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Simplicity is what hangs it all together
And another contribution to our quickly growing better-late-than-never section. British newspaper The Sun had an interview with Ian Gillan published in July 2024, around the time =1 was released. Our regulars, particularly those who’ve been around the block once or twice, aren’t very likely to learn anything new from there. Curiously, the article is illustrated by a video clip (among other things) of Mark 4 Paice/Ashton/Lord jamming in the studio with Martin Birch at the soundboard helm. Worth checking out.
Thanks to David Black for the heads-up; to Nigel Young, Drew Thomposn, and Uwe Hornung for the correction.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
“the article is illustrated by a video clip (among other things) of Mark 4 jamming in the studio with Martin Birch at the soundboard helm. Worth checking out.”
This footage is not Purple Mk4 jamming in Musicland but Paice Ashton Lord.
The visuals are from PAL’s Lifespan. The Jon Lord title is a big clue, the horn section in the studio an even bigger clue.
July 5th, 2025 at 10:23Ohhhh!
I would love to hear SotW like this:
“Of course, it was six minutes long, so no radio station would touch it.“
“It became the most played song in the world at the time.” – it’s still in my home 💜
Thanks so much for this interview 😃
July 5th, 2025 at 11:10The video is actually from the PAICE ASHTON LORD sessions and on the film LIFESPAN. It is not CTTB. We do have vision of Mark 4 with Tommy Bolin from Washington 1976 that I hope will see the light of day soon.
July 5th, 2025 at 16:09Must have been that vey short-lived sub-version of Mk IV with Paul Martinez, Bernie Marsden and Howie Casie who recorded the stellar Come Taste The PAL! 😂
Why am I laughing? For years I have toiled in this coal mine of bass indifference hoping I could instill a semblance of bass style differentiation concerning the various bassists in the Greater Purple Family with you all, yet here I am now shattered in my pursuit when not only The Sun can’t tell Paul‘s style from Glenn‘s, but also our – I hasten to add – otherwise immaculate Admin Duo here …
😕🥺😑
I have to – yet again – come to grips with this. Currently in Berlin to see The Sparks tomorrow, just dickin‘ around …
https://youtu.be/VgakpSoHEiE
July 5th, 2025 at 18:16It’s from the Lifespan vid of PAL, ironically monikered given that PAL‘s lifespan was a rather short one.
Anyone remember Bandit, their opener on the handful of gigs they played (in the UK only, I had a ticket for a German gig in Offenbach but that was cancelled)?
https://youtu.be/7guFM2iufxw
https://youtu.be/Sd2cXaVzvvg
Jim Diamond, their Scottish singer, would later on gain fame with this 80s earworm:
https://youtu.be/8j-O3dI31ps
Meanwhile, some support for Sabbath‘s undeniable (co-)invention of heavy metal:
https://youtu.be/IB6jbWoGtlA
Must be something in the Birmingham water, nuff said.
July 5th, 2025 at 22:16Speaking of Bandit and Jim Diamond, this can of course not go unmentioned:
https://youtu.be/M5EBQk3IZNY
He always had a bit of a Leo Sayer/Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) tone to him.
July 6th, 2025 at 07:31@3
July 6th, 2025 at 08:47Drew,
” We do have vision of Mark 4 with Tommy Bolin from Washington 1976 that I hope will see the light of day soon.” Can you explain that a little better?
@3 anything else in the pipeline? Would love an official release of the House Of Blues from ‘98, The Avo sessions set from 03 and Düsseldorf 05
July 6th, 2025 at 11:02@7
July 6th, 2025 at 13:09Maybe a better version of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV7dfATZLJE&t=18s&ab_channel=DeepPurpleOfficial