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Archive for August, 2025



Made in Japan‘2025 in the charts

The newly remixed and reissued Made in Japan managed to re-enter the charts. It has reached to the respectable #5 on the Top 100 Album chart in the Purple heartland of Germany (beating the new album of teens’ darling Laufey, which only managed #11 on its debut the week after). It dropped to #82 the […]

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A distinct perspective

The Rapture of the Deep remix is out, and first reviews started to appear. Here’s one from the Loud Hailer: On the 20th anniversary of the original album release, they’ve decided to present us with a remixed/remastered version of Rapture of the Deep. The original album was composed and recorded during a particularly uncertain time […]

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Gibson basses sound good through Marshalls

Bob Daisley recently appeared on the Artists On Record podcast, and what distinguishes this interview, he was answering questions from the listeners. The bulk of the conversation revolved around Ozzy, but there were a couple of questions about Rainbow (hint: look for segment titles in the progress bar).

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The missing D on a breakdown

Guitar World has an interview with the Swedish session man Tommy Denander, who has more than 3,500 albums to his credit — from Michael Jackson to Jeff Beck, to Alice Cooper. He is also one of the go-to session musicians for Bob Ezrin, so you might guess where this is going (and we’ve covered the […]

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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 […]

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Music is the healer

Glenn Hughes was interviewed by the Thunder Underground podcast, talking about his upcoming solo album Chosen, BCC, the recent appearance on the SatchVai record, and more. The interview segment starts about 13 minutes into the podcast.

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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.

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A stop gap that changed history

[Updated Aug 25 w/part 13] In anticipation of the upcoming reissue, powers-that-be are teaspoon feeding us what Roger Glover and Ian Paice have to say about Made in Japan. This post will be updated if and when further chunks are released, which will bump it in the News in brief column on the left.

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Still alive, still got a show

Purpendicular featuring Ian Paice have released a couple of singles from their upcoming album Banned.

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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? […]

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