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Honeysuckle’s bloomin’ on the honeysuckle vine
We were wrong, and the classic Gillan video bonanza continues unabashedly. In this instalment: frenetic miming to New Orleans at the Top of the Pops, dated March 26th, 1981.
Read more »Sometimes difficult to cure
In this video, dated December 1979, Ritchie Blackmore makes some noises for a few minutes, eventually settling upon Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Supported by Messrs. Glover, Airey, and Powell.
Read more »No words necessary
Speaking of newly restored classic videos, here’s Wring That Neck from the French TV show Chorus on November 14th, 1970.
Read more »That’s frenetic!
A probably final (at least, for a while) instalment in the restored classic Gillan video series. Behold the infamously frenetic version of the rock’n’roll classic Lucille
Read more »When the trees stop growing
The penultimate instalment of the freshly restored classic Gillan videos. This week, it is Long Gone
Read more »It’s a Nightmare
It’s that time of the week — time for another freshly restored classic Gillan video
Read more »Grit, edge, and balls
Louder Sound teases Gillan’s interview appearing in the current (#337) issue of the Classic Rock magazine. The interview largely deals with Gillan the band years, and the teaser is the story that most of us have heard before — of Blackmore trying to recruit Gillan to sing for Rainbow. The reason I had left Deep […]
Read more »Then we started to get restless
Release of restored Gillan promo videos continues on what looks like a weekly schedule. This week, it is Restless
Read more »Too mellow and too muted
Guitar Player reprints online a story of how Ritchie Blackmore got the “loudest amp Marshall ever made”. In his Deep Purple days, Ritchie Blackmore was known for two things: his habit of torturing his Fender Stratocasters and his love of volume. But getting an amp as loud as he wanted took particular skills and talents. […]
Read more »Trapped in undesirable circumstance
Louder Sound reprints online a feature on Gillan’s Magic, arguing it is a conceptual album of sorts in nature. Of the three major offshoots that emerged after the break-up of Deep Purple in 1976, Gillan (the band, not the man) was certainly the most musically daring. And Gillan’s most daring album just might be their […]
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