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An interview with exuberant, name dropping bon vivant David Coverdale was featured on an episode of The Eddie Trunk Podcast that was posted on December 3. It was meant to promote Back to the Bone, but a long and entertaining interview covered a lot of history. My favourite bit is probably about Cozy Powell, who […]
Read more »Bernie Marsden recently spoke to Rockpages.gr, promoting his solo album Shine. The conversation also turned to history. On PAL: Rockpages.gr: What do you remember from the Paice, Ashton, Lord album “Malice In Wonderland”? Bernie Marsden: Ooh, I remember everything! It was one of the best things I have ever recorded! A very very good record, […]
Read more »The official YouTube channel has posted an expanded version of the video interview with Colin Hart. Colin started working for the band as a roadie back in 1971, then became tour manager for Elf, Rainbow, and post-reunion Deep Purple. It was probably recorded shortly after his retirement from the band circa 2001. Many of what […]
Read more »The official Youtube channel has posted a couple of clips — Child in Time and Black Night — with narration from Jon Lord. I have a strong deja vu feeling about both of them, so they’re probably recycled from the recent DP(o) video releases.
Read more »Another teaspoonful of the Nick Simper interview in Classic Rock. He talks about his dismissal from Deep Purple and still sounds more than a bit bitter about the whole affair: It was definitely a body blow. It was a turnaround, when you consider I’d recommended Ian [Gillan] in the first place. He had the chance […]
Read more »The part of Deep Purple’s back catalogue that ended up in Warner’s hands appears to be being repackaged and re-released once again. Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings box set will be released on July 25 in Gemany and 28th in the UK. It contains 5 CDs: the three Mk1 albums in original stereo, […]
Read more »The official Youtube channel has posted a video produced by Swiss TV in 1971 looking at how people “consumed” music and if it’s any different from consumption of, say, Coca-Cola. The event they chose to investigate was April 1971 Deep Purple concert in Montreux.
Read more »An industry insider Mitch Weissman recently shared on Lefsetz Letter this tidbit of history on how the Coverdale/Page collaboration was put together: I almost had [Jimmy Page] and Billy Squier unite for a record in the 80’s. Jimmy and I were chatting in NY’s China Club under the Beacon Theater in ’89. We had become […]
Read more »In his September 2013 interview with Songfacts Graham Bonnet talked about the guitar player luminaries he had worked with during his career: Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Michael Schenker. He took time explaining how he got into Rainbow and how he got out of it: Songfacts: If you think back to 1985/1986, it seemed […]
Read more »Longer clips from the Internationales Essener Pop und Blues Festival in October 1969 have surfaced on YouTube. We posted the first instalment before, but those are no longer available. The new clips have about 10 minutes of Mandrake Root and 7 minutes of Wring That Neck with better sound. Thanks to Igor Gillan-fan for posting […]
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