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Before we forget
There’s a new book on Jon Lord being prepared for publication. It is called Before We Forget – A Work in Eight Movements, and promises to be a well researched tome.
Before We Forget – A Work in Eight Movements is not just a book — it is set to become the reference work on one of British music’s great creative visionaries. Jon Lord reshaped the landscape of modern music by merging the energy of rock with the finesse of classical themes, composition and arranging skill.
This beautiful hardback volume takes readers on an intimate journey through his creative evolution, features his personal insights, captures his many musical triumphs and the inflects his musical story with the reflections of his closest circle.
Why This Work Is Special
- The Concerto Edition is limited to 250 units and is numbered and signed by the author and by one of Jon Lord’s key collaborators, conductor Paul Mann
- Features exclusive behind-the-scenes and unseen photography
- Assimilates archival advertising images of the keyboard and synthesiser names that feature on band and solo recordings and in live performances
- Provides scholarly insight into his sounds, instrumentation (cataloguing every keyboard he used on stage and on record) and features definitive record of his various Hammond organs from 1965 to 2012, including identifying every Deep Purple Hammond from 1968 to 2002, seven different units in total
- The design and typography artfully blend the traditional and the modern.
This is the first and only book of its kind — a definitive chronicle built around “man and machine” and designed for classic and heavy rock fans, students of popular music and for anyone inspired by the fusion of rock and classical composition, by post-war British cultural history, by the bands Deep Purple and Whitesnake and finally, by the unique musical figure of Jon Lord.
It can be pre-ordered via the author’s website.
Thanks to the Deep Purple Podcast for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Thank you for mentioning this 😃
He is my all time favourite keyboard player (I also like Don…) but JL was really special. As Uwe once mentioned: he had this statesman’s appearance.
December 13th, 2025 at 05:37Nice to see more admiration for Jon Lord. Classy looking it is in all aspects. Grumpy Rick would be pleased too no doubt, as would many other musicians who have plenty of respect for Lord. Uwe Hornung is going to need a new and much bigger castle soon, the way things are going with all these collector editions of all things Purple. Cheers.
December 13th, 2025 at 06:27