DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #87
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In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
Days may come...
Scattershootingi from Svante
Blackmore's Wig
Quality of Concerts of Late
Best SOTW
Review of Paul McCartney's Latest (featuring Ian Paice...)
Someone covers the Concerto...
How best to open and close the concerts?
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From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Just when I thought I would have more time at work to fool around with DPD
stuff, I got more work to do. Rats. I'll be teaching a class all next
week, so my intention to fit a page in here and there during lulls in the
action will just have to wait. Oh bother.
Anyway, this next one was recorded in Switzerland and it tells the story
of how it all went wrong when we were recording it. It's a song, I think
called...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arne-Kristian Engebretsen [mailto:engebretsen(at-a-domain-named)of.telia.no]
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 11:59 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: DAYS MAY COME AND DAYS MAY GO + SOME MORE !!
Hi Dean
This is the rehearsal recording with Bolin from 75 while they were jamming
and putting together Come Taste the Band. If you go to Purple Records
website there are some snippets in Mp3 files you can listen to. You find
the link at The Highway Star site. I saw it on a Norwegian website
(www.compact-huset.no) and ordered it. Of course I didn't get it, it's not
released yet !! By the way this musicsite have a lot of Purple stuff and
lot of seventies music. Can't believe that you of all people didn't no
about this Dean (no offence). Got the new video "A band downunder" last
week, it's OK. Different but OK. Expensive because of the norwegian taxes
the but on top of the price at the online store. It increases the price by
50 %. By the way, does anyone have the new E-mail adress to Fedor deLange,
or maybe if you read this Fedor please send me a mail. Tried the old
adress but got my mail back again. Now about TB, I agree that the guitar
part at the end of disc I is the best part of the concert. I found myself
a bit dissapointed when most of the CD contained once again recording of
the same songs that makes up most of the live albums after the reunion in
84. Of course I love the old Mk II (the best one), but since we are in 99
and not 72, they could have put in more of the songs from Steve Morse
incarnation of Purple. That's why I think LATO is a much more interesting
live album. Lot of Morse erea stuff and Mk II stuff they don't play all
the time. I understand that they wanted to please the Australian fans
since they hadn't been there for 14 years, but I missed some of the
Abandon songs they did at the two shows I saw them this tour. Bring back
Highway Star as the opening number, that's so special to all Purple fans.
Lights down, snaredrum starts, bass join in, guitar feedback, kicks
together, lights on and first verse simultanously, WOW WHAT A FEELING YOU
GET EXPERIENCING THIS. Hair raises on the back and you get overwhelmed by
emotions. It's not quite the samme : guys walk on stage, take their
instruments, waves to the audience, and then Pictures of Home. It's a
great song (one of my favorites from Machine Head), but the opening
doesn't grab you the same way. Just got carried away, Purple usually does
this to me. Keep on rockin' all you Purple freaks out there !!!
Arne-Kristian Engebretsen
Norway
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-----Original Message-----
From: Svante Pettersson [mailto:svante(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 5:08 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: This and that in Digest #86
Christian Rutz wrote:
>I started with "Night of the living Dregs" (live album)
Actually, it's only half the album that is live. :^)
>{Dean "Editor" Webb: If TA wasn't the best DP did, all I have to say is
>WOW.
Christian is right. TA is not the best show on the tour. Deep Purple is an
amazing band these days and every concert I saw on this tour was better
than the last one. I just wish more people knew this about the band. I
mean, we know it but people on the street. Regular people, non-maniacs!
>From: Mark O'Neill [mailto:jesusorhell(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
>and all I know about Steve is that he uses
>Ernie Ball Steve Morse guitars.
We have some info on the site:
http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/faq/equip/morse.htm
>From: dodolurker(at-a-domain-named)juno.com [mailto:dodolurker(at-a-domain-named)juno.com]
> After recently purchasing the "Made In Japan" remastered set, I was
>wondering, is the tune "Lucille" a hold over from the glorious MK 1 days,
>when they used to do alot of covers in their set due to not having much
>original tunes, or was it a more recent decision?
I think it is due to certain member's interest in 50's rock'n'roll. Just
as
the different 50's songs quoted in Speed King on the last years' tours.
>From: Heikki Heino [mailto:heikki.heino(at-a-domain-named)mailis.rkol.fi]
>will the new Concerto cd include just the Concerto of will it be a double
>(or even a triple) cd with everything performed that evening in it?
I don't know for sure but I think they will do a double CD of the event
and
you should be able to squeeze in most of the show in that format. I do
know
though that they turned off the cameras during the Gillan songs (was it
the
Morse tunes too?) so that won't be in the video (don't ask me why). If
that
is due to contractual reasons, chances are those song won't be on the CD
either. I will ask my sources and report back here if I find out anything.
>Also...
>has anybody heard anything new about Days May Come and Days May Go?
>
>And finally...
>what are the newest release dates for the Mk 1 and Who Do We Think We Are
>anniversary cd's?
All these will be released early 2000 according to EMI and Simon at the
DPAS.
>{Dean "Editor" Webb: What's Days May Come and Days May Go? Is there
>something I missed, here?}
The "Come taste the band" rehearsal tapes. Mostly jams in the studio. Some
of these were played at the DPAS convention before the Sunday RAH concert
and I have to say that the little I heard was EXCELLENT! I love CTTB but
I've never been a big fan of Tommy Bolin. However, I am a HUGE fan of and
DP line-up jamming and this is nothing but jams. This can turn out to be
my
favorite DP album ever.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Poustie [mailto:cpoustie(at-a-domain-named)loxinfo.co.th]
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 6:52 PM
To: Purple People
Subject: Richie Blackmore's Wig
There was once published a picture of Richie Blackmore without his wig in
the British Metal Hammer Magazine.
The strange thing was that the magazine made no reference to the picture,
obviously not noticing that it was Blackmore.
The issue was the one where they are promoting the "Nobody's Perfect"
album with the whole band dressed in Medieval costumes at some castle.
Does anybody still have a copy of that magazine ? If so, dig it out and
look carefully at the pictures. That chap with the short grey hair who has
a face remarkably like the man in black is in fact him.
Did anybody else notice this ??
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Brooks [mailto:rfb01(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:59 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: RE: DPD 84
>And TA, though by far not his worst performance of the tour, was not
>close to the best performances he gave.Bye, Christian
Absolutley correct here, in particular the show at the Koln Palladium was
just sublime. The whole band was really in top form but Gillan, well it
was
fantastic. You, or should I say I!, cant help but feel that TA was a
slightly wasted opportunity, most other phases of the tour had far more
interesting set lists. And the Koln show would have been a better tribute
to the best live act out there.
BTW I was asked to write a rewiew for a colleauge who runs a music
magazine
in India, I did and was since published......fame at last.
Richard
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-----Original Message-----
From: DOUGLAS WHITWORTH [mailto:douglas(at-a-domain-named)trancend.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 4:50 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Best Versiom of SOTW
After seeing the band at the Royal Albert Hall in September with the
London Symphoney Orchestra, it got me thinking about which version of SMTW
I would rate as the best that I have ever heard. Well, they simply don't
come much better than that just heard at the aforementioned R. Albert
hall. I know that SOTHW is supposed to be defined by the Made in Japan
version(awesome that it still is), but, for me, the the one featuring not
just Purple (obviously), but the Steve Morse band, a brass horn section,
the London Symphoney Orchestra, as well as Ronnie Dio on vocals alongside
Ian Gillan, comes as close to perfect as it is possible to be. It is not
an exageration to say that the entire edifice of that ancient building was
tottering by the combined onslaught of the aforementioned musicians!.
Without a word of a lie, it does simply not get better than that!
Douglas
{Dean "Editor" Webb: This *better* be on the CD of the concert, that's all
I got to say!}
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-----Original Message-----
From: G Alberts [mailto:g_albert_s(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:48 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Paul McCartney "Run devil run" - a review
Hi there,
Maybe this isn't really something for the DP digest, but I wanted to say
something about Paul McCartney's new cd "Run devil run". Ian Paice drums
on
13 of the 15 songs that are on it.
The first thing I listened to was if I could recognize Paice's drumming
style, well, not really. In DP he makes variations everywhere, but here
his
drumming is very straightforward and solid as always but he keeps it all
quite simple. I think Ian did it very good job, simple and straightforward
on the rockers and swinging on the 6/8 rock 'n' roll ballads. The rockers
sound to me "Rock 'n' roll" of Led Zeppelin.
But most of all, I was amazed by Paul McCartney's singing. Especially in
the
harder songs (there are quite a bunch of rockers on it) he really puts on
a
very strong voice and he doesn't sound like a 57 year old man at all. He
really screams and shouts and it ROCKS.
David Gilmour and Mick Green also do excelent jobs, they know how to play
pure rock 'n' roll on their Fender guitars.
I know that rock 'n' roll is not exactly DP, but I think that DP has a
certain rock 'n' roll byte in their music. I think that's because of the
rithmn and the ever swining groove that they have in a lot of their songs.
I have discovered the power of pure rock 'n' roll just earlier in this
year.
Never really liked it but now I'm all into it. It started with the Brian
Setzer Orchestra, then Elvis and now Paul McCartney. I always thought
"Paul
McCartney? Beatles? Naaaah!". But now I heard he had a new rock 'n' roll
cd
AND that Ian Paice was drumming on it so I went out and got the album. The
album is really good and great fun. My 14 year old sister put on a cd
yesterday of some stupid computer rap-a-like top 40 song of
how-the-heck-do-I-know-who-it-is and after she was finished, I put on
McCartney and played it three times louder. She said it was awful. Poor
top
40 girl. And I tried so hard all these years to bring GOOD music to her
attention. But she said that Paul McCartney sounded at least happier than
Led Zeppelin Saxon. And that's exaclty why I like rock 'n' roll, it makes
me
happy and makes me wanna dance. And it rocks. They should play it in
discothèques! So if yo like rock 'n' roll a bit, get the album!
Gerard Alberts,
The Netherlands
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. White [mailto:whitemd(at-a-domain-named)earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 6:37 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Covering the Concerto?
I found this on the power metal list:
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Frome news section The Century Media official website:
www.centurymedia.com
Angel Dust - Anew!
Apparently, Angel Dust enjoy never takeing a rest. After having released
another
milestone in the German music scene, singer Dirk Thurisch and his mates
will enter
Woodhouse Studios in Hagen in January 2000 to record the follow-up album
to
Bleed
along with producer Siggi Bemm. The record will be put on the European
market in
April 2000.
Moreover, the band was offered a co-operation with the Bochum Symphonic
Orchestra in
order to performa the famous Concerto for Group and Orchestra that was
composed by
Deep Purple in the 60ies. The show is supposed to take place at the
Jahrhunderthalle
in Bochum, Germany. And here's a reminder of the band's website and their
fanclub...
; Fanclub: Angelika Reichert,
Gottfried-Menken-Str. 23, D-28201 Bremen
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Later,
Mark
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From Dean Webb
dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
What should DP start and finish their concerts with?
"Highway Star" is definitely a crowd-pleasing start, but I bet the band
(except Morse) are sick of it to start the concert. It doesn't really work
as well as a finisher, so I think perhaps it should be laid to rest or put
in the middle if they absolutely *have* to do it.
"Burn" is an excellent opener, but one suspects Mr. Gillan might not wish
to kick things off with a Mk3 song. Pity. "Comin' Home" would be a great
blast-off, as well, and I think it should be the opener. It flat-out
rocks. Perhaps the band could keep the music for that song and do
something about the lyrics, if it'll get Big Ian to sing the tune...
Anyway, back to reality. Mk2/MkMorse stuff is pretty much what they'll
use, with the exception of the odd cover, like "Hush" of "Boys are Back in
Town." How about "69" to kick things off? It's got everything an opening
number should have: crashing chords, blazing guitars, thunderous beats to
get your adrenaline up and your pulse racing. Or how about "Smooth
Dancer"? I love that song and it's about time they did it live. BTW, is
there any reason the WDWTWA album is the least-played live of the Mk2
lineup? I can get all of MH in live versions here and there, all of
Fireball (except Fools) and all of In Rock (except for Flight of the Rat
and Hard Lovin Man). Why not WDWTWA?
OK, now the closer. You need two of those, one for the concert proper and
one for the encore. For the concert proper, use "Hard Lovin' Man." Forget
"Speed King" for now. It's been done. Let's crank up the stacks with a
*REALLY* aggressive tune whose finish is reminiscent of the "Mandrake
Root" closer tacked on at the end of "Space Truckin'". You know the one,
the slamma slamma slamma that leaves you bashed into joyous submission. If
they don't bring that back, bring back something like it.
For the encore, "Black Night" still works because it's really really fun.
Keeping things fun, we should have "Lucille" or "Long Tall Sally" or some
other salute to Little Richard at the end. Those LR numbers can always
bring the house down, and if LR himself can still do them, so can the boys
in the band.
So, my set list would have the band kick it off with "Smooth Dancer",
"69", "Burn", or "Comin' Home" (c'mon, Ian, do the tribute to Bolin!), end
powerfully with "Hard Lovin' Man", and then encore things off with "Black
Night" and "Lucille." Work "Mitzi Dupree" somewhere in there and you got a
DP concert that'll knock everyone on their backsides!
Dean Webb
dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
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