The latest issue (February-March 2025) of the Rock Candy magazine has a feature on the “Deep Purple maestro’s other band” Gillan. We have no idea on the details, so please report if there’s something interesting in there.

In other unrelated news, Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration for Jim Capaldi Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi & Traffic, featuring contributions from Jon Lord on several tracks is being reissued on Cherry Red Records as 2CD/Blu-ray. It had been previously available on CD and DVD, so the addition of Blu-ray format is kinda new.

2CD / Blu-Ray video release of this special concert staged at the Roundhouse in London on 21st January 2007 to celebrate the life and music of Traffic co-founder and acclaimed solo artist Jim Capaldi. Aside from his work with Steve Winwood and Chris Wood in Traffic, (a band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004), Jim also worked with many other artists and was a successful solo performer in his own right.

A wonderful house band was joined by a stellar line-up of musicians to perform their favourite Traffic and Jim Capaldi songs including STEVE WINWOOD, PAUL WELLER, PETE TOWNSHEND, JOE WALSH, YUSUF / CAT STEVENS, GARY MOORE, BILL WYMAN, JON LORD, DENNIS LOCORRIERE, SIMON KIRKE and many others who performed to a full house.

Originally issued in 2007, this new Esoteric Recordings edition gathers together the concert recordings on two CDs and a multi-region Blu-ray video of the concert film, issued in this format for the first time, in a clam shell box set.

Thanks to our editor emeritus Benny Holmström on both counts.

City of Münster, Germany, publishes this historic photo.

Deep Purple in the window of city history

The Deep Purple concert on December 4, 1970 in the Halle Münsterland was completely sold out. Numerous disappointed fans without tickets then tried to storm the entrance to the hall. Only a massive police operation prevented them from entering. The photo shows the five band members, whose album “Deep Purple in Rock”, released in September, topped the charts in Germany for twelve weeks, with journalists before the concert. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is holding his Fender Stratocaster in his hands.

The photograph can be viewed in large format in the window of the city museum on Salzstrasse from December 8.

Image: Deep Purple before their performance in Münster, 1970. Photo: Westfälische Nachrichten. Publication with this press release is free of charge.

Thanks to Deep Purple Tour Page for the heads-up.

You guessed it right — yet another classic Gillan video has been restored and posted to the intertubes.

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Rufus Publications is taking pre-orders on their new book Celebrating Bernie Marsden.

The promo blurb reads:

With the kind permission of his family we have been working on a new book to celebrate the career of the amazing Bernie Marsden. This new, 300mm square book with over 300 pages includes written contributions from David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Steve Lukather and others plus a wealth of photographs and memorabilia from Bernie’s extensive career including his time with Whitesnake and of course his special relationship with the Steelhouse Festival.


The profits from this publication will be donated to Bernie’s favoured charity;
 The Trussell Trust and we hope to raise over £10,000.



This unique edition is numbered 1-300 and is estimated to ship by the end of May 2025.

SAVE 10% IF PRE-ORDERED BEFORE FEBRUARY 28TH 2025

A couple of recent interviews with ex-Rainbow people.

Ronnie Romero talks to Barstools & Bandtalk:

Bob Daisley has appeared on the Talk Louder Podcast, and it was a protracted conversation, so buckle up!

Despite repeated efforts to scrub his name from the history books, bassist, composer and lyricist Bob Daisley is universally celebrated (and rightfully so) as a creative force behind some of heavy metal’s most defining songs and albums (you’ve heard of ‘Crazy Train,’ eh?). He joins us to discuss the writing and recording of Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman, Bark At The Moon and other albums that made Ozzy Osbourne a superstar. We also discuss his theory behind the fatal Randy Rhoads plane crash; the inspiration of Jimi Hendrix; his time in Rainbow and Uriah Heep; his book, For Facts Sake; and that time Bon Scott bummed a beer, but left behind some cash like a gentleman.

Thanks to Blabbermouth and BraveWords for the heads-up.

Candice Night’s new solo album Sea Glass will be released on April 25, 2025, vie Edel/earMUSIC. It will be a family affair, with her hubby guesting on one track (The Last Goodbye), and their children appearing on another (Promise Me).

Track list:

1. Sea Glass
2. Unsung Hero (She’ll Never Tell)
3. The Line Between
4. Angel And Jezebel (Rock Version)
5. Promise Me
6. Dark Carnival
7. The Last Goodbye
8. When I Want To Fly
9. Another Day
10. Nature Boy
11. Angel And Jezebel (Country Version)

All music and words written by Candice, except Nature Boy, described as ‘beloved standard’, so it is presumably the one by eden ahbez and popularized by Nat King Cole.

A digital single for Angel And Jezebel (Rock Version) has been released to accompany the announcement:

Thanks to Blabbermouth and Edel for the info.

Another batch of vintage Deep Purple bootlegs has been released on streaming platforms. These are the Live Archive 1974 Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. The sets include:

• Manchester-Belle Vue, King’s Hall, May 15, 1974
• New York City, Madison Square Garden, March 13, 1974
• Sheffield, City Hall, Oval Hall, May 6, 1974
• Uniondale, Long Island, New York, Nassau Coliseum, March 17, 1974
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin, MECCA / Milwaukee Arena, December 11, 1974
• Edinburgh, Odeon Theatre, April 19, 1974
• London 1974, which should be one of the following:
  • Hammersmith Odeon, May 9 (a.k.a. Leeds Polytechnic Project
  • Lewisham, Odeon Theatre, May 12
  • Kilburn, Gaumont State Theatre, May 22 (a.k.a. Live in London)
• Bremen, Stadthalle, September 18, 1974

The sets are available on Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Unfortunately, this release (as well as previous instalments) appear to no longer be available on YouTube or any other platform where you can listen without registration, albeit Spotify allows for previews.

Thanks to Gary Carr for the heads-up.

Jon Lord’s Sarabande will receive a rare live outing in February in Greece. It will be a one off performance by the Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra, conducted by George Petrou, with special guest Gus G on guitar. Other memebers of the band include Giorgos Fakanas on bass, Stefanos Dimitriou on drums, and the conductor doubling down on Hammond organ. The evening will open with the performance of Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 4, Heroes (1996), based on the eponymous album by David Bowie and Brian Eno, with Sarabande as the main course.

Who: Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra, conducted by George Petrou;
What: Symphonic Rock Transformations: a performance of Jon Lord’s Sarabande and Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 4, Heroes;
When: February 19, 2025, at 20:30;
Where: Christos Lambrakis Hall, located inside the Megaron complex in Athens, Greece;
Tickets: €10.00 — €55.00, here.

Thanks to Ilias Nikolakopoulos for the info.

Another classic Gillan video has been restored and posted. Continue Reading »

A 1981 vintage Jon Lord interview, where he talks about the bogus Purple, Gillan’s departure from the band, Tommy Bolin, prospects for a reunion, Tony Ashton, an upcoming solo album, and the Frank Sinatra of rock´n´roll. The interview is published with a warning that no part can be quoted without permission, so we can’t offer you a teaser. You can read it here. Continue Reading »