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Smoke on the Kremlin

The Kremlin gig from February 11 was broadcasted today, February 15th on Russian ORT Channel 1. Smoke on the Water from Purple’s set was included in the broadcast.

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Hush in Jaguar commercial

The New Jaguar XF TV commercial in the UK has the ’68 version of Hush as its sound track:

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Smoke on the Leningrad Cowboys

The depths of Youtube never cease to amaze me… Smoke on the Water soviet hillbilly kitsch style. This one is performed by a band from Finland called Leningrad Cowboys: Thanks to Doug MacBeath for bringing this up for your viewing pleasure.

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大江戸の火消し — Firemen of Edo

From the bizzare covers department The Highway Star is proud to present you this gem:

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Burn documentary on rockexpress.com

The slew of musical documentaries from Classic Rock Productions started flooding the market a few years ago. After buying a couple of them on DVD, I decided that it’s a waste of money. If you decided the same, there’s another option available now — you can download them from rockexpress.com for 3 GBP each. Their […]

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Silhouette lit by candle light

In September 1995 the last incarnation of Rainbow started tour in support of the new album. The show on October 10 in Düsseldorf, Germany, was filmed for the Rockpalast. Sadly, it still awaits to see the light of the day as an official release. As bootleg collectors know, it’s probably far from being the best […]

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Remembering 2007

Here’s a little something for you to remember the year of 2007 by.

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It’s about fast desperate singing…

Here’s a little peek into what could have been going on in some heads during those jams at the Hanwell Community Centre in 1969. Little Richard performing Good Golly Miss Molly, recorded for UK TV in 1963. It’s not unthinkable that an 18 year old Gillan was in the audience:

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Wake up in the morning

There are several clips from the current tour posted on YouTube. Here’s one that most of us have never heard performed live. Loosen My Strings, PalaWhirlpool, Varese, Italy, November 12, 2007:

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Glenn Hughes: Mistreated on The Slavi Show

GHPG.net has posted a video of Glenn Hughes performing Mistreated on The Slavi Show in Bulgaria. Recorded in Sofia and as broadcast on Thursday, September 27th, 2007. He was supported by in-house The Cuckoo Band.

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