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And that’s how you lose the Concerto

Nathan and John at the Deep Purple Podcast are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Concerto for Group and Orchestra resurrection with a couple of episodes. The cherry on top is a bonus podcast with almost an-hour-and-a-half chat with Paul Mann. We highly recommend picking up a time to listen through it.

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The pent-up feeling

Ian Gillan spoke to France’s Riff X, and the interview appears in their METALXS series. The conversation revolves around the latest album =1, some anecdotes from the bygone days, and his, ahem, unique sense of fashion. Ian’s words are in original English, with subtitles en française.

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Vinyl and more vinyl

Rhino Entertainment in the US will be re-releasing a number of their back catalogue items on vinyl as part of their Rocktober event. The following items could be of particular interest for our pages. Available October 4 Deep Purple — Machine Head 1-LP on Black vinyl IOMMI — The 1996 Dep Sessions 1-LP on Translucent […]

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Gotta keep it simple

Ritchie Blackmore tells the story of writing and recording of Smoke on the Water.

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Joie de vivre all around

Some great pictures by our readers from the recently concluded North American tour.

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Deep evergreen

The Fireworks magazine, hailing from the UK, has Deep Purple as the cover story of their issue #108: The evergreen Deep Purple are our cover stars, providing us with an amazing three-page interview courtesy of the great Ian Gillan – as interviews go, it’s an unmissable one covering album names, band members and producers! The […]

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You can like it or not

Lazy Sod from the latest album =1 will be released as a physical single on October 11, 2024 (it was previously available only virtually). The new physical formats include digisleeve CD and 12″ maxi single vinyl. The track will be backed by live versions of Highway Star and Lazy, both recorded at an unspecified date […]

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Holmdel and Scranton

Deep Purple live at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel, USA 2024-08-31) Since I was going to 2 shows, I figured I’d kill 2 birds with one stone. I’ll keep it brief. There was one set list difference, at Holmdel they played Show Me and at Scranton they changed it to When a Blind Man Cries. […]

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But we won’t go into that…

Ritchie Blackmore recalls the story of how Child in Time (née Bombay Calling) came into being.

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That big and meaty sound

Ultimate Guitar has a short interview with Simon McBride, where he explains modifications he made to his sound for it to blend better with Don Airey’s Hammond organ. Is it tough for a guitar player to “compete” with the sound of a Hammond organ in the band? Yes, because Don is so frickin’ loud. He […]

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