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Images of sorrow, pictures of delight
A slideshow of historical photos, some very well known, some not so much. Caveat: dating for quite a few of them seems dubious. Best viewed in full screen.
Read more »Archive for the 'Blog' Category
For added grandeur
Louder Sound republishes online a Classic Rock feature on Rainbow Rising and subsequent tour. It originally appeared in the Classic Rock magazine issue #158, dated June 2011. The feature was written by Pete Makowski with input from Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Bain, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Carey, and Cozy Powell, all collected over the years. Tokyo, […]
Read more »Smoke on the Dundee
Newspaper The Courier has another piece of Scottish Purple history: a picture of the band taken backstage at the Caird Hall in Dundee on October 15, 1970. It is published as a part of their 1970s illustrated nostalgia trip. Check it out in The Courier. In other trainspotting news, a cassette tape with handwritten label […]
Read more »In the year nine-ninety-two
Classic Rock has a feature on Glenn Hughes’ appearance on a KLF track America: What Time Is Love?, although there is little that we didn’t know from before. All they needed was someone with a screaming voice to match the song’s beefed up sound. Enter Glenn Hughes. “We were originally supposed to be doing the […]
Read more »Lyon 1973
A recording of a Deep Purple performance in Lyon, France, on March 16, 1973 has been posted to YouTube. It is purported to be from an FM radio broadcast, but don’t get your hopes too too high. It sounds more like an audience recording, albeit a good one for the time.
Read more »Made In Japan remix: your review?
The much hyped Steve Wilson remix of Made in Japan is out — along with the box set of all three concerts fully remixed. But how good is it? Does the Wilson remix add anything new worth our time? Do the remixed full three concerts reveal any new aspects to rival the 2014 box set? […]
Read more »Even distribution of awesomeness
We’ll leave you on this warm summer night with a video of a vocal coach commenting on Doing Their Thing performance of Child in Time (which is very à propos for the birthday boy)
Read more »The public decide those things
The Guardian has a piece on the casino burning down and associated shenanigans as a part of their How we made series. With input from Roger Glover and Ian Paice. RG: There’s a great photograph of singer Ian Gillan with his notebook open and the first two verses written. I’m sat opposite him listening to […]
Read more »Stranded
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins tells a heartwarming story of his first encounter with Made in Japan
Read more »A concurrent misfortune
There is a death in the family — Vicky Lord, Jon’s widow and Ian Paice’s sister-in-law (her and Jacky Paice were twin sisters), has passed away. A statement from the band was posted today, August 6, 2025, on Facebook: Deep Purple are saddened to report that, after a short illness, Jon Lord’s wife, Vicky Lord, […]
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