The Deep Purple Podcast

Episode #6

“Episode Six: Before They Were Purple (Part 2)”

June 3, 2019

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History of Episode Six:

In The News . . .

Someone found slides of pics they took a a DP mkII show May 6, 1974 at Sheffield City Hall:

https://youtu.be/a82VUkervyk (Kansas City Concert Audio)

Reported at https://darkerthanblue.wordpress.com/2019/05/14/glenn-delays/

Deep Purple mkII wins songwritng award

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/23/the-1975-win-two-major-awards-at-2019-ivor-novellos

Award is from the Ivors Academy presented to Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord 

(posthumous) & Ian Pace of Deep Purple who have won an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement

Do you know who won this award in 1959?  Malcolm arnold for his composition of the in the film “The Inn of 

the Sixth Happiness”

Joe Satriani’s first band “Squares” to release an album on July 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-pbYA4NJk

“So Used Up” released as single

Demos that have been mixed and mastered

This Week in Purple History . . .

June 3 through June 9

June 3, 1970 - Deep Purple In Rock released

June 3, 1974 - Jon Lord performs last of his Munich classical dates for Windows

June 3, 1998 - Whitesnake releases “Starkers in Tokyo” unplugged

June 3, 2011 - Whitesnake releases Live at Donington 1990

June 4, 1969 - Ritchie and Jon catch Episode Six gig at the Ivy Lodge Club in Woodford

June 5, 1970 - Black Night released as single in the UK

June 6, 1946 - Mickey Lee Soule is born

June 6, 1960 - Steve Vai is born

June 7, 1969 - Mk II records their first session together at De Lane Lea - “Hallelujah”

June 7, 1995 - Glenn Hughes releases “Feel”

June 8, 1987 - Gary Driscoll Dies (drummer for Elf, Rainbow found murdered - still unsolved, person of 

interest fled the country)

June 9, 1941 - John Lord is born

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