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No funky music for him

A couple of historical clips. The first one is about Mark 3, with snippets of contemporary interviews from Glenn Hughes and Ritchie Blackmore: The second one is a report on the 1975 Sunbury Festival from Australian TV, including an interview with Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes: Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting these.

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The song called Higway Star, this one

A music video for the Highway Star from Tokyo, August 17, 1972, has been released in anticipation of the Made in Japan remix due out in August.

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Heating has improved since then

Back in 2016, when Deep Purple were performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Simon Robinson arranged a visit of Roger Glover and Don Airey to the building that used to be The Grand Hotel in 1971. Here is Roger talking about the events that unfolded 45 years prior right where it happened.

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Hold tight

Another Friday, another (yep, you’ve guessed it) classic Gillan video clip. This time it’s On the Rocks off the Rock Goes to College from February 23, 1981.

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The tall skinny kid

More of the Derek Lawrence recollections of the days gone by. Some of it overlaps with what you may have seen on these pages previously, but it never hurts to do it again.

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Communion at Hellfest

Black Country Communion performance at the Hellfest from June 21, 2025, has been posted to YouTube by ARTE Concerts. It is promised to be available for a whole year, until June 20, 2026.

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Share the same dream

Blackmore’s Night also took advantage of the latest technologies undistinguishable from magic (and undoubtedly enhanced with magic spells and fairy dust). Here is the around-the-table performance of Magical World, which originally appeared on the low profile VHS release Live In Germany 1997-1998.

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From where he stands

Another classic Gillan clip — Mutually Assured Destruction from the Rock Goes To College show on February 23, 1981.

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Good times, bad times

Steve Morse took part in a jam that happened in Annapolis, MD, on May 31, 2025. The occasion was the release of a novel Punk Force by Steve’s friend Ward Carroll. Ward is a retired navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, an author of books about life in an F-14 squadron (Punk series), a military commentator, and […]

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Of flesh, blood and bone

Another week, another classic Gillan video. Trouble from Rock Goes To College, February 23, 1981.

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