DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #85
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In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
Speaking of Mr. Blackmore
Call of the Wild
5 Least Favorite
Speed King on TA
Blackmore's Night
Early Rainbow
BN Chicago review
Ashamed
BN Pittsburgh review
BN in Chicago
Concerto (first version) review
Looking for 2 other readers...
Graham Bonnet CD
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From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Well, I got the interviews up there. Some don't have pictures, but I'll
make them pretty later. Probably this weekend. Anyway, Blackmore, Gers,
Hughes, Gillan (very short one, but still, it's Mr. G!), Steve Vai and
John McCoy. Have a good read!
Work is quite hectic right now, but that's not keeping me tied down: I
just got Age of Empires 2 and have been having fun with that. If there are
any other AoE2 players out there, drop me a line and we can see about
getting together for a frag-fest. I get to be purple, though... ;-)
I've also been doing some writing: if you like a good scary story, come
and see "Teuthis" at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9935/teuthis.html and let me know
what you think of it!
In one DP reflection, I was wondering what it would sound like if the
band ever did some of those songs Steve teases us with just before SOTW.
The band seem to like Hendrix's "Fire", and I think it would be a great
tune for them to cover. While they're doing covers, maybe they could also
whip up Steely Dan's "Black Friday" and take a stab at Motorhead's
"Overkill". I know that's rather a diverse set of tunes, but I was just
curious to hear DP perform them. I think they could do a great job. If any
of you readers are in DP's management, see if you can steer them that way.
If you can. Don't piss them off, though. Do it easy. Nice and easy.
Politely. OK?
Anyway, 'Ere's a list for ya!
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----- Original Message -----
From: DJENNIENTSA
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [deanwebb] Speaking of Mr. Blackmore...
From: "DJENNIENTSA"
What would have happened if Richie had played with Iron Maiden??
Iron Maiden is a two-guitar band. I have never seen (or heard of) Ritchie
sharing the stage with another guitar player. There is a story
that when Hendrix visited London, he jammed with Ritchie in a club
somewhere. There is some debate over whether this is true or a rock-n-roll
myth BUT consider this... who turned up dead in a pool a few weeks later?
Coincidence? I think not.
Anyway, Ritchie would have sacked the second guitar player (whichever one
he hadn't replaced). He would probably have kept Bruce Dickinson, because
he likes screamers, but he would have sacked wossisname, Steve Harris, and
hired Glenn Hughes to add a bit of melody to the vocals. The drummer would
have lasted a while but with only one guitar Ritchie would need to bring
in
some keyboards to round the sound out. I think he would have gone for
someone with some classical influences, to round out the Iron Maiden
repetoire, so probably Keith Emerson. So the classic Iron Maiden Mk III
line up would be:
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
Niko Mcbrain - Drums
Glenn Hughes - Bass/Vocals
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Bruce and Ritchie have a big row when Bruce calls him "baldy" so Ritchie
fires him. He looks for a singer with a more bluesy voice. Coverdale turns
it down (bad for his image to be in a band with the word "maiden" in the
name) so Ritchie hires Paul Rogers.. Niko gets the axe for playing too
slow
(this is why Ritchie fires all his drummers: he gets excited on stage and
speeds up and then thinks that they can't keep time. The exception was Ian
Paice who can keep time with anything.) So Ritchie looks for a faster
drummer and hires Lars Ulrich of Metallica:
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Paul Rogers - Vocals
Lars Ulrich - Drums
Glenn Hughes - Bass/Vocals
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
The Mk IV line up proves to be a winning formula and goes on to
mega-platinum success. Then Ritchie gets a girlfriend young enough to be
his daughter, gives up rock, and goes to play with some fairies at the
bottom of his garden.
The Mk V line-up with Joe Satriani replacing Ritchie is a flop and the
band
is reduced to playing small boys schools, though they do get some exposure
as support on the Steve Morse Band's sell-out arena tour.
So now you know!
(with help from squirrels)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Lewis [mailto:lewbaa(at-a-domain-named)webtv.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:41 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: call of the wild
one of the five worst purple tunes? nope, dont think so. commercial
yes, but bad, no. i dont understand criticisms of HOBL in general,
black and white, strangeways, spanish archer, mitzi dupree, bad
attitude, its all good. bryan
{Dean "Editor" Webb: personally, I think it's a great bit of fun with a
witty lyric and a nice little hook. The Def Leppard-like vocals I could do
fine without... Mitzi Dupree is better, though. When are they going to do
it live?}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Reichberg [mailto:reichberg(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 3:02 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: 5 least favourite...
When it comes to pickin' DP's worst songs, they all have to be on S&M,
because apart from that album, DP have never made bad music!
Daniel
{Dean Webb: I dunno. Some Mk1 and Mk2 Reunion stuff is a bit hard to take
at times... and I do like "Fire in the Basement."}
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-----Original Message-----
From: G Alberts [mailto:g_albert_s(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 2:21 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Speed king on TA... the rock 'n' roll bit
Hello my friends,
I wondered for quite a while which rock 'n' roll song it is that DP plays
in
Speed king on Total Abandon. "Honey get your boppin' shoes, Rockin' at the
highschool high" etc. Is it an Elvis song? On several '99 bootlegs I heard
them also do "Blue suede shoes", and THAT is an Elvis song. I love DP
playing pure rock 'n' roll. Hope sombody knows it!
Greetz,
Gerard Ablerts
{Dean Webb: They just gotta do a Little Richard tribute! Again, any in the
DP Management...}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Corcoran [mailto:corkfam(at-a-domain-named)keynet.net]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:06 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Blacmores Night
Dean Hello,
I thought you might enjoy this link.
Cheers Cork
http://www.metromix.com/top/1,1419,M-Metromix-Music-Concertline!EventDetai
l-31712,00.html
{Dean Webb: If the link doesn't work beacuse it got cut off, just paste
the bits together and give it a go.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda [mailto:Tom_Swoboda(at-a-domain-named)compuserve.com]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:35 PM
To: DPD
Subject: Early Rainbow
A quick Dio question: Did the original Elf w/Blackmore lineup of
Rainbow ever tour? I have a bootleg from Pittsburgh, dated 11-18-75, that
has Powell, Carey and Bain in the band, with Rising material being played
(with more stuff from the first album than would be played on later tours,
too). Were Gruber, Driscoll, and Soule canned before the tour started?
--T.J.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Corcoran [mailto:corkfam(at-a-domain-named)keynet.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:40 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Blackmores Night Live in Chicago 10/23/99
Hello Dean,
Saw the show last night, I will try to describe it.
They played at the Vic theatre on Chicago's north side, near Wrigley
Field. It's a really cool old theatre, holds maybe a thousand people.
Tables were set up on the main floor for seating. We were in section B
maybe 30 feet from the stage. Excellent Location. The opening artist was
Marci Gellar. She was accompanied onstage by her electric piano, and
tightly knit miniskirt outfit! Very nice on both counts! She sang serious,
somber, songs. With topics like, strong dysfunctional women, teenage
"working girls", non conformists,etc....
After a lengthy break between sets, the house lights went down and out
came Blackmores Night! I will give you the set list and a description of
the songs,as best I can.
1; Shadow of The Moon. RB is playing the acoustic
electric,the tone is not one I'm used to. Sounds like keyboards,
slinky,slippery. The song doesn't pack the sonic wallop of the studio
version, at first. As they progress though it comes together.
2; Morning Star. Candice banters with the crowd. She is
upbeat and friendly. Down to Earth. The band kicks into Morning Star. The
crowd loves it and claps along,and yells Hey in all the right spots. Great
Song. Ritchie has a tray full of beers which he starts handing out to the
fans! Fun Stuff.
3; Play Minstrel Play. Candice begins the intro to PMP.
Maybe she goes a little long with the chatter. She mentions working with
the "Original Minstrel" Ian Anderson. Someone in the crowd yells out "Will
Ian be here?" Candace jokes back that she "didn't think so",and then a
moment I never thought would happen. Happened. Ritchie approached Candace
and the Mike Stand, He then stage whispered into the mike and towards
Candace that " Oh yes,Ian is back stage tuning the guitars." or something
to that effect. Ritchie had spoken on stage for the first time I had ever
heard of. I mean spoken, in the sense that the audience could hear him.
Well this was just a joke of course, Ian was not present.They then turned
in a spirited version of the song, with great interplay between violin and
guitar.
4; Minstrel Hall. Candice really gets into the Intro. The
title of the song refers to Their Home,we have all these antiques,and
tapestries,yada,yada... Rb strides towards the Mike. "Quiet Minstrel!"
Candy's head snaps back toward Ritchie with a look of, I don't know?
Distress? She begins to say " I'm Sorry" But Ritchie cuts off her words as
he rips into the opening chords of Minstrel Hall! Wow! Looks like a
"Moody". This song is played quite seriously. Slows things down a little.
5; Under A Violet Moon. Candice returns. albeit less chatty.
Great version, The band is really good.
6; 16th Century Greensleeves. The female keyboardist/opening
act , Marci Gellar joins Candy outfront for some girltalk about 15th, and
16th century music and musicians. Some of whom are reported to be
"difficult" at times. But not our man with the Strat, who seems to be
"Quite Jovial" tonite. Rolling Eyeballs all around. RB leads into the
intro
with fervor. Its great to hear the Strat! Awesome song all around, the two
girls out front sing really well! Ritchie turns in an inspired solo!
Loudest cheers of the evening.
7; Past Time with Good Company. This song starts out with
RB,
Candy, and the multi-instumentalist who I think is named Jesse. Jesse and
RB are playing small acoustic Guitars? Candy some type of wind instument.
This leads into a full band version. Quite Good.
8;No Second Chances. Very Good.
9;Durch den Wald Zum Bach Huas. Ritchie is The Man.
10.Runaissance Faire. I just have to say this show is
Awesome.
11.Gone with the Wind. I'm a little foggy at this point.
Looking back, I think this is the 1st encore. RB has the Strat, song
rocks!
12.Writing on the Wall. Jesse is out front with
violin,sounds
like Spanish Nights, leads into Writing on the wall . RB playing the Strat
long extended solos Ritchie really rocks. My notes say" Extreme Guitar
solo". Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
Well thats what I saw to the best of My recollection. I went in not
really knowing what to expect. I came out quite satisfied. Long Live
Ritchie and Deep Purple.
Cheers all around,
and a round to all of you
Cork
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-----Original Message-----
From: De Pourcq Michel [mailto:dpm(at-a-domain-named)pandora.be]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 11:27 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: I am very ashamed
Hi all,
I am very very ashamed:
While we were eating in the dining-room (aka kitchen), my youngest
daughter Maaike - know from her review of her first ever (Purple)
concert - was zapping the tele. Suddenly, I shouted "stop!!" I heard a
familiar song: "Blackmore's Night!"
But it was Geri Halliwell.
Well Dr Ruth, what does this mean?????? Is this my fault or Ritchie's?
I think the latter, cos when I was playing BN on my carstereo, a collegue
of mine asked since when I was into the Kelly Family!
And, yes I DO like BN!
bestee,
Michel
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill & Terry Shore [mailto:psublue(at-a-domain-named)icubed.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:39 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Blackmore Concert - Pittsburgh, PA 10/25/99
What a unique opportunity to attend concerts by Steve Morse and
Ritchie Blackmore within two weeks of each other at the same club. I was
blown away by the Steve Morse show but I wasn't expecting a whole lot from
the Blackmore show. He was a let down when he appeared with Rainbow here
several years ago as he didn't perform an encore. I expected that he may
be arrogant again. His reputation was made in Deep Purple and his
expertise was eclipsed by his arrogance. We all like watching an artist
who is enjoying his work much like Steve Morse appears when he's on stage
wherever he is and with whomever he is playing. I never saw him without a
smile. We're all aware of Ritchie's track record and I guess that formed
my opinion, but I attended the show with an open mind and I was pleasantly
surprised.
Ritchie and band appeared on stage in renaissance costume and opened
the show with Shadow of the Moon. Candice was in excellent form, vocal
and otherwise. Ritchie played mostly to the rear out of the spotlight
allowing Candice the opportunity to showcase her excellent vocal talent;
perhaps a comparison with Stevie Nicks is appropriate. The show was
comprised primarily of songs from Shadow of the Moon and Under a Violet
(PURPLE) Moon. There happened to be a full moon (or just about) on the
night of the show. Songs from the recent release (UAVM) included the
title track, Past Time With Good Company, Morning Star, Avalon, Possum
Goes to Prague, March the Heroes Home, Spanish Nights (I Remember it
Well), Catherine Howard's Fate, Durch den Wald Zum Bach Haus and possibly
others I can't recall at this time. Several Tracks from Shadow of the
Moon (SOTM) included Renaissance Faire, Play Minstrel Play, Minstrel Hall
and a few others. Special surprises included 16th Century Greensleeves on
which Candice's vocals were excellent. Also the two encores included a
great version of Black Night on which the crowd of about 400 sang backing
vocals. The show lasted about two hours.
Overall the show was exceptional and Ritchie played with a passion
and playfulness which I never saw before or ever could have anticipated.
He played a variety of guitars and the mandolin. He actually spoke quite
frequently to the crowd and to members of the band. It is doubtful the
band members were around during the Mark 1 era but they all looked eagerly
to Ritchie for approval as the leader of the band. Each song was played
with Ritchie's strict discipline. Ritchie dueled with the violinist
(Electric Fiddle) who was exceptional. The band was tight, although
Ritchie seemed to have a bit of a problem playing the instrumental, Possum
Goes to Prague. As far as novelty, a couple from the audience were
permitted to appear on stage with the band at which time the guy proposed
marriage to the girl. The guy was extremely nervous and Ritchie offered
some liquid courage. She accepted (the marriage proposal). All were
happy and Ritchie and Candice congratulated the couple by singing a song,
what else. The audience requested an appropriate version of Strange Kind
of Woman which Ritchie declined.
The audience was not without its fair share of idiots with one guy
shouting out "Ian Gillan loves you!" One guy hailed Ritchie as "You're
god" to which he humorously responded "Thank you." Another guy shouted
something about John Ford (a favorite musician of Ritchie) when Ritchie
was introducing a song and Ritchie replied, "No, Jon Lord's not on this
one." Candice corrected him and commented "That's why I do all the
talking." Ritchie appeared to be enjoying himself and the crowd
thoroughly enjoyed the show, many not knowing what to expect only knowing
his older signature Rainbow and Purple classics. Everybody was impressed
with the new material with a lot of audience participation, i.e. hand
clapping etc...and they all went crazy with the Black Night encore.
The only drawback to the show was the employees at the club. The
barmaids were bitches and the bouncers were like the Gestapo. Prior to
the show, the front four rows of seats were reserved for audience members
who appeared in renaissance costume. Naturally, everybody respected the
arrangement but nobody appeared in costume except for the band. As the
crowd got bigger, people started moving to the front seats creating a
potential riot. The bouncers told everybody they had to know the words
and sing to the songs or Ritchie would kick them out or quit the show.
Furthermore, no pictures were allowed at all and one of the bouncers stood
by waiting to pounce on a guy with a camera and just intimidated him to
death. The bouncer's brain size was inversely proportional to the size of
his gut. Ritchie should have bashed him on the head with the
stratocaster. All this created a very tense atmosphere and detracted from
the high quality of the show. This was very contrary to the Steve Morse
show which had a very fan-friendly atmosphere. Steve even autographed my
CD's. I don't know if it was the band or the bouncers.
Comparisons between Steve Morse and Ritchie Blackmore are inevitable
particularly because of their involvement with Deep Purple but also
because they are great musicians. They are different as solo artists but
they are similar as Deep Purple each adding a personal touch of greatness
to a great band. There aren't too many dates left on the Blackmore's
Night Tour and if you get the chance to see it, don't miss it. You'll be
glad you saw it.
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-----Original Message-----
From: RBnum1fan(at-a-domain-named)aol.com [mailto:RBnum1fan(at-a-domain-named)aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:00 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Blackmore's Night in Chicago
On Saturday 23-OCT I left Atlanta on a Delta flight to Chicago with one
thought on my mind: Ritchie Blackmore!!! Taking the trains to the city i
was
delighted by the intimate Vic Theater. It is an old opera house and i knew
the sound would be excellent. The seating was rather cramped,but i secured
my
seat about 25 feet from the stage in line with Ritchie's amps.Soon the Vic
was filled to capacity with people chanting "RIT-CHIE! RIT-CHIE!" The
beautiful Marcy Gellars opened the show. She accompanied herself on keys
and
while she was very good,it soon became obvious for whom the crowd wanted.
After a short intermission the lights fell and the band took the stage
,with
TMIB the last to arrive amoung thunderous applause. Ritchie held his
finger
to his lips several times during the first number in the classic"hush" (no
pun intended!)
but soon gave in to the cheers as it was obvious the crowd was there to
worship their hero. The show was mainly a mix of the first and second B.N.
albums but TMIB did throw in "16th Century Greensleeves",with Candace
Knight
and Marcy Gellars on vocals. They did a stunningly good job and this song
brought the crowd to it's feet quickly.TMIB discarded ther song list
quickly
and was announcing songs to Candace and the band before each
number.Candace
laughed and commented to the crowd how Ritchie was choosing the songs
seemingly at whim.Ritchie used 3 guitars: His signature Strat for the more
rocking numbers, a Telecaster with Piezo pickups for the B.K. songs that
had
vocals,and a beautiful hollow body accoustic ( i tink it was a Lakewood)
for
the 2 instrumentals.Amp wise, he was using 2 small Engls for his rock
sound,and it looked like 2 small crates for his accoustic sound. The crowd
was very vocal,and very loud with cheers of RIT-CHIE RIT-CHIE after every
song.TMIB was VERY into playing that evening and put on quite a show
rather
than just standing by the drums as he has been known to do.On one occasion
he
grabbed a tray of drinks that the roadies had put on stage for him and
began
passing out drinks to members of the audience!!( in the old days he would
have poured them on their heads!!) Also on several occasions he would walk
across the stage and shake or slap hands with the audience members,his
face
wreathed in smiles.Blackmore's Night cannot be overlooked either.Marcy
gellars played beautifully and her harmony singing was dead-on
perfect.Mick
Cervino's Bass playing was very good with a nice rich tone. He alternated
between accoustic bass and a B.C. Rich. I did not catch the drummers
name,but
he was very fluid,and his timing was rock-steady.he and Mick held down the
bottom end perfectly. Jeff Hurley played rythym guitar and violin and the
interplay between he and TMIB was thrilling and before long he was
recieving
his own share of cheers from the crowd.Candace was truly beautiful and
belive
it or not can sing very well( OK,I'll admit, i had my doubts if she could
pull it off live) she was very good at interplay with the audience between
songs and charmed the crowd to no end. As a whole they were very very
tight,and no mistakes were made that night. The show lasted 90 min and had
3
encores climaxing with "Writing on the Wall" in which TMIB took at least a
10
min solo,pulling out all his tricks ( hand over the neck, leaping
about,taking a large jump to the edge of the stage landing on his
knees,and
taking his guitar off and offering it to the audience) It was so great to
see
TMIB in such high spirits,and playing so well. I know B.K. is not
everyones
cup of tea,but I really admire Ritchie for re-inventing himself and am
happy
for him that he is doing exactly what he wishes to do.(althogh i wish he
had
played SMOTW!!!) I would highly reccomend seeing him on this short
American
tour,you wont be dissapointed!!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Venkat Subramanian C [mailto:subramaniancv(at-a-domain-named)inf.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 3:25 AM
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com'
Subject: RE: DPD #84
Importance: High
Hi Dean and brutuhs,
i was hibernating for a long time
went and bougt Deep Purple's "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"
Live at Royal Albert Hall
wuz deeply disappointed at this work
i don't think DP is a kinda group which can nuzzle 'round this kinda music
fellow brutuhs i know i might recieve lots of criticism for this note
but if anyone wants to xperience a glimpse of
a nuptial bond bet'n Rock and Classic Orchestration probably we should
think
abt
"Yes". Yes has done some fantastic work in this area..
i don't know if everyone will agree to this view of mine..
DP has always assosiated closely with Sufi rythyms
It is really tough to merge those scales with these Philharmonic
Orchestration.
Another view of mine is taht instead of Group playing to tune up with the
Orchestration
probably they cud 've made the viceversa happen like Blackmore tried in
"StarGazer"
i end this sermon of mine with stil a sore feeling of DP not having done a
good job Musically
in this work.
ps: all fellow brutuhs pls take it as a criticism from this chap. and
let's
make this discussion open
adios
Venky
{Dean Webb: I have to say that the Concerto album is definitely not for
everyone. It may have the same lineup that cut "Speed King" but it ain't
truly rock and roll. It's different, and that's good for some people and
not so good for others. Caveat Emptor.}
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Dee [mailto:dee_tuned(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:57 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Looking for two other readers
hello,
I've basically dissapeared from the internet for about six months, so most
of you probably don't even remember me. But I can think of two guys who
probably do. I need to find Lev and Geoff, who Iwas trading tapes with
last
year and who probably both think I ripped them off. Anyway, I owe both of
them tapes so if they read this or if they're not on here anymore and
someone knows their' e-mail addresses I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks.
-Jonathan Dee
P.S. Oh Yeah, please e-mail me at stonehenge777(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com because I'll
get
it twice as fast. Thank you.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandro Talamini [mailto:Alexandro(at-a-domain-named)Boticario.com.br]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:23 PM
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com'
Subject: Graham Bonnet CD
Hi Purplers!!!!
I have a spare copy of Bonnet's first solo album - LINE UP, for trade. The
CD is japanese and is NEW. Cozy Powell, Mr. Jon Lord and Mick Moody are on
this hard to find stuff. Interested e-mail me privately, please.
Alex
Curitiba, Brazil
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