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Sweet child of the rubble era
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine celebrates Ian Gillan’s 80th birthday in style, with a feature article.
With Deep Purple in the early 1970s, he shaped rock vocals like no other. His shrieking yet melodic “Child in Time” remains emblematic to this day. Ian Gillan is now turning eighty.
In his autobiography, Ian Gillan cites a questionnaire he filled out for fans of a BBC program in the late 1960s. When asked about his first professional performance, he answered “college dance at Twickenham,” and when asked about the biggest breakthrough in his career, he answered “none yet.”
Check it out in the original if you can read German, as for the rest of us linguistically challenged, there’s always Google Translate.
Happy birthday, Ian!
Thanks to Uwe for the heads-up and linguistic expertise.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I wonder if Ian finds it odd that he isn’t singing Smoke On The Water on tour this birthday ??
August 19th, 2025 at 22:26Best wishes,Big Ian.
Eighty years of age, what is he going to do now? The mind boggles. Collapsing into a rocking chair and relaxing (a siesta) on the porch back at the ranch, pondering the fate of the universe and beyond? A crossword or three, a visit to Denmark perhaps? The endless hobbies big Ian can get stuck into to bide his time. Cheers.
August 19th, 2025 at 23:27As reported by the Deep Purple Equals One — a fan community page on Facebook:
In addition to recent features on Deep Purple by CNN, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Classic Rock, and Mojo Magazine, Ian Gillan’s 80th birthday celebration received widespread coverage across press, television, radio, and online publications worldwide. Choose your preferred language and region:
• Austria
Puls24: https://shorturl.at/NQV4s
News Austria: https://shorturl.at/MBHFG
• Brazil
A Radio Rock: https://shorturl.at/tbXd5
Combate Rock: https://shorturl.at/ZYYkw
• Chile
LOS 90: https://shorturl.at/GN2MG
• Denmark
Politiken: https://tinyurl.com/mr2mdetu
Jyllands-Posten: https://tinyurl.com/mrxsbjmk
• Germany
Stern: https://tinyurl.com/3x8pm7sr
Frankfurter Allgemeine: https://tinyurl.com/yru33tjr
Deutschlandfunk Kultur: https://tinyurl.com/mrzb4y4y
Tagesspiegel: https://tinyurl.com/ppj9rb2y
Merkur: https://tinyurl.com/29ejy532
Rock FM: https://tinyurl.com/5n7hzeeu
Star FM: https://tinyurl.com/bdd39fz3
Hamburg Zwei: https://tinyurl.com/3a77syym
Rheinische Post: https://tinyurl.com/2av4stwd
• Greece
SporTime: https://tinyurl.com/37j448dh
• Hungary
Kultura: https://tinyurl.com/2v35vnwe
Hard Rock Magazin: https://tinyurl.com/2e8xznwh
• Italy
Enasc: https://tinyurl.com/3p7nktn2
Sudtirol News: https://tinyurl.com/5b49n2f3
Corriere Della Sera: https://tinyurl.com/2xa3tyw7
• Luxemburg
Luxemburger Wort: https://tinyurl.com/mt49pkyy
• Poland
Interia Muzyka: https://tinyurl.com/t2hsv4fw
Trojka Radio: https://tinyurl.com/yc4z3ahh
Dziennik Lodzki: https://tinyurl.com/488sesx6
• Slovakia
Teraz Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/39f2csyv
Magyar Interaktiv Televizio: https://tinyurl.com/y23ype9h
• Spain
Mariskal Rock: https://tinyurl.com/yp4scth2
• Switzerland
Basel Jetzt: https://tinyurl.com/u47nh9hv
• USA
August 20th, 2025 at 01:17Goldmine Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/35wk9wa3
American Songwriter: https://tinyurl.com/yc5kba8x
So nice different newspapers around the world is acknowledging Ian for his great work and tremendous voice and personality.
Unfortunately I haven’t seen any newspaper in Denmark been doing the same, and for that I am very shameful and very sorry 😨
I will immediately take action on the matter, calling the minister in Denmark for beautiful rock music and make, perhaps, some almost serious threats!
Actually the only other Dane, Lars Ulrich, has been out praising MiJ 👏🏼👏🏼
August 20th, 2025 at 04:47If things had gone our way, you’d all be speaking Deutsch today! 😂
Max will draw great satisfaction from the fact that I read Germany‘s most renowned conservative newspaper too and not just the lefty Guardian.
August 20th, 2025 at 05:05A slide show of the Geburtstagskind/Jubilar>/i> through the years …
https://youtu.be/5zUvHIcfeYQ
Where is Karin when you need her? I was hoping for her to decorate things a little here for a more festive mood …
https://festbutikken.dk/varegrupper/443-festartikler/
He‘s 80 and I like it!
https://youtu.be/V5hLqViBZes
August 20th, 2025 at 05:54“Unfortunately I haven’t seen any newspaper in Denmark been doing the same, and for that I am very shameful and very sorry 😨”
Strange, given the boundless popularity of Herr Gillan in your good country in the 80s has been repeatedly reported to us. 😁
August 20th, 2025 at 06:32@2
“what is he going to do now?”
– well, he is more than welcome to visit us in Denmark, and stay here!
I will personally take excellent care of him!
Bring him coffee, massage his feet, and exchange jokes with him!
And – listen to his many many exciting stories 🤩
August 20th, 2025 at 07:19Looking up from my copy of SÜDDEUTSCHE, Uwe, I am not sure that I share your concept of satisfaction. But I won’t discuss with people that read only one paper anyway so I assumed you like to take a broader look at things. From taz to nius so to say.
Having read the FAZ article I have to wonder once again how the irony in the lyrics of Highway Star escapes so many people. And while there are no bad mistakes in that FAZ piece I guess the authors view on Ian’s lyrics leaves a lot to be discussed. I sure am biased – but I dare to say that Ian Gillan is one of the better lyricist in Rock’n’Roll. Plus: He got better and better with the years.
Karin, ain’t it time to realise that it is up to YOU to wave Ian’s flag in and all over Denmark. That is the task god has given you. As if healing people from all kinds of sickness and desease weren’t enough … but it’s not upon us to decide what we’re here for…
August 20th, 2025 at 07:27@5, Uwe, you cheeky old bastard, your “Way” came at some cost to some of us… Otherwise, FAZ is a hell of a quality newspaper. But chitchat apart: long live Ian Gillan, all the best wishes to him.
August 20th, 2025 at 07:54@3
Thanks Ggg for mentioning at least two Danish newspapers that acknowledge Ian!
Very weird how come I didn’t see that, I mean I read both papers every day…
August 20th, 2025 at 08:21@5
“If things had gone our way, you’d all be speaking Deutsch today! 😂”
– well in Denmark we already do! To some instinct 😊
Half of my vocabulary is from Germany. Especially the swearing words I know but almost never use.
August 20th, 2025 at 08:24@ 4 – “I will immediately take action on the matter, calling the minister in Denmark for beautiful rock music and make, perhaps, some almost serious threats!” I was getting really worried there Karin. That “making a serious threat”, I thought you were going to threaten to make the minister an instant coffee. Don’t be so hard on the poor soul. Cheers.
August 20th, 2025 at 08:24@6
What do you want me to do then?
I can go out in my garden and pick the great man a beautiful bouquet of flowers but before they reach him, wherever he lives these days, they will be withering I’m afraid.
Or I could sing him a song? Nooooo, I like him too much to put him in that kind of misery 😱
I’m no good at decorating, but I will certainly make myself a nice cup of coffee and think of him while I drink it. Will that be sufficient for my German Neighbour?
August 20th, 2025 at 08:28Cheers Ian!!! Long may you live, your legacy will live on forever!!!
August 20th, 2025 at 08:38Is wonder Ian made it to 80 with all his youth drinking and touring. My dad is 85 years and has major heart issues and sleeps all day because he has no energy, he never drank nor smoked.
August 20th, 2025 at 12:43@9
“Karin, ain’t it time to realise that it is up to YOU to wave Ian’s flag in and all over Denmark. That is the task god has given you. As if healing people from all kinds of sickness and desease weren’t enough … but it’s not upon us to decide what we’re here for…”
– 🤣😂🤣😂
Well, Max, you are indeed right here!
This is my life-task, I see that now, besides healing all kinds of people with all kinds of illnesses, but how do I take this – well – apparently God-given task upon me?
I can tell you what I already do, and please give me help and instructions:
1) I play the beautiful music of Ian’s very loudly! Not only Purple, but also Gillan and his solo-work 😍 and I make sure all windows and doors are open so my neighbours really can enjoy everything 😃
2) I sing very loudly when I play this music – ok already here I see I make a very big mistake…. I can mime to the music, but I might not let people hear my voice? 🫣 (of course you don’t know my voice, but I have been told that this one sounds a lot like me, but without the lyrical input):
https://youtu.be/pWlM790UJLk?si=rpN6mLsoaxfV1j_y
3) I praise Ian and Purple every single chance I get 😃
4) I put his work on display in my home! When I take my valuables away from my safe, I place them on a shelf, well lit-up, and with flower arrangement around it 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Can I do more?
Ought I write a book about him?
Write a fairytale about him? You don’t know me but I love to write, and have been written fairytales before. After all, I do live in the same country as the famous H.C.Andersen 😃
I have thought about getting a tattoo with his face and name, but I don’t know where to place it 🤔
I am very open for suggestions 😁
August 20th, 2025 at 16:08@13
“That “making a serious threat”, I thought you were going to threaten to make the minister an instant coffee.”
– 🤣😂
Well MacGregor, I promise you, even my instant coffee is indeed very yummy 😃
If you change the word Milkshake into Instant Coffee here, you have a pretty decent picture 😁
https://youtu.be/6AwXKJoKJz4?si=1n8zrZV7qw4a-wDl
Sorry, I didn’t know what I was posting there, I meant of course this one:
https://youtu.be/C6CeA6vRtW4?si=ytaLgcxER87WI7ne
No no no, that wasn’t right either 🧐
August 20th, 2025 at 16:16Wait a minute:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6D830xSFET0&si=_KdkVmGp2lhhB3QQ&feature=xapp_share
There it was! Phew 😄😄😄
Attila, danke, “cheeky old bastard” sums me up, it’s all I ever aspired to be!
There is hardly a day that goes by where I in some way or other do not thank fortune, providence and fate that Germany’s “way” between 1933 and 1945 was so utterly defeated (after wreaking havoc on the world, of course). It was a galaxy-size failure of all cultural safety systems.
August 20th, 2025 at 16:22Yesterday was Big Ian’s birthday, today is Robert Plant’s. The eternal dilemma of who is the better singer? Like the football dilemma Maradona or Pele? Long live my rock heroes !
August 20th, 2025 at 17:29Massive tour being planned for 2026 as we speak. New album in the works.
August 20th, 2025 at 17:39Happy birthday to the greatest singer in the history of rock!
I thank God for giving us the ears and hearts to enjoy the notes and songs that BigIan sang in more than 60 years of a legendary career!
https://youtu.be/Vk7AtDmagmI?si=23-AXimRRPDAgCgl
https://youtu.be/dwgeEnv6uDw?si=hhicWTWxBbZBud4j
https://youtu.be/pGm7ditnHEo?si=K4sZuQVliFFdueHJ
https://youtu.be/UX2BCVmpu84?si=RZO0wQXV_oNGLIoF
August 20th, 2025 at 18:10You’re not a good cook, you don’t bake, you don’t decorate, you’re in this permanent love triangle with IG and DC and your caffeine intake is too high, jeez, René must be a saint!
August 20th, 2025 at 18:14#23 Uwe:
It’s time for Karin to have a threesome with Jolene too!
https://youtu.be/EUAslRYddto?si=xr7K1VeAsiV1sl5x
https://youtu.be/Su1H-0oFigU?si=VUSb7h6hpKKbQXG2
August 20th, 2025 at 19:49@21, Stathis, that’s a great news, how massive is it going to be? Keep us happy, please, haha
August 20th, 2025 at 20:45@ 17- “I have thought about getting a tattoo with his face and name, but I don’t know where to place it 🤔
August 20th, 2025 at 21:24I am very open for suggestions 😁” Are you sure about that Karin. I know it is already too late as Uwe and a few others here are queuing up at their keyboards, unable to type quick enough to get their words out. I hope their responses don’t crash this site. I will not offer any recommendations, being a do-gooder and all. Cheers.
@22: I just love that pink floydy CIT version of IGB with the flute intro they did live. 💞 The arrangement ideas and the musicianship are exquisite.
August 20th, 2025 at 21:51@19, dear Uwe, it was meant kein offense. German culture, music, thought, etc. Is without comparison.
August 20th, 2025 at 22:07@23
A saint you say…?
I may have made him appear in a very positive light 🤔
Well, Anton is the true little saint in my home 😇
And Anton is wagging his tail whenever he hear the tremendous troubadour Ian Gillan!
And René prefers Metallica, do I need to elaborate further?
August 21st, 2025 at 05:37Attila, I didn’t view it as an offense at all, it was a humorous counter to something I had deadpanned. Damn right those German lessons would have come at a high price.
Very little is sacred to me, so I crack jokes about Germany’s fall from civilization too. I just occasionally include subtitles so I’m not misunderstood by the wrong people or to rule out any doubt by the right ones.
You can’t escape those 12 years in our national conscience and that is a good thing. It needs to be remembered.
August 21st, 2025 at 06:31Herr MacGregor, I would not dare comment – outside of fringe groups such as pirates, carnies and convicts, I’m no great fan of male or female tattoos …
https://youtu.be/0X1JgiFf9As
Besides Ian’s face and name would be a bit overt as a tattoo, wouldn’t it? I’d prefer something with a lighter touch, a symbolic ping-pong ball perhaps? That would likely also deal with the search for a proper location one would think.
August 21st, 2025 at 06:47@ 27- yes the IGB version of CIT is rather good. It needed something different I feel, maybe it is just me. I don’t listen to the original anymore, haven’t for many decades and I heard it too much back in the day and yes we were very fortunate to witness it performed live in 1984. Let’s face it, it isn’t a standard rock song. It always has that epic vibe to it and therefore belongs in that time. We know why, because of the vocal performance and especially the falsetto bits. I will never ever listen to anyone else attempting that, it is untouchable without Ian Gillan singing it. (I hope I am not sounding too Karin- ish here, he he he). History never repeats. In Rock indeed, cast into stone for all eternity. Cheers.
August 21st, 2025 at 06:50@26
“Are you sure about that Karin”
😄
Well I’m innocence personified so I have complete trust in my fellow Purple people in here, that they will only do me good
Of course except…. Ohhh oooo another tunnel ….
August 21st, 2025 at 08:59@24
Fla76 – really? Do I need to? I mean… really??
It’s not that I haven’t listened to the guy, but I do not have that much time to dwell into/investigate/use my magnifying glass – you got the picture I guess 😊
August 21st, 2025 at 10:56@20
“who is the better singer”
– well Ivica, I have a very good suggestion!
😅
It’s not that I don’t appreciate other singers, not at all!
But in my mind no one in the whole wide world comes anywhere near Ian.
Robert Plant certainly has something going on, his appearance is very much in your face (I mean: women’s faces) but as a singer he is mediocre compared to the guy from Purple.
But hey that’s just me.
I’m sure a lot of the good people in here will crucify me and tell me how wrong I am.
But to make sure no one misunderstood my sentences:
Ian Gillan is the nr 1 singer in the world
August 21st, 2025 at 11:58😁
“I may have made him appear in a very positive light 🤔“
But that’s your job, Karin, revere your husband and be eternally grateful!
Liking Metallica is perfectly fine, more musical than Twisted Sister. I just didn’t know that René was that much younger than you, but if it works for Brigitte & Emmanuel … 😇
https://youtu.be/5mz3TkxJhPc
August 21st, 2025 at 14:25Depending on how you view it, the fast shuffle middle part of CIT sacrificing any harmonic change is either a very standard late 60s/70s jammy arrangement idea (did anybody just say Iron Butterfly or Steppenwolf? 😎) or – takes deep breath, well aware of the sanctity of the moment – an artful representation of the turmoils of armed conflict in this anti-war song.
Ok, someone had to say it. 😱 I can see the pulled daggers gleaming already, the time has come, Uwe must be undone by the morning …
I liked with the IGB version that they dared to sacrifice the telltale Jon Lord organ intro (which beautiful as it is, as we all know, is the part of the song most ripped off from It’s A Beautiful Day’s original melody) and immersed the composition in a “Dark-Side-Of-The-Moon-meets-Santana’s-Abraxas “-psychedelic surround sound. That was pretty nifty with a classic like that.
At the time, I was surprised that the Glover-produced IGB debut (a lot more digestible than the more ambitious Clear Air Turbulence which followed it) didn’t do better (it was still IGB’s bestselling record probably due to its comeback nature), I could hear parallels on that album to WDWTWA’s more experimental tracks such as Our Lady, Super Trooper, Rat Bat Blue and Place In Line. But perhaps by then, people had grown accustomed to the Mk III bluesy stadium rock sound which they found better echoed on Blackmore’s Rainbow debut or with Whitesnake a few years later. Ian fell a little through the cracks with the IGB debut.
I believe an Atmos mix of IGB’s studio version of CIT would just blow people’s minds. Where are the tapes? Overall, the three IGB studio releases are an audiophile rock fan’s wet dream, much due to Mark Nauseef’s percussive soundscapes.
August 21st, 2025 at 15:40@32
“I will never ever listen to anyone else attempting that, it is untouchable without Ian Gillan singing it. (I hope I am not sounding too Karin- ish here, he he he).”
– 😂😂
Well, I think you have the exact amount of ‘Karin-ish’ for me to be singing this the rest of the day :
https://youtu.be/iPUmE-tne5U?si=FCZ8uYhA4kwzJLk6
😄😄😄
Well, all jokes aside: NO ONE IN THIS WORLD, OR ANY OTHER WORLDS WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SING CiT LIKE IAN GILLAN!
full stop – and period!
Sorry I needed to yell that out, but come on! 😃
August 21st, 2025 at 15:53@36
Ohh didn’t I tell you?
August 21st, 2025 at 15:58He is 6 years younger than me 😄
@9
“Plus: He got better and better with the years”
– even if I tried I couldn’t agree more!
I love Ian’s lyrics, it is thought provoking, and I often find myself smiling from ear to ear..
Highway Star is indeed filled with irony ‘and ev’rything’ 😁
August 21st, 2025 at 17:27Dangerous damsel definitely detected in Danish dunes!!!
https://media.tenor.com/0lLJC2QN_LcAAAAM/cougar-river.gif
I just knew it. She seduced the young teenage metal head while KILL’EM ALL was blaring in the background! 😑
https://media.tenor.com/a5fXlTDvAOgAAAAM/metallica-killemall.gif
August 21st, 2025 at 19:36It is all unfolding before my eyes most vividly …
René, a loner kid at school, has a hard time fitting in, Metallica is what keeps him going in a world that doesn‘t understand him …
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beavisandbutthead/images/9/93/Beavis-1.png/revision/latest/thumbnail/width/360/height/450?cb=20120108001944
Out of sheer boredom, he signs up for the homeopathy course under a Ms Verndal, new to the school, who turns out to be carefree & stunningly attractive at the same time, with an immediately infectious smile, her seemingly untamable mane flowing over her shoulders to then caress … Nature takes its course as it inevitably always does in a land ravaged by sand, cold rain, howling gales, the eternal force of the deep dark Baltic Sea and unbridled bundles of emotion + desire …
Then one day, at the end of a lesson on homeopathic effects on anatomy, Ms Verndal moves alluringly with animal grace towards young René, pointing to the T-shirt spanning over his muscular frame: “So you like Metallica I see, good taste! I like to go a little wild too … Have you heard of Deep Purple, the band Lars likes so much? I have a few of their records at home, we could listen to them together some time over a cup of coffee – you are old enough to enjoy a cup of coffee, aren’t you, René, mine is said to be of very good quality, instant gratification, I’m sure we won’t take long …”.
😑 If you tolerate this your children will be next!
(PS: I guess I could have been a successful screen writer resting comfortably on that delicate line between arthouse films and adult entertainment. 🤣)
August 21st, 2025 at 21:44@ 37 – Very hard to come by those three IGB cd’s. Just where are those original masters of the three studio albums. Tied up in some record company warehouse, or worse, dumped into skip rubbish bin many years ago. We can hope they may turn up somewhere and somehow they end up being remixed, re-released etc. Do you have them on cd Uwe. I know that is a question that probably shouldn’t be asked, with your vast music collection, no doubt you will have them. Cheers.
August 21st, 2025 at 22:13@ 35 Charming Ladies Karin
August 22nd, 2025 at 06:39Yes, I think Ian was a more talented singer than Robert and a better songwriter. I think also Robert had better logistical support ,business relationship with yours guitarist and a better manager , Robert had more continuity, as did the band.
A big mistake was made in 1973. …..It’s not worth crying over spilt milk.
@ 37
I ain’t an audiophile, due to lack of finesse and even more so lack of proper hearing capacities Uwe – but I always wondered why IGB’s CiT sounds so muffled. While I certainly agree that CAT is a masterpiece in any aspect and Scarabus sounds pretty good (but is not as adventorous and outstanding as CAT) I find CiT hard to listen to. Like there is a layer of mud on it. Some of the songs – if way more naiive than CAT – appeal to me but not the sound. I did think it might have been my copy … but when I bought the cd many years later that was no approval at all. So it’s my least played IG record next to Future Shock that could have used a bit of the lower sounds that are all over CiT.
August 22nd, 2025 at 07:18BTW: IGB Live at Budokan is a testament to the class of that band and for me one classic live album that never got enough praise. Could hav done without SOTW though.
@41 & 42
Oohhh my 🤣🤣🤣
It’s very obvious that your career as a ferocious lawyer is completely wasted!
You ought to have been the screen writer on Dynasty or the likes of that 😁😆
Of course I will never reveal what happened, but you are as far from the truth as Mariah Carey is to become the next to sing Child in Time SUCCESSFULLY!
I would love to have a proper psychiatrist take a look of that noble head of yours….😃😅
I need to link to this beautiful song:
https://youtu.be/QqQ6ntrUEQI?si=F_6_t58IGfpHoYSe
Have a lovely weekend everybody 👋🏼👋🏼
August 22nd, 2025 at 13:26@44
“A big mistake was made in 1973. …..It’s not worth crying over spilt milk.”
– 😄
You are indeed right, of course.
But honestly, I’ve never thought much of Robert Plant.
I remember from my school, so many of the girls were fainting because of him (and Sting, George Michael, Prince, Michael Jackson etc) on a daily basis, and I was all confused.
When I now and then said: ‘well ok, but take a listen (a listen, not a look – even though Ian was a – ahem – very noble youngster – but to me what he sounded like was so much more important than his very good looks) they were completely indifferent to Purple and Ian.
What a disappointment ☺️
I guess it speaks for itself that 55 years later, Purple is still the most important band (at least for me) but who really remembers Wham, Police etc?
August 22nd, 2025 at 13:40@45
Well, ok, I thought IGB was a dying cliche!
But apparently not….
“Could have done without SOTW though.”
– indeed, INDEED my kindred spirit!
Who among us needs IGB when we have this gem:
https://youtu.be/DQv-u8WZhbw?si=fxNLZtEfJ5ndsLgH
Sorry – wrong one, here it is:
https://youtu.be/JGcMn8RVZGc?si=VDks8av7m0b0Gvgf
Ohh so sorry again, I don’t know who has mingled with my iPad, but here it is, I hope:
https://youtu.be/01-2-7_IRFA?si=9kxZBY-iL1e06gOG
Yes, that was the right one….
August 22nd, 2025 at 13:49(Ps sorry for the RK link, but I’m a nasty piece of work 😄)
Fla76, with all due respect for your undeniable matchmaker/marriage broker talents, while I know that Karin has been conspicuously eyeing Ian Gillan as a healthy and wealthy widower with natural charm for quite some time, JoeLT seems to be in secure hands for now:
https://i0.wp.com/losmejoresrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/joe-lynn-turner-esposa-mujer-maya.jpg?fit=558%2C352&ssl=1
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d9/45/27/d94527eddbaa2229c97c81566935dc6d.jpg
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/11/53/e6/76/chef-lapunov-with-joe.jpg
Besides, Mrs Maya Turner is Russian, who knows what she trained for (they all do!) at that KGB/FSB secret facility … 🙄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZSMV-NDH4w
August 22nd, 2025 at 15:59@49
😂😄😁
Uwe!
At one point I’m a ferocious cougar hunting for innocent and ill adjusted schoolboys, then suddenly I’m hunting down Ian because he is a healthy and wealthy widower, and now you try adding JLT to my repertoire 🤣
(Btw: I would never dare to meddle with the former KGB!) (FSB I don’t even have the nerve to mention….👀)
Ohhhh man you would be so disappointed if you really knew me!
I am soooo boring 😄
Think about it: I’m here, with my iPad at a Friday night (11 PM) and a cup of tea (yeah because I do need to sleep…) with nothing better to do than write in here!
Don’t get me wrong, I feel privileged beyond belief to be allowed in here with all you very fine intellectuals, but maybe it’s not the most exciting a woman can do if just 1/10 of what you wrote should be true 😁😁😁
Well, as I usually do, I forgive, forget and shake my head slowly in disbelief of how a prominent lawyer as yourself can get so confused 😄😄
August 22nd, 2025 at 20:49Max, “layer of mud” over CAT, wot says you? I’m kinda at a loss how to reply, I have the album in multiple formats and editions, even the worst ones sound ok to good.
I assume you are aware of the original Rockfield mix which Ian didn’t like for miraculous reasons and had remixed (the outcome being not that much different, a bit less instrumental brawn, the overall sound is smoothed over, more bass frequencies on Rockfield too), that has last been re-released as “Before The Turbulence” and sounds fine:
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B006H4I7LW?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2
If you want a very good version of the Ian Gillan mix as officially released by Island at the time, then try this pricey Japanese goody here:
https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=ian+gillan+band+clear+air+turbulence+cd+japan&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_odkw=ian+gillan+band+clear+air+turbulence+cd&_osacat=0
August 22nd, 2025 at 22:22@ 42- that is not a bad attempt Uwe, I like it, he he he. Especially the ‘moving with animal grace alluringly towards her prey’ or words to that effect. So dramatic, the tension and everything else……….Oh and the ‘instant gratification’ with the coffee line too……..Cheers.
August 22nd, 2025 at 22:33#49 Uwe:
I didn’t explain myself well, but since you were talking about a triangle between IG and DC, I meant to also include JLT but only musical side!!
August 23rd, 2025 at 00:19@ 50 – “and a cup of tea (yeah because I do need to sleep…) with nothing better to do than write in here!” What???????? It seems things are getting a little worse up there in Denmark. Tea, of all things Karin. Or is that a chamomile tea perhaps? Nice and relaxed, sleep time etc. Cheers.
August 23rd, 2025 at 01:24PS: I actually think that the productions of all three IGB studio albums and of course of the indeed underrated Live album too have held up quite well – better than some Rainbow, GILLAN or Whitesnake recordings. My pet theory for that is that the majority of the IGB musicians were experienced session cracks who had played on countless recordings, so they were relaxed in the studio and knew how to make themselves get recorded well and sound good.
I know the IGB version of SOTW was a bit OTT in its funkifi- & jazzification, but I think it’s a real hoot! Brings a smile to my face every time I hear it, the drumming is fantastico!
August 23rd, 2025 at 04:18I aim to please.
August 23rd, 2025 at 04:57#5
“What???????? “
– yeah MacGregor, in my age all the beauty sleep I can get is welcomed 😃
And NO! Not chamomile tea, pewww, but some earl grey with raspberry and orange flavour, quite tasty 😃
And things in my hood are very ok actually 😊 hope they are in yours too!
August 23rd, 2025 at 09:44@51
U W E! I know lawyers don’t read anything properly if they don’t get paid for it …but before you spam this holy halls with answers to statements that have never been made: read again. You might even put yer ol’ glasses on, old fella. There IS a difference between an ‘i’ and an ‘A’.
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:00@53: Fla76, there is no “only musical side” with Karin, this woman is a volcano spewing out hormone projectiles, a tsunami of unbridled emotions!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/9c/03/9a9c03ad9ec52915de81679da7c7ace4.gif
August 23rd, 2025 at 19:39@58
“I know lawyers don’t read anything properly if they don’t get paid for it”
– 😄😅
And not that alone Max! Wherever he sees fit, he imagines things, make up stories to entertain us and of course confuse us!
August 24th, 2025 at 05:12I mean – please read #59!
I rest my case so to speak…
#59
“there is no “only musical side” with Karin, this woman is a volcano spewing out hormone projectiles, a tsunami of unbridled emotions!”
– I am certainly not!
I guess we established the fact long time ago that I’m a little old lady with support hoses, way too many cats, talking to myself and drink my lukewarm coffee while I rest under a blanket watching re-runs of ‘Midsomer Murder’ or ‘Bergerac’ or anything with that nice John Nettles…
🤣😆
August 24th, 2025 at 05:18It seems Uwe’s penchant for elder hard rock vocalists lowering their tone into a more ‘baritone’ and ‘old fella’ style is possibly gaining some momentum. Don’t go all gooey Uwe, it is only uncle Rob. Cheers.
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/im-an-old-man-i-can-do-what-i-f-ing-want-metal-god-rob-halford-considering-recording-an-album-of-tony-bennett-covers
August 24th, 2025 at 07:29And of course we all know where this is heading don’t we folks. If Rob Halford can do a Tony Bennett album, (which I would listen to much more than a Judas Priest album these days). Then big Ian can do a (insert drum roll here) ………………………………………………………………………………………………yes that’s right , little Anton’s favourite crooners biggest hits volume one. With Anton pictured on the cover being held by Ian while Ian sings ‘love me tender, love me true’ etc etc. Should be a good seller too I would imagine. Stay tuned folks, another exciting adventure awaits us all. Meanwhile back at the ranch, Karin doesn’t even realise Anton isn’t at home. She would never believe Anton or anyone else anyway, if told of that shopping centre appearance by Ian signing records, cd,s and giving an impromptu vocal performance of a song or two. Cheers.
August 24th, 2025 at 10:03@63
“With Anton pictured on the cover being held by Ian while Ian sings ‘love me tender, love me true’”
– 🤣🤣🤣
Well, MacGregor, for the first time in Anton’s life I’m jealous of that little dog 😄
“back at the ranch” – 😆😆
“Karin doesn’t even realise Anton isn’t at home.”
– well, I’ll tell ya that Anton walks around me, sits next to me and lies at my feet ALL the time! So if he was missing, I would definitely know 😄
“shopping centre appearance by Ian signing records”
– shopping centre? That sounds very romantic!
Couldn’t he be singing in the forest nearby my home?
Or in my garden?
I am amazed by your fantasies in these sanctuary halls 😄
August 24th, 2025 at 11:41Max, I am now a …
https://youtu.be/_Fl8ThG-H38
“Shattered” is the word. Just like one should always be careful in the choice of words when, say, describing the biological age of a woman, your post should have warranted greater attention from me!
You’re so right, unlike CAT, the CD transfer of CIT (IGB’s debut album with Polydor/Oyster at the time) lacked quality, it indeed sounded dull and had a Grauschleier, but I don’t think it came from the original production, I do not remember the original vinyl sounding like that. That sounded like one of your typical Roger Glover production jobs of the 70s (Nazareth, Rory Gallagher, Judas Priest, Status Quo, MSG) and those always tended to sound on the bright side, not dark and dull.
I have no idea what the quality of the source material for the CD transfer was which took place already in 1989 when analogue to digital transfers were still fledgling. The Edsel remaster from 2007 sounded a bit better, but still not great. I even have a Japanese CD pressing of CIT and while that sounds relatively best of all, it’s still not a great remaster. I think it is a tape accessibility thing.
Overall, remaster attempts with this album have been infrequent, I have a hunch that is not only due to the messy rights situation (unlike CAT and Scarabus this was never an Island release and procured by Virgin only in the aftermath), but also no good final mix (much less the original masters) can be found.
Forgive me bitte for having unjustly doubted your words (and even general sanity)! 😈
………………………………………………………………………
I read about the “Auntie Roberta does Tony”! And why not? Most people have no idea that Rob’s true baritone, when unmarred by the “Judas Priest mode” he can switch on and off at will, actually resembles a young Neil Diamond’s tone:
https://youtu.be/KEx8xMO-CTk
And then there is always this
https://youtu.be/VMnNB2dseOI
and this
https://youtu.be/hQTM3Dwpk0I
Or wiff ze deutsche Fräuleinwunder …
https://youtu.be/DguMk2Hze1E
August 24th, 2025 at 12:49@ 65 – I do think Rob’s vocal would suit old Tony’s song’s or his cover songs. Just like I think big Ian’s would suit “you know who’s”. I am not game to mention his name anymore, just in case the lady from the north is watching, waiting and ready to pounce. I certainly will give Rob’s album a listen to, respect where respect is due. I await big Ian’s foray into that elder statesman’s vocal paradise land of mesmerising voice and all. That sounds a little over the top, but I have to try and convince Karin that it would be a moment of splendour for her, an uplifting spiritual experience. Would she purchase the album though and then admit to that here in these hallowed halls? Stranger things have happened in this world. Thanks for that information regarding the ‘quality’ of the IGB cd’s. Interesting to know that. Cheers
August 24th, 2025 at 22:11Never mind, taking a cit for a cat happens to the best of us.
August 24th, 2025 at 22:30[Don’t read this, Karin, please!]
But Max 😱, I trust that was unintentional in #67, the seemingly innocent use of two terms that via the insertion of the letter l in one case and replacement of the other term by its synonymous cousin ‘pussy’ 🐈 🐱 would let your original statement slide down a slippery slope of crass, even foul innuendo and cavernous, DC-worthy double entendres!
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyMnlneWVkMXQ4eXpwMzczcHVqd2ZzcGs0MnJtZjNlOWxjOW5lYnQ1dCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l2JhzCyPWrGPrx6eY/200w.gif
You were never like this before, what happened? We were talking about the audio quality of the releases of a fusion group for chrissakes … 😑
https://media.tenor.com/d48sZkjlKiEAAAAM/sam-the-eagle-frustrated.gif
August 25th, 2025 at 13:35Well I do not look for them, Uwe. But I don’t let them pass either.
August 26th, 2025 at 07:53Think Gerd Müller here.
@68
“[Don’t read this, Karin, please!]”
Wouldn’t dream of it! I almost never read posts for other people 😄
August 26th, 2025 at 08:14@69: Du olles Ferkel!
August 26th, 2025 at 13:40