DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #61
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In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
House of Blue Light Review and comments
Steve Morse interview
Steve Morse, opinion of
Moptops
Recommendation
Last Concert in Japan
Dio-Blackmore-Iommi
More recommendations
Name that CD!
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>From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Well, folks, the big re-org at the site will continue, even though I didn't
do a whole bunch with it directly after the last digest. When I get back to
it, though, I plan to do more fussy stuff like a little work here and there
on the colors, doing more with the CSS for the site, and generally making
it a site where you want to be using high color (16K+ colors on your
system) and a 800x600 (or higher) resolution system with a browser of
version 3 or greater (IE or Netscape, although IE is the browser I work
most with...) Anyway, I'm reading more on HTML and graphics because this
stuff is fun and I love making a good website. Sorta like gardening, but
with fewer weeds and bugs. (No pun intended.)
Speaking of things I like to do, here's the next digest!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Lewis [mailto:lewbaa(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 10:50 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: HOBL
i have had a hard time reading all the bad reviews of HOBL. when i
first got this album i thought it was the seventh wonder of the world
but then i was 20 at the time. even today though i find quite a lot of
good if not terribly original material on this record. i like most of
this album, but i can see today where it lacks some drive in places.
unwritten law is perhaps pat when u compare it to knocking at your back
door. call of the wild is fine, mad dog could have been left off the
album. black and white
has that combination of a hard driving sound and thought provoking
lyrics that purple is known for. to me b&w, spanish archer, and
strangeways serve to elevate this recording above what DP could produce
on cruise control,
which is what some seem to say the whole album reflects. mitzi dupree
shows that blues kick similar to dont make me happy on abandon, i dont
really like that much but its
listenable as i like blues. as an aside i get into hard lovin woman
now, didnt before, maybe because its the heaviest thing (along with bad
attitude) on HOBL. rating 8.5/10
my angels wings are burning
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Lewis [mailto:EBLL(at-a-domain-named)sreldpo.wpo.state.ks.us]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 8:47 AM
To: pbettschen(at-a-domain-named)sprint.ca
Cc: catchtherainbow(at-a-domain-named)onelist.com
Subject: Re: HOBL
yeah i can see where PS has more drive to it. i really liked "hungry daze"
i enjoyed tunes like "black and white" "strangeways" "spanish archer" on
HOBL. and "unwritten law" "call of the wild" even "hard lovin woman" isnt
bad. thats what grabbed me, you can play it straight through.......unlike
PS
which has some stuff that is difficult to stomach, the songs other than
knockin at your back door, nobodys home, perfect strangers, wasted sunsets
and hungry daze........
i guess there are two ways to look at it, one obviously is that the whole
album is watered down purple; the other being my thinking is that why
bother to compare it to machine head or who do we think we are? and just
enjoy it for what it is, a long playing if keyboard laden chunk of purple
for the late 80s..........lew
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Urstadt [mailto:dwkarman(at-a-domain-named)ibm.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 11:49 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: deep purple
I am looking for the Steve Morse interview I saw under
darkhop.com/dpmorseint.htm. Any help would be appreciated.
(Editor's note: I hope David is reading this in Archive form... when I post
it... I tried sending to the above address and it didn't work...)
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-----Original Message-----
From: J S [mailto:bogey_63(at-a-domain-named)yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 2:36 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject:
Well,
i didn`t like Morse for quite a long time since he had some arrogant
touch for me; interestingly enough i liked Blackmore much better. You
know, looking at Morse's "PowerLines" Video seeing him grin all the
time i felt like: "Hohum Pal, you won't get this far in all your life".
BUT: After seeing him last year live on stage with DP changed it a bit.
In the meanwhile i got two of the Steve Morse Band CD's (Stressfest &
Structural Damage) and found them both convincing. He is a real
complete guitarist, sometimes sounding like Hellecasters, sometimes
more DP'ish, but.... also Dave LaRue... incredible. Still like
Blackmore, though.
If you want to hear good music, and i am talking about REAL good music,
check them out.
Holger
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda [mailto:Tom_Swoboda(at-a-domain-named)compuserve.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 8:46 PM
To: DPD
Subject: Moptops?!
I recently acquired some footage of DP Mk. I on Night Flight.
Ritchie's sporting a moptop! So are Rod, Nick, and Paicey. Jon seems to
have a more 70s kind of look going for himself before it was popular.
They're playing in a small room full of jazz-club-looking people--dude, I
rarely have dreams this messed up, and don't get me started on those, I've
already tormented the Metal Church mailing list.
Anyone who wants to trade (it's only ten minutes long, but can go on
the end of something) email me...
--T.J.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anders Sporrong [mailto:anders.sporrong(at-a-domain-named)sundsvall.nu]
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 5:22 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: DP contribution
So, i guess it time for me to make alittle contribution..
Band recommendation:
I really must recommend a band for you all.. They are called
"Moahni Moahna" (means something like good and bad) that
has two great guitarist and one heck of a singer.. They are
playing something like "fantasy metal", like the early Rainbow
stuff, mixed with classical and ABBA insperations.. Really
great stuff indeed, and each track is about eight minutes long (love it!)
Check 'em out at http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-12234/scp/moahni/main.htm
TV ad with Purple..
I just saw a TV-commercial about a TV program here in Sweden
and the song "You keep on moving" was played in the background..!
Just a complaint...
I dunno what's wrong with people nowdays.. Here in Sweden,
you see Spice Girls, Puff Daddy and even The Smurfs (doing techno
versions of famous popsongs) topping the charts!! One may wonder..
why?? I really can't see why anyone can say that Puffy Daddy is
great for example.. All he do is destroying good songs with his
ridicolous - yeah, uhhh, come on shit! Im just curious how a guy
like that can get himself a record deal, saying - Well I got this
great idea - why don't I take a mike, plug it in to the stereo, put
on "The Police" and say some cool words while Sting isn't
singing?? Wouldn't that be great??
Still can't figure out how Jimmy Page agreed to work with him..
Ahh.. recalling the sweet days when both Purple, Rainbow,
Led Zeppelin and Sabbath was sharing the higher charts.. Those
were the days..!
Cheers!
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-----Original Message-----
From: John LaRocque [mailto:larocque(at-a-domain-named)chrs.com]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 8:01 AM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Nobody's Perfect / Last Concert in Japan
>From the Rhino Review:
>The reformation lasted exactly two studio and one live record the later
being the worst one the group has ever allowed out.
I'd still nominate the "Last Concert in Japan" LP (with Bolin) as a low
point as well. Don't think the band had much control over that release
though.
(Editor's note: Probably NO control. Can somebody say "posthumous release"?
It was supposed to be a Japan-only issue, BTW.)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Lewis [mailto:lewbaa(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 11:08 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Cc: catchtherainbow(at-a-domain-named)onelist.com
Subject: dio-blackmore-iommi - the future
i wanted to say that its my understanding that
two new guitarists have been picked for DIO.
by the wording of that i am guessing that blackmore is not
involved.......but it has been confirmed that tracy g left, which in
answer to
the contention that DIO hasnt had a guitarist of any note since vivian
campbell, now it appears he will again have at least one well known axe
grinder.
also i have to take exception to the statement that iommi cant play,
hes my favorite player even above the great mr blackmore. blackmore has
more blues feel than iommi and his solos are more interesting on that
level than iommi.
go back and listen to "eternal idol" and tell me he cant play. he shreds
that whole tape...
finally i have to say that having listened to "stranger in us all"
blackmore's rainbow release after the battle rages on, it is better than
"battle
rages on." which doesnt say a whole lot and of course it is difficult
to compare purple and rainbow, many would say i'm sure that any rainbow
album is inferior to any purple album,
because purple is more complex and thoughtful in their songwriting.
given that caveat i just like stranger in us all, i think next to
straight between the eyes its better than the other 2 JLT rainbow
releases. blackmore did a nice job of adding a touch of 70s rainbow to
the mix in this album. the vocalist is very good.
wolf to the moon, insatiable, ariel, and black masquerade all stand out.
finally i think this work better represents rainbow than TBRO does for
purple. TBRO starts promising enough
with title track, talk about love and anya but then #5 6 and #7 are
lackluster if passable.
Nasty piece of work picks up the pace but its too late by
then.........lew
my angels wings are burning
{Dean "Editor" Webb: I have to say that I spent almost the whole day at
work playing Black Sabbath's Dehumanizer CD. That disc rocketh, to be sure!
It made me wonder what woulda been different if Dio had been picked as the
singer instead of Coverdale in 1973. I know he could have sung
"Mistreated", probably would have blown us away with "Burn", but how would
he handle "You Can't Do It Right"? Would him being there have forestalled
Blackmore's departure? The mind ponders...
Anyway, should RJD or RB happen to browse this digest as they surf the web,
we all want you to get back together, dudes!}
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-----Original Message-----
From: steelers111(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net [mailto:steelers111(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 6:43 PM
Subject: deep-purple
Sent from your page at:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/8910/s2z.html
IP: 209.240.200.107
you forgot blackfoot glenn hughes and bernie torme in your list of bands
lmost as good as d-p
deep purple is the best though, your right about that
i think you also forgot budgie.
{Dean "Editor" Webb: OK, I'll add them next time I work on them. Any more
suggestions from the list?}
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>From Dean Webb, the editor: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Name That CD!
OK, here's the story: DP's next release will be a live recording from their
Australian tour. What should it be named?
Well, I got a few ideas for its name:
MADE IN AUSTRALIA: I know, I know... They got 2 other "Made in" albums,
this one would make it a rut. Then again, it does have a classic kind of
ring to it...
ANOTHER LIVE ALBUM FROM DEEP PURPLE: For the jokers at record stores. Guy
walks in: "I want another live album from Deep Purple." Shop owner: "Sure!
Which one?" (Motions toward a rack full of various DP live releases.)
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: The Howard Cosell/Don King title. I like it.
Well, everyone make suggestions if you got 'em. If DP decides on one of the
titles in the list as one for their LP, all we ask for is a credit on the
liner notes and a mention of the list, too. If they want to give away lots
of money, we won't stand in their way, though...
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