DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #53
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In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
JLT, Cozy, Glenn, the Snakes
Wakeman and Lord
JLT on TBRO
A few items from Bolinhed
The Battle of Slaves & Masters
Purple to Sweden!
Blackers on commercial teevee!
What Ritchie wanted in a lead singer all these years...
Slaves & Masters review
DPAS--Croatia
Ex-DP members' bands
DP haiku
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>From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Working on updating the website... I'm halfway through all the album review
re-orgs and should have those up within the week. I'm really happy with the
direction the site is moving in and hope to finish the redesign off by
Saturday.
Just got Live at the Olympia: it is absolutely wonderful! I can add my
voice to the chorus of those who say if you don't have it yet, go get it!
Well, don't have much time this time, so here's the digest:
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-----Original Message-----
From: John LaRocque
To: Deep Purple Digest
Cc: Jouni Maho
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 7:29 AM
Subject: Joe Lynn Turner, Cozy Powell, Glenn Hughes, the Snakes
JOE LYNN TURNER
This information on Joe Lynn Turner's latest covers album is courtesy of
the
March 1999 issue of Burrrn magazine.
Under Cover 2: Japan 3 Mar 99 PCCY-01354
1. Lady Double Dealer
2. Wishing Well
3. Helter Skelter
4. Rock Bottom
5. Waiting For A Girl Like You
6. Movin' On
7. Rock N Roll, Hoochie Koo
8. The Boys Are back In Town
9. Born To Be Wild
10. The Race Is On
11. Fool For Your Loving
12. Mississippi Queen
13. Lost In Hollywood
Waiting For A Girl Like You / Freedom's Wings (*) / Shine On (*):
Japan 17 Feb 99 PCCY-01343 (* = original unreleased tracks)
Featured players: Joe Lynn Turner (vo); Tony Bruno (g); Al Pitrelli (g);
Greg Smith (b); Kenny Kramme (ds); Paul Morris (key)
Guests: Akira Kajiayam (g/Niji-Densetsu); Lesie West (g/Mountain); Rick
Derringer (g); Vernon Reid (g/ex-Living Color)
COZY POWELL LIVE TRIBUTE
I finally got this in the mail last week, and it truly kicks ass. The title
is "Cozy Powell Forever Tour Live In Tokyo", from a group called "Super
Rock
Summit". Actually, the super group is none other than an official live
album
from the reformed Loudness, with all four original members and additional
guesting. Aside from War Pigs and the drum solo from Munetaka Higuchi,
every
song is a Deep Purple or Rainbow classic! Vocals are a bit rough, but it
rates much higher than the miserable 23/100 that Burrn! gave the album.
Well
worth the money if you are a Loudness fan or chase after good quality
covers.
For those who missed it the first time around, here's the track list:
1. Kill The King
2. War Pigs
3. Mistreated
4. Still I'm Sad
5. Higuchi's Drums Solo 1998
6. Burn
7. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
8. Stargazer
9. A Light In The Black
10. All Night Long.
GLENN HUGHES / ALICE COOPER
Glenn appears on the track "Only Women Bleed", on the new Alice Cooper
tribute "Humanary Stew: A Tribute To Alice Cooper". Also features Bruce
Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio on two other tracks. If you ask me, Glenn's
the best cut on the LP.
Also, the Trapeze live album, "Welcome To The Real World - Live 1992", a UK
import from Purple Records, got a 70/100 rating in Burrn.
DEEP PURPLE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
Yet another compilation - in the same league as "Purple Rainbows" and "Deep
Purple Family Tree" has ben released - Deep Purple Friends and Relatives.
It
was released in Japan from Victor Entertainment (VICP-60591-2) on February
10.
CD1: Black Night (Deep Purple); Paint It Black (Deep Purple); I Got It
Covered (Glenn Hughes); Scarabus (Ian Gillan Band); Wonderworld (Elf); Hole
In The Sky (David Coverdale); Gut Reaction (Ian Gillan); Slipstreaming
(Nick
Simper's Fandango); You 'n' Me (Bernie Marsden); Hang Me Out To Dry
(Gillan); Ritual (Warhorse); Seafull (Trapeze); Do You Close Your Eyes
(Rainbow)
CD2: Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple); Stormbring (Deep Purple); Rainbow
(Elf); My Kind Of Woman (Moody Marsden Band); She Took My Breath Away
(Gillan & Glover); Message In A Bottle (Gillan); Whitesnake (David
Coverdale); Shake The Devil (Tommy Bolin); Carolina Country Ball (Elf);
Clear Air Turbulence (Ian Gillan Band); Time & Again (David Coverdale); Way
Back To The Bone (Trapeze); Kill The King (Rainbow)
THE SNAKES
Just got both of these albums a few weeks back, and they are absolutely
great. The Snakes, for those not in the know, is the band fronted by Bernie
Marsden and Mick Moody of Whitesnake fame. And the singer, a Norwegian
named
Johnny Lande, is the perfect Coverdale soundalike.
The studio album is entitled "Once Bitten" and you'd swear it was 1983 all
over again. The Japanese edition (from Pony Canyon) features two bonus
tracks (naturally) - All Dressed Up, and September Tears. Well worth
parting
your money for.
The live album ("Live In Europe") is all Whitesnake covers, and would fit
quite nicely in any true fans collection. Other noteable players include
new
regular keyboardist Don Airey. Here's the track list:
1. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues
2. Sweet Talker
3. Trouble
4. Slow An' Easy
5. Don't Break My Heart Again
6. Ready An' Willing
7. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
8. Rough An' Ready
9. Fool For Your Loving
10. Wine Women An' Song
11. Here I Go Again
According to the webzine Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles, Lande has left
the
band. They do, however, have a new bassist - Neil Murray. It seems the only
person unhappy about the whole arrangement is David Coverdale.
John LaRocque (larocque(at-a-domain-named)chrs.com)
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-----Original Message-----
From: l.zelfde
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #52
Rick Wakeman is by far the only keyboardist capable of filling the shoes of
Jon Lord on a musical and technical basis. As a Deep Purple fanatic I
perish the thought of anyone but JL doing the ivories, but I have seen RW
many times with Yes and solo and in Wakeman you have one of the finest of
his genre. His now classic solo projects "Six Wives of Henry VIII and
Criminal Record" exhibit the touch,dexterity, and mastery that few have.
His
classical background and sound would fit well in Purple, for he is at home
in a Hammond as of course everything else. I don't think he would over use
the synth's in a Purple like act for he knows what sounds he has to create,
and just how to do it.
Laurens van't Zelfde
Canada
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hatheway-SSI
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 12:44 PM
Subject: jlt on bro
>any idea where i can get a copy of battle of slaves and masters?
>ya' know the battle rages on but with jolt?
>kcgottschalk
>thanks again for the continued infromative excellent service.
I would be interested in this as well.
Thanks!
TomH
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bolinhed(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #52
Some random responses to the fine DP Digest #52 - this is a GREAT digest,
by
the way - informative and opinionated and fun.
1. On finding tapes of live Glenn Hughes with Sabbath - I THINK he only
lasted
7 gigs with them live. A Sabbath site might be the place to check; I know
there ARE boots out there with Ray Gillen, who was AMAZING>
2. <> IMHO Dio Purple would be a cross between "Burn" and "Rainbow
Rising." Not too shabby!!! I think Mark III had moments that came close to
"Dio Purple." As for the other guys replacing Lord, I think Jon is more
tasty,
more of a song-man than a solo-man. I mean YES he does some amazing jams
and
long solos but I think he knows better how to serve a song.
3. <<>> This is AMAZING - I
have always felt this song could/should be a hit, even now - I would LOVE
to
hear the Unplugged version!!!! Any recordings exist?! That should be a
B-Side
AT LEAST!!!
4. <<>>> Not that this is the place for the infantile Zep vs. Purp debate
that
seems to go on in small-minded corners of the Internet, but what a
ridiculous
diatribe!!! Try PLAYING what these guys played and THEN say they had no
talent. And FYI, RITCHIE BLACKMORE cites Zep as an influence for Deep
Purple
Mark II in the most recent Guitar magazine. He says listening to Zep was
why
they got Gillan - he wanted a Plant-like screamer - AND why they got so
heavy
so suddenly on "In Rock." You cannot blame a band for lame imitators.
In other news, does anyone know if Purple Records is still going to do
their
"official bootlegs" mail-order-only series? Jim
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Douglas White
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 2:35 PM
Subject: The Battle of Slaves and Masters
kcgottschalk asked:
>any idea where i can get a copy of battle of slaves and masters?
>ya' know the battle rages on but with jolt?
Actually, The Battle of Slaves and Masters contains demos of S&M and TBRO
tracks, but only with their final singers. Demos supposedly do exist with
Gillan singing S&M material, and JLT singing TBRO material, but they have
not yet surfaced.
Later,
Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Reichberg
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 3:37 AM
Subject: Purple To Sweden!
Glorious news! Especially for me, who missed the Stockholm Abandon gig
last autumn.
Let's all give DP a great welcome on their return to the Karlshamn
Festival! (Now allegedly called the Sweden Rock Festival)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Denyer
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 4:49 AM
Subject: Blackers on UK comercial TV
Good morning!
Fell off the sofa last night during an ad break. It was for the newly
opened 'museum' of popular music in Sheffield, northern England. The advert
itself is a series of very short cuts of music videos, all I can remember
seeing is Robbie Willams and then at the very end is Mr Blackmore smashing
his guitar over the camera at the California Jam, the sound effect they
dubbed over the top is the sound of a hammer striking an anvil. And then
the screen goes blank before displaying the museum logo, it made me smile!
Haven't seen it again since, is there anyone else on this list from the UK
that can verify I wasn't dreaming?
Geoff 'gutted that he missed the HM Top 10 at the weekend (AND it was my
birthday to boot)' Denyer
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-----Original Message-----
From: dull(at-a-domain-named)indigo.ie
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #52
Hello all,
Another comment on the UK Channel 4 'rockumentory' the other night....
Did anyone notice how blissfully happy Blackmore looks now with his new
singer! I guess now we know what was missing in the others;)
Maybe it was my imagination, but at the close of the Purple piece Lemmy
seemed to reflect on Blackmore with an almost human gentleness. It is
said that old rockers, like old soldiers, just fade away. It seems
Blackmore, with his lutes, mandolins, funny hats (and beautiful singer)
is chosing to do so in the most enigmatic and curious of ways.
Gearoid:)
dull(at-a-domain-named)indigo.ie
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-----Original Message-----
From: NEIL JONES
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 1:18 PM
Subject: Slaves and Masters reveiw.........
Dear Dean, Back in the Purple update #48, you asked for more album
reveiws.......so here is my reveiw on Purple`s "Slaves and Masters " album.
Its not pretty, just an honest opinion on an album I have only recently
listened to in its entirety. I bought the album only recently simply to
make up the Purple collection........
"Slaves and Masters" - Deep Purple.
Track 1 - King of Dreams.
This opens brightly, nice guitar work on the introduction into the riff
by Ritchie, the song and vocals fit nicely with JLT`s style and remains
strong throughout.After a couple of listens, it has the listener humming
along to the chorous. A good opening track, a good feel to the song, the
rythem is strong in the mix and the guitar is up front throughout. Not by
any means a classic, but a good track, no less.
Track 2 - The cut runs deep.
This begins in the traditional head-banging mode. Very fast power chords
head straight into the riff, in a style unusual for Ritchie, this style
could be any other Metal band, shades of Def Leppard or Iron Maiden , here
I think. And of course, thats the fault with the track, it has no
definitive Purple sound. The vocal keeps pace with the musical onslaugt,
but lacks any feel or imagination into the song. Never a Purple track.
Track 3 Fire in the Basement.
Ritchie works hard to bring this track to life, but its tedious
stuff.The organ sounds out of sorts and the rythem section just thunders
along relentlessly.JLT`s vocals are well within his range, yet do nothing
to save the track from anything but the ordinary.The guitar as in all the
tracks, dominates proceedings.
Track 4 - Truth Hurts.
.....and sometimes it certainly does.......actually JLT handles the
ballards better than the faster tracks, yet some of his fills, between
lines, even help in spoiling these. A nice guitar solo from Ritchie, but as
the song progresses, this listeners interest begins to wane.......no real
organ sound noticable, which , when talking about Purple, has always had a
big say , in the sound of the band.
Track 5 - Breakfast in Bed.
A heavy drum sound throughout to this track. Again, any organ sound is
nearly in-audiable, no strong bass rythem , from what I can tell
either......Ritchie seems distant from the progression of the song and
JLT`s me-andering over the vocal. There seems little togetherness on this
track, by the time the next track starts, this song is
forgotten..........compare this , with something like......eg. Living Wreck
, and you`ll wonder what actually went wrong !!!!
Track 6 - Love Conquers all.
Back to the ballards, and this is proberly the best of the lot. A song
made forJLT and Ritchie, it fits easily into Rainbow`s latter days, they
dominate the song. A pity Ritchie did`nt extend the solo on this one,
there are nice touches throughout. A good track, its easy to see that this
was re-leased as the single from the album. With the correct air-play it
could have been a hit, especially in the States.
Track 7 - Fortuneteller.
The guitar fills the song similar to as on King of Dreams. Nice fills
from Ritchie throughout, JLT tracks the vocals well as well.A good feel to
the song, almost one you could sing along too.Again any Lord organ sound
is way down in the mix........one of the better tracks though.......
Track 8 - Too much is not enough.
too much is enough of this though...........the track begins with a jam
feel to proceedings, but, as the song gains a direction and the vocals cut
in, there`s little else good or positive to add to the track.......Nice
guitar solo from Ritchie, he`s the only one adding anything out of the
ordinary to these tracks.....he gives the song some texture and feel, but
the rest is just tedious.....
Track 9 - Wicked Ways.
A fast track to finish. no real direction, everyone`s doing their bit,
JLT blaring out about "Wicked ways" untill about three minutes into the
track , when the pace drops and Ritchie produces some splendid guitar and
for a while there seems some unity and togetherness in the band, there`s
some nice moments , before the pace increases again and we`re back into the
main frame of the song, where it fades to a close........This middle
section fitted into a good song would have been memorable, but on this
album, its lost in the blandness.
Conclusion - And there you have it. In all Ritchie dominates the album
from start to finish.......the guitar is excellent throughout, no wonder it
is one of his favourites.........but , as an album in the name of Deep
Purple it just does not fit in with what the sound of what Purple is all
about.........It is , as many others have said, simply an extention of
JLT`s time with Rainbow. The combination of Lord, Glover and Paice to make
an impact on the album is barely noticeable.
Ian Gillan was a welcome return to the Purple fold, and even if not for
Ritchie, at least it was for the rest of the world !!!!!!!
Neil Jones,
England.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan Kirigin
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 2:20 AM
Subject: Fw: DPASCro
-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan Kirigin
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: subota, ozujak 13, 1999 13:01
Subject: DPASCro
CROATIAN PAGE
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Hi all!
Here is new DPAS from Croatia.
For all future contacts, trading and suggestions mail on: DPASCro(at-a-domain-named)usa.net
or kirigin(at-a-domain-named)usa.net . Our web page is on: http://members.xoom.com/shtimkily/
but is still under construction, so be patient.
And, now, about DP digest. Great stuff. That's what we need. Real bulletin
for conversation about DP+ related.
"Rick Emerson" topic: only a good joke from MR. Lord.
B rgds
Ivan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Heikki Heino
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 6:15 AM
Subject: Ex-DP members' bands
Hi all!
Think about Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Gillan. Have you noticed these bands
did/do play almost nothing from the DP catalogue? Just think about
Page/Plant who wish NOT to be called Led Zeppelin. Or Roger Waters, who
performed "The Wall" and had quite a lot of Pink Floyd stuff in his sets.
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe had "An Evening of Yes Music". This list
could
probably go on forever.
It's a good thing almost every DP related band (except the NEW Deep Purple)
has preferred to play mainly its own music, even though I sometimes think
that it could be the reason why none of those bands never got as succesful
as DP in the 1970s.
Heikki
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>From Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Deep Purple Haiku (s)
I got this idea a few issues back when I saw the fellow that was working on
an assignment trying to describe all the DP members. His description for
Blackmore read just like a haiku (a form of Japanese poetry typified by
three short lines and evocative of a moment or person, rather than being
narrative).
So here's one for ya... can you guess who it is?
Don't go near Ritchie
Pretty boy wants to sing each word
My turn soon will come
Winner gets an all-expenses-paid trip to the next DP concert in Ulaan
Bator!
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