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大江戸の火消し — Firemen of Edo
From the bizzare covers department The Highway Star is proud to present you this gem:
Read more »Burn documentary on rockexpress.com
The slew of musical documentaries from Classic Rock Productions started flooding the market a few years ago. After buying a couple of them on DVD, I decided that it’s a waste of money. If you decided the same, there’s another option available now — you can download them from rockexpress.com for 3 GBP each. Their […]
Read more »Silhouette lit by candle light
In September 1995 the last incarnation of Rainbow started tour in support of the new album. The show on October 10 in Düsseldorf, Germany, was filmed for the Rockpalast. Sadly, it still awaits to see the light of the day as an official release. As bootleg collectors know, it’s probably far from being the best […]
Read more »Remembering 2007
Here’s a little something for you to remember the year of 2007 by.
Read more »It’s about fast desperate singing…
Here’s a little peek into what could have been going on in some heads during those jams at the Hanwell Community Centre in 1969. Little Richard performing Good Golly Miss Molly, recorded for UK TV in 1963. It’s not unthinkable that an 18 year old Gillan was in the audience:
Read more »Wake up in the morning
There are several clips from the current tour posted on YouTube. Here’s one that most of us have never heard performed live. Loosen My Strings, PalaWhirlpool, Varese, Italy, November 12, 2007:
Read more »Glenn Hughes: Mistreated on The Slavi Show
GHPG.net has posted a video of Glenn Hughes performing Mistreated on The Slavi Show in Bulgaria. Recorded in Sofia and as broadcast on Thursday, September 27th, 2007. He was supported by in-house The Cuckoo Band.
Read more »It’s A Beautiful Deep Purple Day
Deep Purple never made a secret of the fact that the tune for Child in Time was borrowed from the song Bombay Calling that appeared in 1969 on eponymous album by It’s A Beautiful Day. Let’s take a look at it. Bombay Calling by It’s A Beautiful Day, Live at the Chet Helms Tribal Stomp, […]
Read more »Blackmore on Tracks
Ritchie Blackmore was featured in the French/German TV program Tracks that aired on Arte TV Germany on September 28. The show is posted online and, as far as we know, will be available there for 7 days:
Read more »Child in Time 2002
St.Petersburg, Russia, March 17, 2002. That Russian tour marked the official arrival of Don Airey as the new keyboard player and the last tour that Child in Time was performed live. Even though Gillan did a remarkably good job that particular night (help from guitar on the high notes notwithstanding), you can hear why it […]
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