cruise Missile
A New Guy reviews
Rainbow Tabs
Gillan stuff
Vi-nyl! Vi-nyl! Vi-nyl!
Listen, Learn, Read On...
Lord's Sarabande
Texas Tornado
Martin Birch
Improving CDs
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hatheway-SSI
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 6:50 PM
Subject: Radio
>{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...}
Can't be worse than San Jose radio. It's real lame. Was at the county
fair with a buddy a couple years ago, he approached the radio tent and
asked "Why don't you play more UFO"? (he's a big UFO fan); and was told
"Well, they don't have much material"? Suffice to say he hit the roof.
He has a point, Tool doesn't have much material, and even though I like
them, they're played at LEAST 6 times a day.....
Tom H
SunnyvaleCA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bolinhed(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #48
In a message dated 2/26/99 7:03:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com writes:
<< Be *interesting* to hear
David Lee Roth singing that song. What did they do during the organ solo?
>>
I do not want to know how David Lee Roth would fake an ORGAN solo!!!
Weren't
his see-through-ass pants enough?!?!
In other news...I am sure everyone has seen the newest Guitar (Formerly
Guitar
For The Practicing Musican) with a lengthy interview of Ritchie. He is, as
ever, bluntly honest! He disses any more DP Greatest Hits; I agree that
standard greatest Hits are lame, but PLEASE keep those 25th Anniversary
issues
coming!!! A funny thing about the articel was the only picture of Deep
Purple
it had was of Mark IV, with Bolin sitting on a pool table!!
Speaking of Bolin, Guitar World was to run a lengthy piece on him in its
May
issue but apparently has canned it?! I know plenty of Purple fans are sick
of
people praising Bolin, arguably at the expense of Blackers, but please
understand that most Bolin fans are mainly nuts over his solo stuff, and
pre-
DP material. Having said that, CTTB is a masterpiece!!! But it is a BURN
that
Tommy gets so little press. Especially from the guitar mags. They DO cover
Ritchie, and I salute that, but TOmmy deserves ssome mention. As a guitar
player, I know firsthand that there is more to learn from Tommy's music
than
the music that so many of the magazines do feature. And some of the guitar
magazines do feature obscure artists; some do feature guys who are long
dead;
why so little Bolin?! I will never understand. Anyway - please respond tot
he
editors of Guitar Magazine, who printed the picture of Mark IV instead of
Mark
I , II, or III and use their error as an excuse to beg them to do a good
Bolin
write-up already!!! It is long overdue.Mail to editors(at-a-domain-named)guitarmag.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Zutkoff
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 12:14 PM
Subject: CD length
I can't quite believe what I'm reading on the DPD these days about
people wanting LESS music on their CDs! I consider it a crime if a CD is
shorter than 45 minutes, and even 60 minutes seems short to me in most
cases. I enjoy the fact that a long CD gives me (a) more listening
pleasure, (b) more chances to like a song, (c) a greater output from my
favorite artists. It also provides the chances for bonus tracks, live
cuts, etc. These are GOOD things.
My own beef with rock CDs has to do with the rock industry refusing to
release COMPLETE versions of things. A specific example is the recent
(this week) release of Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Fillmore East. A great
release, true. But not only did they continue the tradition of editing
songs from this concert ("Who Knows", at the very least, had its vocals
chopped out because there was a slight balance problem on the original
tapes), but there's no sign of "Fire", "Ezy Rider", or "Foxey Lady" on
the double CD, all of which were performed at these concerts. ("Foxey"
had even been released before, primarily in Europe, and it's STILL not
included!) The sticker on the package said it all -- "Nearly two hours
of music!" NEARLY?!? Each CD was LESS than 60 minutes! What a waste of
aluminum. What they DID release was superb. What they DIDN'T release was
a shame.
Now, how does this relate to Deep Purple? Example: the Live In Japan
sessions. There's STILL a version of "Black Night" from those sessions
that we don't have. The 3-CD set is wonderful (though I remember
wondering what they were thinking, leaving two MiJ tracks off, when I
first got it), and the bonus disc with the beautifully-remastered MiJ is
great -- but where's that final version? It's not like they didn't have
ROOM on the damn disc!
And then there are the remasters of the classic albums. Wonderful stuff;
I love 'em all (the ones they've released so far, anyway). But the
two-disc "Machine Head" comes up a bit short. "No extra tracks," the
liner notes say. Oh? What about the version of "Highway Star" that
graces "Ritchie Blackmore: Rock Profile volume 1"? It was edited on that
CD; why not include the complete version on the two-disc package that's
HURTING for extra tracks? Nope. The 4-CD "On The Road" was supposed to
have that track; now IT'S cancelled as well.
And might it have been possible to sneak "Grabsplatter", an
already-released BBC track, on one of the remasters? "In Rock" probably
would have been the candidate; if they'd removed some of the cute link
tracks, it could have fit. Yes, Jon Lord playing "Take Five" is fun, but
wouldn't another song have been even nicer?
There are many other cases in the rock music industry where the consumer
is cheated by the record companies leaving good stuff in the vaults.
Deep Purple's only one victim of it. So please, please don't complain
that the CDs are too long. The record companies would be only too happy
to put LESS on CDs and charge you MORE for it. Enjoy what we have, but
keep asking for more!
--
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| Mark Zutkoff (mzutkoff(at-a-domain-named)ix.netcom.com) |
| Artist for Hammond Suzuki |
| Keyboards/Singer, "Mark Z's Blues Academy" |
| Blues, Blues/Rock, Classic Rock, Jazz |
| SF, Samurai, Knights, Video Games |
+---------------------------------------------+
{Dean "Vinyl Man" Webb: Yeah, more is better, but vinyl allows it to happen
in smaller discrete chunks. I'd love a 70-minute CD every year, but it
ain't happening so far. I guess I'm an old codger that just got used to
vinyl back in its heyday. It's probably genetic, as my mom can't stand
stereo and prefers 45's. Now, what would be *cool* is if DP let some of the
stuff they were fooling around with loose in MP3 format... hint, hint...}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Svante Pettersson
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #48
At 18:03 1999-02-26 -0600, Deep Purple Digest wrote:
>
>DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #48 (a short one, but it'll go out anyway...)
I have no problem with short digests. I'd rather go for quality than
quantity. :^) {Editor's note: so here goes with one of the *longest*
submissions from Svante... no complaints, just like to point out irony in
case any of you out there are in an English Literature class and need to
come up with a real-life example of irony for school tomorrow.}
Since I got some spare time left over(!) today I'll make some comments on
various things in the last digest.
> Hey, don't feel so bad. The only songs that get any air play
>around the Baltimore/ Washington DC area are;
Some Americans sometimes tell me they are jealous of me because I live in
Europe. Just because Deep Purple still has quite a big following over here
people seem to think we get to hear DP on the radio day and night. I have
heard Deep Purple on the radio here in Sweden twice between 1996 and 1999.
Both times in the same request show. Back in 1996 CtC editor Lennart
Hedenström requested "Ted the Mechanic" for those of use that used to hang
out on the chat in those days and a week or so ago someone requested
"Highway Star" on that same radio show. I heard more DP on the car radio
during my week in the US last year than I have ever heard on Swedish radio.
I was following DP around on the US tour and several radio stations were
broadcasting live from the venues DP played. That would *never* happen
here. Last year when the Scandinavian tour dates were announced I think I
heard one mention of the Swedish date on the radio.
I think it's the same everywhere in the world. If you want to hear DP and
the bands from that era you have to buy the CDs and play them yourselves.
If you want info about the band(s) you have to find the info for yourself.
Sadly, it's just not "hip" or "cool" to report on bands like DP, Black
Sabbath, Dio etc. Well, it can be if you write that they are old and
pathetic. These comments are of course almost always written without even
listening to the band's current material.
>>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.
Yes! I also think record companies should discover the wonderful new world
of "enhanced CD" and DVD and stuff like that. EMI has done some neat things
with the Iron Maiden remasters. I wish they could have done the same for
the DP anniversary releases.
I don't understand why one would have a problem with long CDs. Give me as
much music I can get for my money! I really hate when I buy a CD and
there's only 30 minutes of music on the disc. One of the really good things
with the CD technology is that you can program your CD player. If you don't
like the last ten minutes of a CD - use the force.
>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.
I would guess that some musicians are very happy that they are not
restricted to the time limits of a vinyl album these days.
>much out of luck with the big labels. I don't think it's just coincidence
>that DP has gone to a smaller label.
...in the US. In Europe they are signed to EMI. Not exactly a small label.
:^) There's no distribution at all in the US for Deep Purple at the moment.
For new material, that is. The anniversary editions are out on
Rhino/Warner.
>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.
Yep. Because of this Fripp is releasing some pretty exciting material if
you're a Fripp fan. Loads of new music, loads of old music, jams, a DVD,
old cleaned up boots etc.
>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 ).
I can also recommend Fripp's site:
http://www.discipline.co.uk/
Sometimes when I read Fripp's rather moody comments in his diary I think he
has a lot of things in common with Ritchie Blackmore.
>check out their sites anyway. I would love to see DP offer a subscription
>like TR does.}
Or the "Collector's Club" Fripp just started. A lot of the archived DP
material is already released though so I am not sure how many archive
releases you would get with a DP subscription/collector's club thing.
>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.
If Dio claims his track is original then I would say it's a sin. DP never
made a secret of the fact that they stole rock'n'roll cliches for the
"Speed King" lyrics.
>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.
Are you sure this isn't a US release? This is one album I have heard people
talk about but that I have never seen myself over here in Sweden. I always
thought it was an old US release. I guess there is more information in our
dicographies but I'm offline at the moment so I can't check that.
>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?
The Internet record stores is the answer to your question. Just think about
how you would find this info if you didn't have access to the net. I would
recommend you to keep your eyes on lists like this and websites like
rpmrecords.co.uk and deep-purple.com and the record stores linked from
those sites. That way you shouldn't miss any important DP info.
>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.
People still go to stores and record fairs but I have found far more
interesting stuff on the net than in stores and on record fairs.
>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.
Ok, here's my review of LATO; It's great. Buy it! How much more do I need
to say?! :^)
This is Svante Pettersson for the Deep Purple Digest in Malmö, Sweden.
Dean?
Take care,
/Svante Pettersson,
Editor, The Highway Star - http://www.deep-purple.com/
Deep Purple Family Tree Website - http://deep-purple.family-tree.org/
{Dean "Editor" Webb: ...and apres Svante, le deluge. Thanks again for the
turnout, gang!}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Wilson
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 1:32 PM
Subject: Tony Martin
Hello again,
Just to follow up on a couple of things from the last issue...
Tony Martin also mentioned that he spoke with Ian Gillan recently and
that Ian and he had never actually been fired from Black Sabbath and that
Ian suggested that they both just show up for a Sabbath gig one day and
say "Well, here we are ready to go." and "You never told us we were
fired so here we are ready to work." Ian and Tony came to the conclusion
that no one is ever fired from Black Sabbath all that happens is that
they (Sabbath) just stop talking to you. I am paraphrasing here for
brevities sake. Tony is want to tour for this record, if only in Europe
and is looking for a rhythm section and mentioned that he is thinking
about asking Neil Murray to handle bass duties.
I spoke with the guys in Nazareth last night(you all must go and see
them, they are better now than ever just like the Purple people!) and we
got to talking about Roger Glover and how he produced their most
successful records and how Nazareth and Purple had just bumped into each
other for the first time in many years at some hotel in Europe. The
feeling was that everyone is a lot happier these days than at any time in
the past and that the music reflects that. Where is this hotel and how
can I get a room between these two bands is what I want to know!:)
I just received the ELP tribute disc yesterday and Glenn Hughes does a
bang up job on "Knife Edge" so if your also an ELP fan get this one when
it comes out.
There have been a couple of posts regarding Craig Goldy. Last I knew
comes from a five page letter that he wrote to me 3 or 4 years ago and it
seems that he is pretty much dedicated to his faith and not into the fame
and fortune thing so, it is doubtful that you will here anything
mainstream from him in the future.
In the liner notes of the Deep Purple box set that is coming out next
month there is mention made of Rod Stewart having auditioned for Deep
Purple back in the very early days. Rod adamantly denied this in a
recent interview so, there is a bit of mysterious trivia for everyone to
chat on about!:)
That is it for today, take care!
David
IAN SCOTT ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC AMERICA MAGAZINE
9773 SANDYPOINTE
FAIR HAVEN, MI 48023
810-725-6471
{Dean "Editor" Webb: Don't know about the Rod Stewart tryout thing, but I
do recall a food fight story from the Charlesworth bio involving Messers.
Stewart and Blackmore. Funny story.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Masser of Reality
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #48
has anyone seen the doritos commercial with sotw it has female vocals,
just another example of how metal's starting to make a comeback! also
i'm on an ozzy list ( http://www.ozzyhead.com ) and there's been a lot
of talk about ozzfest '99, here's the question, do you guys think deep
purple would consider it if asked? hey maybe ian could get with black
sabbath for a few songs!
kevin
{Dean "Average Teevee Viewer" Webb: Yes, and I can't stand it! I liked SOTW
better in the Burger King commercial. Now, DP in ozzfest? Whoo! Makes my
head spin! How would that tour play out? Would Ian and Ozzy cover for each
other if one got sick? They are both great singers and can forget lyrics
like the best in the business. What do you guys think?}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sommer
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 2:26 AM
Subject: Crusie Missile
Hi
The other day i was searching through my dads video clips that he
recorded in the 80's. Amongst them was Steve Morse's CRUISE MISSILE.
This song goes off and it was funny to see Steve as i have never seen
any live video footage of him.
Am i right in saying that there no concerts recorded with Steve in the
band???/
See ya
Paul Sommer
sharkie59(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com
{Dean "seen it" Webb: Try the DP concert from the House o' Blues at
liveconcerts.com. If your place of business has a good T1 or E1 feed, it
looks really great! (my place has twin T1 lines and no bandwidth
management! YAY!}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Dee
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:11 PM
Subject: A few reviews from a new guy
Hello DP fans,
I'm mainly a Ritchie fan, so my reviews are very influenced by whether
Ritchie is "On" that night, as opposed to other factors which may be
important to others. Here are some reviews.
Rview 1)Come Hell Or High Water- I have this on video, and I got the cd
while I was site seeing in Spain. The video is better than the cd (more
songs) but the cd is good to. Anya and Anyone's Daughter live were the
main reasons that I purchased it. All the songs are done well, very good
performances, although Ritchie is less than ecstatic to be there, and it
reflects a bit in his solos. A Twist In The Tale is also on there, I
mainly bought it for these things that youcan't get live that often.
>From 1 to 10 I'd give it a 7. It's good, but it doesn't jump out and say
pick me instead when I take out Made In JApan. My main gripe is that
Difficult to cure, which is on the video is not on the cd.
There is another cd from that tour which is a double and has Deep
Purple in gold on the cover and a pinup girl on the cover, anyone know
if it's worth getting?
Review 2)Rainbow- Rainbow's Edge This is a cd from the '83 Rainbow tour.
It really is pretty good, in spite of Joe Lynn Turner. Good version of
Difficult to cure, and pretty good All night long. I'd give it a 7 also.
(There's only so much Ritchie can do to make up for Joe). I think I'd
rather have RJD any day. Though, I'd love to have a boot with Graham
Bonnet.
Review 3)Deep Purple-California Jam This one's out on Mausoleum
Classics. It's a great show, but the cd is very quiet. THe levels are
very low. I wish it were louder. You can hear that the show is awesome,
but it doesn't really jump out of the speakers. Same with Rainbow-Live
in Europe, on the same company. These shows are great, I'm glad they've
been released, but I wish the were mixed louder. I'll give'em both an 7.
The material is worthy of a 9 or 10, but the low mix drops it a bit.
Review 3)Deep Purple-In Concert By far and Away, my favorite live
collection of Deep Purple, period. One set from '70, and one set from
'72. Both from BBC, These rock. The vynil I got a few years ago, well
worth having for the picturesin the gatefold alone. The cd's have an
extra track or two, these performances are great, the band was on fire.
This one gets a 10.
So there's a few reviews. I'm too shy to review studio albums, I don't
want to point out anything wrong with any of them, and their almost all
10's anyway (Except fot the Joe Lynn Turner stuff, still good, but he
bugs me, don't know why) By the way, if anyone can help me out on that
boot of Rainbow with Bonnet, e-mail me privately. I would also be glad
to trade with anyone that's got DP or Rainbow that I don't, I have a
list of stuff, so send yours if you'd like to trade.Well, I hope these
reviews were helpful, sorry if I offended any JLT fans, I guess he's not
terrible.
-Jonathan Dee
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Dee
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:19 PM
Subject: Rainbow Tab
Hello,
Can anyone help me? Where can you get tabs for songs from the first
three Rainbow albums? I"m really looking for "Gates Of Babylon", "Run
With The Wolf" and some others. IF anyone knows where you can get guitar
tabs or chord charts, please e-mail me or post it here. Thanks
-Jonathan Dee
{Dean "Air Guitar" Webb: I can help you out with the air guitar tabs... not
what you wanted? Oh, sorry. :-) }
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-----Original Message-----
From: KE Moore
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 6:35 PM
Subject: Gillan cd's
Speaking of reviews, I would like to read some reviews of Ian's solo
project(s).
Anyone willing to give their opinion of Gillan?
Ken
{Dean "Got yer Gillan Right Here, Pal" Webb: There were two Gillan solo
thingys before the DP reunion in 1984. Ian Gillan Band was jazz-fusion.
Kinda scary, if you ask me. (and you did, in a way) Gillan was more heavy
metal and had some great stuff. I particularly like Glory Road, especially
"No Easy Way" and "Unchain Your Brain." After IG got booted, he did two
more solos that I haven't picked up. He's also done some more solo work
since coming back to DP. Prolific guy, eh? I'd like to hear some more about
his later stuff, as well, and I'll work on reviews of earlier IG solo
stuff, as well. Later.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: l.zelfde
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #48
As a dedicated vinyl enthusiast, and owner of a high-end stereo shop for
many years, it is only now that the very best (10 grand and up) CD players
are starting to rival simple well made belt drive turntables. The industry
went to CD for cost of manufacture (under a dollar US) and to shore up
pricing in America, which was 1/2 on average of the cost of music in
Europe.
It is a shame that CD is a poorer sounding medium, and more expensive too.
Lets hope that the new high resolution formats DVD based 96khz verses 43khz
for CD finally gives us the fidelity and the ease of the digital format.
(but then we have to re-purchase our collections yet again!)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Richardson
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 8:11 PM
Subject: Listen, Learn, Read On... but mostly listen
In a continuing series (that is coming a lot slower than I planned), I
now review "The Book of Taliesyn".
THE BOOK OF TALIESYN (1968)
Rating: 5.5. The second album by Deep Purple is better than the first,
but only started to show signs of turning the corner. There are many
more above-average songs on this album than on Shades.
Listen, Learn, Read On - Lyrics that Ronnie James Dio would love, sang
adequately by Rod Evans. At least he manages to sound serious while
singing, "I shall be of more service to thee than 300 salmon." and "three
times I have been warned - I know this through meditation". The words
may seem silly to some, but I like them. They come across as less
pretentious than you'd think. Paicey and Ritchie are great.
{Dean Webb: A brief interjection: are those *really* the words? Can we get
some other interpretations of Rod's insane babblings? I remember him
talking about 307, but 307 of what I don't know, and that "3 times I have
been *born*, etc." Anyone else got an idea?}
Hard Road (Wring that Neck) - Ritchie & Jon tear up great solos as Ian
Paice shows he's been taking his vitamins. Nicky fills his role fine. I
love the five-minute studio version of this song that had stretched to as
much as 40 minutes live.
Kentucky Woman - A hard rock cover of Neil Diamond? Yep, and Ritchie's
solo is very tasty. Rod does fine without too many Diamondisms.
Exposition - Great intro, but seems to be a better fit for a more
hard-rocking tune than "We can Work it Out".
We can Work it Out - Ritchie makes this a better Beatles cover than Help
was.
The Shield - More odd lyrics, but what makes this song is Nicky's good
riff.
Anthem - A good late-1960s pop song, but it's not the Deep Purple I love.
River Deep - Rod Evans is trying, but I don't think he fits the material.
Jon Lord is great, although.
My highlights are "Listen, Learn, Read On" and "Kentucky Woman", which I
love. Hard Road and The Shield are good ones. The songwriting on
Taliesyn is an improvement over Shades, and Ritchie is a little more
assertive here. Both areas take a quantum leap on the next album, Deep
Purple. The 5.5 rating on this album is closer to Shades' 3.8 than it is
to Deep Purple's 8.0.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Belanger
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com ;
blind_man_crying(at-a-domain-named)hotamail.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 10:58 PM
Subject: New to the list/Lord's "Sarabande"/Captain Beyond/Warhorse
Hello Purps and Purpettes!
Does anyone know when Jon Lord's "Sarabande" CD is going to be released?
Also, I saw Ian Gillan club the security guard over the head with his
microphone at The Pine Knob Music Theater, Michigan, USA this past
summer '98. He deserved it! :) I couldn't believe my eyes, but it was
hilarious!!!
{Dean "Not a legal expert, but..." Webb: Uh, check the archives. That was
an *alleged* microphone, as I recall. :-) }
May I also add...that Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile(DGM) site
is quite fine(just as this DP list owner just pointed out in the last
issue).
In conclusion, I'm new to this list and I hope to have lots of fun. I
owned 117 Deep Purple bootlegs at one time, but sold most of them to
expand my CD collection(and horizons) within the world of Progressive
Rock, i.e. Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Patto, Colosseum etc.,). Speaking
of COLOSSEUM, all Deep Purple fans should own the Colosseum LP/CD called
Colosseum - "Live!". I really think it would appeal to all of you. I
think a lot of you would also like the recording by FAMILY, called
Family - "Anyway"(it's half live and half studio). Check them out.
A couple more questions before I go..., how does the 2nd CAPTAIN
BEYOND(Rod Evans' band after Purple, duh) album rate against the 1st
self titled one? Is it as good as the first one? How's the
WARHORSE(Nicky Simper's band after Purple, duh) - "Red Sea" album? Is it
better than the 1st self titled one?
I'm a blind man...
JULIAN "The Ranting Man" BELANGER
(Paincourt, Ontario, Canada)
np: Black Sabbath - "Born Again"(The grey and plastic retards are
floating in circles...Git ON! Ouwwwwwee!)<-my cyber-Gillan imitation :)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry L. BRIGGS
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 11:19 PM
Subject: TOMMY BOLIN TEXAS TORNADO TRIBUTE TOUR......................
Just wanted to let everyone know that i was lucky enough to witness
the HOUSTON date of this 4 city tour.It was awesome,to say the least.
GLENN HUGHES,JOHNNIE BOLIN,ROCKY ATHAS,CRAIG ERICKSON, Were all
fantastic..super -musicians and super nice guys.They performed mostly
TOMMY BOLIN and assorted TRAPEZE and DEEP PURPLE songs.(keep on movin)
(getting tighter).This message is more or less just to recommend ya'll
go and see any of these guys perform whether it be at a TOMMY BOLIN
tribute show or whatever..the only thing that would have made it
better was if TOMMY COULD HAVE BEEN THERE in person.
bigg lar....
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew A. Runyon
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 11:34 AM
Subject: Martin Birch
He also produced Blue Oyster Cult's "Cultosaurus Erectus" and "Fire of
Unknown Origin". These were BOC's two best of the 1980s.
{Dean "Don't ask me or Rob about the lyrics to BOC songs unless you got a
strong stomach" Webb: Yes, they were! Fine albums, all, and I intend to put
BOC in the celeb. deathmatch section as soon as I get a good picture of the
band. I'd prefer the "classic" lineup of the late '70s, if possible, and a
photo without a bunch of garbage regardless of the year. If anyone has a
pic for free use, send it to me and I'll thank ya for it.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Heikki Heino
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #48
Hi all!
I know I started this thing about LPs/CDs, sorry. But it's nice to find out
most of you seem feel like I do.
Gearoid's suggestion (The remainder of the discs could have other data such
as lyrics, QuickTime movies, group philosophies, favourite recipies;) etc.)
was simply genious. I've got some other suggestions for the next Purple
studio album:
1. Could Roger G. put the crackles bact to where they belong, i.e. the
beginning of the next Purple studio album?
2. Could he keep it under 50 minutes? He can put the remaining tracks to
the
25th anniversary edition in 2024.
About the album covers: there is only one occasion I know where CD cover
looks better than the original (BIG) LP cover, Rory Gallagher's Against The
Grain.
Heikki
{Dean "You know my feelings about vinyl by now" Webb: I like the crackles
idea. Maybe I should record some crackles in WAV format so I can play them
each time I start up a CD, just so it feels more like vinyl...}
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