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A first hand account of the infamous fire at the Casino de Montreux on December 4, 1971: I was heavily engrossed in the concert. Frank Zappa was playing again as the drum set had been fixed, and he had written a song about Switzerland, Swiss cheese and all that. Also, he had a large head […]
Read more »Live performance of No, no, no take 2 for the German TV in 1971 (courtesy of the official Youtube channel). (watch inside)
Read more »40 years ago, on December 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention played a gig at the Casino de Montreux. You know the rest. In case you don’t, read on at the Darker Than Blue blog. MontreuxMusic.com has videos, pictures, and press clippings from the event that changed music history. Check them out. […]
Read more »Leading up to the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival (which will be held in July), MontreuxJazz.com started a weekly column of ‘behind the scenes’ reminiscences. This week Claude Nobs recalls the events of the Casino fire in December 1971. Nothing really new in his story, but there are photos of the fire that I’ve never seen […]
Read more »As previously reported exclusively by The Highway Star, seven rolls of 8mm film from Deep Purple’s 1972 concerts in Japan have come to light. We also promised you a look at the film. Click on this photo to see a series of screen grabs from the black & white film. 90 seconds of Highway Star […]
Read more »This deserves promotion to a separate post. Some historical TV footage have appeared on YouTube. Montreux, April 1971, live and interview…
Read more »DEEP PURPLE – ‘HISTORY, HITS & HIGHLIGHTS’ 2DVD Containing a wealth of historical 1960s and 1970s footage, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the new Deep Purple 2DVD set “History, Hits & Highlights 1968-76” on June 1, 2009 [Cat No EREDV726]. According to YourWayToMusic.com, the new DVD set will combine full performances and a small number […]
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