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In good company
In this interview with Classic Album Review Roger tells the war stories on soon to be reissued Made in Japan, bootlegs, drum solos, writing Black Night, alleged rivalry with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Vincent Price, and many other things. Some of those stories you may heave heard before, others not necessarily. Enjoy!
Thanks to Mike Whiteley for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
A terrific interview that hit on a lot of different topics.
July 25th, 2025 at 02:13Thanks for the Roger Glover interview. Testing his memory there a fair bit, I think he did well in the end. Cheers.
July 25th, 2025 at 02:36Uriah Sheep … 😈😈😈
Realschul-Deep Purple we called them. 🤗
July 25th, 2025 at 05:23#3 “We called her Realschul-Deep Purple”
ok, that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time, I’m laughing my head off…but I also like Uriah Heep a little bit…
UH are like Saxon compared to Iron Maiden, in comparison to Deep Purple… because I actually like Saxon a little, too and Maiden a lot an Purple a whole lotta lot, or wholest lotta lot – and ah Led Zeppelin , Sabbath, Hendrix, i forgot-lot….
July 25th, 2025 at 10:48I watch all Barrys (Classic albums review) programs on You tube, I especially like the ones with topics like
“Ten albums I really hate” or “ten bands I really hate” LOL!!!
Cheers!!
July 25th, 2025 at 12:44Budokan is an iconic hall but from all I have heard its billowing acoustics can be tricky. It was built for Sumo wrestling contests not music. Cheap Trick had real issues getting a decent sound there for their Live At Budokan album (which has dreadful echo-o-o-o all over) which nevertheless finally broke them as a band. But then Cheap Trick, from the few times I have seen them, always tend to sound messy live. The IGB live recordings from Budokan sound excellent, especially for such complex music in a live environment, but I guess that is a testament to the abilities of that band so shamefully ignored on these pages. One listen to the immaculate sound quality of IGB’s Live At Budokan and the sonic mess of the Double Trouble live side should make everyone think.
July 25th, 2025 at 13:03@3
Why? ☺️
July 25th, 2025 at 13:58The mathematical equation to decrease DP to UH of course is:
Deep Purple
MINUS virtuoso guitar solos,
MINUS any meaningful Hammond solos, but
PLUS catchy chorus parts with shrieky stacked backing vocals (see also —> Sweet + —> Van Halen) that do stick in your head
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= Uriah H
deepurple !!! 😎https://youtu.be/75tvdg-GpkM
Deep Purple für Mädchen … 😈
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July 25th, 2025 at 15:37We’re waiting for Roger’s biography to read many anecdotes like the one about the Uriah sheep who played in their same rehearsal room!
when the journalist asked him about concept albums, he could have made a digression about his solo albums, after all, Roger knows very well what it means to make a concept album!
July 25th, 2025 at 21:39