Archive-name: music/Deep-Purple-faq/part1 Alt-music-deep-purple-archive-name: Deep-Purple-faq/part1 Posting-Frequency: Monthly Last-modified: Apr 14 1998 Version: v.2.1 Deep Purple FAQ April 1998 Deep Purple Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list For the newsgroup alt.music.deep-purple Written by: Trond Stroem (trond@deep-purple.com) Svante Pettersson (svante@deep-purple.com) Mike Collins (mcollins@nyx.net) Wolf Schneider (lonewolf@deep-purple.com) (Last update: April 14, 1998) ===================================================================== INTRODUCTION: The newsgroup alt.music.deep-purple is for discussions about Deep Purple, and various projects involving members and ex-members of this band. The newsgroup was specifically created with the intention of discussing all the various Deep-Purple-related artists and music, not just the band Deep Purple itself. This FAQ list tries to sum up some of the things people like to know about the band and the newsgroup. We'll try to post it every once in a while, if we feel the demand is there. Requests for additions, as well as corrections, are welcome! The FAQ is now also posted to rec.music.info, and news.answers, which means it'll get stored at some ftp-archive (see below). It is also stored at the Deep Purple WWW pages, see below. If you're new to Usenet, or you're not quite sure what a newsgroup really is, you are strongly recommended to pay a visit to the news.announce.newusers newsgroup and read some of the documents that are regularly posted there. They contain a wealth of useful and helpful information, and you'll be glad you did it! Lastly, if you have any comments, contributions, or questions for this FAQ, please address them to Wolf Schneider -- the other folks are mot currently actively involved with this file. ===================================================================== CONTENTS: 1. New items since last release of the FAQ. 2. Is Gillian in Deep Purple now? 3. What's the state of the band right now? 3.1 What web broadcasts? Are they archived? 3.2 Are the band members doing any work outside of Deep Purple? 4. What is Ritchie up to? 4.1 Is Ritchie going to reform the classic Rainbow line-up? 5. Other ex-members whereabouts 6. Who's actually been in the band, and when? And what does "Mark 2" mean? 7. Has there been other configurations of the band? 8. These guys have been involved in some other projects as well? 9. Where did the name "Deep Purple" come from? 10 What Deep Purple records are available out there? 10.1 What tracks are missing if I have all the original studio albums? 10.2 Where is track 13 on my US copy of Purpendicular? 11. What official Deep Purple videos exist? 11.1 Was "Made in Japan" recorded on video? 12. Er...has anyone heard some bootlegs from the last tour? 12.1. Where can I find those boots? 13. What was the set list of the latest tour like? 14. Is Ritchie practicing his cello on the solo in "Fools"? 15. What's "Smoke on the Water" about? 15.1 Who's "Funky Claude"? 15.2 Why does Ian say "Break a leg, Frank!"? 16. What's "Mary Long" about? 17. Who was Taliesyn? 18. Did Jon Lord draw the cover for "The Book of Taliesyn"? 19. Whose voice do we hear talking at the beginning of "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover"? 20. Who publishes Ian's autobiography? 21. What's the address to the Deep Purple Appreciation Society? 22. Are there other fan clubs? Perhaps in my country? And perhaps one for my Favourite Purple Person? 23. What's the address for RPM Records? 24. What are RPM's Deep Purple related releases? 25. And what about Connoisseur Collection? 26. Is there a Deep Purple WWW page available? 27. What other Deep Purple resources are available? 28. Where do I get the European releases if I live in the USA? 29. Still in the USA, what about the videos? 30. I found this FAQ on rec.music.info/news.answers/FAQ archive site/WWW pages, but the newsgroup alt.music.deep-purple is not on my site! What do I do? 31. What about a newsgroup for Whitesnake/Rainbow/Gillan? 32. What are those bizarre acronyms? 33. Who do you think you are?! 34. Acknowledgements 1. New items since last release of the FAQ. ------------------------------------------- Various additional bits of information here and there. In particular, I've updated any current information, removed the section on the 1996 US tour (as a new US tour has been announced) and added a section on the extracurricular activities of current Purple members. Hopefully, this hasn't made the FAQ too news-heavy. Also, I've added information about "Come Hell Or High Water" and the Dick Pimple EP. I've tried to make the FAQ a bit more accessible to people less familiar with the band by adding explanatory notes and phrases here and there. I've added some sections that were in the (older) HTML version on the DPWWW but never made it into this ASCII version, so that this version can now become the authoritative version. Finally, I've added a separate acknowledgments section - just practising for that Oscar speech! I'd like add my sincere apologies for the enormous delay in producing version of the FAQ. When I originally took on the job, I was reasonably confident that I'd have time to do it. Since then, however, there has been a steady stream of things, both professional and personal, that took up my time and attention, and maintaining the FAQ had to take a back seat (along with far too much else). [Note: the previous paragraphs were from Mike Collins, who's since reluctantly given up his custodianship and passed it on to me -- Wolf] 2. Is Gillian in Deep Purple now? --------------------------------- No, and SHE HAS NEVER BEEN, either! On the other hand, vocalist extraordinaire Ian Gillan is in Deep Purple. 3. What's the state of the band right now? New record? Tours? ------------------------------------------------------------- Deep Purple currently consists of: Ian Gillan (vocals) Roger Glover (bass) Jon Lord (keyboards) Steve Morse (guitar) Ian Paice (drums) This lineup has existed since November 1994. Ritchie Blackmore left the band in 1993, and Joe Satriani stepped in as a replacement on some gigs in late 1993 / Summer 1994. Steve Morse (ex. Dixie Dregs and Kansas) joined the band as Blackmore's full-time replacement in 1995. When Roger Glover was asked if they considered anyone else than Morse for the job he said: "No. Well, we asked Hank Marvin, but he declined." In February 1996 the new line-up released an album called "Purpendicular" and embarked on a world tour that has visited most of the world including Europe, Japan and the Americas. Most recently, they completed a short tour of the USA, playing several venues in the prestigious House Of Blues chain. Notable events on the included two Web broadcasts (see below), and the onstage marriage of guitarist Steve Morse! The have finished recording the follow-up to "Purpendicular", entitled "Abandon", and it is scheduled for release May 1998. A live album, "Live At The Olympia '96", recorded in Paris, was released on EMI Records in June '97 in Europe. European and US tour dates have been announced for the summer. Future tourdates are posted on the tourdate pages on the Deep Purple WWW-pages (DPWWW) as soon as the DPWWW maintainers receive the dates. As well as the new album, EMI have embarked on a series of 25th Anniversary releases of classic DP albums. These versions have the original tracks remastered, and also include additional material such as remixes, single tracks and studio out-takes. So far, "In Rock", "Fireball", "Machine Head" and "Made In Japan" have had anniversary releases; 1998 will see "Who Do We Think We Are!" given the same treatment. Bassist Roger Glover has been involved in overseeing these. A boxed set comprised of remastered versions of the three Mark I albums with extra tracks has also been announced, possibly to be released in the US first. WWW links: For the very latest news, the DPWWW news page: http://www.deep-purple.com/news/ For up-to-date tour schedules, the DPWWW tourdates page: http://www.deep-purple.com/tourdate.htm 3.1 What web broadcasts? Are they archived? ------------------------------------------- During Deep Purple's tour of the US House of Blues chain, the band were lucky enough to have not one but two of the gigs recorded by LiveConcerts.com and broadcast over the Web. One of these concerts - Jan 28th 1998, at the House of Blues, LA, has been archived at the LiveConcerts Web site in RealAudio and RealVideo formats. RealAudio and RealVideo are "streaming" formats - the content is displayed in the viewer as it reaches your computer, with no need to download the entire file first. WWW links: The concert is available at the LiveConcerts.com web site: http://www.liveconcerts.com/news/ The RealPlayer software, for playing RealAudio and ReadVideo, can be downloaded for free from: http://www.real.com/ 3.2 Are the band members doing any work outside of Deep Purple? --------------------------------------------------------------- Yes - there's always been a tradition of the band members putting out solo work and other projects when not in the studio and on the road with Purple. Ian Gillan has recently released a solo album, titled "Dreamcatcher". The album features longtime collaborator Steve Morris on guitar, and shows a more rootsy, folky feel to the music - Ian himself says that this is intended as "background music" rather than an upfront rock album. Two albums of Gillan (the band) live recordings have also been released by RPM - "Gillan - Live At The BBC" Vols 1 and 2 contain recordings from 1979-80 made by the BBC. Ian also mentions on his website that a second album by the Javelins (a very early band of Ian's who reformed recently to record an album of rock'n'roll standards) is "in the pipeline". Two albums of previously unreleased Gillan-related material have recently been released: "The Rockfield Remixes" contains the first mix of the Ian Gillan Band's "Clean Air Turbulence" album, while "The Gillan Tapes Vol. 1" contains various alternate versions and studio outtakes. Reviews on the newsgroup has been lukewarm. Ian himself has had nothing to do with these releases - they seem to have been motivated by ex-members of IGB and Gillan. Jon Lord is working on a solo album, to be released by EMI Germany, working title "Pictured Within", to be released on September 15th 1998. Apparently, it's a "classical crossover" piece, scored piano with various music groups ranging from quartet to orchestra. Vocalist Sam Brown will sing on the only two actual songs. Steve Morse continues to record and perform with his own band (cunningly named The Steve Morse Band). "Stand Up" was recently released by the SMB, and there have been recent re-releases of hard-to-find/never-before-on-CD Dixie Dregs (his old band) material too. He recorded a track which appeared on an electric guitar-fest Christmas album that also featured Satriani, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Brian May and other big name guitarists. Upcoming work includes an track for an acoustic classical album from Wyndham Hill Records. His next solo album will also be acoustic, and has been put on hold while he works on current projects. There are also plans to record some new Dixie Dregs material. Morse is currently investigating the possibility of the band reforming, and recording some new material, to be self-released (i.e. not through a record company). Currently, they are looking for support from fans, so that they can determine whether or not this is financially possible. See the Official Steve Morse Homepage (there's a link at the DPWWW) for more information. Roger Glover is overseeing the 25th Anniversary release programme (see above). Ian Paice has recently hosted a short series of drum workshops in the UK. To the best of my knowledge, neither Paice nor Glover are currently recording any non-Purple-related projects. WWW links: Links to several Web sites about Deep Purple members and ex-members, from which some of this information was taken, can be found on the DPWWW at: http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/links.html 4. What is Ritchie up to? -------------------------- After leaving DP Ritchie Blackmore reformed Rainbow and released a CD called "Stranger in us All" (SIUA). This CD was released in Europe in October 1995 and in the US in December 1996. The new Rainbow line-up has done two tours of Europe and one tour of Japan. They recently performed a tour in North America. At time of writing, all band members have been released from their contracts, and the band's future looks uncertain. A new record by the project called Blackmore's Night was released in 1997. Titled "Shadow of the Moon", it sees Ritchie pursue a direction he's been wanting to follow for years - the album consists mainly of renaissance-inspired music. All vocals are by Ritchie's fiancee Candice Night. Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson guests on one track. Despite deviating heavily from Ritchie's usual hard rock style, the album has been mostly well-recieved on the newsgroup. Ritchie and Candice have played a number of low-key gigs with a backing band playing Blackmore's Night and a few Rainbow songs, and is planning to record a second Blackmore's Night album. WWW links: The Official Ritchie Blackmore pages: http://www.ritchieblackmore.com/ 4.1 Is Ritchie going to reform the classic Rainbow line-up? ----------------------------------------------------------- A number of rumours have been circulating, on and off the Internet, that Blackmore will reform one of the classic line-ups of Rainbow, possibly featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals. Almost all of the musicians mentioned in these rumours, including Dio, have denied them, and Ritchie seems happy to continue with the Blackmore's Night project, so it seems extremely unlikely that there will be a Rainbow reunion in the foreseeable future. Especially since Cozy Powell died in a car crash on April 5, 1998, which precludes any but the last few lineups from reuniting. 5. Other ex-members whereabouts ------------------------------- Glenn Hughes released his latest CD "Addiction" in Japan and Europe in the fall of 1996. The album is reported to be his heaviest solo effort so far. Hughes did a club tour of Europe supporting the album. Glenn Hughes is also reported to be working on a Tony Iommi solo album. During 1996 Hughes also participated in the Queen tribute album "Dragon attack" and released a Greatest Hits CD. David Coverdale split with Page because of lower success than expected, and because of Page working with Plant again. Coverdale did a Whitesnake festival tour in Europe in 1994. He's recently released what is said to be the last Whitesnake album in Japan and Europe - titled "Restless Heart", it sees him return to his roots. It reminds people more of the "good ol'" Whitesnake than the HM Hairfarm rock of "1987" and "Slip of the Tongue" days. A live acoustic mini-album and accompanying video, "Starkers In Tokyo", has also been released in Japan. Planned for next year are a compilation of B-sides and remixes, and a live album. More concerts in Europe are planned for this year. Also of interest: ex-Whitesnake guitarists Marsden and Moody have acquired singer Jorn Lande who, allegedly, sounds "more like David Coverdale than Dave himself" and have been playing some small gigs in Norway billed as "an evening of Whitesnake music". Reviews on the newsgroup have been very positive! Nick Simper resurfaced recently on the Quatermass II album "Long Road", which also features longtime Gillan collaborator Mick Underwood and the former Rainbow keyboards man Don Airey. Joe Lynn Turner released a solo album called "Nothing's Changed" in 1996 year, a covers album titled "Undercover" and has appeared on more obscure tribute albums than anyone would care to know. Rumours that he may rejoin Rainbow are, at time of writing, unfounded. A new album is promised. The Tommy Bolin Archives continues to release more previously unreleased work by the late guitarist; the latest release is "From The Archives Volume 2", featuring a mix of demos and live recordings. Joe Satriani has a new album out, "Crystal Planet", a new US tour beginning in April, and a new haircut. RPM Records continue to release a number of projects involving current and ex-members of Deep Purple - see section 22 below. If someone knows what Rod Evans is up to and/or where he can be found - mail us immediately! Rumours say he's either breeding dogs in California or working as a nurse in the same state. Or both. WWW links: Links to several Web sites about Deep Purple members and ex-members, from which some of this information was taken, can be found on the DPWWW at: http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/links.html 6. Who's actually been in the band, and when? And what does "Mark 2" mean? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Marks" refer to the specific lineups of Deep Purple. These are Deep Purple Mark I (April 1968 - June 1969): Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) Rod Evans (vocals) Jon Lord (keyboards + backing vocals) Ian Paice (drums) Nick Simper (bass + backing vocals) Deep Purple Mark IIa (June 1969 - 30. June 1973) Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) Ian Gillan (vocals) Roger Glover (bass) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Deep Purple Mark III (October 1973 - 5. April 1975) Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) David Coverdale (vocals) Glenn Hughes (bass + vocals) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Deep Purple Mark IV (1975 - July 1976 (last gig was March 15 1976)) Tommy Bolin (guitar + vocals) David Coverdale (vocals) Glenn Hughes (bass + vocals) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Deep Purple Mark IIb (reunion) (April 1984 - April 1989) Same lineup as Mk II above. (Often referred to as Mk V at the time, as fans didn't think they quite stood up to the past.) Deep Purple Mark V (Autumn 1989 - Autumn 1992) ("Mk. Turner" ) Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) Roger Glover (bass) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Joe Lynn Turner (vocals) Deep Purple Mark IIc (re-reunion?) (Autumn 1992 - 17. November 1993) Same lineup as Mk II above. Are we having fun yet? Deep Purple Mark VI (2. December 1993 - July 1994) Ian Gillan (vocals) Roger Glover (bass) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Joe Satriani (guitar) (This lineup was originally just for the Japanese tour, that had been announced before Blackmore quit in November. They also did a European tour in the summer of 1994. This is the only non-recording lineup so far.) Deep Purple Mark VII (November 1994 - ) Ian Gillan (vocals) Roger Glover (bass and backing vocals) Jon Lord (keyboards) Ian Paice (drums) Steve Morse (guitar and backing vocals) Backing vocals? Yes, Roger and Steve has been seen (and heard in some places) doing back-up vocals to two of the songs from "Purpendicular" at live shows. Note that there is another numbering system sometimes used, in which each line-up, including the reunions, is given its own number, so the line-ups run from I - IX. This used to be the system used in the newsgroup and older versions of the FAQ. Recent versions of the FAQ have used the I-IV-IIb-V-IIc-VII system, as it is the same as the one used by the Deep Purple Appreciation Society (DPAS). Occasionally some of us old farts might use the old numbers by mistake, though! 7. Have there been other configurations of the band? --------------------------------------------------- Eccentric lineups feature two dates in the USA in May 1972 when Blackmore was taken ill, one with Al Kooper (of Dylan, Blood Sweat & Tears etc.) on guitar and one with the late Randy California (of Spirit) on guitar - they dropped the tour after this show. There were also one or two in the early seventies with Mark II without Gillan, with Roger Glover trying to fill in on the vocals... ("I hope there's no bootleg of this", the man himself says.) Also there was the infamous bogus Deep Purple in 1980, when Rod Evans was lured into "reforming" Deep Purple by a US manager specializing in reforming old bands with a minimum of original members. They played a handful of dates in the US (where reportedly most audiences left the halls during the shows, after bottling the stage) before the outfit were taken to court by the old management team (Tony Edwards and John Colleta). As a result, Rod Evans lost the rights to royalties for his work with Deep Purple. On the 1996 tour, the band played a gig in Paris, France, with a backing horn section on some tracks. The horn section comprised 3 French musicians: Vincent Chavagnac, Eric Mula and Christian Fourquet. Fortunately for fans, this gig has been immortalised in the very latest DP release, "Live At The Olympia '96". 8. These guys have been involved in some other projects as well? ---------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to Deep Purple, this newsgroup will also discuss the various spin off projects from the band; here's some: * Ritchie Blackmore: Various sessions (Screaming Lord Sutch, The Outlaws...), Green Bullfrog, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night * Tommy Bolin: Solo work, James Gang, Zephyr, session work etc. * David Coverdale: Solo work, Whitesnake, Coverdale/Page * Rod Evans: The Maze, Captain Beyond * Ian Gillan: Episode Six, Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), solo work, Ian Gillan Band, Gillan, Black Sabbath, Gillan Glover Garth Rockett & the Moonshiners, The Javelins * Roger Glover: Episode Six, solo work, Rainbow, Gillan Glover, production work * Glenn Hughes: Trapeze, solo work, Hughes & Thrall, Gary Moore Band, Black Sabbath, Phenomena, John Norum, George Lynch, The KLF * Jon Lord: The Artwoods, Flowerpot Men, solo work (orchestral and other), Tony Asthon & Jon Lord, Paice-Ashton-Lord (PAL), Whitesnake, session work * Ian Paice: The Maze, Green Bullfrog, PAL, Whitesnake, Gary Moore Band * Nick Simper: Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, Flowerpot Men, Warhorse, (Nick Simper's) Fandango, Quatermass II * Joe Lynn Turner: Fandango (not the same band!), Rainbow, solo work, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mother's army (album out in Japan only), session work * Steve Morse: Dixie Dregs, Kansas, The Steve Morse Band, session work Discussion of all these artists, and other Deep Purple-related artists is extremely welcome on the newsgroup. Discussion about ex-members of Whitesnake, Rainbow, Gillan, Black Sabbath and other related bands are common, and entirely on-topic, and even less closely-related artists such as the KLF have been discussed on occasion. There's even a tradition of certain unrelated artists being adopted into the fold, so to speak - we try to be inclusive, rather than exclusive. 9. Where did the name "Deep Purple" come from? ----------------------------------------------- When Deep Purple went on their first tour, to Denmark in 1968, they were still named Roundabout. This was the name suggested by Chris Curtis, former drummer for The Searchers, who actually started the whole process of putting the band together. His concept was of a "roundabout" where people get on and off easily, allowing different line-ups. He was rather quickly put aside, and the actual band (Mk I) wasn't too pleased with the name. On the boat between England and Denmark, Ritchie Blackmore and bassist Nick Simper were interviewed about the new band. It seemed that it actually was during this interview that the band changed it's name to Deep Purple - named after an old song that was a favourite of Ritchie's granny, or something like that. According to an interview with Nick Simper in an old issue of Darker than Blue, the journalist asked them what the name of the band was. Ritchie looked at Nick with a grin, and said "It's Deep Purple". Nick smiled back, and that was it. I think the song below might be it: Deep Purple When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls and the stars begin to flicker in the sky thru the mist of a memory you wander back to me breathing my name with a sigh. In the still of the night once again I hold you tight. Tho' you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams and as long as my heart will beat, lover, we'll always meet here in my deep purple dreams. - Mitchell Parish 10. What Deep Purple records are available out there? ----------------------------------------------------- Quick discography for Deep Purple: (based on UK releases mainly). CD availability added after the titles. Mark I: * Shades of Deep Purple (1968) (CD) * The Book of Taliesyn (1968) (CD) * Deep Purple (1969) (CD) American CD reissues of these are very dodgy - go for European or Japanese CDs. A boxed set containing remastered versions of these albums with bonus tracks is planned. The current European CD versions of these three albums have been recently packaged together in a boxed set entitled "Originals". Mark IIa: * Concerto for Group and Orchestra (live - with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (1969) (European CD has "Wring that Neck" and "Child in Time" added - both done in a short set before the Concerto ) * Deep Purple in Rock (1970) (CD) (US/Japanese version lacks intro to Speed King ) (Special 1995 anniversary edition is remastered + has bonus tracks - see below) * Fireball (1971) (CD) (US/Jap version replaces Demon's Eye with SKOW) (Special 1996 anniversary edition is remastered + has bonus tracks - see below) * Machine Head (1972) (CD) (Special 1997 anniversary edition contains bonus tracks, as well as a second CD containing a new remix of the entire album.) * Made in Japan (live) 1972 (CD) (Japanese version is called "Live In Japan", not to be confused with the 3CD set of the same name (see below).). (Special 1997 anniversary edition contains bonus tracks on second CD.) * Who Do We Think We Are! (1973) (CD) (Special 1998 anniversary edition to be released) Albums released after Mark IIa split up: * Powerhouse (LP 1977) (only on CD in Japan - tracks planned for a Rarities compilation in Europe. Two tracks now on the "Concerto..." CD, see above. One track is on "Singles A's and B's". And all the tracks, in a different running order, also appear on "New, Live, & Rare", not to be confused with "Live And Rare" below!) * Deep Purple in Concert 1970-1972 (LP 1980 - complete 2CD version 1992) (European CD adds two tracks and inbetween song chat) * Scandinavian Nights (live Stockholm 1970) (1988) (2CD) (Released as "Live and Rare" in the USA) * Gemini Suite Live (live September 1970 with the Light Music Society) (1993) (CD only) * Live in Japan (live Japan August 1972 - the tapes used for "Made in Japan" - 3CDs with most of three concerts) (1993) (3CD) * In Rock - 25th Anniv. edition (1996) (CD and Ltd. ed. vinyl) - Remastered by Roger Glover and featuring extra tracks. * Fireball - 25th Anniv. remastered version released late 1996. Features bonus material. * Machine Head - 25th Anniv. remastered version released 1997. Features bonus material. * Made In Japan - Remastered Edition released 1998. Features bonus material. This is part of the Anniversary Edition series, but was actually released 26 years after the original! "Who Do We Think We Are!" has been recently packaged with the Mk III album "Stormbringer" and the Mk IV album "Come Taste The Band" in a boxed set entitled "Originals vol. 2". Mark III: * Burn (1974) (CD) * Stormbringer (1974) (CD) Albums released after Mark III split up: * Made in Europe (1976) (live) (CD) * Live in London (1982) (released on CD in Japan only) (Anniversary edition planned for 1999, with bonus material) * California Jamming - Live 1974 (1996) (CD) This is from the California Jam video (see below). * Mk. III - The Final Concerts (1996) (2CD) "Stormbringer" has been recently packaged with the Mk II album "Who do We think We are!" and the Mk IV album "Come Taste The Band" in a boxed set entitled "Originals vol. 2". Mark IV: * Come taste the Band (1975) (CD) Albums released after Mark IV split up: * Last Concert in Japan (live) (1977) (CD) * On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat (live) (1996) (2CD) "Come Taste The Band" has been recently packaged with the Mk II album "Who Do We Think We Are!" and the Mk III album "Stormbringer" in a boxed set entitled "Originals vol. 2". Mark IIb (reunion): * Perfect Strangers (1984) (CD - has bonus track "Not Responsible") * The House of Blue Light (1987) (CD - all songs longer than on LP) * Nobody's Perfect (live) (1988) (2LPs edited down to one CD) Album released after Mark IIb split up: * Knebworth 85 - In the Absence of Pink (live 1985) (1991) (2CD) Mark V (Mk Turner) : * Slaves and Masters (1990) (CD) Mark IIc (re-reunion) : * The Battle Rages on... (1993) (CD) Album released after Mark IIc split up: * Come Hell Or High Water (live) (1994) (CD - the Japanese and US versions have additional tracks) Mark VI (Mk Satriani) There are no official recordings available with the Satriani line-up, although they did record some of the concerts. Perhaps one day when the various record companies finally come to some agreement... Mark VII (Mk Morse) * Purpendicular (1996) (CD) * Live at the Olympia '96 (1997) (2CD) * Abandon (1998] (CD) The Japanese + US release of Purpendicular contained the bonus track "Don't Hold Your Breath". "Purpendicular" is usually referred to as _|_ in the Internet and AOL discussions. Roger Glover has stated on the newsgroup that he would like to continue the 25th Anniversary releases into the Mk III albums and beyond. Personally, I'm already waiting for _|_ 25... Compilations are left out of this FAQ to keep the file size within sane limits -- you should look up the discography sections on the DPWWW if you are interested. Look at the next subsection for a list of some of the singles. WWW links: The DPWWW discographies (which include singles, compilations and videos): http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/discog/ 10.1. What tracks are missing if I have all the original studio albums? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite a few, really. I'll try to list all the tracks not on the "original" releases (the "pure" live albums are omitted here): Powerhouse (1977) * Painted Horse (Who do we think we are!-outtake) * Hush * Wring that Neck * Child in Time All three recorded before the "Concerto" in 1969. The two latter now on the "Concerto" CD. * Black Night (live) (Originally b-side to Woman from Tokyo - now on the Singles A's and B's CD.) * Cry Free (Deep Purple in Rock-outtake) "Painted Horse", "Hush" and "Cry Free" may become available in the future on a "Rarities" CD. If you DO need them, the Japanese have released "Powerhouse" on CD. Alternatively, all of these tracks except for "Black Night (live)" are on the Japanese "New Live and Rare" compilation, which you may be able to find. A remix of "Cry Free" was included in the 25th Anniversary Edition of "In Rock", and it's likely that "Painted Horse" will appear on a 25th Anniversary Edition of "Who Do We Think We Are" in some form. The live "Black Night" was included in the Remastered (Anniversary) edition of "Made In Japan". LP track edited in some countries... * Speed King Americans, Canadians and Japanese will have to get hold of the European version of "Deep Purple in Rock" to hear THAT intro, which were rudely edited off in the mentioned places. (Speed King on "Deepest Purple" also has the guitar part of the intro edited off.) Another possibility is to buy the good old Black Night 7", of course. Most European versions had the full length Speed King as the b-side. It's also on good compilations like "The Anthology" (2CD). And on good old "24 Carat Purple", if I'm not mistaken. The best thing now, is of course to simply get "Deep Purple in Rock - 25th Anniversary Edition", where there's even a remix as well as the original version. Various non-LP single tracks: * Emmaretta (Mk I non-LP single) * Bird has Flown (Mk I - Different version on US single - the LP version was done later.) * Hallelujah (First Mk II single) * Black Night (Single not on any album) * Speed King (Single version - completely different (earlier) take) * Strange Kind of Woman (Single only, shorter than later version on US LP, but same take) * I'm Alone (b-side to SKOW, non-album track) * Demon's Eye (Included on the European Fireball LP instead of SKOWoman, but not out in the US and the East) * When a Blind Man Cries (b-side to "Never Before", non-album track) * Black Night (live) (encore from Japan 1972) * Coronarias Redig (MK III b-side to "Might Just Take Your Life". Recorded in Sweden mid-tour December 1973, and became an instrumental as Coverdale reportedly was literally speaking to shagged out to sing!) All the above are on "Singles A's and B's" released on CD by EMI in 1993. Additionally, "Black Night" and "Speed King" are on the 25th Anniversary edition of "In Rock", "I'm Alone" and "Demon's Eye" on the Anniversary "Fireball", "When a Blind Man Cries" is on the Anniversary "Machine Head", and "Black Night (live) has appeared on various compilations and the 25th Anniversary edition of "Made In Japan". New, Live and Rare Vol. 3 (EMI EP 1980) * Smoke on the Water (live) (BBC in Concert 1972) * Bird has Flown (Mk II version - BBC studio recording autumn 1969) * Grabsplatter (Mk II instrumental - BBC studio recording autumn 1969) "Smoke" is now on the EMI CD release of "Deep Purple in Concert". The two others are currently unavailable elsewhere, except that "Grabsplatter" was on the 1985 LP version of the "Anthology" compilation (deleted). A possible "Deep Purple at the Beeb(*)" CD has been mentioned from time to time, although it hasn't appeared on any recent list of upcoming DP releases - else they'll probably end up on a "Rarities" CD. (*)BBC Anthology (EMI 2LP 1985 - deleted) * Love Help Me * Shadows Two tracks off a Mk I acetate, unavailable elsewhere. "Love Help Me" is an instrumental version, "Shadows" never made it to "Shades of Deep Purple". These may possibly appear on the announced remastered CDs of the Mk I albums. * Freedom Poppy Mk II track, recorded 1971, possibly for single release. A remix is on the "Fireball - 25th Anniversary Edition" CD. "Anthology" 2LP compilation must not be mistaken with "The Anthology" from 1991, which was out on 3LP/2CD. This compilation is aimed at new fans, and avoids putting on rarities just to force collectors to buy it. Perfect Strangers (1984) * Not Responsible Bonus track on MC and CD - now probably more common than the LP version without the track! If you NEED it on vinyl, you'll have to track down a US promo single (Under the Gun?), or the picture disc release of "Perfect Strangers" released in 1985 for the Knebworth Fayre in the UK. Perfect Strangers (12" single, 1985) * Perfect Strangers Five seconds longer than on the LP/CD! * Son of Alerik 10 minute long instrumental - very good, too! Now on "Rock Profile Vol.2". An edited version of this track appears on the 7" single of Perfect Strangers, and on European versions of the "Knocking At Your Back Door" compilation album. House Of The Blue Light (1987) Some of the tracks are longer on the CD than on the LP/cassette. In particular, "Strangeways" has a much longer ending. Nobody's Perfect (1988) Different formats contain slightly different tracks: * Bad Attitude - Only available on vinyl * Dead Or Alive - Only available on cassette * Space Truckin' - Only available on vinyl and cassette The first two tracks can also be found on the "Hush 88" CD single. "Space Truckin'" can be found on the compilation "Knockin' at Your Back Door - The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's". Ritchie Blackmore: Rock Profile Vol 1 Connoisseur, 1989 2LP/1CD - CD version is edited! LP and cassette deleted... * Playground Prev. unreleased Mk I instrumental * Guitar Job Not a proper Purple track - just Ritchie and Paicey rehearsing in the studio, playing around with riffs and themes. * No No No (live) * Highway Star (live) The latter two were recorded for German TV autumn 1971 - quite early for Highway Star. Beware: both cuts are edited on the CD and cassette! LP and cassette versions are naturally deleted now... Date often given as 1. September 1971. * Show Me the Way to Go Home Bonus track on the LP and cassette(!). Instrumental. Again not a proper Deep Purple track; it features the boys fooling around with this old English standard song during the Fireball sessions, playing out of tune and generally farting about... The "Noise Abatement Society" track on "Fireball25" is very much in the same vein as this. Ritchie Blackmore: Rock Profile Vol 2 Connoisseur : 2LP/1CD (edited) 199? * "Jon Lord": Guitar Movement Actually the guitar movement from Deep Purple's live performance of the Gemini Suite, credited to Jon Lord to avoid legal problems... Now on the "Gemini Suite Live" CD. * Son of Alerik 10 min. very nice instrumental from the B-side of the "Perfect Strangers" 12" single (see above). Love Conquers All (RCA single 1991) * Slow Down, Sister Mk V (Turner) b-side not on the album. Knockin' at Your Back Door - The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's Polydor compilation : 1CD 1992 * Son of Alerik (Instrumental from "Perfect Strangers" 12" single * Space Truckin' (live) (From LP/cassette versions of "Nobody's Perfect" This mostly worthless compilation contains these two tracks of interest. The former is available elsewhere (see above), while the latter is only available elsewhere on LP and cassette - this is the only CD release. A Japanese promo version was released featuring "Cosmic Jazz", another instrumental jam from the 1984 sessions like "Son of Alerik", but this was withdrawn almost immediately and the track has never resurfaced. Fire, Ice and Dynamite (Soundtrack, 1991) * Fire, Ice and Dynamite The title track is a Blackmore/Glover/Turner track, played by Mk V (minus Jon Lord and Ian Paice - Glover plays the synths and programmed the drums!). The rest of the album is Harold Faltermeyer's music, with Bonnie Tyler and worse singing. Deep Purple in Rock - 25th Anniversary Edition (CD/2LP, 1995) * Black Night (remix) Is nearly a minute longer than the usual version - and sounds a helluvalot better! * Jam Stew Instrumental jam, previously unreleased. Purpendicular (CD, 1996) * Don't Hold Your Breath Bonus track only available on the US and Japan release of the album. Fireball - 25th Anniversary Edition (CD/2LP, 1996) * Slow Train Complete unreleased track from the Fireball sessions, previously unreleased. * Strange Kind of Woman (remix) Longer than earlier versions * The Noise Abatement Society Tapes Fooling around in the studio, in the same vein as "Show Me the Way to Go Home" above. Dick Pimple - "The Turtle Island Shuffle" (CD, 1997) * The Turtle Island Shuffle A jam recorded in Florida in 1995 exclusively for the first UK Deep Purple Convention in Sheffield. Available only to members of the DPAS, issued through RPM. Machine Head - 25th Anniversary Edition (2CD/2LP, 1997) * When A Blind Man Cries (b-side to "Never Before", non-album track) * Maybe I'm a Leo (Quadraphonic Mix) * Lazy (Quadraphonic Mix) * Highway star/Maybe I'm a Leo/Pictures of home/Never before/ Smoke on the water/Lazy/Space Truckin'/When a blind man cries Remixed versions - all tracks remixed in 1997 on bonus CD. Remixed versions of "Maybe I'm A Leo" and "Smoke On The Water" feature different guitar solos, "Pictures Of Home" features the original drum intro, "Smoke On The Water" and "Lazy" feature different vocals. All these remixes sound wonderful! Made In Japan - Remastered (Anniversary Edition) (2CD/2LP, 1998) * Black Night (Tokyo, August 17th 1972) * Speed King (Tokyo, August 17th 1972) * Lucille (Osaka, August 16th) Three encore tracks, taken from the same concerts as the original "Made In Japan" album was taken from. Between this album and the "Live In Japan" 3CD set, only 2 tracks remain unreleased from these concerts. We've probably forgotten something - do send us corrections! Additionally, some of the rare tracks listed above - particularly tracks on "Powerhouse" and "Singles A's and B's" - have appeared on various obscure compilations over the years. The list of albums above is probably the best way to get as many of the rare tracks as possible in as few albums as possible. If you want to find out about these other compilations, check out the DPWWW discographies. WWW links: The DPWWW discographies (which include singles, compilations and videos): http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/discog/ 10.2 Where is track 13 on my US copy of Purpendicular? ------------------------------------------------------ Well, there's another unreleased track - a couple of seconds of silence. I don't know why it's there. Probably just to separate the unlisted bonus track from the album. 11. What official Deep Purple videos exist? ------------------------------------------- * Concerto for Group and Orchestra (the video from the event - same recording as on the album. Two edits. Colour. Total ca. 51 minutes) LaserDisc release in Japan. * Doing Their Thing (Shot for a Granada TV (UK) program in 1970, contains excellent colour footage of four songs, only Child in Time in full. Good stuff, nonetheless, total 25 min.) * Scandinavian Nights - Live in Copenhagen 1. March 1972 (recorded by Danmarks Radio, but never shown. B/W, some ropey photo, but EXCELLENT material! Total ca. 100 minutes, complete show) * Machine Head Live 1972 (Japanese release of the Copenhagen concert. Has superior sound to the above. Available on LaserDisc.) * California Jam (Mk III live at Ontario Speedway, April 1974. Nearly complete concert, (Lay Down Stay Down is missing), OK footage, colour, and Ritchie's infamous camera smashing! Total ca. 75 minutes. Released on CD in 1996 as California Jamming - Live 1974 (see #10)) Japanese version available as LaserDisc. * Rises over Japan (Mk IV. Only released in Japan. 5 tracks allegedly from the same night "Last Concert in Japan" was recorded, December 1975. Colour, OK footage.) * The Videosingles (Collection released 1987 with five promo videos from "Perfect Strangers" and "The House of Blue Light". Not too hot material, except "Nobody's Home", which is live from Providence Civic Center 4. March 1985. Later issues might include the video to "Hush '88".) * Heavy Metal Pioneers (Rockumentary released 1991, featuring the Mk V (Turner) line-up. Contains interviews with the band, snippets of live tracks, a complete Mk I performance of "Hush" from 1968 and a promo video the Mk V track "King Of Dreams". * Come Hell Or High Water (Mk II c. Released with the CHOHW album, although this is taken from one single show, so only a few of the tracks are also on the album. Also features interviews with all the band members except Blackmore. This was filmed the night Blackmore quit the band, so expect tantrums and bitterness.) A brief note about formats: Virtually all videos these days are released in the VHS video format (as far as I know, nowhere in the world are Betamax or V2000 standards). However, there's also the matter of signal format to worry about. Basically, the USA and Japan use the NTSC format, while most of the rest of the world uses the PAL format. A few places use the SECAM format. Unless you have a machine with the ability to play different formats, you almost certainly won't be able to play a video in the wrong format machine. So, beware when buying videos from overseas companies. WWW links: An extensive list of video releases, along with other TV (and radio) broadcasts can be found unde the DPWWW discographies page: http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/discog/ 11.1. Was "Made in Japan" recorded on video? -------------------------------------------- Truly a frequent question this one, sadly the answer is NO. However, those who haven't yet should check out the 3CD set "Live in Japan" out on EMI in Europe in 1993, under supervision of Simon Robinson. This excellent 3CD set consists of one CD for each of the three nights recorded for the original album, almost in full. Two of the songs on the original album, and some below par encores, are left out due to space restrictions, but this set gives a unique glimpse into how Deep Purple sounded on the road, on three consequent nights. Recorded on 15th and 16th of August in Osaka and on the 17th of August at the Tokyo Budokan, we get three excellent performances, which really are different in feel from night to night; actually, they get better every night! 12. Er...has anyone heard some bootlegs from the last tour? ----------------------------------------------------------- Yes. There are several. An excellent resource is Ingo Fengler's bootleg pages on the WWW. What have been reported as particularly good boots are "Strange Kind of Purple - Day 2", "Purple Rose of Hanau" and especially "Fireball Into the Arena". Shows in Moscow (Russia) and Poland were both filmed by TV stations, and good audio and video boots of these can be found. In particular, the "With Purple From Russia" audio boot has been highly recommended. WWW links: Ingo Fengler's DP bootleg discography: http://www.uni-ulm.de/~ifengler/musicp.htm Lost Horizons, a well-regarded Japanese dealer who sells many Purple-related bootlegs: http://members.aol.com/lsthrizns/home.html 12.1 Where can I find those boots? ---------------------------------- Traditionally, the best sources of bootlegs have been record fairs, mail order companies and smaller independent music stores. However, boots are more difficult to find these days than they were five years ago. There's been a worldwide campaign to stamp them out in recent years. Traders in many countries, including the UK and US, have been aggressively prosecuted, and countries such as Italy which previously had relaxed laws about unofficial releases have tightened up those laws making bootlegging illegal. The result is that in many countries, it is now almost impossible to find bootlegs in shops or fairs. Look around for them. Often, people who own boots are willing to make them available to others, often as part of a trade. People post reviews of boots every now and then on amd-p. Ask politely by private email to the reviewers. Please note that it is not the position of this author to take any position on the ethics of bootlegs, except to warn people that it is illegal to make and sell bootlegs in many countries. 13. What was the set list of the latest tour like? -------------------------------------------------- It's quite different. The following songs have been played at one point or another on the Purpendicular and House of Blues tours: Hush Fireball Into The Fire Maybe I'm a Leo Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic Pictures of Home Black Night Cascades: I'm not your lover - Steve Morse solo Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming Woman From Tokyo (complete version with the "soft section" in the middle) Bloodsucker Rat Bat Blue Mary Long The Purpendicular Waltz No One Came Rosa's Cantina The Aviator Smoke On the Water (with very little sing along) - Jon Lord solo When A Blind Man Cries Somebody Stole My Guitar Speed King - Incl. short drum solo and 50's rock medley and general fooling around Perfect Strangers Hey Cisco Highway Star "Any Fule Kno That" [sic] Seventh Heaven "Hush" and was only played in North and South America where it was used as the opening song with "Fireball" following. "Fireball" opened the European and Japanese shows. "Into The Fire" was only played in full at the Lahr festival, July 1997 and the House of Blues gigs - during the previous tour dates, the band played a few bars of the intro at the end of "Fireball". "The Aviator" was added on the second European leg and was also played in North America. "Bloodsucker", "Rat Bat Blue" and "Mary Long" were rotated during the first couple of months in the beginning of the European tour. "Somebody Stole My Guitar" was also dropped after the first European leg of the tour. The new tracks "Any Fule Kno That" (spelling taken from set list!) and "Seventh Heaven" were only performed at the House of Blues gigs, and the former was only played on the first couple of those. You can find reviews of DP shows on the web, many of them with set lists. WWW links: The DPWWW tour reviews section: http://www.deep-purple.com/reviews/ 14. Is Ritchie practicing his cello on the solo in "Fools"? ----------------------------------------------------------- No. The special sound on this solo is created by the volume knob on his Fender. Basically, he picks the string while his right hand's pinky is on the volume knob, with the volume turned off, and then turns the volume up while the string is still vibrating. This creates the special sound. A commonly used technique - new DP guitarist Steve Morse uses it frequently, mostly in quieter songs. This particular solo was created before they made "Fools" for the 1971 album "Fireball" - it can, for instance, be heard on the recordings from Stockholm in November 1970 on "Scandinavian Nights" (aka "Live and Rare"), during "Mandrake Root", and was later played during "Space Truckin'" (check out "Made in Japan" or the 1972 disc on "Deep Purple in Concert", and the Copenhagen 1972 video.) It's also featured on the studio jamming called "Guitar Job" on Ritchie Blackmore: "Rock Profile Vol. 1". This was recorded during rehearsals for "Fireball". Other examples of Ritchie using volume control feature the live endings to "Child in Time", and the end of the Guitar Movement on "Gemini Suite Live". 15. What's "Smoke on the Water" about? -------------------------------------- There is indeed a story behind this, undoubtedly Deep Purple's most well-known song. The lyrics actually tell the story of the recording of Machine Head . Deep Purple were originally all set to record the album at the Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. They were just awaiting a Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention concert to be held before the recording could begin. But the Casino burnt down during the concert, after some stupid person had fired a flare gun into the Casino's ceiling. (Purple were in the audience. The actual Zappa concert has turned up on one of the Beat the Boots discs, I think.) They ended up at the Grand Hotel, closed for the winter season, where the recording eventually commenced during December 1971. They recorded the album with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, also mentioned in the lyrics. The song itself was created more or less spontaneously; Roger Glover had the picture of the smoke spreading over the Lake Geneva in his head, and the line Smoke on the Water eventually stuck. He suggested to Ian Gillan that they should use it as a song title, but Ian shrugged it off, saying people would believe it was a drug song. Then Ritchie suddenly came up with the later hierostratically famous (and notorious!) riff, and things fell into place. Here's the story about the lyrics and the title, in Roger Glover's own words: "The only deviation to the story that IG has sometimes claimed is that it was written on a napkin as the fire burned. Actually it came to me in a sort of dream 1 or 2 mornings after the fire: I was alone in my bed (in the Eurotel, not the Eden Au Lac as IG insists although it's a better sounding name for the story) in that mystical time between deep sleep and awakening, when I heard my own voice say those words out loud. I woke up then and asked myself if I actually did say them out loud, and I came to the conclusion that I did. I pondered upon it and realised that it was a potential song title. "This is how I characterized it later to IG but we both came to the conclusion that it sounded like a drug song and it was promptly filed away under "drug songs - not to be used." (what clean living boys we were!) "Only later did it suggest itself as the vehicle by which we could tell the story of the fire. Even now, I've no idea where it came from but it's difficult not to start believing in some divine providence when one considers the subsequent history of the song. "All I know is that I have always listened to my random thoughts ever since." - Roger Glover, Tue, 20 Aug 1996 21:35:12 -0400 Deep Purple themselves didn't seem to notice that the song had any potential, they hardly played it live early in 1972, and Never Before was chosen as the first single from the album. (An edited version of Lazy was chosen in the US.) It wasn't until 1973, when a single consisting of two edits of Smoke on the Water, studio version one side and Made in Japan version on the b-side, was released in the USA, that the song became the rock anthem that it later has become, and helped Deep Purple sail up as on of the world's biggest selling artists. The events behind Smoke on the Water are also detailed in Ian Gillan's autobiography; "Child in Time : The Life of the Singer of Deep Purple" (see below). 15.1 Who's "Funky Claude"? -------------------------- "Funky Claude" in the lyrics is Claude Nobs, who helped them out. He's still involved in the Montreux Jazz Festival, and seems to be a very important man in the music business in the Swiss town. As stated in the lyrics, he helped saving some kids during the fire at the Casino. He was also the man who found the Grand Hotel for them. There's a picture on him on the gatefold sleeve on the original LP release of the album. 15.2 Why does Ian say "Break a leg, Frank!"? -------------------------------------------- Actually, these were troubled times for Frank Zappa, who first lost all of his gear in the fire in Montreux. A couple of days later, when he played in London, a fan tore him off stage, and Zappa broke his leg as he fell into the orchestra pit. This, again, led to Ian Gillan dropping the comment "Break a leg, Frank!" near the ending of Smoke on the Water at a March 1972 concert recorded for the BBC, available on the excellent EMI 2CD set Deep Purple in Concert. You can also hear him say it on the remastered version from "Machine Head - 25th Anniversary". 16. What's "Mary Long" about? ----------------------------- "Mary Long" probably refers to Mary Whitehouse and Lord Longford. They were both very active back in the late 60s/early 70s campaigning against sex, porn, drugs, and just about everything else. Mary Whitehouse, in particular, is a household name in the UK synonymous with complaining about there being too much sex on the television. 17. Who was Taliesyn? --------------------- The Book of Taliesyn was Deep Purple's second album, released in the USA in 1968. Many have wondered what or who Taliesyn was... From the book The Celtic Year by Shirley Toulson: "Probably the best known bard today is the sixth-century Welsh Taliesin, a contemporary of King Arthur [...] "According to his legeng the witch Ceridwen prepared a potion in her cauldron which had to simmer for a year, at the end of which time it would have boiled down to 3 drops which would convey the power of discerning the past, the present and the future on anyone who tasted them. To the witches dismay, these powerful drops bubbled out of her cauldron and landed on the finger of the lad whose job it was to tend the fire. Instinctively he put his finger into is mouth to ease his pain. "Realising what he had done and perceiving Ceridwens fury, the boy ran away, changing himself first into a hare, then into a fish, then into a bird and finally into a grain of wheat in an endeavour to put her off the track. In turn, she chased him in the forms of a greyhound, an otter and a hawk. Foiled in these guises, she became a hen and in that form she swallowed the grain of wheat. Thus she became pregnant with the spirit of the lad who had swallowed the 3 prophetic drops, and in time gave birth to him in the form of the poet, Taliesin. "His poems, collected in the medieval 'Book Of Taliesin' affirm him as a timeless being who has existed from the beginning and will live until Domesday." [Info dug forth by Colin Irwin] Well, this sure ties in well with both the cover of the album, as well as the lyrics to the opening track Listen, Learn, Read On. Another frequently asked question regarding this album while we're at it: 18. Did Jon Lord draw the cover for "The Book of Taliesyn"? ----------------------------------------------------------- The album cover is NOT drawn by Jon Lord of Deep Purple; it's drawn by John Vernon Lord, who's a Professor of Arts at a British university. He says he probably got chosen because of the name. He's also illustrated several children's books. "Our" Jon's full name is Jon Douglas Lord. 19. Whose voice do we hear talking at the beginning of "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover"? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lord's. alt.music.deep-purple-contributor James Strange asked Roger Glover via e-mail, and got the following answer: "It is Jon. His lines are brilliant. They are total nonsense." And on amdp, Roger added "he's playing a drunken priest performing a wedding ceremony". 20. Who publishes Ian's autobiography? -------------------------------------- Book: Ian Gillan with Dave Cohen: Child in Time : The life story of the singer from Deep Purple. 1993. (Hardback.) ISBN 1 85685 055 2 (bound) ISBN 1 85685 048 X (pbk) Publisher: Smith Gryphon Ltd. Swallow House. 11-21 Northdown St. London N1 9BN. UK Can be ordered from this address. Prices: * UK: GBP 15.99 incl. p&p (That's "postage & packing"). * Europe: add GBP 5 p&p * Elsewhere: add GBP 15 (fifteen!) Make cheques payable to Smith Gryphon, or use a credit card. NOTE: This info is from 1993. Please write to Smith Gryphon before ordering anything, they also have a paperback edition now, so that should be cheaper, both the book and the postage. Include an IRC with the letter if you want a reply. Is the book worth reading? If you're a Deep Purple fan, and a fan of the Mark 2 lineup, this book is well worth the effort! Thoroughly enjoyable, lots of good stories, fun to read. I recommend it. It also sheds a lot of light on the "inside" life in Deep Purple. The sections from his Black Sabbath days are also highly amusing! :-) According to an interview in MOJO magazine, December 1994 issue, Ian Gillan is writing a new book now. Contents not specified. 21. What's the address to the Deep Purple Appreciation Society? --------------------------------------------------------------- To join, write to CeeDee Mail Ltd, who now are handling the subscriptions: CeeDee Mail Ltd. (DP) PO Box 14 STOWMARKET Suffolk IP14 4BR U.K. They should be able to supply much faster service than what Simon could do, as this IS their full time jobs. :-) To send submissions to the magazine, comments to Simon Robinson etc, the address still is: Deep Purple Appreciation Society P.O. Box 254 Sheffield S6 1DF South Yorkshire U.K. Be sure to include TWO International Reply Coupons (IRC) with all correspondence, will ya? (Bought at your local post office) (Or include a SSAE if you're in the U.K., naturally.) Their magazine, Darker than Blue is essential for Purple fanatics. 49 issues out at the time of writing, the DPAS started out in 1975 as the "Ritchie Blackmore Appreciation Society", and is run by Simon Robinson, probably the person who knows most about the band. If you do send anything, it would be a nice touch to tell them you learned about them from the Deep Purple WWW-pages, this FAQ, or the alt.music.deep-purple newsgroup, whichever applies to you. WWW links: The DPAS pages at the RPM Records WWW site: http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/dpas/index.html 22. Are there other fan clubs? Perhaps in my country? And perhaps one for my Favourite Purple Person? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deep Purple (+ members/ex-members) fan clubs: * Association of Friends of Ian Gillan. Stegmatt. CH-4952 Eriswil. Switzerland. * Belgian DPAS. Postbus 21. 3290 Diest. Belgium. ("Deep Purple Fanclub Magazine" has over 113 issues out!) * Blackmore Press. 14-35 4Chome Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku. Kobe Hyogo 657. Japan. ("Ritchie Blackmore Press" has 11 + issues out. Newsletter size.) * Deep Purple Fan Club Austria. c/o Gerald Kuss. Fischergasse 34. A-5020 Salzburg. Austria. * Ian Gillan Fan Club. Japan. (Address?) * Ian Paice A.S. 1006 Matthew Brady. Windsor. Ontario. Canada. (6+ issues out.) * Italian DPAS. Via Marsala 14, 21057 Oligate Olona. Italy. (Publishes "Purple Glow", 8+ issues) * J. L. Turner IFC. (Under new management, details unknown) * Purple Press, P.O. Box 50322, Thessaloniki 54013, Greece (English summaries of the issues available) * Swedish DPAS. Valadalsgraend 15. 83172 Oestersund. Sweden. (Publishes "Deep Purple Forever") * Tempting Black. Japan. (Blackmore fanzine - 20+ issues out) (Address?) * The new Blackus fanzine - Details? * Fan Club Italiano dei Deep Purple. Pericle Formenti, Casella Postale 728, I-21852 Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy. Publish "Purple Glow". * Ritchie Blackmore Followers. Matteo Filippini, Via Zanibelli 24, 26023 Grumello (Cremona), Italy. Publish "Sensitive To Light". * Deep Purple Fan Club Austria. Gerald Kuss, Fischergasse 34, * A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. * Glenn Hughes Official Fan Club "The Voices of Rock". Taisuke Saito, 513 Ukita Riyou, 4-2-10 Nishikasai, Edogawa-Ku, 134 Tokyo, Japan. * Glenn Hughes FC (U.K.) P.O. Box 6, Wirral, Merseyside, L62 8HT England. * Deep Purple Fan Club Belgium. Marc Brans, Postbus 21,3290 Dienst, Belgium. Publish "Diep Peurpel", over 120 issues (!) with a supplement in English. * Swedish DPAS. Valadalsgrand 15, 83172 Ostersund, Sweden. Publish "Deep Purple Forever" * Deep Purple Fa Club, Rua Joao Vitorello, 299 Parque Alexandra, Cotia -SP, 06700 Brasil. * Clube De Adictos A Deep Purple, Rua Eugenio Arbones, 14-4o A (As Travesas) 36210 Vigo (Galicia) Spanish State. Publish "Hush", with a supplement in English. * Tommy Bolin Archives. P.O. Box 11243, Denver, Colorado 80211 USA. Publish "The Archival Record" newsletter * Friends Of Joe Lynn Turner Fan Club. P.O. Box 14 Waterlooville, Hants, PO8 0US England. Publish newsletter "Voice Of Reason". * Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Fan Club. P.O. Box 1538, Miller Place, NY 11764, USA. Publish newsletter. * Joe Lynn Turner International Fan Club. Shari York, 1740 Marne Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43613-5232 USA. * More Black Than Purple. P.O. Box 155, Bedford MK40 2PH, England. * Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Fan Club P.O. Box 27, Hengoed, Mid-Glam CF82 7YG, UK. * Ian Gillan Fan Club. 97-7, Saihiro, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, 290 Japan. * German DP Fan Club-The Aviator. c/o Andree Schneider, Huvenweg 13, D-57234 Wilnsdorf, Germany * Purple People Of Argentina. Casilla De Correo 5300 (1000), Correo Central, Buenos Aires, Argentina * Hard Road. Hans Van Der Meiden, Branding 38, 2201 wv Noordwijk, Holland. e-mail : cisco@Euronet.nl * DPAS Greece. PO Box 50322, Thessaloniki 54013, Greece. e-mail : span@deep-purple.com Publish "Purple Press" with a supplement in English. (Thanks to Stathis N. Panagiotopoulos for this extensive list!) Ex-ex-members' fan clubs * Under the Bonnet c/o Steve Wright. 4 Winton St. Lockwood. Huddersfield HD1 3SW. UK. (Graham Bonnet-club - UtB has 6+ issues out.) The clubs from countries not using the English language, naturally publishes their magazines or fanzines in their own language. Be sure to include an International Reply Coupon if you write for information, and tell them you heard of them via the DPAS, cause that's where I got the addresses! 23. What's the address for RPM Records? --------------------------------------- RPM Records Address: RPM Records 41 Garfield Road London E4 7DG UK RPM is distributed by Pinnacle in the UK, and via Rough Trade in Germany and the Netherlands. (Nice info to give record stores in the respective countries if they don't carry these albums!) WWW-link: RPM Records website: http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/ 24. What are RPM's Deep Purple related releases? ------------------------------------------------ * Ian Gillan: "Cher Kazoo and other stories..." (RPM 104, 1992) Previously unreleased. Recorded 1972-74. * Gillan: "Gillan - the Japanese Album"(RPM 108, 1993) First CD release - originally released 1978. 5 bonus tracks. * Gillan: "The BBC Tapes" (Volumes 1 & 2)(RPM 185/6, 1998) Two CD releases containing live recordings from 1979 (Vol 1) and 1980 (Vol 2) made by the BBC. * Deep Purple and the orchestra of the Light Music Society: "The Gemini Suite - Live" (RPM 114, 28. August 1993) Previously unreleased, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, 17. September 1970. * Alphonse Mouzon: "Mind Transplant" (RPM 116, 1993) Much sought after Tommy Bolin session from 1975, with 15 min bonus music. Jazz-fusion. * Ritchie Blackmore: Take it! Sessions(RPM 120, 1993) Sixties sessions, 20+ tracks, includes previously unreleased material and live recordings! * Jon Lord: "Before I Forget" (RPM 126, 1994) First released 28. June 1982. Includes single b-side and three previously unreleased tracks. * The Javelins: "Sole Agency And Representation" (RPM 132, 1994) New recordings of r'n'r standards played by Ian Gillan's first band! * Bernie Marsden: "And About Time Too" (RPM 152, 199?) "Look At Me Now" (RPM 153) Two solo albums recorded in the early 80's by the then-Whitesnake guitarist, featuring guest appearances by Ian Paice, Jon Lord and David Coverdale. þ Glenn Hughes: "Play Me Out" (Special Edition) (RPM 149) Rerelease of Hughes' 1977 solo album with extra tracks. * Nick Simper's Fandango: "Slipstreaming/Future Times" (RPM 125) Two rare albums from the former Deep Purple bassist on one CD. * Tommy Bolin: "From The Archives Volume one" (RPM 158) First in a series of collections of previously unreleased tracks featuring the late Tommy Bolin. * Warhorse: "Warhorse" & "Red Sea" (RPM 174 & 175) Two albums by Nick Simper's first post-Purple band. * Episode 6: "Live at the Radio 1 Club" (RPM 178) Recordings from the band's many BBC radio appearances. * Quatermass: Quatermass II (CSA 108) New release from new version of old band, featuring Nick Simper, Mick Underwood and Don Airey. WWW links: RPM Records website: http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/ 25. And what about Connoisseur Collection? ------------------------------------------ [Can anyone supply the correct address?] Write to CeeDee Mail Ltd. (see #17) to purchase Connoisseur Collection's numerous DP-related albums. 26. Is there a Deep Purple WWW page available? ---------------------------------------------- Yessir! In early 1996 the web pages formerly known as Dave Hodgkinson's (daveh@dhcs.demon.co.uk) Deep Purple pages became the official DP web pages (DPWWW) with full support of the band and the band's management. They are still maintained by fans, rather than employees or the band. At the DP website you will find the latest info on the new album, current tour dates, reviews of the shows so far and of course loads of interviews and trivia. Judging from the feedback we get the site is quite good. ;^) There are well over a thousand documents on the web site. If you get overwhelmed and have a hard time finding what you are looking we have a handy search engine available to help you. To get the most out of the pages we recommend the latest version of the Netscape Navigator web browser (available for most computer platforms) and a computer equipped with a sound card and software to play movie- and sound files. The editors try to make sure the information gets across with any browser though so don't be afraid to visit the page if you have an older browser. WWW links: The official Deep Purple homepage: http:/www.deep-purple.com/ The search engine: http:/www.deep-purple.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi 27. What other Deep Purple resources are available? --------------------------------------------------- The FAQ gets stored at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ (USA) http://www.swepett.pp.se/purplefaq/ (Sweden) More mirrors are welcome. Just grab the FAQ files and put them up somewhere and tell svante@deep-purple.com where they went (or if you take them down). NOTE: If you agree to mirror the FAQ files you automatically agree to keep track of updated versions and update your mirror. This is important! I'll say it again: If you agree to mirror the FAQ files you automatically agree to keep track of updated versions and update your mirror. 28. Where do I get the European releases if I live in the USA? -------------------------------------------------------------- WWW links: CDNow: http://www.cdnow.com/ 29. 1 live in the USA, what about the videos? --------------------------------------------- WWW links: CDNow: http://www.cdnow.com/ 30. I found this FAQ on rec.music.info/news.answers/FAQ archive site/WWW pages, but the newsgroup alt.music.deep-purple is not on my site! What do I do? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) The newsgroup IS out there and is very active. If you ask your system operator (or the news administrator, if such exists) politely to open the newsgroup at your site, you should get it. b) If this fails, you can at least READ the latest articles in the newsgroup, if you have access to the World Wide Web, at these addresses: http://www.dejanews.com/ http://www.altavista.digital.com/ At Altavista change the search criteria from 'Web' to 'Usenet' and enter the words you like to search for. 31. What about a newsgroup for Whitesnake/Rainbow/Gillan? --------------------------------------------------------- At time of writing, there are no individual newsgroups for any of these artists. The alt.music.deep-purple newsgroup was created explicitly for discussion of the entire Deep Purple "Family", not just Deep Purple itself, and is currently the most appropriate place to discuss any of the above artists. ** Anyone is, of course, able to propose a new newsgroup through the usual channels. As with any newsgroup proposal, however, anyone doing this should be well-versed in the various issues involved in newsgroup creation, and armed with strong numerical evidence to back up the proposal. Essential information can be found at: http://www.tezcat.com/~haz1/alt/faqindex.html 32. What are those bizarre acronyms? ------------------------------------ As you may have noticed, many of the things related to Deep Purple (especially their record titles) tkae many, many letters. To save on typing time, most folks find it easier to type WDWTWA rather than Who Do We Think We Are, for instance, when referring to that record. Here's a short list of the more common TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) you'll see on alt.music.deep-purple (you can find the full list on the DPWWW): Titles - Deep Purple releases: A! or /-\ - Abandon CGO - Concerto For Group & Orchestra CJ - California Jam CHOHW - Come Hell Or High Water CTTB - Come Taste The Band DPiC - (Deep Purple) In Concert DPiR - Deep Purple In Rock FB25 - Fireball: 25th Anniversary HOBL - The House Of Blue Light IR25 - Deep Purple In Rock: 25th Anniversary KBF - King Biscuit Flower Hour / Foxbat LATO - Live At The Olympia 1996 LCJ - Last Concert In Japan LIJ - Live In Japan (MiJ 21 anniversary edition) LIL - Live In London MH - Machine Head MH25 - Machine HeadL 25th Anniversary MIE - Made In Europe MIJ - Made In Japan MIJ25 - Made In Japan: 25th Anniversary M3:TFC - Mark III: The Final Concerts _|_ - Purpendicular S&M - Slaves And Masters TBRO - The Battle Rages On WDWTWA - Who Do We Think We Are! WDWTWA25 - Who Do We Think We Are!: 25th Anniversary Titles - compilations: A&B - Singles A's & B's KAYBD - Knockin' At Your Back Door WWRWR - When We Rock, we Rock Titles - other projects: AOP - Accidently On Purpose (G/G) BIF - Before I Forget (JL) BOOS - Bent Out Of Shape (Rainbow) DTE - Down To Earth (Rainbow) LLR&R - Long Live Rock & Roll (Rainbow) SIUA - Stranger In Us All (Rainbow) SOTM - Shadow Of The Moon (Blackmore's Night) Titles - songs: 7H - Seventh Heaven AFKT - Any Fule Know That CFOR - Castle Full Of Rascals CIT - Child In Time C:INYL - Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover DHYB - Don't Hold Your Breath DTC - Difficult To Cure HOTMK - Hall Of The Mountain King MOTSM - Man On The Silver Mountain SIFLS - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming SOTW - Smoke On The Water SSMG - Somebody Stole My Guitar SYBG - Since You've Been Gone TTM - Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic WABMC - When A Blind Man Cries Purplish-groups: PAL - Paice, Ashton & Lord DP - Deep Purple G/G - Gillan/Glover SMB - Steve Morse Band Purple-folk: DC - David Coverdale GH - Glenn Hughes IG - Ian Gillan IP - Ian Paice JL - Jon Lord JLT - Joe Lynn Turner JS - Joe Satriani NS - Nick Simper RB - Ritchie Blackmore RE - Rod Evans RG - Roger Glover SM - Steve Morse TB - Tommy Bolin Purple-related: AMDP - alt.music.deep-purple CTC - Coast to Coast DP-WWW - Deep Purple World-Wide Web home page DPAS - Deep Purple Appreciation Society DTB - Darker Than Blue MBTP - More Black Than Purple Obscure, yet here because folks asked for it: DPTLA - Deep Purple Three Letter Acronyms (or Tiresome Little Acronyms :) IGHO - Ian Gillan's Humble Opinion (an oxymoron) KOMM - King Of Moustache Music (Ritchie Blackmore) OPH - Old Pilgrim Hat (Ritchie Blackmore) SFMPE - Sorry For My Poor English TCIB - The Clone In Black (Yngwie Malmsteen) - The Clown In Black (Ritchie Blackmore) TMIB - The Man In Black (Ritchie Blackmore) TMITD - The Man In Tie Dye (Steve Morse) TSIB - The Singer In Black (Ian Gillan, '96 tour) TOMATO - The Old Man At The Organ (Jon Lord) TOGTUTBIP - The Other Guitarist That Used To Be In Purple (Ritchie Blackmore) WWW links: The official Deep Purple TLA page: http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/amdp/tla.htm 33. Who do you think you are?! ------------------------------ This FAQ was originally constructed by Trond (trond@deep-purple.com). and was updated and maintained by Svante Pettersson (svante@deep-purple.com)in 1996/97. It was then totally overhauled by Mike Collins (mcollins@nyx.net), before he passed it on to Wolf Schneider (lonewolf@deep-purple.com) who is currently keeping it up. The compiling of facts has mainly been done by the people behind the DPWWW. But without Trond there hadn't been any FAQ files to start with. Here's what Trond had to say about himself back in 1994: "I'm basically a Deep Purple fan since 1985, and have been a member of the DPAS since 1986. I don't know everything about the band [he's lying!! - Svante], and don't claim to do so either. But with the help of you fellow readers of alt.music.deep-purple, we'll hopefully be able to sort out quite a lot about the band." And here's Svante: "Well, I'm basically a Deep Purple fan since 1984 (although I've been treated by the sounds of Deep Purple by my older brother for most of my life) and have never been a member of the DPAS. I have been a member of the Swedish fan club for a couple of years though. I don't know everything about the band (I'm not lying!!), and don't claim to do so either. I'm the content editor of the DPWWW." Mike adds: "And then there's me, Mike. I've been a Purple fan since 1984 - I was first introduced to the band's music when they started getting a lot of airplay on British radio around the time of the "Perfect Strangers" tour when they played the Knebworth Fayre. Tommy Vance has a lot to answer for. I've never been a member of the DPAS either, although I'll get round to it one day. I know less about the band than either Svante or Trond." Wolf has nothing to add, as this FAQ is long enough already. Go to the Credits page on the DPWWW if you really want to see my bio. WWW links: Who's who of the DPWWW team: http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/whoswho.htm 34. Acknowledgments -------------------- Many people have, either knowingly or unknowingly, contributed to this document. Trond, Svante, and especially Mike, deserve enormous amounts of credit for creating and/or maintaining the FAQ. All those involved in maintaining the DPWWW also deserve thanks, for creating possibly the single most informative band-related web site I've ever seen. Much of the information in this FAQ has been taken from there. Many people have sent information and corrections, and many more have written the Web pages and Usenet posts from which I've lifted information, and I'd like to thank them all. It's the steady flow of information from the people who participate that makes something like this possible. Sadly, the list of names is far too long to include here. I hope no-one feels slighted that I haven't mentioned them by name - if you feel left out, mail me by all means! So, a big "Thank you!" to you all. And of course last but not least thanks to the band and Thames Talent for contributing with info and continuing to give us great music. ======================================================================