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Slide down the mountain
Elizabeth the opera singer is getting her Dio fix by listening to Man on the Silver Mountain, and rather surprisingly, it is the album version.
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Sometimes difficult to cure
In this video, dated December 1979, Ritchie Blackmore makes some noises for a few minutes, eventually settling upon Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Supported by Messrs. Glover, Airey, and Powell.
Read more »Not so hot on ‘why’
That other opera singer is getting awestruck again by Ian Gillan’s take on Gethsemane
Read more »It’s a killing machine
A couple of items from the desk of our trainspotting department. British TV series SAS Rogue Heroes is a WW2 action/adventure drama based on “mostly true” events. What it lacks in historical accuracy, it makes up in the entertainment value. And a very anachronistic soundtrack. Season 2, episode 5 features a convoy of said rogue […]
Read more »To burn or not to burn
A piece in Ultimate Guitar goes all drooling over this guitarist’s take on Blackmore’s solo in Burn: Here’s How Ritchie Blackmore’s ‘Burn’ Solo Should Sound in 2025 Now, I know what you’re thinking: “What do you mean it ‘should’ sound like anything?” Of course, you’re right, Ritchie Blackmore’s solo section in “Burn” is the stuff […]
Read more »Chopin’s story revisited
Continuing with the tidal wave of Gillan news, the 2011 documentary about Frédéric Chopin narrated by Big Ian has been recently posted on ’em intertubes. Due to the scarcity of archival footage of Mr. Chopin, we get to see a lot of the narrator, riding horse carriages and tractors, and even partaking in a village […]
Read more »It’s a Nightmare
It’s that time of the week — time for another freshly restored classic Gillan video
Read more »Then we started to get restless
Release of restored Gillan promo videos continues on what looks like a weekly schedule. This week, it is Restless
Read more »A day in history
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. […]
Read more »Barely made a dollar
You guessed it right — yet another classic Gillan video has been restored and posted to the intertubes. Living for the City
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