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Louder Sound publishes a Perfect Strangers retrospective penned by Geoff Barton: Bangkok. Barcelona. Beijing. Berlin. Bedford?! Deep Purple have always been a contrary band but this is pushing contrariness to the limit. It’s October 1984 and I’m travelling in cackling PR Roland Hyams’s knackered old Saab 900 up the M1 to the markedly unremarkable capital […]
Read more »Several bootleg quality audio tracks purported to be from the 1984 tour rehearsals have been posted on Youtube.
Read more »In The Studio with Redbeard celebrated the 35th anniversary of Deep Purple reunion and release of Perfect Strangers by repackaging some contemporary interviews with Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Thanks to BraveWords for the heads up.
Read more »Stowe Guide & Magazine has a short feature on the band’s 1980s stay in town in their Summer/Fall 2015 issue. Why this small resort town seemingly in the middle of nowhere, one may ask? The article quotes Roger Glover from a 1985 interview in Boston Globe: In Stowe, people accepted us as a just of […]
Read more »The upcoming Ritchie Blackmore documentary appears to have undergone a facelift — it has been retitled from the quirky Uneasy Rider — The Talented Mr. Blackmore to more pedestrian The Ritchie Blackmore Story and release date has been pushed back to November 6. It will come out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. The documentary […]
Read more »As has been already strongly hinted by DP(o), a complete show from the Perfect Strangers tour will be released on DVD. Release is due on October 14 via Edel’s imprint Eagle Vision. The show was recorded in Sydney, Australia, on December 12, 1984. Track list Highway Star Nobody’s Home Strange Kind Of Woman A Gypsy’s […]
Read more »The year was 1984, the spring was in the air, the video machines were all the rage, and Deep Purple were celebrating their reunion with a red carpet press conference in New York City. The banjo player stayed in his dungeon though. Or something 😉
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