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A week after it’s release, the remastered Stormbringer didn’t make it all the way into the BBC Top 40, but landed at a quite respectable #2 on Top 40 Rock Albums UK chart, displacing Chinese Democracy by Guns n’ Roses. Glenn Hughes apparently did some promo legwork for this release. His interview to the GTFM […]
Read more »Finally the remastered Stormbringer arrives. A few Day One observations… The 2LP is of course gorgeous with the colours brought out much better on the lavish gatefold sleeve which feels terribly luxurious. A really nice move. Thank you! Sadly the fascinating rehearsal photos from Clearwell Castle are actually smaller on the vinyl bags than in […]
Read more »Martin from FaceCulture emailed us that there’s more of the Gillan’s interview posted on their website. A lot more, actually. FaceCulture spoke to Ian Gillan about his solo album One Eye To Morocco, travelling, first memories, Edwin Abott Abott, Flatland, God, It Would Be Nice, Deep Purple, forty years, the next album, Fire Ball, joining […]
Read more »The Moonstone Project has signed a deal with Swedish label Blistering Records to release their new album Rebel On The Run. Glenn Hughes contributed music and vocals on the track called Closer Than You Think. Moonstone’s guitarist Matt Filippini recalls: Closer Than You Think is a beautiful gift from Glenn. He wrote that magical piece […]
Read more »One Eye To Morocco is featured at Caramba! Amidst the stories that were already told on the Italian radio, Ian reveals that the album will be released in the following formats: CD Limited Edition CD 12” Vinyl gatefold 7” Single (featuring two exclusive tracks as well as the full album on CD enclosed) We are […]
Read more »Italian Capital Radio has posted online the Whatever show from January 26 that guested Gillan with what appears to be the world radio premiere of One Eye To Morocco. The show is 53 minutes long, with the interview itself starting about 14 minutes into the stream, and is quite interesting. Big Ian explains title of […]
Read more »Ian Gillan is doing a media blitz around Europe for his new solo album One Eye To Morocco. Tonight, January 26, he will appear on Capital Radio in Italy. You can listen to it online (if you’re lucky that is, I got an error message in Italian). Over the next two weeks his promo tour […]
Read more »There is a new live Deep Purple DVD scheduled for release on February 10. It’s called “Live 1974 (TV Recordings)” and the label press release claims that […] the 55-minute disc features footage of “DEEP PURPLE performing for the TV cameras in 1974 in Germany, originally broadcast in Argentina. […] Track listing: Burn Might Just […]
Read more »A 12-track list for Ian Gillan’s forthcoming solo album One Eye To Morocco has been published on Amazon Germany with a release date of March 6. No cover is shown. 1. One Eye To Morocco 2. No Lotion For That 3. Don’t Stop 4. Change My Ways 5. Girl Goes To Show 6. Better Days […]
Read more »Kansas are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year with a gala performance at the White Concert Hall in Topeka, the eponymous state of Kansas. Both founding guitar player Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse are confirmed as special guests. Steve was a lead guitarist for Kansas between 1986 and 1989 and played on two of their […]
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