The Deep Purple Podcast

The Deep Purple Podcast

Show Notes

Episode #8

“In Rock”

June 17, 2019

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Show Updates:

Now available on Stitcher!

The latest from Twitter.

Chris Schild’s Tommy Bolin letters

Michael Eriksson mentions us on his blog: https://trinkelbonker.wordpress.com/

Publisher of Deep Purple Forever magazine

We did not mention Quatermass last week!! :-(

Patrons:

New Patron: Clay Wombacher, joining us at the $5 monthly tier.  Thank you so much, Clay!

Lead Up To Album & Writing:

Album Art:

Album Details and Analysis:

Speed King

Bloodsucker

Child In Time

Flight of the Rat

Into the Fire

Living Wreck

Hard Lovin’ Man

Reception and Review

In The News . . .

Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan were guests in the Armenian Capital of Yeveran where they were recognized for 

their fundraising efforts.

Deep Purple have seen very little of the £1.2 billion record sales they’ve made over the past 50 years

From the Mirror

This Week in Purple History . . .

June 17 through June 23

June 21, 1948 - Don Airey was born!

June 21, 1968 - Hush released as a single

June 21, 1969 - Deep Purple released

June 22, 1984 - Roger Glover releases Mask

Deep Purple Deep Track of the Week:

Michael Schenker Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Michael_Schenker_Group_(album)

“Cry for the Nations” off of their self-titled debut album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_koU1OrSt_4

Michael Schenker - guitar (The Scorpions, UFO)

Gary Barden - vocals (Gary Moore, The Company of Snakes)

Don Airey - keyboards (Ozzy, Rainbow, Deep Purple, etc.)

Mo Foster - bass (Butterfly Ball, Fancy!)

Simon Phillips - drums (Brian Eno, Mike Oldfield, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Bernie Marsden, Judas Priest, 

Tears for Fears, and The Who, Jesus Christ Superstar)

Produced by Roger Glover

Episode #8 Deep Purple Deep Track (and more!!) revealed here [SPOILERS!!]

Listener Mail/Comments

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Show Notes

Episode #7

“Concerto For Group and Orchestra”

June 10, 2019

Show Updates:

Listeners in 30 countries! Losing track! Welcome to Indonesia, Greece, and the Czech Republic!

Unfortunately no new listeners from Saint Pierre and Miquelon, at least not on YouTube.

Twitter follower numebr 100!

@MetallicastPod at Metallicast

@SkynyrdPodcast at Skynyrd Reconsydyrd

Candice Night 

David Coverdale with two retweets!

MKI to MKII Transition:

History of the Concerto:

Malcolm Arnold:

The Lead Up to The Concerto:

Album Details and Analysis:

First Movement: Moderato - Allegro (19:23)

Second Movement: Andante (19:11)

Third Movement: Vivace-Presto (13:09)

Reception and Review

In The News . . .

Dio Hologram tour about to happen:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/wendy-dio-eyellusion-jeff-pezzuti-ronnie-james-dio-hologram-tour/

Dio documentary announced:

https://metalheadzone.com/wendy-dio-shares-new-update-on-ronnie-james-dio-documentary/

Ian Gillan talks about new bands/music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bXuT61HsA

https://www.nme.com/news/music/deep-purple-ian-gillan-interview-young-artists-advice-2492137

This Week in Purple History . . .

June 10 through June 16

June 10, 1982 - Rainbow releases straight between the eyes

June 11, 1953 - Mark Nauseef is born

June 12, 2006 - Live in Montreux 69 is released

June 12, 1967 - “Hallelujah” is secretly recorded

June 13, 2006 - M3 (formerly Company of Snakes) release “Rough and Ready”

June 13, 2006 - Rainbow releases “Live in Munich”

June 13, 2008 - Judas Priest releases Nostradamus with Don Airey on keyboards

June 14, 2011 - Black Country Communion releases second album “2”

June 15, 1951 - Craig Gruber is born

June 15, 1973 - Tony Edwards notifies Roger Glover that Blackmore wants him out

Deep Purple Deep Track:

Fancy - Touch Me

From the album “Wild Thing” released in 1974

Featuring:

Ray Fenwick (guitar) - Ian Gillan Band, Spencer Davis Group, Jon Lord’s Windows

Mo Foster (bass) -  Wizard’s Convention, Butterfly Ball (Finger pops)

Helen Caunt - former Penthouse model for studio work

Annie Kavanaugh - replaced Helen when they toured live, former chorus member of “Jesus Christ Superstar”

Les Binks (drums) - Wizard’s Convention, Judas Priest, 

More info: http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_(band)

Episode #7 Deep Purple Deep Track (and more!!) revealed here [SPOILERS!!]?

For Further Information:

Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom

Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story

The Road of Golden Dust: The Deep Purple Story 1968-1976 by Jerry Bloom

Child in Time by Ian Gillan

Listener Mail/Comments

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Episode #6

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

June 3, 2019

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Show Updates:

Welcome to our new listeners from Korea, Germany, and Japan! Over 20 countries (23)!

Thanks to Kiss Podcast 2.0 @PodofThunder on Twitter - latest episode is “Gettin’ Tighter.”

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

Deep Purple Deep Track:

Listener Mail/Comments

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Show Notes

Episode #5

“Deep Purple”

May 27, 2019

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Show Updates:

Welcome to Australia, Estonia, Serbia, Romania, Japan, Namibia, and the UK who just joined our listeners!  

20 countries!

Copyright issue on Episode #4 for “The Shield” only. Pretty sure it was a glitch with the algorithm.

John has a new mic!

Listener Feedback:

Numerous tweets to review.

It’s pronounced QWAY-ter-mass!!

Got the date wrong on the Rainbow Rising release!!  5/17, not 5/15.

Mike Healy sent in a great interview with Bobby Caldwell (former drummer of Captain Beyond).  Thanks, 

Mike!

Matteo Masiello leaving us a 4 star review on Apple Podcasts.  Thanks, Matteo!

Lots of Quatermass links to recordings.  Thanks to Mike Healy!

Quatermass Live (1970)

Quatermass Live on Swedish TV with Introduction and proper pronunciation

Quatermass - One Blind Mice (Hits à Gogo 28th April 1971)

QUATERMASS: "A Phantom Pteranodon" (Live in Berlin, March 4th, 1971), full show, audio only

QUATERMASS: Bern, Switzerland: November 9, 1970 (full show)

Elf Covering “War Pigs” in 1972

History Leading Up to Deep Purple:

Album Review: Deep Purple

Tracks :

Chasing Shadows (Paice, Lord)

Blind (Lord)

Lalena (Donovan Leitch)

Fault Line (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)

The Painter (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Simper, Paice)

Why Didn’t Rosemary? (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Simper, Paice)

Bird Has Flown (Lord, Evans, Blackmore)

April (Blackmore, Lord)

History After Release and Reception:

In The News . . .

Glenn Hughes announces rescheduled dates for his UK tour

Rescheduled tour dates can be found at glennhughes.com

Whitesnake releases new album “Flesh & Blood”

Purchase Flesh & Blood here

Rainbow releases “The Storm” Single

This is a “rocked up” version of the Blackmore’s Night track of the same name

Listen to “The Storm” here

This Week in Purple History . . .

May 27 through June 2

May 27, 1977: Steve Morse’s first album with Dixie Dregs “Free Fall” is released

May 28, 2001: Tony Ashton passed away

May 30, 1974: Jon Lord performs the first of his Munich shows which will become his “Windows” album.

May 30, 1987: Performance that will be released as “Nobody’s Perfect”

June 1, 1972: Warhorse releases their second, and final, album “Red Sea”

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook where we take a deep dive into all of these on a daily 

basis.

Mystery Track

For Further Information:

Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom

Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story

Gettin' Tighter: Deep Purple '68 – '76 by Martin Popoff

The Road of Golden Dust: The Deep Purple Story 1968-1976 by Jerry Bloom

Deep Purple & Rainbow - Every Album, Every Song 1968-1979 by Steve Pilkington

Listener Mail/Comments

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[email protected] or @ us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

May 20, 2019

Links to all that are at http://deeppurplepodcast.com/.

You can also contact us at [email protected].

Show Updates:

Welcome to our new Bulgarian, Russian, and Swedish listeners who joined us this past week!  That gives us 

listeners from 16 different countries!

We went a little long last week. Wanted to make sure we were thorough. We’ll try to tighten it up a little 

bit this week.  Or should we not worry? Let us know what you think!

Continuing to get support and kind words from @sabbathbloodypc on Twitter -- check his show out if you 

want a deep dive into the history and music of Black Sabbath!

Mike Ladano (who has a great music blog at mikeladano.com, @MikeLadano on Twitter) had a nice back and 

forth about his review on the Deep Purple - In Rock (Anniversary Edition).  Check it out at 

mikeladano.com.  Spoiler: he gives it 6/5 stars!

More listener feedback: Who are we? Where do we come from?  What’s our story?

People want to know what we’re all about and honestly, it never occurred to me that anyone would care.

A little about us . . . 

John’s Notes From The Field:

Recent Whitesnake show in Lincoln, RI on Saturday, May 11.

History Leading Up to The Book of Taliesyn:

The Book of Taliesyn Album Review

Tracks :

Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice)

Wring That Neck (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)

Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond)

(a) Exposition (b) We Can Work It Out (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice/Lennon, McCartney)

Shield (Blackmore, Evans, Lord)

Anthem (Lord, Evans)

River Deep, Mountain High (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)

History After Release:

In The News . . .

Deep Purple Announces US Leg of The Long Goodbye Tour

Will we see them?

Glenn Hughes on the Eddie Trunk Podcast (May 8, 2019)

Starts around the 40 minute mark

Discusses his shows playing Deep Purple Material and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awkwardness with current 

members

Saturday it was reported that Glenn Hughes cancelled his UK tour as he is ill - wishing him all the best.  

Said to not be life threatening but something that needs immediate attention.

Rainbow to Release another Single on May 17 - “The Storm”

This is a “rocked up” version of a Blackmore’s Night track

Blackmore’s Night - The Storm

This Week in Purple History . . .

May 20 through May 26

May 22, 1974, live performance that would be “Live in London.”

Link to purchase.

May 23, 1984, Nobody’s Perfect live performance.

Link to purchase.

We go a little deeper with these on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to highlight these landmark events

Deep Purple Mystery Track

For Further Information:

Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom

Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story

The Road of Golden Dust: The Deep Purple Story 1968-1976 by Jerry Bloom

Deep Purple & Rainbow - Every Album, Every Song 1968-1979 by Steve Pilkington

Listener Mail/Comments

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Show Notes

Episode #3

“Shades of Deep Purple”

May 13, 2019

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Show Updates:

Viewer feedback

The Formation of Deep Purple

Shades of Deep Purple

Album Review:

Tracks :

And the Address (Blackmore, Lord)

Hush (Joe South)

One More Rainy Day (Lord, Evans)

Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice, Simper/Skip James)

Mandrake Root (Blackmore, Lord, Evans)

Help! (Lennon McCartney)

Love Help Me (Blackmore, Evans)

Hey Joe (Billy Roberts)

Notes:

In The News . . .

“Raving with Ian Gillan and the Javelins” is being reissued on May 10th. 

Released April 19th.

David Coverdale buys rights to first two Whitesnake albums “Whitesnake” and “Northwinds”

Glenn Hughes Interview on “BBC Sounds of the 70s” Show

This Week in Purple History . . .

May 13 through May 19

May 13, 1948 - Colin Towns (keyboardist for Ian Gillan band) was born

May 13, 1968 - Completed recording of “Shades of Deep Purple” after a mere 72 hours in the studio

May of 1970 - Quatermass issued their self titled debut 

May 16, 2010 - Ronnie James Dio dies

We go a little deeper with these on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to highlight these landmark events

Three Degrees of Deep Purple:

Book and/or Documentary Reviews:

For future episodes.

For Further Information:

Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom

Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story

Listener Mail/Comments

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Deep Purple Before They Were Deep Purple

Before they were in Deep Purple, what were some of their early members up to?

The Outlaws 

Band Facts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaws_(band)

Ritchie Blackmore on Guitar

Mick Underwood who would later play with Episode Six and Gillan

Song

Law & Order - You have to check out Ritchie's dance in this one!

Shake With Me

MI 5

Band Facts:

http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/the-maze/deep-purple-the-maze.html

Rod Evans on vocals & Ian Paice on drums

1966-1967

Toured Germany and did Italian only and French only singles  Ian Paice would meet Ritchie Blackmore on the boat to Germany

Songs:

You'll Never Stop Me Lovin’ You

Only Time Will Tell

Sun Dragon

Band Facts:

http://todopurple.blogspot.com/2009/10/sun-dragon-feat-ritchie-blackmoreian.html

Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, & Jon Lord

Backing for Rob Freeman and Ian McLintock

They were managed by Brian Epstein

They did one album before they broke up

Songs

Five White Horses

Green Tambourine

The Maze

Band Facts:

http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/the-maze/deep-purple-the-maze.html

Rod Evans & Ian Paice

Essentially same band as MI5, changed name

Robert Stigwood production

Songs

Telephone

The Trap

The Flowerpot Men

Band Facts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flower_Pot_Men

Nick Simper on bass & Jon Lord on organ

Songs

You Can Never Be Wrong

A Walk in the Sky

The Artwoods - I Feel Good

Band Facts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artwoods

Jon Lord on organ

Songs

I Feel Good

Down in the Valley

In The News:

Rainbow Releases New Version of “Black Sheep of the Family.”

Article quotes: https://www.loudersound.com/news/ritchie-blackmores-rainbow-launch-new-version-of-classic-black-sheep-of-the-family

“Joining Blackmore and [Jonnie] Romero in the current lineup of Rainbow are Stratovarius keyboard player Jens Johansson, Blackmore's Night drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau, and singers Lady Lynn and Candice Night.”

Compare to original by Quatermass (1970)

Bass: Johnny Gustafson

Drums: Mike Underwood

Keyboards: J. Peter Robinson

Compare to original cover by Rainbow (1975)

DEEP PURPLE To Start Work On New Album In 2019

Coverdale and Gillan in Sweden Rock

Three Degrees of Deep Purple:

I’ll play a snippet of a song that features musicians who are linked to Deep Purple in three or less steps.  You’ll need to narrow it down to:

The year

The members or band

The album

Googling is allowed

Will reveal the mystery song and what the connection to Deep Purple

Listener Mail/Comments

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