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Purple album, gold edition
Whitesnake’s The Purple Album will be reissued on October 13, 2023, via Rhino Records. It will be available as 2CD, 2LP on gold vinyl, Blu-ray, and digital. Of particular interest in certain quarters would be the second CD that will feature the 4 tracks from DC & The Fabulosa Brothers tape that landed him the Purple gig:
- Everybody’s Talkin’
- Get Ready
- Lonely Town, Lonely Street
- Dancing In The Street
Another bonus track is enticingly labelled as 1974 DC Demo Ideas For The Stormbringer Album. The CD2 is rounded up with live tracks and alternative mixes. CD1 contains the original album remixed. Whitesnake.com has more details, including the complete track listing.
The whole affair is being released under the ‘celebrating 50 years of joining Deep Purple’ moniker.
A promo clip featuring a remix of Burn has been posted today to promote the release.
Thanks to BraveWords for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I will say that I only just noticed (talk about needing to get out a little) hardly any Come Taste The Band songs are on the original ‘Purple’ album? That shows you how much interest I have had in this from the start, however there are two ‘bonus’ extra songs on his new cash grab of ole Cov’s. It makes me wonder why CTTB is neglected in that way. Bring out the tabloid journo again & is there an issue there of some sort, copyright perhaps? Or maybe Cov’s doesn’t think a lot of the album. I don’t know maybe too many bad memories or something. Come on there has to be a reason, even if it doesn’t make the front pages. Cheers.
August 25th, 2023 at 04:08Sure, this is barrel scraping + repackaging of the highest order (something at which Herr Coverdale excels), but to any halfway decent Mk III fan, the inclusion of the original audition tape songs is an artifact finding tantamount to – Uwe takes deep breath … – the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun, no less!!!
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(Did I just get carried away and overstate things a little?)
Thank you, little boy scout, do a good turn daily indeed!
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August 25th, 2023 at 13:16The Joel Hoekstra solo in the new vid is a new revisit/remix-addition, right? Kinda fun to see the different interpretations of both these youngish shredders of a different generation of Blackmore’s original solo. Look how the children have grown, Papa Ritchie!
August 25th, 2023 at 15:30@1 Mine is a “Deluxe Edition CD/DVD” I bought in 2018 (Brazilian edition 2015). There are four CTTB songs, two in the regular set “3. Love Child” and “10. You Keep on Moving”, and two listed as bonus tracks (I guess only on the deluxe edition) “14. Lady Luck” and “15. Comin’ Home”.
August 25th, 2023 at 20:13DC voice is gone. Glad to get earlier material
August 25th, 2023 at 22:54@2…Uwe said…
qt. “To any halfway decent Mk III fan, the inclusion of the original audition tape songs is an artifact finding tantamount to – Uwe takes deep breath … – the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun, no less” !!!
ROTFLMAO !!!
It is a nice addition to help sell a repackaged CD set however.
Peace !
August 26th, 2023 at 01:21Did I not see something about DC’s demo tape for Deep Purple being on there?
August 26th, 2023 at 11:12Yes, all four songs will be on CD 2.
Legend has it that it was Ian Paice who heard DC’s take on Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talkin’ and was immediately impressed though “he used the melody hardly once”.
August 26th, 2023 at 17:04Flashback to 1977 when a still very young and not yet holding court in full grandeur DC suffered through some awkward moments on French TV having to speak about DP, PAL and Rainbow when he would have liked to talk about his then first solo album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifvw1f8qi_w&t=148s
Fast forward 12 years and DC is now comfortable in projecting his new image, having changed not only his accent, speaking voice and hair color, he also now wants “only positive people around me” and claims that in the original ‘Fool For Your Loving’ “the only thing passionate was my voice” – ouch, words he probably regrets now. Other snippets are DC lauding the positive effects of his then new’ish health regime, “I’m singing higher now” – yes, we noticed, and you would pay an even higher price for it going forward …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5vJijPczsE
And if you ever wondered how DC sounds playing some bluesy lead guitar … not bad at all, at 05:38:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNh_OJIa7jY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWtM8uhy70
Looking at the Slip Of The Tongue line-up now, doing their collective über-strutting on stage, I’d have never thought I would write this, but maybe it was high time for Nirvana to come along after all and topple all this.
August 26th, 2023 at 21:24The slight difference is that it wasn’t Tutankhamun himself rising up himself & saying ‘look at me, I am still relevant, of course I am’. But then again, stranger things have happened. Cheers.
August 26th, 2023 at 23:14As far as the video, if I had never heard the original with MK III, I would say it’s a rather good tune! The original had the extraordinary dual lead vocals and Paicey’s drumming is a thing of beauty, Ritchie and Jon were awesome as RB and Jon were, all the while held together by GH. Yes it’s a very good version and deserves 8 minutes for sure but originals of MK III (especially Burn) are the best IMO!
August 27th, 2023 at 10:18Five takes on Soldier OF Fortune ?? Massive overkill on a fine song.
August 27th, 2023 at 15:49“The slight difference is that it wasn’t Tutankhamun himself rising up himself & saying ‘look at me, I am still relevant, of course I am’.”
ROFL!!! But Herr MacGregor, surely you are not saying that DC is working on the mummification of his work?!
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The good Herr Stoffer @11: You’re absolutely right, the Whitesnake version isn’t horrible, but it’s really processed to death, possessing none of the natural musicality and charm of the original (about 50% of which stem from Ian Paice’s sublimely artful ‘lead drums’). When I first heard Burn (someone had lent me the record with the understatement “that album is a good one too”), I though the title track was the most brilliant piece of music I’d ever heard.
It’s to this day probably still my favorite Purple song (though I deem Mk II generally more creative than Mk III). It’s also very representative of what DP or at least Mk III were about because it showcases the strengths of everyone in that band. It’s a number no other band could have performed that way, not Led Zep, not Sabbath, not The Who, not YES and not ELP.
I’m even ok with the occult lyrics for once because the riff does indeed sound like engulfing flames.
August 27th, 2023 at 16:04@ 13 – Quite possibly, the embalming process commenced a while ago we fear. And I may not be talking about the music! Stay tuned folks, same BAT time, same BAT channel. “I’m even ok with the occult lyrics for once because the riff does indeed sound like engulfing flames” We now know that all is finally revealed & we can see that in writing for forever & an eternity. Mentioning Crowley a little while ago & now this, sheeesh, is Uwe a closet occultist in the making perhaps? Cheers.
August 28th, 2023 at 09:53Mortal MacGregor, have you summoned me?!
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August 28th, 2023 at 17:11Tuned way down for vocal purposes.
August 29th, 2023 at 15:26In my humble view, DC’s strength was never singing high, there are other people who do that so much better. Even when he could still hit the high notes, his voice didn’t sound pleasant doing so, it lost all warmth and that panoramic character it has when he sings in his natural mid and low range habitat. When DC sings high his voice becomes interchangeable with others. I’m with Jon Lord who once said that he couldn’t understand how someone with the gift of a one-of-a-kind-baritone voice like David would force it in the later 80ies to do things it just wasn’t made for.
When I first heard Still Of The Night, I was flabbergasted about him singing so obviously outside of his natural range, he never was Rob Halford you know. Give me his performance on the original Sail Away anytime. He had authority, emotion and warmth in his lower range, while Still Of The Night’s vocal histrionics sounded like a squealing chicken to me. I dislike that song to this day, I guess someone like Billy Squier could have pulled it off, but not DC.
August 29th, 2023 at 22:37I’m a bit late to this, but what to say….one to miss, played once for novelty value.
August 31st, 2023 at 10:07Another reissue / remix of what I consider a new album, surely this won’t sell in any significant quantity?
Agree with Uwe and the great Jon Lord re DC’s singing style.
After listening to this, I followed up with Gypsy (probably my favourite MK3 track), Sail Away and Mistreated. The ‘new’ stuff makes me want to cry, but thankfully I can still enjoy the glorious and unparalleled originals.
I relistened to the Purple Album yesterday – it’s better than I remembered and it helps if you see it as what it is: Whitesnake adapting Mk III + IV songs to their own brand of sprawling twin guitar led, pseudo-butch CinemaScope rock, not an attempt to outpurple Purple with their leaner sound. Some arrangements and new instrumental parts are actually quite nifty, it’s not like these guys don’t know how to play or lacked ideas.
On some songs, DC’s vocal decay is painfully obvious, all studio trickery, downtuning and leaving out the high notes can’t hide that, especially when he tries to sound gritty and aggressive. That part of his voice is gone. But when he uses his remaining baritone more like a warm narrator and holds back, there is still the old charm sparking.
What this album does tell you though is how key to the band sound Glenn’s harmonizing with DC was in latter day 70ies Purple, even in songs where Glenn’s vocal participation was not that overt. When he’s not there, you immediately notice, entire parts are missing. He was probably the best and most complementary co- and background vocalist DC ever had.
Listening to this yesterday, it occcured to me that they attempted to turn Comin’ Home into Guilty Of Love, which in itself was always essentially a Thin Lizzy pastiche. When it came out in 1983 I thought Phil Lynott was gonna punch DC in the nose not just for swiping his blond lead guitarist!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBDPJL7R8sg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvOap6fo3A
August 31st, 2023 at 15:43Uwe said…
qt.”What this album does tell you though, is how key to the band sound Glenn’s harmonizing with DC was in latter day 70ies Purple, even in songs where Glenn’s vocal participation was not that overt. When he’s not there, you immediately notice, entire parts are missing. He was probably the best and most complementary co- and background vocalist DC ever had”.
Agreed…The two worked great together, as the studio results reveal, ( less so live because of Coca-Cola ingestion ) & were a force for a little while, that served the needs of DP quite well…But even through “Stormbringer”, then Mk-IV, & CTTB, you hear more & more songs sung individually, with even Tommy getting a line here & there thrown in ! So the duet parts were reducing a little, or rather, the need for solo vocal performances being expressed more & more.
Quite possibly, “Soldier of Fortune” will become DC’s finest moment within DP, (though no-doubt many will offer-up “Mistreated”).
It’s a good thing that DC remembers & celebrates his time with DP through the means of his own band, & that the band don’t mind playing DP tunes.
Peace !
September 4th, 2023 at 11:20True, the two-pronged lead vocal attack and trading verses call and response style was at its fullest on Burn. It became less on Stormbringer and by CTTB, there was only one song in that format, albeit a great one: You Keep On Moving (written during the Burn sessions, but turned down by Ritchie for whatever reason, probably because he wasn’t a co-writer). Instead, Glenn had two songs for himself though it would have been three had DC not oberdubbed his lead voice on Drifter which had already been sung by Glenn before he was sent home to England to come to his senses and get a grip on his raging coke addition.
I love Tommy’s cameo lead vocal (uncredited on the album at the time) on Dealer – how ironic to have him sing on that song of all songs given his addictive personality! It’s a highlight of the album for me. The warmth of Tommy’s voice always engulfs you.
These days David and Glenn always smooth over any kind of lead vocal jealousy back then, but looking at how their vocal shares and contributions changed over those three Mk III/IV albums, of course there were politics at play. They were both testosterone-charged young men, how could there not have been?!
September 4th, 2023 at 23:10I cannot imagine Blackmore playing on You Keep On Moving. I don’t know about the lack of writing input, possibly. However at the time of the Burn album, he would have been keen to have a ‘in your face’ new album & YKOM isn’t that at all. A damn fine song it is & a good closure song for the CTTB album. Another thing I like about the CTTB album is that there is less Hughes vocal on it. Cheers.
September 5th, 2023 at 06:24Uwe said qt.”I love Tommy’s cameo lead vocal (uncredited on the album at the time) on Dealer – how ironic to have him sing on that song of all songs given his addictive personality !… It’s a highlight of the album for me. The warmth of Tommy’s voice always engulfs you”…
Tommy had an unusual, yet very agreeable voice to listen to for sure. I must admit to thinking it wouldn’t hold-up as lead-vocal on his “Private Eye’s” solo effort, but he does surprisingly well imo…In fact the whole album is right up there with CTTB, & perhaps what’s lacking per-se in frantic fret-work, is made up for by a solid vocal performance, & easy-going very memorable tunes…And the party energy that sparkles throughout the album, makes it a most impressive post DP record from any member imo.
Interesting that GH didn’t play on the album ( at least it’s uncredited ) as he went on to marry Tommy’s girlfriend around this time.
RIP Tommy Bolin !
Peace !
September 5th, 2023 at 07:40“Interesting that GH didn’t play on the album (at least it’s uncredited ) as he went on to marry Tommy’s girlfriend around this time.”
Good buddies share all things, you know.
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After all, Glenn’s erstwhile girlfriend Vickie Gibbs became the new Mrs Lord around that time. And still there’s people who say that Glenn didn’t contribute anything to DP, how ungrateful can you be!
Private Eyes, front to finish, is sublime. Norma Jean’s harmonized sax coda (02:24) on the lush Sweet Burgundy is one of the loveliest arrangements ever, I could listen to it all day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUKi6sKLE0
Glenn didn’t play on Private Eyes, the bass on all tracks sounds similar and is played in a certain way, courtesy of the great Reggie McBride (ex-Rare Earth + mustached man in the middle)
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Reggie is mixed pleasantly upfront on Private Eyes and rewards the listener with extremely groovy and lively playing. The organ (not much organ on most of the Teaser tracks) is another thing that is turned up loud on Private Eyes, Jon’s dominant organ in Purple had no doubt left an impression on Tommy.
September 5th, 2023 at 15:00Uwe said qt.”Private Eyes, front to finish, is sublime”.
Yes indeed…Anyone that doubts DP’s decision to have Tommy onboard really needs to check-out his work. Given the opportunity & more time with us, superb albums would have followed for sure.
Alas, at least there are a number of Tommy Bolin albums that circle his time with DP, that can still be found. In fact, people seem to be finding more & more hidden / lost recordings of his efforts, & all these recordings are fetching top-dollar asking prices, so I guess he had a larger following than perhaps some of us DP fans realize. ( Every few years I do a search to see what new stuff has been found & released, & there’s always something new ).
Peace !
September 6th, 2023 at 00:23The Tommy Bolin Archives turned barrel scraping into an art form, but I’m not complaining, I bought it all!
September 6th, 2023 at 13:17@ 26 – they may have ‘scraped the barrel’ like no other with Bolin’s vaults but the Hendrix catalogue after he passed was dredged beyond belief. and then there is The Doors re Jim Morrison. It seems once an artist has shaken off their mortal coil there still can be a bit of dosh to be made. There can be some benefit to us music aficionados if we are interested. None of those three left a lot behind obviously as they were not around long enough. We can imagine what it will be like after the longer living ‘legends’ move on. Hence most of them selling off their catalogues already, maybe you can take it with you after all? Cheers.
September 6th, 2023 at 21:18@26…I guess it’s the same with Jimi Hendrix, people simply want more music. I have a CD from a few years ago, where Eddie Kramer carefully “cut & pasted” together some of the material, to tie-up the loose-ends for fuller band sound & closure. Apparently this is / was the very last useable material available, but that’s been said since 1974 lol ! ( Not a bad 50th-year celebration album however, though it wasn’t flogged as such ).
The albums called “Both Sides of the Sky” circa 2018, & though everything within it is for fans only, there is a couple of tracks that reveal Jimi in full-flight solo-wise, & it also indicates in a positive way, where the direction of his music was certainly heading, & that was Rock. The sound is surprisingly nice & clear too generally.
Peace !
September 7th, 2023 at 00:34@ 28 – I am not familiar with that Hendrix “Both Sides of the Sky’ release, I just read about it to see what songs are there. All of the songs bar two I am not familiar with. I know Hear My Train a Comin’ from previous live releases & Stepping Stone I have heard somewhere before. There have been a few official re releases of ‘unreleased’ studio material since the turn of the century. I do have a copy of the first of the latest three. Valley of Neptune from 2010. The First Rays of the New Rising Sun is an official ‘new’ released version of the Cry of Love album from 1971. I have many of those songs on an official anthology of his. Those nice softer songs Angel & Drifting are wonderful. Also on that disc is All Along the Watchtower, The Wind Cries Mary & others. If Eddie Kramer has had anything to do with those records they should sound good, he is rather actively involved in most if not all of the official posthumous Hendrix music being released, as he was with The Cry of Love back in 1971. That album has other musicians on a few tracks, Stevie Winwood is one, Hendrix trying a few different things before he departed. Personally I do think Hendrix was at a stage of stagnation in many ways in regards to new music. The Electric Ladyland album is full of filler material & rather bad songs excepting a couple. He was trying out a few new things as I mentioned on that 1971 album Cry of Love, but even some of that material sounds awkward at times, for want of a better description. Cheers.
September 7th, 2023 at 08:43The pictures of (Uwe´s) DC as a very young boy is one of the greatest discovery here on our very own THS, thanx a lot! An´ please more an´more low register voice of David anytime: Sail Away, Behind The Smile, Soldier Of Fortune… I fell love with that voice colour forever in those times…
September 7th, 2023 at 09:16“I cannot imagine Blackmore playing on You Keep On Moving. I don’t know about the lack of writing input, possibly. However at the time of the Burn album, he would have been keen to have a ‘in your face’ new album & YKOM isn’t that at all. A damn fine song it is & a good closure song for the CTTB album.”
I don’t think it would have been out of place on Burn at all (with its moody, minorish chord changes and all), but Blackmore even said no to playing on YKOM when he was decades later asked by either Glenn or DC (I think it was Glenn) to guest with a solo on a new re-recording of it. Typically Blackmore – do your best to be difficult with people! Glenn probably intended it as an act of closure. He could have guested on a re-recording of Black Sheep Of The Family in return!
September 7th, 2023 at 17:25I was not aware that You Keep On Moving was initially from the Burn sessions. If so maybe there were too many ‘You Fool No One’ & ‘You Keep On Moving’ vocal similarities for Blackmore’s ‘soul’ affliction? Just my thoughts on that song with the other, too much perhaps on the same album. Cheers.
September 7th, 2023 at 22:28D.C infamously put a stop an earlier rendition of ‘Soldier Of Fortune’ appearing on the 35th anniversary of the Stormbringer album. I’m hoping D.C will be more charitable to the DP fan base for its 40th Anniversary next year!
September 10th, 2023 at 17:07Simon, maybe you won’t have to wait that long, the two CD version of the imminent Gold Edition of the WS Purple Album will feature on the second CD (track 16) something that might be of interest to many of us:
https://store.rhino.com/en/rhino-store/artists/whitesnake/the-purple-album-special-gold-edition-2cd1blu-ray/603497830299.html
CD 2: 78:38
THE PURPLE TOUR “FIVE LIVE” 34:48
1. Burn
2. The Gypsy
3. Mistreated
4. You Fool No One
5. Soldier of Fortune
ALTERNATIVE MIXES
6. Holy Man (Unzipped)
7. Stormbringer (Punch In The Nuts Mix… Joel Hoekstra alt solo)
8. Love Child (Joel Hoekstra alt solo)
9. Soldier Of Fortune (featuring Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings)
10. Soldier Of Fortune (featuring The Hook City Strings)
11. Soldier Of Fortune (instrumental featuring The Hook City Strings)
Demos and Audition Tapes (Previously Unreleased)
The DC Purple Audition Tape 1972
featuring The Fabulosa Brothers
12. Everybody’s Talkin’
13. Get Ready
14. Lonely Town Lonely Street
15. Dancing In The Street
16. 1974 DC Demos/Ideas For “Stormbringer” album
September 10th, 2023 at 22:36