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Deep Purple. (album) Deep Purple, also referred to as Deep Purple III, is the third studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1969 on Tetragrammaton Records in the United States and only in September 1969 on Harvest Records in the United Kingdom. Its release was preceded by the single "Emmaretta" and by a long tour in ...
Background. When Deep Purple's first line-up came together in 1967, there was a moment of transition for the British music scene. Beat was still popular, especially in dance halls and outside the capital, but the tastes of young people buying records and filling up the clubs was rapidly changing in favour of blues rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock.
- In Rock (1970) Galvanised by, and also resentful of, the popular perception of Jon Lord as Purple’s leader, Ritchie Blackmore comes alive here. No one was playing guitar with such speed and dexterity as the 60s switched into the 70s.
- Machine Head (1972) This album was a turning point. Suddenly, belatedly, people began to realise that Messrs Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Glover and Paice weren’t a Led Zeppelin or a Black Sabbath; neither were they the “pop” Purple of the late 60s.
- Fireball (1971) Fireball is Ian Gillan’s No.1 album from Purple’s Mk II period: “We brought in the funk, the blues, the soul, the jazz and some of the psychedelic hangovers from our early days… Without it we would never have been able to make Machine Head.”
- Burn (1974) To many people, only 24-carat Purple will do. As the late Jon Lord told this writer: “When Mk II split, Purple stopped. I know we carried on with David [Coverdale] and Glenn [Hughes] and then Tommy [Bolin], but it was never quite the same.”
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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. [1] They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, [2] [3] although their musical style has varied throughout their career. [4] Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album ...
Released 1971. Fireball, the fifth studio album by Deep Purple, followed the hard rock sound of its predecessor, Deep Purple in Rock. The album featured an early use of the synthesizer by Jon Lord. It was a commercial success, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and becoming Gold-certified in the United States.
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Live in Aachen (aka Space Vol 1 & 2) is a recording that seems to still feature the pre- In Rock set list, with just four lengthy songs. Its place in Purple history is guaranteed by the fact that ...
1968. March: Finalisation of the mk1 line-up, with Ian Paice replacing drummer Bobby Woodman-Clarke. April 20th: Deep Purple's first gig, at Vestpoppen, Tastrup, Denmark. July: US release of debut album 'Shades of Deep Purple', and single 'Hush'. August 3rd: First confirmed UK gig, The Red Lion, Warrington.
