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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)
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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, […]
Read more »Acts to watch out
Couple of items found in the mail to our slightly neglected trainspotting department. Another Netflix series made use of a Purple track. This time it’s Smoke incorporated into the trailer of The Waterfront, premiered in June
Read more »He said a hey, hey, hey yeah!
A newly restored and robotically upscaled Gillan live video from the BBC’s Rock Goes to College series. It is the ever so frantic performance of New Orleans, complete with guitar demolition (wonder where Bernie got this from).
Read more »Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Another track from Gillan’s performance at Rock Goes To College from February 23, 1981, has been posted. Here’s Big Ian seeking Vengeance.
Read more »With a wave of her hand
A live cover of Burn performed by Japanese kids
Read more »No funky music for him
A couple of historical clips. The first one is about Mark 3, with snippets of contemporary interviews from Glenn Hughes and Ritchie Blackmore: The second one is a report on the 1975 Sunbury Festival from Australian TV, including an interview with Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes: Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting these.
Read more »Curioser and curioser
[Updated Jul 17 with media reactions] The official teaser for the season 5 of Netflix horror/fantasy series Stranger Things has a familiar theme for the soundtrack.
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