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Steve Morse and Sterling Ball (CEO of Ernie Ball Music Man) discuss the future of electric guitar and why it is not going away any time soon. This discussion with Australian Musician magazine ahead of the Melbourne Guitar Show was prompted by recent financial troubles of Gibson and some media being quick to declare “end of the guitar“.
You’ll learn the story of a band with a singer who could not sing from a new promo video for the upcoming Javelins album posted today by earMUSIC.
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Glenn Hughes was interviewed by Planet Rock at this weekend’s Steelhouse Festival in Wales: Continue Reading »
Universal Music has announced that it will be reissuing 8 of the back catalogue albums on purple vinyl. This reissue includes:
All items are said to be new digital transfers of the original master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, cut to heavyweight 180-gram purple vinyl. Vinyl albums come with download codes. The reissues will come out on September 7 and will be priced €21 for 1LP (€27 for MiJ), or €157 for the whole bundle. They can be preordered from the label.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.
Roger posted this on his website:
I’ve known Pete York and Miller Anderson since the late 60s. Several early DP tours were with Hardin/York and we’ve often met from time to time since then.
Over the years, Pete has organized lots of these special events, featuring a phalanx of great musicians. In 1970, Ian Paice, Miller and I took part in Pete’s first one (I still have the poster advertising “Super Drumming” at Bumper’s Club in London).
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Our Japanese correspondent sent in these video clips from a busy Osaka train station to our trainspotting department.
A couple more tour posters from Japan.
At the Shibuya Station in Tokyo:
Fukuoka poster:
Swiss site 24 heures reports that a memorial plaque has been unveiled this Wednesday, July 4, on the Résidence des Alpes building in Territet (Montreux) — the very same building that was the Grand Hotel back in 1971.
Gillan, Glover and Paice were in attendance, as well as Jean-Paul Marquis (stage manager at the Casino the night it caught fire), plus some dignitaries, including British ambassador to the UN.
Darker Than Blue has a backstory of the plaque and couple more pictures from the event.
Thanks to BraveWords for the heads up.
Italian radio station Radio Rock 106.6 has posted a lengthy interview with Ian Gillan. Our best guess, it was recorded some time in June 2017 (several things hint to that) and now is being used (reused?) to promote the current tour. Quite entertaining nevertheless.
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Record company has announced some release details for the Ian Gillan & The Javelins — a collection of rock’n’roll standards recorded by Big Ian with his first band (predating even Episode Six) earlier this year.
In the early 1960’s, you might have seen The Beatles doing Chubby Checker’s ‘Twist and Shout’ at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, or The Rolling Stones doing Chuck Berry’s ‘Come On’ at the Station Hotel in Richmond, and The Javelins doing Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Smokestack Lightning’ at Wistowe House in Hayes.
These contemporary recordings (2018) by The Javelins are drawn from our set lists, circa 1963, when I was 18 years old. Now, a few years later, I have the privilege and joy of working with my old mates from the original group; Gordon Fairminer (Lead Guitar); Tony Tacon (Rhythm Guitar); Tony Whitfield (Bass Guitar); Keith Roach (Drums), as we make a long overdue L.P.
The album has been recorded at the Chameleon Studios during a five days recording session in Hamburg, March 2018, Germany. It also features Don Airey on piano as a special guest. It will be released on August 31st, 2018 on earMUSIC as CD digipak, 1LP gatefold vinyl (180g, black) and digital download.
Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the info.
Record company keeps promoting the latest Don Airey solo album with posting the title track One of a Kind:
Meanwhile, some time ago Don released another solo album without much fanfare. That album is called Going Home. It is the jazz piano album that Don started mentioning he’s working on since a few years ago. The album is self published and can be ordered through Don’s website (please be patient — it is more often down then up lately).
We managed to procure a copy of the latter and hope to offer you a reveiew once the things at THS ivory towers get a little less hectic.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing