Deep Purple (Official Thread)

[Sox]

DKW .. I agree the vocals on the tracks you mentioned are great and also I think Ian Gillan did a superb job on "When A Blind Man Cries" which is another one of those slow minor key songs that Ritchie has a feel for. Gillan and Coverdale up there with the best singers from the UK IMO.

 

[Sweaty]

Thats the one, not Mandrake Root. 34 minute of Wring That Neck

Though consulting the source of all knowledge [wikipedia...] Mandrake Root clocks in at a MUCH shorter time of 29 minutes and 40 seconds...

Yeah it is a tad shorter, such a fantastic album, I think I have the DVD somewhere

 

[DaKillerWolf]

DKW .. I agree the vocals on the tracks you mentioned are great and also I think Ian Gillan did a superb job on "When A Blind Man Cries" which is another one of those slow minor key songs that Ritchie has a feel for. Gillan and Coverdale up there with the best singers from the UK IMO.

Throw in Glenn Hughes and I agree w/ you but would also add that they are three vocalist that are up there w/ ANYONE in rock history.

 

[Sox]

^^^ Yeah that's a fair comment DKW, three great vocalists.

 

[Riff Raff]

I like going back to their late 60s albums such as Deep Purple of 1969.
Bird has Flown


April. Lengthy but it was quite a good listen.


I personally enjoy albums like Fireball, In Rock, The Battle Rages On, Burn more but the really early albums like Shades of Deep Purple were under rated.

 

[Sox]

^^^ Got to agree there Riff the gear from the mk II line up is my favourite output but there are some cracking tracks on the first three albums.

 

[Nololob]

^^ I was talking to the owner of record shop while holding DP's first album to ask the price for it. It costed £10, but if I had an original 1st pressing it'd be £500.

And The Address, Ian knows how to play cowbell properly.

 

[Riff Raff]

I really need to find a copy of The Battle Rages On too. I enjoyed the album when I heard it awhile back on youtube.

 

[Berserker]

I am going to listen to this live double disc tonight for the first time:

Deep Purple – Scandinavian Nights

Label:
Connoisseur Collection – DP VSOP CD125

Format:
2 × CD, Album

Country:
UK

Released:
1988

Tracklist▼
1.01 Wring That Neck 32:06
1.02 Speed King 10:20
1.03 Into The Fire 4:00
1.04 Paint It Black 9:08
2.01 Mandrake Root 28:42
2.02 Child In Time 17:25
2.03 Black Night 6:54

Credits▼
Bass – Roger Glover
Drums – Ian Paice
Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore
Organ – Jon Lord
Remix – Tom Leader
Vocals – Ian Gillan

Notes▼
Recorded live on 12th November 1970 at Konserthuset in Stockholm by Swedish National Radio for a radio show called Tonkraft. Tapes carefully re-mixed at Angel Studios.
Contains a booklet with some b/w pictures of Deep Purple in action.
1st CD release

I hope it's good, here's a pic from the booklet:

 

[Domino]

Man Deep Purple is such a summer band to me. When A Blind Man Cries and Hush are my favorites:





When A Blind Man Cries is such a pretty song, love the vocals. I mean Ian is the voice of Jesus isn't he? Such an underrated band!