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When I was a boy
Video clip for the Deep Purple’s cover of 7 And 7 Is is now out
Read more »Turning to Crime release details
It is official now. The release date (November 26) and the track list for the 22nd Deep Purple studio album Turning to Crime are as we’ve reported before. The album will be available in the following formats: Digipak CD Jewel case CD Digital download Crystal clear vinyl 2LP Black vinyl 2LP Limited edition creamy white […]
Read more »7 and 7 Is
The first single from the upcoming new Deep Purple album has landed today, October 6. It is the opening track of the album 7 and 7 Is, written by Arthur Lee in 1966 and originally performed by his band Love.
Read more »Grumbled a bit and went away
Paicey talks about the story behind the recording of Space Truckin’.
Read more »Commie Fraulien
Another vintage article about Deep Purple, which originally appeared in the New Musical Express on December 12, 1970. It is based on interviews with the two Ians and tells the story of troublemakers in Germany, Aston, Gardner, Dyke and Lieber, Big Ian’s involvement with the Jesus Christ Superstar, and work on the upcoming album that […]
Read more »Mark your calendars
It’s still 3 more days to the announcement from the label, but with the online behemoth retailer listing up, it’s pretty much as good as official — the new Deep Purple album will be called Turning to Crime, it will be an album of covers, and it will be released on November 26, 2021, on […]
Read more »Criminal playlist
[Updated Oct 3] Regardless of whether the yesterdays rumours about the new album turn out to be true or not, we thought it would be fun to play through the songs listed there.
Read more »Crimes and misdemeanors
In case you’ve forgotten it, we repeat it once again — one simply can not “delete” something from ’em ol’ interwebs. Once it’s out there, it’s out there. Case in point: apparently the track listing for Deep Purple’s new album went down some sort of trade database, probably with the notice not to publish it […]
Read more »Keeping Jon and Ritchie up to scratch
A vintage interview with Ian Gillan by Allan McDougall originally published in the New Musical Express on November 7, 1970. This was taken at the Olympia in Paris, where the band had played on November 1. Roger is a fantastic bass player. I talked to Ian Gillan about Roger and he agreed. “Yeah, he doesn’t […]
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