I only ever owned "24 carat Purple", so: that...
― Mark G, Monday, 30 November 2009 11:06 (fourteen years ago) link
these guys have some jams but man some of these guitar solos are the most boring ever
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Monday, 30 November 2009 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I think "Mark III (whatever the fuck "mark" means") is fucking great.
― Bill Magill, Monday, 30 November 2009 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Had to look up "Bananas" to find out what the hell that was. (Mark XIV or thereabouts?) Wonder who voted for that one? (Or the "Concerto", which I've never heard & been curious about for years)
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 30 November 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Bananas is really good! So is Abandon, and Rapture Of The Deep is worth hearing, too. (I would've still voted for either In Rock or Fireball had I seen this though, probably.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 30 November 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude I knew used to say of In Rock, "That's my main thump." Years before "that's my jam."
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Monday, 30 November 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
finally listening to 'concerto' etc and it's way better (at the least the first movement so far) than i've been led to believe all these years. how people dog this but rep hard for sufjan stevens is beyond me
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
The of Concerto... that's on the turntable in The Mother and The Whore sounded good. Blackmore shredding IIRC.
I picked up the In Rock remaster the other day. Chuck was right in Stairway: they did sound like a Brit MC5!
― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 April 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
Seeing word now that Jon Lord has passed on.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 July 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/news/deep-purple/64953
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 July 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
RIP. That guy always seemed ultra-classy.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 16 July 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRt3PIDER94
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 July 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
This is essential viewing for any Purple fan and Lord is drily humorous in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySwDC_XuBg&hd=1
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 16 July 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Best rock organist. RIP.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 16 July 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah :(
― the Notorious B1G1 (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 16 July 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, RIP.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1slq_FwRN8o
― polyphonic, Monday, 16 July 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
RIP
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bytnv4Jjhw
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
Jon Lord kicked ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A58DPODNQ4&feature=related
― earlnash, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
That's a pretty serious jam
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
RIP, had to listen to two or three Purp albums at work because of this.
― Amoeba, Fish, Monkey, Shame (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty nice!
http://www.aftersabbath.com/2012/07/the-day-after-sabbath-73-hammond-lord.html
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
Bumped because I'm listening to Machine Head right now and I'm marvelling at the amazing drumming. Ian Paice = legend.
The 1970-1973 line up of Deep Purple were fucking white hot, and it's such a shame that they couldn't keep that line-up together for longer.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Consensus seems to be that it was pretty much all Richie's fault. I do rate Burn higher than the previous Gillan record, but certainly Mk. II might have stuck it out a while longer if Blackmore wasn't such a pill.
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Paice is tremendous though. Kind of a Fleetwood Mac sort of thing with Purple, only instead of the bass/drums as the only constants it's keys/drums. Hard to go wrong with Lord/Paice tho, even that first Whitesnake record is pretty good.
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, what they really should have done is taken a break after Machine Head and recharged their batteries. There's some great stuff on the Coverdale-led records, but I think Mk. II could have gone on to make some incredible music. For me, Purple Mk. II is on an equal footing with Sabbath and Zeppelin.
Rising-era Rainbow were a fucking white hot band too, but Blackmore were dicks to those too. Particularly the keyboardist and the bassist. Cozy Powell and Dio left because Blackmore wanted to get away from everything that actually made Rainbow a great rock group.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah every time I listen to that run it's always even better than I remembered. a band whose best work has aged very well, like first four Sabbath albums well.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
The production on Machine Head is impeccable, IMO - so clear, punchy and powerful.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
A couple of weeks ago found the remastered cd of 'In Rock', then yesterday the 2cd version of 'Made In Japan'.And loving them, even 'Smoke on the Water' sounds insanely massive.Used to really hate that song as my parents ran a roadhouse pub/inn place in the late 80s and every sunday we would put on a local guitarist who used backing tapes.The big finale was always 'Smoke On The Water', and all his biker mates would mosh about.Truly painful experience.
But, these 2 cds are excellent. Just need to get lucky and find Burn, Fireball, and Machinehead now.
― mark e, Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Nothing tops Made in Japan but In Rock and Machine Head are both worth checking out.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
Who Do We Think We Are is underrated imho.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
pomenitul :i have already got 'in rock' remaster with the Roger Glover 'remixes' (one of which is listed as 'unedited') no less.suspect there is a story behind the inclusion of those.
― mark e, Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
The 80s reunion records are worth checking, especially the first one 'Perfect Strangers' which is one of their best albums they did.
This collection of BBC live recordings I think is better than Live in Japan. It's come out in a few different titles. I got this one.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Deep_Purple_-In_Concert.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple_in_Concert
― earlnash, Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
I've got the two-disc of that. The '70 disc is them in jumbo jam mode, and the '72 disc is basically a dress rehearsal for Made In Japan (which was recorded a few months later, iirc).
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
“Anyone’s Daughter” is such a twisted song. I’d been listening to a lot of Dick’s Picks Dead and realized that song was prime for extended live jams.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 04:18 (three years ago) link
On their second album, The Book of Taliesyn, Deep Purple interpolate "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Strauss at the beginning of "River Deep Mountain High". I'd like to suggest that the previous song on the record, "The Shield", also references this piece, with its piano melody alternating between the minor and major third of the scale. Jon Lord must have really liked 2001.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 30 April 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
If you are looking for more jumbo jam mode from '70, I highly recommend Scandinavian Nights (I believe later reissued as Live in Stockholm).
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Scandinavian_Nights.jpg
A 34-minute "Wring That Neck"! A 29-minute "Mandrake Root"! A 20-minute "Child in Time"!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
i dig this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBugcmKpO2o
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 15:50 (five months ago) link
I feel like "Hush" is the only cover song Deep Purple didn't mangle, but you might like "We Can Work It Out" from their next album.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 October 2023 17:51 (five months ago) link