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DEEP PURPLE
line up: Ian Gillan (vocals)
Richie Blackmore (guitar)
John Lord (keyboards)
Roger Glover (bass)
Ian Paice (drums)
Because he's not happy with the sweet hippie music of The Flowerpot Men (hits:
"Flowers in the Rain" and "Let's go to San Francisco"), keyboardplayer of this
band, John Lord, wants to set up a new band. Lord (played also with the
Artwoods, a band with Art Wood (brother of Ron) and Keef Hartley) takes drummer
Chris Curtis (ex-Searchers) and bassplayer Nick Simper with him from The
Flowerpot Men. Recommended by Curtis, Richie Blackmore is asked to play guitar,
and after a while he agrees. Blackmore again recommends drummer Bobby Woodman
(also because he's the first using double-base), and Curtis, degraded to
singer, leaves. Rod Evans, singing in The Maze, comes for an audition and
his drummer Ian Paice happens to accompany him. Woodman is sent away to buy
some cigarettes and when he's back, he's again without a band. Starting with th
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name Roundabout, this band starts working on a Vanilla Fudge-kinda repertoire
with many experimental, heavy scores of well known hits. The first single,
released by Parlaphone, is a cover version of "Hush" by Billie Joe Royal. It's
a
millionseller in the U.S. and also a big hit in Europe, but not in England. The
albums of this mark I (released in America by the Bill Cosby-label
Tetragrammaton) are neither hits in England. On the albums "Shades of Deep
Purple" and "Book of Taliesyn" the Vanilla Fudge style can be heard throughout.
But on the album "Deep Purple", they show their own talent and fantasy. Because
success stays away, Evans (later in Captain Beyond) and Simper (later in
Warhorse) have to go. Thanks to interference of Episode Six-drummer Mick
Underwood, an old buddy of Blackmore, Episode Six bassplayer Roger Glover and
singer Ian Gillan are the new members of Deep Purple. Mark II can be heard for
the first time on the album "Concerto for Group and Orchestra", on which the
band plays together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. From there on
Blackmore pushes himself forward to fence in Lord's classic aspirations. "Deep
Purple in Rock", released in 1970 is hard, straight ahead and has more rock 'n'
roll guitarplay than ever before. And suddenly, there's also the breakthrough
in England, with the single "Black Night" in 1970. The LP, without this song as
a matter of fact, is with his agressive, 'new' hard style an absolute standard
in history of rock. The song "Child in Time" on this album will beneath this,
get it's own life as eternal request. 'Purplemania' is a fact and the band has
to do very many concerts. With the albums "Fireball" and "Machine Head" they
continue the quality and they get success all over the world. Ian Gillan sings
Jesus on the musical-album of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and America goes wild
for the second time. When Deep Purple is on top of their success in 1972, when
they release the legendary live album "Made in Japan", troubles start within
the band. After the disappointing "Who do We think We are" Gillan quits and
starts his own band, followed by Glover, who wants to be a producer. New singer
is David Coverdale (from the unknown Fabuloso Brothers) and new bassplayer is
Glenn Hughes (ex-Trapeze). The first album of this new line up, "Burn" is a
revival, especcially of Blackmore, and confirms the less important role of John
Lord. It's also the last record with the old, hard Deep Purple, because the
important role of Hughes on the next album, "Stormbringer" results in a more
funky style. Blackmore has enough of it, introduces in '75 his replacement,
Tommy Bolin, and starts his own band, Rainbow. This new Mark IV releases only
one studio-album, "Come Taste the Band". Bolin is the motor of a band that's
lost faith. After a world tour in 1976 Deep Purple quits. Lord goes solo and
records an album with Ian Paice and Tony Ashton, while other ex-Purples will be
seen in David Coverdale's Whitesnake. Hughes goes back to Trapeze and Bolin
records a second solo-album before he dies in 1976 due to drugs and alcohol.
The 'posthumously' released live-albums are all of reasonably good quality and
give a nice overview of the different phases of the band. "Powerhouse" has
recordings, made just before the concert with orchestra. "Deep Purple in
Concert" has recordings of mark II, made by the BBC in '70 and '72. Also "Live
in London" (mark III) has BBC recordings, and "Made in Europe" is with the same
line up. The album "Last Concert in Japan" is recorded during the last tour and
also from mark IV. This steady supply of new 'old' material keeps the wounds
of the fans fresh, and the screaming for a reunion, preferrably mark II, never
stops. Thanks to the decreasing popularity of most solo projects, the oldtimer
moves again in the most popular line up. The beautiful Purple-come back
"Perfect Strangers" shows the old good Deep Purple again. The group is a very
good copy of theirselves and has enough class and brains, not to fall back
entirely in the old seventies-style. The following "House of Blue Light" is a
small redirection of the formula. The group is more into technical playing, at
the expense of the songs. The following world tour results again in a double
live album with the title "Nobody's Perfect", of which the single "Hush" is
re-released, the only song on the album that's re-recorded in the studio.
albums: Shades of Deep Purple (Parlophone '68)
Book of Taliesyn (Harvest '69)
Deep Purple (Harvest '69)
Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Harvest '70)
Deep Purple in Rock (Harvest '70)
Fireball (Harvest '71)
Machine Head (Purple '72)
Made in Japan (Purple '72)
Wo do We think We are (Purple '73)
Burn (Purple '74)
Stormbringer (Purple '74)
Come Taste the Band (Purple '75)
Made in Europe (Purple '76)
Last Concert in Japan (WB '77)
Powerhouse (Purple '77)
Deep Purple in Concert (Harvest '80)
Live in London (Harvest '82)
Perfect Strangers (Polydor '84)
The House of Blue Light (Polydor '87)
Nobody's Perfect (Polydor '88)
Scandinavian Nights (Conaisseur Collection '88)
video: California Jam
Concerto for Group and Orchestra
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