DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #69
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SPECIAL "ISSUE NUMBER THE SAME AS A SONG TITLE" ISSUE!!!
In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
DP Influence on Don Airey
If only they played...
Dio + Ritchie
Setlist + Morse
Songs
Ritchie and Ronnie
The dream concert
Christian's Explanation
Rainbow lineup
Rainbow lineup #2
Blackmore's Night
Rainbow Mk 237
Midsummer!
Midsummer #2!
Cologne
Plauen
HOBL remaster warning
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From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
69! (Dunnuh-d'dunnuh-d'dunnuh-d-DOW! RHUM BUNNUH BUH BUH BUN BUH
BADADDADADDA...) (The previous was the air guitar tablature for the opening
power chords of "69". You're welcome!) And to commemorate this being the
69th issue, I went ahead and ordered another DP CD, this one On the Wings
of a Russian Foxbat. Why OTWOARF? Well, I'll tell ya...
I work at Microsoft now (keep the rude comments to yourselves, if you have
them! ;-) and we're in the process of moving to a new building. One group
went over there first and left behind stuff they didn't want to take.
During the general looting of their former work area, I came across, of all
things, a turntable and a pair of speakers. Nobody else was touching it
because they all had CDs or MP3s and were happy with those. I had them,
too, but this... this... IT COULD PLAY VINYL!!! AT WOOOOORRRK!!!
So, I snagged it and hooked it up. I found who the (now former) owner was
and let him know I was gonna "keep it warm" for him and make sure that if
he wanted it back it was being kept safely. Hehehe.
The next day, I brought the vinyl. Using records I didn't give a toss
about, I discovered the needle was in great shape -- probably never been
used! Later that day, I enjoyed playing sides of Made in Japan over and
over and over and over... it was GREAT! (Music from the band Return to
Forever, by the way, is great background music at work, as well!) I also
brought Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast specially for my team and a
special someone who threatened to go toe-to-toe with me if I got the volume
up above whisper level with her Christian Rock. I figured she'd like the
title track from that LP, as it's quite religious, I think. See, it quotes
a scripture, and there's a message in there, if you listen carefully...
hehehe! My team went ahead and rocked out while Ms. Special was in a
meeting, though, as we didn't want an HR incident of that caliber. (I can
see it now... "And *what* exactly did you sing next?" "Uh, well, the next
couple lines went "6-6-6 / the number of the beast / sacrifice is going on
tonight" and then we did the air guitar thing for the solos..." "Is that
when you threw the mannequin over the cubicle walls?" "Yeah. That's when we
threw Eddie over into her cube. Looking back, we're real sorry... (whisper
'NOT!' very softly under my breath)")
OK, so yesterday morning, I scan my platters to see what should go to work
with me. For some reason, I had to have Come Taste the Band. I was glad I
took it, too! That platter is AWESOME at work! Good mix of musical
textures, some great rockers, and some great quiet tracks. I gotta
seriously reconsider my 6 rating for it, as it's now one of my favorites in
the DP catalog! Go fig, huh? SO now I'm in a Mk4 mood and had to get them
live. Getting OTWOARF was the best bet, as Bolin's arm is good and it was
supposed to be a good concert. Jesper Almen gave it a thumb up, so that's
good enough for me.
On a tragic note, it was backordered at CDNOW. On a positive note, I
ordered it anyway so I could take advantage of their 30% discount on
imports sale. (Not an ad for them, just to explain my motivation in
ordering.)
Changing gears, an update on the logistics front: Geocities no longer does
outbound mail for users switched over to their Yahoo server, which everyone
has to do in the near future (and I've already done). This means I use my
Netcom account to send out the digests. The good news is that their server
goobers up less frequently than the Geocities one did. The bad news is that
the most mail I've ever sent through them at one time is a message with 30
folks in the BCC line, so it'll take a few more runs of "copy and paste" to
get the DPD out to everyone. Not that bad of an issue right now, but if
membership were to shoot up to 654,307 tomorrow... Well, I'd have a
different set of problems if THAT happened!
Anyway, on with the show!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Siegler [mailto:joe(at-a-domain-named)siegler.net]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 11:36 PM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Deep Purple Influence on Don Airey
If anyone's heard the Tony Iommi boot, Eigth Star, you might recognize
this.
This boot is the sessions Tony Iommi had in 1996 for a proposed solo album
(which will still happen, but apparntly not with this music). Anyway, the
penultimate (new) track "Shakin' My Wings" carries a very heavy Jon Lord
influence.
In fact, if I didn't know better, I swear this was Purple on the track!
If you can get a chance to hear this, and are an Iommi fan, you'll
appreciate
it. The first listen through, I didn't like it, but after serveral
listens,
I've rather grown fond of the Eighth Star.
Great vocals from Glenn, too. Wished he had done more material with Tony
after
1986, and I'm glad to get to hear this, even in unfinished form, it's some
good
[stuff]!
Joe Siegler
http://www.black-sabbath.com
{Dean "Editor" Webb: Maybe I should bring Seventh Star to work tomorrow...
BTW, is the boot available officially or just as a boot? I saw something in
the BS list about a limited edition of 8th star...}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marko Paananen [mailto:Marko.Paananen(at-a-domain-named)oulu.fi]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:42 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: If only they played...
My thoughts:
1. Demon's Eye (not very special DP song but I got chills every time I hear
it - I wonder how I would react if I heard it live...)
2. Rat Bat Blue (I think they played it once in 1996)
3. Slow Train (gotta love Jon's rhythm work on that track!)
4. Strangeways (one of the very best BEST DP songs between 84-93 and NEVER
played live)
5. Mitzi Dupree ('Dead live song' like big Ian says on HoBL Tour Book and
he's right)
But how about this:
opener: HUSH
last encore: TUSH
-Marko-
{Throw in "LaGrange", with Big Ian going "A-how-how-how-how!" ZZ Purple,
anyone?}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Miscellaneous SC Mail [mailto:miscsc(at-a-domain-named)dial.pipex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 5:10 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: Dio and Ritchie Rainbow line-up
Hi Dean,
Although it's highly unlikely it'll ever happen :( here is my twopenny
worth about the possible line-ups in a new Dio-era Rainbow.
I'd agree that the only drummer who could possibly get near to replacing
the late, great Cozy Powell would be Vinnie Appice. Vinnie has the
power and the finesse and also seems to prefer the same ambient room
drum sound that Cozy had during his Rainbow years, so he would sound
absolutely perfect in the band, provided he was told not to overdo the
'rotating drum stool tom-toms' gimmick he used to do in Sabbath and Dio!
As far as bass goes I'd go for Bob Daisley, he's a great bass player who
seems able to fit in with any musical line-up and has played with some
massive egos in his time, so I doubt if he'd be fazed by the prospect of
Ritchie and Ronnie back together again.
Of all the Rainbow keyboardists David Rosenthal and Don Airey were
technically the most proficient IMHO (I'm a keyboard player too!) but
the albums they were on took the band to more poppier pastures, which I
never want to hear Rainbow do again. So if Tony Carey or David Stone
wouldn't do it I would join as the new Rainbow keyboardist!!! :)
Sigh, if only...
Simon C.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sommer [mailto:sharkie59(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 7:58 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: Setlist + Morse
Here are the songs that i would love to hear live:
Wring that neck - I know it's been done live before, but imaging it with
the
Lord/Morse combo. Damn, i'm getting too excited just thinking bout it.
Jam Stew - Cool if they were to mix this short jam into the middle section
of Speed King or something
Fools - This would be the ultimate of rarities. To hear Ian sing this again
would be the highlight of the show IMHO, not too sure about Morse fiddling
with the volume control like blackmore, although he does do it in his solo
doesn't he (before getting back to cascades)?
No, No, No - Great bass by Roger.
Smooth Dancer - Morse could do great things for this song.
Place in Line - This song would add a bit of Blues into the setlist and
throw in a bit more open jamming between Morse/Lord/Paice (If that's
possible).
Gypsy's Kiss - Love that song. Don't know if Morse could pull off the solo.
I'm sure he could, but it would be a different style
Solataire - I think this would be a good song to directly follow another.
Imagine the first two drum beats of Solatire immediatly following the last
note of Bloodsucker.
Loosen My Strings - Slower tempo, great solo by Morse and tremendous
singing. Maybe could replace Sometimes I Feel ............ ..... ... for a
while to mix it up a shade.
Soon Forgotten - Spacey intro/chorus/solo's. Would involve more interplay
between Morse/Lord.
Finally - Cruise Missile or Stressfest by Morse. To hear the blistering
high
speeds of these songs would blow the hell out of anyone hearing them live.
Morse = Freakshow (in a good way of course).
I read in an interview with Morse, that the reason that there are no Steve
Morse Band songs played live is that the first letter on the ticket is a
"D", not an "M".
Maybe it is just me, but i am sure that people would not be too disapointed
if Steve did his thang for a while, he is, after all a genius. But if the
above statement were true about it being a "D" on the ticket, then how come
they play:
Led Zep
Thin Lizzy
Lynard Skynard
Sabbath
.......
.......
to name but a few. Not knocking this choice at all, because when I saw them
live i loved the way that they mixed it up, but i think Morse should have a
little more confidence in his own songs. Is anyone with me?
Enough babbling for now.
CYA
Paul Sommer
sharkie59(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hatheway-SSI [mailto:thathewa(at-a-domain-named)ssi.samsung.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 12:58 PM
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com'
Subject: Songs
> And so the question to readers of the Digest is this:
>
> WHICH PURPLE SONG(s) ( WHICH HAVE NEVER / HARDLY EVER SO FAR BEEN PLAYED
> LIVE ) WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SEE IN THE SET?
>
Along this line, I gotta pick:
Bad Attitude
Anya
and
Telephone Box (won't happen)
TomH
SunnyvaleCA
{Looks like we want more of the Mk2 Reunion stuff done by the current band.
Wonder why they don't explore more of that catalog?}
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-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Robinson [mailto:BennyKatz(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:38 PM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Re: Ritchie and Ronnie
Hello all, hard to argue with our esteemed editors choices for a band
for the aforementioned gentlemen. I would add a posibility to the
keyboard list in the person of David Rosenthal a later Rainbow member. I
personally saw him perform several times and also enjoyed him as a solid
member of the band. He certainly isn't in the catergory of Don Airey-few
are but would fit in nicely. Regards John
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-----Original Message-----
From: De Pourcq Michel [mailto:dpm(at-a-domain-named)pandora.be]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 3:25 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: dreamconcert
Deep Purple Brussel 24.09.98
Well, as the manoeuvres started 1 (ONE !) day earlier, I couldn’t witness
that special evening Deep Purple had set up for us, but I guess it went
like this :
Especially for the 25th birthday of the Belgian Deep Purple fanclub: all
the fanclub-members had been provided with backstage passes and invitations
for the after party. And there was also a very very special show:
Vorst (Forest National) was crowded, but everybody had ample room to dance.
And because it was a special night, there was – to the joy of many (except
for those who are used to visit the bar during this) – no support act.
At 20:00 the lights went down, but we were “awakened” by the howling of a
wolf. The first notes of HUSH. Hey, wait a minute ! That’s not Gillan
singing ! It’s Evans ! And on bass Simper. What a surprise, what an act !
The fanclub-members in the audience went wild ; the others wondered where
Gillan and Glover were, and who is that guitarplayer dressed in black ?
The second song was introduced as an early birthday present to our chairman
Marc : APRIL. Behind the curtains there were some violin players. It was
great, they played for 18 minutes. At last: longer songs. Evans and simper
waved us goodbye, and received a big applause.
Gillan and Glover entered the stage, under a huge ovation. They started a
superb version of HIGHWAY STAR. Next thing was CHILD IN TIME, which lasted
for about 22 minutes. When people heard the first notes, the hall was on
fire. The interplay between Jon and Ritchie, well I have no words for it.
They were having a “music-war”, simply can’t describe it. I can’t wait till
the Belgian TV is airing it. There were several camera’s in the hall, even
a small special one for Blackers. Gillan really hits the high notes, there
was absolutely no problem with his voice at all. We did not once caught him
coughing.
“And so the seasons change: ANYA”. I must say that I have missed both songs
lately – especially C.I.T., like everybody else did - and I love the
transition between them. The hall became really too hot and everybody was
freaking out. Suddenly we heard another guitarsound: Joe Satriani came on!
The duel between him and Blackmore… well, you must have been there to
believe it. During the quiet bits you could have heard a pin drop. At last
Ritchie did his infamous finger-vibrato again; something I was longing for
for years, and it was finger-licking good. This was only the fifth song
and already more than an hour flew by. The song became DIFFICULT TO CURE,
and there was that orchestra again. To quote Gillan: “superb, wonderful,
great!” The sound in Vorst was phenomenal; I think the soundmen went to Le
Zénith in Paris to take lessons.
We then heard something strange, but very good: a medley of LIVING WRECK /
NO NO NO/ RAT BAT BLUE and BLOODSUCKER . A part of the audience (especially
the younger ones) thought this was a new song. During the latter part of
this, Jon played his Hammond à la In Rock and not the Abandon way (which I
don’t like). His solo became heavier and heavier and turned to the intro of
LAZY. His intro lasted, like in the good ol’ days, for more than fifteen
minutes! Then Ritchie took over. One word: Wow! This kind of stuff is the
reason why I became such a big Deep Purple fan. I thought that the
“Paris-Lazy” (9 July) was great, but this one beats them all, even the
"Live in Japan" versions. Brilliant! Especially when Steve Morse joined in.
Far out man! They were even smiling at each other, and dancing. You had to
have seen it to believe it: Glover, Morse, Gillan and Blackmore in a row
doing those silly Mud-dance-hops. After this tremendous song they all
hugged, shook hands; Ritchie and Big Ian even kissed each other on the
cheeks. Wow, I need fresh air, man. The hall was really steaming hot.
Time for a slower one: WHEN A BLIND MAN CRIES. Here Blackmore took a break.
Pity he did not join in. But still, a great song, with a magnificent
Morse-solo. This is really a night full of solo’s. I was complaining for
years that the DP songs they have been playing since the reunion in 84 are
far too short, but here they are!
The lights went down; oh no! Not the end of the show yet! Next, we heard
some wonderful Strat sounds: Ritchie was all-alone on stage, we couldn’t
believe our ears: he was playing the intro to MISTREATED! Never heard him
playing it like that. And Gillan started singing it! Unbelievable! Who said
Gillan can’t sing? Suddenly we heard another voice: “the voice of rock":
Glenn Hughes! This was thé version of this great song, which lasted almost
half an hour. Man can they play! First-rate! They announced that Coverdale
would have been there, but just before the show he was beaten up, and was
in hospital; pity JJ.
Gillan continued telling us about the splits and the first reunion, and
what they all did during the time between it, like becoming a cunning
linguist. “Then we had another classic Purple song, all about football:
PERFECT STRANGERS”. With the laser show! And 3 guitarplayers, two
bassplayers, and two singers. Incredible! Jon’s solo (again: excellent!)
became the intro of KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR. With a great interaction
between the 3 guitarplayers. It was nice to see (and hear) Blackmore
imitating the Satriani loops he used to play during this one in 94.The
audience was really wild. Girls came loud screaming. Ritchie was, as in the
old days, in charge; dealing with the handsignals. At one moment, he
threatened – smiling - to throw some water at his (personal) cameraman.
Blackmore started playing some strange, but familiar sounds, which no one
would have expected: MITZI DUPREE. With a female dancer on stage. Would
she? Yes, she did! {Any children reading this should close their eyes NOW!}
What a show! Then Gillan announced: ”a good friend of mine, hope you will
welcome him with a huge applause! Mister! Joe! Lynn! Turner!!” Not far from
me I heard a woman yelling and screaming, like in exctacy, or was she
opera-singing? LOVE CONQUERS ALL. A lot of the younger ones were wondering
who that guy, posing all over the stage, was. Suddenly a blond female ran
on stage, started making magical moves around the singer and guitarist;
much to bemusement of Gillan and the others. Mechteld started even a strip
tease, before she was removed from stage in a white straitjacket.
The last song launched by Morse (after a long introduction full of
Gillanism) with a loooooong intro-solo: TED THE MECANIC. After this intro
he was applauded by Blackmore, who then took over and brewed something
completely new out of it, very gentle, very quiet. Then the song bursted
loose.
At 23:09 it was over. Gillan announced that everybody should have a
pee-break, because they were having one now. The lights turned
light-purple.
After a 15 minute break there was thundering and lightning on stage: a
smashing BURN, which lasted for about only 6 minutes.
Then Blackmore started playing something à la Santana, which was great to
hear and see him play. Everybody on stage stood there watching him with his
or her mouth wide open. Satriani joined in, followed by Steve. This was
great, unbelievable, tremendous,… Then Joe Lynn Turner started singing,
very slowly, the words and suddenly… worlds most infamous chords: SMOKE ON
THE WATER. People went nuts, everybody was dancing, playing the air-guitar
and singing along. And I always said I did not like this song! This was
something completely different; it went on for ages and ages. Interpolating
longer pieces of (if my memory is correct, because I stopped taking notes,
I simply forgot): HEY JOE / SPEED KING / THE MULE (with a great drum-solo
including the 1812 Overture, dedicated to Cozy) / BLACK NIGHT and – with
guest singers: Doogie and Candice!! – HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING. The
singers took turn of the guitar – singing duels. This won by Gillan. The
stage was too small to fit in all those people: Lord, Gillan, Paice,
Glover, Blackmore, Morse, Satriani, Simper, Hughes, Evans, Doogie and
Candice. Then suddenly it was all over. This last song(s) lasted for 35
minutes. It was 00:10 in the morning, they have been playing for 4 hours!
Especially Lord and Paice, who did not have anybody to replace them. I did
not want to be in Little Ian’s place, I think he couldn’t feel his arms
anymore, or was it the opposite?
This was quite something. People did not want to leave the hall; but were
gently pushed out by the friendly security. The ones with the
after-party-passes were invited to the bar. So the bandmembers could take a
shower and a break. There were all kinds of free drinks and snacks. At
01:00 we then were invited back to the hall. Candles were burning on stage.
Everybody: the singers, guitarplayers, bass players, 1 drummer and 1 organ
player were sitting on the edge of the stage. We were asked to sit around,
and to join in with the singing. Everything was much laid back: Deep Purple
unplugged. Gillan teasing Candice, Ol’ Blackers enjoying it. The singing
and playing went on for another hour. I was too impressed by the stuff
happening on stage so I forgot to take notes. Then T-shirts for this
special occasion, all signed by the band members and –ex-members, were
handed out. We were sitting there with about 95 fanclubmembers. And then
the surprise: a signature Strat was the main price of a lottery. Can’t
remember who got it, but we were all very jealous.
It was almost 03:00 when we left the hall.
Well, this was too good to be true, but I hoped it went this way. Or, to be
honnest: I don’t hope it went like this, because at that moment I was be on
the train, drinking – a lot – beers with my fellow soldiers, up to Germany.
See ya in Düsseldorf on 9 October – this time for real.
Oh no! Can’t get no holiday on 7 October, because there is a military
ceremony; although the captain allowed my holiday – because I’ll miss the
Belgian show, and he knows what a big Purple fan I am – but the major does
not allow it. So it will be Rotterdam and/or Lille.
But I do hope that Deep Purple can do something special for the 25th
birthday of the Belgian fanclub, we will be having our 21st annual
convention on Saturday 26 June. If something special can happen for the
first convention of the British fanclub; why nothing for the 25th birthday
of the Belgian fanclub, with it’s 21st convention?
See ya – cross my fingers – in Rotterdam and Lille
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Rutz [mailto:case(at-a-domain-named)burning-chrome.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 3:03 PM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #68
>{Dean "Editor" Webb: Thanks a bunch, Christian, for all your roving
>reports!
You're welcome.
>How are you able to follow both Jon Lord and Deep Purple, though?
In my car..........
>If it's your job, are there any openings where you work?
No, my job is more of a hindrance since I have to leave out Berlin and
Regensburg.
Bye, Christian
---
Time's fun when you're having flies
Kermit T. Frog
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-----Original Message-----
From: DouglasWhitworth [mailto:douglas(at-a-domain-named)centrenet.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:36 PM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #68
Dean Webb wrote
>Subject: Ritchie's New Band (possibilities)
>
>If Ritchie and Dio get back together, who should make up the rest of the
>band? Here are a few of my suggestions, see what you think of them:
>
>BASS: Bob Daisley, Neil Murray, or Jimmy Bain?
I would tend to spice things up a bit and toss one Mr Geezer Butler into
the
pot, given the pending, possible demise of Sabbath
>DRUMS: Well, Cozy's not available :-(, so how about Vinnie Appice! Clear
>choice for the skins slot, especially after Black Sabbath's current tour
>ends (no longer needed as a hot backup for Bill Ward!). If Vinnie's not
>available, could we get Matt Sorum?
I like the suggestion of Matt Sorum, would link in well with Geezer I
suspect.
>KEYBOARDS: I'm kinda dry on ideas here.
I would probably go with Jens Johansen, ex of Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen
and if you can work with those two ...well, say no more), otherwise
perhaps
Colin Towns
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Lewis [mailto:lewbaa(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:19 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Cc: catchtherainbow(at-a-domain-named)onelist.com
Subject: rainbow reunion
i would vote for bob daisley on bass. don airey
keyboards, and bobby rondinelli drums. how about bringing back graham
bonnet?? down to earth defines rainbow for me, somewhere in between the
heavier mysticism dominated rainbow with dio and the pop metal of the
JLT
era. just my 2 cents....and in an aside the first
kingdom come album with "get it on" being the big hit probably mimicked
zep too closely but its a good album and the follow up was even better.
i think the band disintegrated after that, i have a KC album that came
out after those called "hands of time" but it is essentially
a lenny wolf solo album, still pretty good......lew
i stare into an empty world
i didnt know how much i needed you
i feel so lost
i let it all slip away, i was blind to the signs
and now i bear this cross
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-----Original Message-----
From: AlexandroTalamini [mailto:Alexandro(at-a-domain-named)Boticario.com.br]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 7:32 AM
To: 'Deep Purple Digest'
Subject: Blackmore's Night
Hello,
I'm looking for a Blackmore's Night live CD. Have any of you heard one of
them which worth to get??? I found one called RITCHIE SPICE OR CANDICE
SPICE? Have you heard it?? Any other?? How do Purple songs sound in
Candice's voice??
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Alex
Curitiba, Brazil
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-----Original Message-----
From: JACOB HASTEDT [mailto:hastedt(at-a-domain-named)get2net.dk]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 4:12 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: Rainbow mk 237
IMO the obvious line-up for a new Rainbow would be:
Ritchie (can´t get around him)
Dio (see above and his best career move since 1980)
Tony Carey ( He already said yes. Look at hís home page)
Bob Daisley (he was there before and is a good steady bass. Jimmy Bain is
pissing his pants somewhere in Germany and wouldn´t be up to it according
to Carey).
Aynsley Dunbar (of course: The worlds greatest drummer, just listen to
Journeys first lp. He is playing with Daisley in Mothers army and is doing
a great job every time).
Now mr Blackmore, just do it, as they say at Nike
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Reichberg [mailto:reichberg(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 6:09 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: MIDSUMMER!
HI all!
I don't know if Midsummer is celebrated anywhere else than up here in the
north of Europe, but here we do celebrate! We tie flowers together and put
them on our heads, dance around the midsummerpole (a symbol of a penis
giving growth to the ground!), eat and drink. Lots!
Here in Karlskrona, Sweden, the sun is shining, it's a beautiful warm day,
and it's time to go outside...
...and therefore, I'd like to wish you all a
MAGNIFICENT MIDSUMMER!
Daniel
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brisky, Mike [mailto:MPB4(at-a-domain-named)pge.com]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 8:58 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: RE: MIDSUMMER!
Some folks do that here in California, on any given day!...........If I
did,
I'd undoubtedly be arrested!
LOL! Mike Melting In California, Wondering Why I can't Drink Beer Here
On The Job...............
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Rutz [mailto:case(at-a-domain-named)burning-chrome.com]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:52 PM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Review: Deep Purple 25/06/1999 Cologne
Hello,
I'm just back from one of the best DP shows I ever heard and the best DP
show I've ever seen and wanted to give some impressions.
The Palladium in Cologne is a strange venue, it's located in an industrial
area and is actually a converted factory or something, I have to admit I
don't like it very much since the acoustics are not that good, which brings
me to...
The Sound: From my position (first row, a little bit left of the middle)
the sound was perfect. Very clear and the mix and balance of the different
instruments was exactly right. It can't get better than this, I even heard
at two times Gillan's congas.
Support act again Lenny Wolf, it was their last show as support for DP,
they put on a really good show.
Setlist same as the last german dates I saw, but it wasn't that important
which songs were played but what happened in the songs........
Lightshow: Put to good use, added much to the atmosphere, which brings me
to...
The Show:
Purest, deepest Purple.
Gillan's voice was in brilliant shape, no problems at all this night. And
Gillan himself was in overdrive, chatting nonstop in-between songs and at
one time playing a plastic blow-up guitar (the kind you take to the beach)
which someone in the audience gave him. Excellent performance.
Steve and Jon in a great jamming mood, the solos in the songs were long and
inspired and their solospots were so outstanding, it was breathtaking.
Roger and Ian on the same high level, they supported perfect the jamming
parts, but not only playing along but also doing some extra stuff on the
side where appropriate, especially Paicey was doing miracles on drums.
And when he started his drumsolo it was showtime, he gave the word "fast" a
new meaning.
And and and......
I could go on like this for quite a while, but to keep this short:
Wherever you looked, whoever onstage you watched, it was a pure joy.
A perfect night.
What made the night even better was that I meet some a.m.d-pers after the
show, so here a quick hello to Fedor, Nigel, Svante and Benny; hope to see
you somewhere along the road again.
Now it's really time to catch some hours of sleep and then it's off to
Plauen........
Bye, Christian
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Time's fun when you're having flies
Kermit T. Frog
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Rutz [mailto:case(at-a-domain-named)burning-chrome.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 10:17 AM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Subject: Review: Deep Purple 26/06/1999 Plauen
Hello,
I'm back from the Plauen Open Air, here are some short comments.
Opening bands were Monkey Cab, Brainstorm and Sinner.The first two I didn't
like much, but Sinner was o.k.
Audience: around 5000-6000 people, I guess.
Lightshow: Absolutely useless, Purple started shortly before 8 o'clock, it
was still broad daylight and when they finished it was just getting dark.
Setlist same as the shows before.
Good sound, from my position (fourth row, left from the middle) bass was
maybe a little bit loud, but all instruments were clear.
Overall impression:
Another top-show by the band, with all five of them in good form. I won't
get into this further, since I would only repeating myself from earlier
reviews.
Some bits and pieces:
- Steve threw in quite a large part from Voodoo Child by the late Hendrix
in his parade and The Mule was very long too this time.
- Gillan announced SIFLS as being from Abandon..........
- they had some troubles with one of Jon's Leslies, right up to the start
of the show they were fiddling inside the speakercabinet.
Since I'm off the tour for good now (though I hope I can make one or two
dates more) it's time to say Thank You and Farewell to:
The Roadcrew: Though circumstances were sometimes less than ideal, they've
done a perfect job.
The Fans: I've met a lot of people at the shows, from the diehard "My first
show was in 1972" fans to the casual "Ritchie isn't in the band anymore?"
Purple-listener. It was nice to get acquainted with so many different
Purple People.
The Band: A round of applause for Jon, Ian, Roger, Ian and Steve for "Doing
their thing".
You keep on moving........
Bye, Christian
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Time's fun when you're having flies
Kermit T. Frog
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Douglas White [mailto:whitemd(at-a-domain-named)earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 9:54 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Subject: Warning about HOBL remaster
I just compared the timings on the old "House of Blue Light" CD and the
remaster released last Tuesday, and the new CD is missing almost four
minutes (!). It's not uncommon for the timings on remasters to be a couple
seconds different from the originals, but some of those are ridiculous!
Here's the compared track timings:
Bad Attitude: old CD 5:03, new CD 4:46 -> 17 seconds less
The Unwritten Law: old CD 4:54, new CD 4:37 -> 17 seconds less
Call of the Wild: old CD 4:48, new CD 4:53 -> 5 seconds more
Mad Dog: old CD 4:35, new CD 4:34 -> 1 second less
Black & White: old CD 4:39, new CD 3:42 -> 57 seconds less!
Hard Lovin' Woman: old CD 3:24, new CD 3:25 -> 1 second more
The Spanish Archer: old CD 5:31, new CD 4:59 -> 32 seconds less!
Strangeways: old CD 7:35, new CD 5:58 -> 1:37 less!!!
Mitzie Dupree: old CD 5:05, new CD 5:05 (same)
Dead or Alive: old CD 4:59, new CD 4:42 -> 17 seconds less
Total: old CD 50:37, new CD 46:47 -> 3:50 less
(I checked Perfect Strangers, too, and all the timings on the remaster were
a few seconds longer than the original.)
I haven't listened carefully yet to see exactly what is missing from the
truncated songs...but it's a lot on a few of them!
Later,
Mark
{BUTCHERY!!! Some could be attributed to just clipping the fade-outs, but a
minute from Black & White? 32 sec from Spanish Archer? 1:37 FROM
STRANGEWAYS?!?!?!?!? No way, dude! At least they didn't touch my darling,
Mitzi Dupree! (BONUS QUESTION: Where did Ian Gillan get the inspiration for
Mitzi Dupree? Winner becomes a Microsoft Certified Deep Purple Fan
(MCDPF)!)}
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