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Basel 2003

For some reason or another, one of my favourite Deep Purple shows of the last 20 years — Basel 2003 — has made it to Youtube, complete broadcast (which is, sadly, just 60 minutes), and in decent quality. So, if you have nothing better to do on a Sunday night, feed it to your big […]

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Speed King

Speed King is back in the live set and by all accounts it’s a scorcher. Filled with improvisations, bits and pieces of classic rock’n’roll and even occasional croonery. The band is firing on all cylinders like a well oiled machine. Check out this one from Hamburg on November 24:

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Rainbow’76 documentary

The old management company Deep Purple (Overseas) (who have also managed Rainbow in 1975-78) have released a short documentary video about the band originally made in 1976 to promote the band. (watch inside)

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How to deal with your midlife crisis

Joe Lynn Turner will be featured in the upcoming documentary Street of Dreams, which is currently in postproduction in Norway to be premiered at the Trondheim Dokumentarfestival on November 29. The film is about Norwegian bass player Jan Erling Holberg — the man behind JLT’s 2011 album Sense of Time. Although educated at LIPA, Jan […]

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Concerto 2012 trailer

earMUSIC has released a trailer for the upcoming extended version of the new studio recording of Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra.

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Coverdale/Aldrich interview, part 3

Messrs Coverdale and Aldrich continue talking and singing some blues (if you like Starkers in Tokyo, you gonna love this). (watch inside)

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Professor of fortune

And just to make whatever is left of the weekend a bit more interesting, let us present you Minister for Science and Technology of Republika Srpska (not to be confused with Serbia proper), Professor Dr. Jasmin Komić.

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Promo clips from way back then

Deep Purple official YouTube channel has posted 4 vintage promo clips of classic Purple tracks — Speed King, Strange Kind of Woman, Fireball, and Woman from Tokyo — complete with the bizarre visual effects and contemporary commentary by the late Jon Lord.

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Marshall: 50 Years of Loud

Marshall Amplification’s 50th anniversary event 50 Years Of Loud took place at Wembley Arena in London this Saturday, September 22. The event featured performances of number of guest musicians, with Glenn Hughes, Joe Satriani and several members of extended family among them. Glenn performed Black Country, Mr. Big (by Free), Mistreated (with Malmsteen on guitar). […]

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Coverdale/Aldrich interview, part 2

David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich continue to interview each other. They play and sing some blues too.

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