DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #8
In this issue:
Elf
Rainbow with Dio
WFT third verse: did Gillan ever sing it right?
Ian vs. Ritchie predictions and DP connections to Pink Floyd and Abba
More on Iron Purple ...
Purple to Abba in multiple ways (Yikes! Too close for comfort!)
DP set list from Brian Currin
Did Mk3/4 ever do other Mk2 songs?
DP August 19 show notes & backstage info.
Review of Deep Purple (The third album)
Spanish phrases DP must know (HOT POST!)
Reviews of Purpendicular and Abandon
DP at liveconcerts.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Javamx7172(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:00 PM
Subject: DP connections
ok maybe ill be out on a thread here, but an interesting connection mentioned
Ronnie J Dio's early band Elf produced by Glover. Anyone out there got some
opinions abt. the Elf band? How many albums, availability etc?
Henry
Purple was Peakin at Holmdel!
[Ed- I have "Carolina County Ball" by Elf and although I like a few tracks on it, the band really
didn't impress me as purple-worthy. Dio is best when he's got a LOUD and HEAVY band
behind him. The Elf guys were good enough, but loud they were not, IMO. The thread has
officially begun!]
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-----Original Message-----
From: IluvGillan(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:56 PM
Subject: Who is this Rainbow???
I remember when I was living at home I would be blasting Warchild and my
brother would be blasting Rainbow...He was always asking me to lower Tull and
I said why don't you lower the man on the silver mountain,so one day when he
went to rehersal i snuck in his room to check out the album,after playing it I couldn't get it out
of my head.I just loved it.Even to this day I still play Rainbow and it sounds just a fresh.
So here goes my review..1.Rainbow # 9 my favorite cut is The temple of the
king..
2.Rainbow's Rising #10+ my favorite song is Do you close your eyes..
3.Rainbow's Long live Rock & Roll # 8 1/2 My favorite song is Lady of the lake...
Always in Rock...Sue Rose....
[Ed- while we're on the subject of Dio, I strongly recommend getting the 2-CD set from
Mausoleum Classix of Rainbow live in Europe. Ir rocks -and- it has a smoking live version
of "Do You Close Your Eyes."]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Timr65(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #7
In a message dated 9/3/98 5:29:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com writes:
<< When they started their short "No Good Reason Tour" in March 1995 in
Florida, "Woman From Tokyo" was finally a song proper, complete, with all
verses etc. >>
Hi, I just have one thing to add and/or ask. I have never heard Gillan sing
the CORRECT third verse he seems just to repeat part of the second verse or
mumbles/ screams. Does anyone know of a version where he does the third verse correctly??
Thanks Tim
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bolinhed(at-a-domain-named)aol.com
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #7
Re: the deathmatch between Ian & Ritchie; I could see Ritchie having Ian down
and trying to smash a Strat on him, but Ian walloping Ritchie with a
microphone; he's getting quite good at it...
As for the "6 Degrees of DP," the Pink Floyd connection would be Jeff Porcaro,
who played on The Wall and on Bolin's Teaser. For Abba - Phil COllins played
on Abba singer Frida's solo song There's Somethng Going On; Phil also played on Bolin's Teaser!!!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 11:17 PM
Subject: Bruce Dickinson covering DP
John LaRocque wrote:
>> Don't forget, Bruce Dickinson also sang "Smoke on the Water" on the
Earthquake Album (Rock Aid Armenia), which came out in 1990, which was a
fundraiser for victims of the Armenian earthquake. Blackmore, Gillan and
Lord were on this track, along with Bryan Adams, Geoff Beauchamp, Bruce
Dickinson, Geoff Downes, Keith Emerson, Dave Gilmour, John Paul Jones,
Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Paul Rodgers, Chris Squire and
Roger Taylor. <<
I have a bootleg from London in 1990 (Tattoeed Millionaire tour) where
he did Black Night. Kick ass cover--he also did "Sin City" by AC/DC.
--T.J.
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-----Original Message-----
From: richard.poustie(at-a-domain-named)bmrb.co.uk
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 5:30 AM
Subject: RE: Deep Purple Digest #7
On the question of the Purple / Abba connection, I can think of two routes
there.
(1) After the demise of Abba, blonde babe ( then ) Agnetha recorded a solo
album which was produced by a certain Anthony Ashton who, for far too short
a time, made splendid mayhem in Paice Ashton Lord. ( Oh how I'd love to hear
the unfinished 2nd Album - PAL that is not Agnetha ).
(2) Two other Abba-people, the ludicrously-trousered Bjorn and Benny, wrote
the music to Tim Rice's libretto for one of those musicals ( could have been
Chess ) - and it was Tim Rice of course who recruited ace-singer and
bouncer-basher Ian Gillan to record on "Jesus Christ Superstar."
There, 3 out of 4 Abba members.
All that remains is for someone to link Frida to Coverdale?
RP
[Ed- does either one want to link with the other? :-) ]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Currin
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 6:04 AM
Subject: Fw: DP 98
From: Ilija Gospodinov
Just one little thing, if anyone could write the new 1998 Deep Purple
live repertoire I would be mostly gratefull
Hi Ilija
An excerpt from my DP set lists-by-year webpage for you.
Not all songs are played every night.
Hope it looks alright on your e-mail - on mine it's a list with a graphic and a link to the "tour dates"
page. Let me know if you want any more specific info.
"~" (tilde) means an excerpt from the song was included in the title above it i.e.
Lazy
~drum solo
Enjoy
Cheers
Brian
--------Brian Currin--------
http://www.new.co.za/~currin
Vagabond Of The Website World
a.. 1998 - Mk 7
Toured: USA (The House Of Blues Roadshow), Mexico, Costa Rico, Europe, USA, Canada,
Russia
Tour dates
Albums: None (maybe, one day)
a.. Hush
b.. Fireball
c.. Into The Fire
d.. Strange Kind Of Woman
e.. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic
f.. Pictures Of Home
~Bass solo
~Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover instrumental
g.. Black Night encore on European leg of Abandon tour
h.. Bludsucker new name for Bloodsucker
i.. Any Fule Kno That
j.. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
k.. Fingers To The Bone
l.. Almost Human
m.. Woman From Tokyo
n.. Watching The Sky
o.. Seventh Heaven
p.. Rosa's Cantina
q.. No One Came
r.. La Bamba instrumental into...
s.. Smoke On The Water
t.. Evil Louie
~Keyboard solo
u.. Lazy
v.. When A Blind Man Cries
w.. Speed King
~Burn instrumental
~Drum solo
~Not Fade Away
x.. Perfect Strangers
y.. Highway Star
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-----Original Message-----
From: AlexandroTalamini
To: 'Deep Purple Digest'
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 7:29 AM
Subject: Boot and Reading
Hi from Brazil =)
I would like to know if anybody knows a DP boot (CD format prefered,
good sound quality) from Coverdale/Hughes era, where they play Gillan's
era songs. I mean anything different from HIGHWAY STAR and SMOKE ON THE WATER.
Does this "damn thing" exist? And if so, how? where?
Forgetting the boot world, I must say I need some help. I've been
looking for Gillan's LIVE AT READING ' 80 (CD) for a big while. I have
good connections in USA, UK, Japan and nobody has come across it. Does
anybody know if it is available in any place in the world? Any help
would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Alexandro
Curitiba, Brazil
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-----Original Message-----
From: John LaRocque
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 12:41 PM
Subject: Comments on DP August 19 show / backstage
I had the pleasure of meeting the members of Deep Purple (most of them,
anyway) back on August 19, after watching them performe at the Molson
Ampthieater in Toronto.
First off, the concert was just great. The band played for about 1:40.
The set list provided by Tony DiDomenico is mostly accurate, except that
he missed Ted the Mechanic, which they also played that night. Some of
Ian's banter about the songs can be found below:
Hush
Strange Kind of Woman ("Never did figure that one out")
Pictures of Home
Almost Human ("I feel that way around noon.")
Ted the Mechanic (Note, I'm not sure where they fit it in the set)
Woman from Tokyo ("It's not about a woman")
Watching the Sky
Steve Morse Solo / Jam
Smoke on the Water
Jon Lord Solo / Lazy
Perfect Strangers ("A song from long ago, but not that long ago")
Speed King ("A Spanish/Scottish lullaby")
Encore: Highway Star
Being not far from the stage, of course, meant that I was blasted with a
solid wall of noise. Everything louder than everything else indeed. Deep
Purple never sounded heavier (or better) than that night. Only one
encore was played, because, as I was told later backstage by Roger, Ian
was still recovering from a cold. Not that I could tell the difference,
because he sounded great. "Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!" he screamed all of 40 times that night.
I especially enjoyed the interplay between Lord and
Morse. All five were all in fine form that night, and there was no
on-stage bickering or rivalry of any kind. Just seamless execution of
classics old and new.
Now, after the show, and before I went backstage, I spent a few minutes
at the door talking to an older white-haired gent. I told him the show
seemed to go by so fast, and I would readily have stayed for more. He
responded by telling me it was the first Deep Purple concert he ever
paid for, and how he toured with them for years as a roadie/engineer,
and had their set list tatooed in his brain. He then told me something
about California Jamming, which eventually led to a discussion on how
Ritchie smashed his guitar into the camera, and the availability of the
video in North America.
His name is Mark Phillips, and he gave me his business card. As he
didn't have permission to go backstage, he left. But later, I gave the
card to Roger, having no use for it myself. Too bad I didn't scrawl down
his Internet address for future reference. "You know who this is,
right?", he replied.
Anyway, there were about 40 fans backstage, and first to meet them was
Roger, and then Steve. Roger was a real gentleman, and was friendly and
talkative to everybody. "I heard you got the WDWTWA master tapes. So, is
the world ready for 'Smelly Botty'?", I asked. "How did you find about
that", he replied, before rattling off some lyrics from the song, which
I forgot. I thanked him for the great show all of them gave, and had him
sign all of three CD's (the Morse-era Purple), including Live at the
Olympia, and the last two studios..
Next out was Ian Gillan. When I met him, he seemed a bit distracted, but
was nice enough to sign my CD books as well. "I have all of your CD's,
and even your rap album." "Rap album?". "The one you did with the Ray
Sillengaard and the Bolland brothers." "It's out? I haven't even heard
the demo tapes. How is it?" "They released it in Japan last year. I
don't know what to make of it. Too bad I didn't bring it." Well, that's
my Ian Gillan story. He also signed my copy of Dreamcatcher, along with
my DP CD's.
Paicey was there, and like Roger and Steve, was very friendly, and
easygoing. "If your arms aren't too tired, could you sign these for
me?". "Sure." What a great guy.
Last to meet was Steve. I told him how much I liked the show, and how
much I like the current lineup, and how special it was that he was part
of it. When it came time to sign my CD programs, I inadvertently
included Dreamcatcher (the Gillan solo). "Oh, sorry, you aren't on it."
"But it does have Steve Morris", was his answer.
Jon Lord stayed on the bus, so I didn't get to meet him. Oh well.
For the next few days, I showed off the booty to friends and co-workers,
and listened to Live at the Olympia, all of about three times, easily
one of my favorite DP live sets (I have about 17 or so, including
variants). All in all a great experience, a get together with the band
and its fans. I'll remember it for a long time.
John LaRocque
"And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain perfect strangers."
--Perfect Strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Collins
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 9:11 PM
Subject: Review of Deep Purple/DeepPurple (3rd LP)
With the release of the 3rd album, Deep Purple finally justified their
existence as a band, and demonstrated their potential as a pioneering
force in progressive, hard rock music. To me, the 3rd album is the first
true classic released by the band. A powerful example of the twin towers
of Blackmore and Lord, working together and clearly defining what would
become the trademark Purple sound, the aggressive sound of Jon's Hammond
organ vs. the sonic attack of Ritchie's fiery guitar work. Finally
dropping the over-reliance on cover tunes that crippled the first two
albums, the LP's only cover is a classic, moody interpretation of the
Donavon song, Lalena. The album also features two great, no
holds-barred, bluesy rockers in Why Didn't Rosemary and The Painter,
Lord's classically tinged Blind, which features some great harpsichord
work, the frantic opening number Chasing Shadows and the first great
Purple epic, April, which clocks in at over 12 minutes. Broken in to
three movements, the song sets the stage for the Concerto and Gemini
Suite projects which followed. This is an essential item in any
collection, noteworthy for it's hints of things to come with the
quintessential MkII line-up which followed.Many of the themes explored
on this album would be visited again by the band later, with Lalena in
particular, strongly influencing the classic, When A Blindman Cries. I
would have to rate this album as being in the top 5 of DP's all time
greatest studio records. Sadly overlooked, the LP is Purple's worst
charting album of the 70's, reaching a miserable #162 on the Billboard
charts in the US, and like it's predecessors, not charting at all in the
UK. A sad fate, undeserving of an album this strong. I'd rate it a
9.5. Jim Collins
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Gandarillas
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 7:08 AM
Subject: Translations!
I'm a spanish guy, so I'm fluent in spanish and *not* in english. So I
have problems just understanding all the hell of things you say (and some -
well, *all* the &^%$ jokes). Not to say trying to write something that
doesn't destroy five centuries of english grammar.
(Hum! Well, perhaps I'm too paranoid)
Anyway, I'll try to translate some phrases to spanish:
(if there are strange characters, they are the spanish accents. Just say to
me and I'll send you a version without them)
IAN GILLAN:
Can we have everything louder than everything else?
¿Podemos conseguir que todo suene más alto que todo lo demás?
May I please have some more hard liquor?
¿Por favor, puedo tomar alguna bebida fuerte más?
(There's a variation:
¿Por favor, puedo tomar alguna bebida más fuerte?
Which means:
May I please have a harder liquor?
Interesting, uh?)
Have you any throat spray I can borrow?
¿Podéis prestarme algo para la garganta?
What are the words to the song I am singing?
¿Cuál es la letra de la canción que estoy cantando?
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
¡¡¡¡¡¡UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
(no! Really?)
Thanks
Gracias.
I thank you.
Os doy las gracias.
I thaaaaaaaaank you!!!!
¡¡¡¡Graaaaaaaaaacias!!!!
(and so on...)
This song is from 1969. Or was it 1972? Or perhaps 1984?
Esta canción es de 1969. ¿O era de 1972? ¿O quizás 1984?
ROGER GLOVER:
I am a producer. Show me to the mixing board.
Soy un productor. Enseñadme la mesa de mezclas.
Where did the rest of the band go? I want to join them.
¿Dónde ha ido el resto de la banda? Quiero reunirme con ellos.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE:
I just fired my singer. Please get Joe Lynn Turner on the telephone.
Acabo de despedir a mi cantante. Conseguidme a JLT en el teléfono.
(please? PLEASE???? MTIB???? Uaaahh! He's aged)
Get that camera away from me or I will ram my guitar up the lens.
Aleja esa cámara de mi o te voy a atravesar la lente con mi guitarra.
(Aaahhh! That's our good old Ritchie)
I told you to get that camera away from me.
Te dije que alejaras esa cámara.
CRASH!
La jodió.
(Ohhh! Don't bother, just spanish-to-spanish jokes!)
If you can glue my passport back together, I'll continue the tour.
Si consigues pegar todos los pedacitos de mi pasaporte, continuaré el tour.
DAVID COVERDALE:
Ooooo-whoa-ohhh!
This is *very* difficult, so I'll leave this to a professional translator.
Any help?
'ere's a song for ya!
(oh, my god, how can I translate this? Let's see...)
¡Esta canción es pa' vosotros! (mmmhhhh... not bad)
God bless ya all.
Que Dios os bendiga a todos.
Anyone else but me is going to sing this next song, 'cos I'm the singer.
Cualquiera de los demás va a cantar la siguiente canción, porque soy el
cantante.
(something he surely thought in '75-'76)
JON LORD:
Anyone want to hear "Fur Elise" one more time?
¿Alguien quiere oir "Para Elisa" una vez más?
(YES! M... crunch!)
How does my solo end? I seem to have forgotten.
¿Cómo termina mi solo? Creo que lo he olvidado.
IAN PAICE:
I want to play the drums.
Quiero tocar la batería.
Please show me to the drums.
Por favor llevadme a la batería.
OK, one more beer, then I play the drums.
De acuerdo, una cerveza más, luego toco la batería.
Want one of my sticks? Get this! Oops! Sorry 'bout your eye!!
¿Quieres una de mis baquetas? ¡Toma! ¡Uy! ¡Perdona por lo del ojo!
STEVE MORSE:
(He seems to be the big, funny guy that doesn't say much. He
probably could get by with simple gestures and the occasional solo.)
So he doesn't need translators. Lucky guy that expresses himself eloquently
with his guitar.
I hope this helps the band in their inminent shows in spain. 15 sep 1998,
Madrid: my first live show of the band. I missed them 2 years ago, because
of the &^%$ exams. And four years ago, with Satriani, cos I simply didn't
know who DP were (can you believe it?)
¿Hay alguien por ahi del terruño este, POR FAVOR?
By the way, Carlos means Charles (arg! It sounds so serious!)
And vice versa. Of course.
Hope you enjoy this!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlos Gandarillas
e-mail: chuckway(at-a-domain-named)dds.nl
[Ed- well done! DP are now ready for their Spanish leg of the tour! My wife speaks Spanish
and was laughing hard! Now, all you other folks who know another language or a variety of
English, send in your translations! Hey, Carlos even made up more phrases DP would need!
Look for this in the Hot Posts section.]
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-----Original Message-----
From: NEIL JONES
To: Deep Purple Digest
Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 1:42 PM
Subject: ....The Morse albums.......
In reply to Ilija`s comments on the Abandon / Perpindicular albums , myself
personally, I prefer the Perpindicular album. I feel it represented a return
to Purple at their very best, to me it was the best effort, since "Burn".
Some of the tracks are near classics. " Sometimes I feel like screaming",
" Loosen my strings" and "Rosa`s Cantina" are up there with "Speed King" and
, the flavour of the day , "Woman from Tokyo". Also the tour from this album
is the best they have been live since the reunion in `84.
"Abandon" is a very good follow -up, but does not match the excitement of
the former. Only "Seventh Heaven" , "Fingers to the bone" and possibly "Dont
make me happy" would make it on to Perpindicular. The others ( Bloodsucker
excluded ) , would fit in more favourably, on perhaps BRO or Perfect
Strangers even......Still, the second best album since the reunion, I`ll
catch them live in Birmingham next month............Oh, nearly forgot....I`d
give Perpindicular "9"......Abandon a "7".
Neil Jones, England.
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From Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)geocities.com
Liveconcerts.com DP concert
If you are lucky enough to have a good enough system for this sort of thing, go to liveconcerts.com
and check out the VIDEO feed of the Deep Purple House of Blues concert. It features a very
eclectic set list and shows the band in a great condition. I was able to see it over my company's
T-1 line and enjoyed every bit of it. The screen may be a bit small, but get some good headphones
or speakers and ROCK OUT!!! I got there from a link at http://www.deep-purple.com.
On a personal note, my wife is set to go have a baby (our third) on Sunday. Please bear with
me if the digest takes a little while for the next issue to come out. (Just be glad it won't be 9
months, although I may be a bit premature on that. Still, the DPD is experiencing birthing pains
as I labor away to avoid a pregnant pause.) (For the non-English fluent, the previous comment
was a series of puns regarding pregnancy and childbirth. Puns are great ways to get exposed to
other languages, as I found out when I read Asterix the Gaul when I was younger. Who knew
Latin could be so funny?)
Villeicht das nachster Zeit,
Dean Webb
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