Deep Purple

[7/4]

Boy howdy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aQ9P4qi8uo...

anyways...I loved this band. some of those tunes still hold up today.

I'd say my favorite album is Who Do We Think We Are?

[porcy62]

The only one I bought is 'Made In Japan', in 1974, my first ever LP purchase, (or second one after 'Dark Side Of The Moon' I don't remember.)

I always thought that album was just alike the first time I had a complete sexual intercourse, carved in my memory.

Said that later on I discovered Led Zeppelin, Zappa, etc. and most satisfying sexual relationships.

[Hot Ptah]

They were popular in the early 1970s with high schoolers--has anyone with jazz ears listened to their albums recently? Do they stand up musically at all? I'm just asking--I haven't heard their music in decades.

[B. Clugston]

Actually Deep Purple in its heyday stands up very well. Blackmore was incredibly inventive back then, especially the quotes he sprinkles throughout the various versions of "Wring That Neck."

[Hot Ptah]

Wow! I am going to run out and buy Fireball, Machine Head, Deep Purple In Rock....well, maybe not.

Interesting though that they stand up pretty well.

In a similar vein, I just heard the first three Chicago albums for the first time in over 25 years, and was surprised at how good they sound to my jazz hardened ears.

[Tom 1960]

I always felt these guys were sadly neglected(underated) compared with the scores of other bands that came out of the 70's. I recently saw an excellent documentary on VH1 Classic on Deep Purple's "Machine Head" . I think it might have been at least 5 years old? Just the same, it was great to see the interviews with past members talking how the whole album came together song by song. Very enjoyable.

Edited May 16, 2008 by Tom 1960

[A Lark Ascending]

I had the Concerto for Group and Orchestra, In Rock and Fireball albums as a kid but sold them off fairly early. I ended up rebuying them as cheap CDs a couple of years back and found them very enjoyable.

Interestingly, I also bought Machine Head which I never owned at the time and have not played it more than a couple of times.

I doubt if anyone coming new to the music will be all that interested; but if it excited you at the time, then there's pleasure to be had.

I also love those first three Chicago albums (which I've played regularly over the last 35 years). Nothing afterwards took my fancy.

Edited May 16, 2008 by Bev Stapleton

[AllenLowe]

In the still of the night, once again I hold you tight;

though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams...

[Shawn]

One of my all-time favorite bands. Don't count them out now either. Steve Morse has been the full-time guitarist since 1996 and really added a new dimension to the band. Jon Lord retired a few years ago but Don Airey has proved to be a fine replacement.

Check out the video "They All Came Down To Montreux" recorded at the 2006 Jazz festival to see these guys STILL have what it takes.

I'll post my thoughts on their earlier albums when I've got a little more time.

Edited May 16, 2008 by Shawn

[Tom in RI]

There is a cut on Ken Serio's newest cd, Purple Dreams, that lets Pete McCann and Vic Juris loose on the Smoke on the Water riff.

[HolyStitt]

I started following them during the Mark II reunion on the 1980s. My older brother went to the show, so I had a chance then to hear much of the 70s/80s Gillan material (even his album singing for Black Sabbath!). It wasn't until recently that I started listening to it all again and I heard some of the Coverdale/Hughes material for the first time.

[AllenLowe]

And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,

Through the mist of a memory,

You wander back to me

[marcello]

They were popular in the early 1970s with high schoolers--has anyone with jazz ears listened to their albums recently? Do they stand up musically at all? I'm just asking--I haven't heard their music in decades.

I saw them once at a hall full of people puking up Qualudes.

It was horrible.

[Shawn]

I saw them once at a hall full of people puking up Qualudes.

It was horrible.

what year?

[AndrewHill]

Had Machine Head and used to warm up playing 'smoke on the water'.

[marcello]

I saw them once at a hall full of people puking up Qualudes.

It was horrible.

what year?

Geez, must have been something like '72.

[7/4]

When I first started buying records I was really into Machine Head & Who Do We Think We Are?, but soon got tired of them. A few years later the drummer I was playing with was a Blackmore fanatic, so I became one too.

I heard the mid-'80's reunion tour a few times, the band with Joe Lynn Turner (blah!) and got to hear the latest version with Airey a few years ago.

I give the albums a nostalgic listen every once in a while. I still have to give the Steve Morse studio albums a good listen, don't know 'em too well. I think Ian Gillan is one of the great rock singers, he's amazing.

[Shawn]

I think Ian Gillan is one of the great rock singers, he's amazing.

This is a "must-purchase" for any Gillan fan.

[7/4]

got it!

[BFrank]

Wow! I am going to run out and buy Fireball, Machine Head, Deep Purple In Rock....well, maybe not.

Interesting though that they stand up pretty well.

In a similar vein, I just heard the first three Chicago albums for the first time in over 25 years, and was surprised at how good they sound to my jazz hardened ears.

Those are the 3 DP albums I would get again (I've thought about it recently) - "In Rock" particularly.

I got the first Chicago album recently, too. It definitely stands up. But of course they changed significantly over time.

[Shawn]

Those are the 3 DP albums I would get again (I've thought about it recently) - "In Rock" particularly.

Made In Japan really needs to be in the list of "must-have" Purple albums. One of the best live rock albums of all time.

Who Do We Think We Are is also quite underrated (even though there are a couple clinkers on that album, the band barely made it through the recording sessions without killing each other). Probably the best song from those sessions wasn't released until the 30th anniversary edition; "Painted Horse" is a GREAT DP track, but it's also the tune that put the final axe in the relationship between Gillan & Blackmore.

Fireball is my personal favorite, it's the most experimental & "prog-rock" of the MKII lineup. It's also Gillan's favorite album, him and Jon Lord wanted to continue more in the experimental vein...but Blackmore wanted to get heavier.

Edited May 17, 2008 by Shawn

[Dave James]

Smoke On The Water. Arguably, the best hook in the history of rock.

Up over and out.

[Tony Pusey]

Saw them in 1970 as support to Canned Heat at the Albert Hall just after In rock came out, they were awful! And since the hall was full of fans of American Music, they got roundly booed for ripping off Its a Beautiful Day- Bombay Calling anyone?

And they were not called back for an encore, but Blackmore, having thrown a tantrum, had them do one anyway!

( clue, listen to Sweet Child in Time)

[BFrank]

... they got roundly booed for ripping off Its a Beautiful Day- Bombay Calling anyone?

And they were not called back for an encore, but Blackmore, having thrown a tantrum, had them do one anyway!

( clue, listen to Sweet Child in Time)

Interesting. I've wondered about that since I first heard it. Was surprised there wasn't a lawsuit.

Smoke On The Water. Arguably, the best hook in the history of rock.

... or nearly equal to Sunshine of Your Love

[7/4]

Ritchie Blackmore Black Knight by Jerry Bloom.

Looks pretty cool, I bought a copy a few days ago, but I still have to dig in.

Edited June 26, 2008 by 7/4