Five Gillan band albums reissued on vinyl, and the clarity and dynamics of these 180 gram vinyls knock spots off the original pressings.
Hear the sound of firing, it’s politics expiring.
Are you God, are you man, do you live in fear
Are we trash in your can, a bubble in your beer
As we slipped through Spokane you said something profane
And I shifted up into Nirvana
Whoa said the judge to the hooker with a nudge
I’m gonna fine you all your pleasure
But with the pervs and the kinks and the queer rinky dinks
Are you sure you only do it for the treasure?
A few choice examples of Ian Gillan’s lyrical output between 1978 and 1982. What he and his mad band of rock’n’rollers accomplished in those four hectic years was recklessly frantic even then, never mind when viewed by today’s standards. Five strong studio albums, a plethora of hit singles (always featuring unreleased b-sides) and endless amounts of touring.
Gillan’s level of creativity and energy has rarely been rivaled since, and now the core of their musical legacy is being reissued by Demon Records.
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After the furious discussion of the latest Blackers’ offering, let us check upon the rest of the big family.
Glenn Hughes keeps churning out previews from Resonate. This time it’s a track called Long Time Gone:
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The record company posted another preview track for Rainbow Memories in Rock. And despite the consensus among fans being that playing Purple numbers was not, ahem, the band’s strongest point, the powers to be, in their infinite wisdom, chose Perfect Strangers:
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Metallica did a cover of When a Blind Man Cries while performing yesterday, October 22, at the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California.
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Another preview track from Glenn Hughes new album Resonate — Let It Shine
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Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again, as so ever expertly crafted by Messrs Coverdale and Marsden, could be recently seen on TV on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Wymer has sent us a formal press release and some promo pictures for upcoming Jerry Bloom’s book For One Night Only. Since our first mention the book has obtained a more or less firm publication date — December 9.
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Roger Glover visited Hamburg for a very much closed doors preview of the now ‘nearly there’, but still unnamed new Deep Purple album at the Chameleon Studios in Dulsberg. Bild.de carried a short report, and Roger also recorded a video message for the fans.
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Ian Gillan opens Gillan Vinyl Collection box set for the first time and proceeds to go through the relevant anecdotage:
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There has been some changes to Glenn Hughes tour dates scheduled for November-December this year in Europe. The changes have likely been precipitated by co-headliners Living Colour pulling out “due to an unforeseen conflict”. Undoubtedly, they would have accounted for a not an insignificant portion of the sales, so some dates have to be cancelled, while others moved to different venues, while yet others decided to go ahead with different support acts, but offer a choice of full refund or free drinks as a compensation.
Summary of changes so far:
There will probably be further changes, keep checking our calendar for further details.
Thanks to Nigel Young for the info.
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing