Great reaction. I bought every album by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath when they were first available starting in 1968. Was able to listen and learn all the songs by all three great bands. Very fortunate.
The difference between 70s hard rock and 80s heavy metal is that the 70s stuff is so much more dynamic, jazzy and subtle, not like using a sledge hammer 24/7.
My Dad said to me when he sat in my Ford Mustang backseat in late 70s he was born too early, fast forward 30 years my son n law takes me to a Guns N Roses concert and says he was born too late! Both wish they were us who experienced the the best in 70s! So Blessed!
“ Hard Loving Man” from “ Deep Purple In Rock” contains everything that became thrash/metal twenty years later including the “ gallop” used by Iron Maiden and many other bands. It’s all there. Try it Nick, please!
That’s just hilarious and incorrect/inaccurate. Have you guys never seen/heard/read any of the music media “ top 10 drummers “ polls for the past 30 years??! You’re joking, right? Btw, DP hardly got over 75 mins on stage whereas LZ regularly did 150 + , sometimes 180+ and with vastly more varied material of greater complexity. Get real guys, c’mon. Ha ha haaa.
@@malcshone4409 nothing of what you mention proves that Bonham would be better than Paice. All is a popularity contest, LZ was bigger than DP, not better and that's why Bonham is on the lists and Paice not. Popularity.
@@michaelkarlsson5966 Interesting suggestion that it is possible to prove who is the “ better” drummer. Frankly, you need to get a life and stop whingeing mate.
I first heard DEEP PURPLE when I was about 8 or 9 years old ,,, how many 8 year old kids are in love with DEEP PURPLE ??!?!! That was over 40 years ago , and Deep Purple is still one of my favorites . There's a lot more to them then just Smoke on the water !!!!
I was in love with Deep Purple when I was 5 years old. That was the first time I heard Machine Head album. I fell more deeply in love with them year later when I heard In Rock.
'Pictures of Home' is a hidden gem, always one of my absolute favorites by them, and most people (those who aren't big Purple fans) don't know it. It has everything - great riff, cool chord changes, Ian's voice, the other Ian's fantastic drumming, great solos from Richie and Jon and that very cool bass solo. I first heard 'Smoke On The Water' in the summer of 73 when it was radio hit. Loved it so much I went out and bought Machine Head with my paper route money. I went nuts over that side of the album, 'Lazy' quickly became an all-time favorite. At first I ignored the other side, eventually gave it a listen and found that the whole album was great. Another great 'hidden gem' by them is 'What's Going On Here' from the Burn album. You'll love it. Kind of a funky blues rocker, with a cool little riff and all the usual great performances from every band member, with David Coverdale on vocals. Check it out!
This AND a Steve Morse marathon in the same week?! WOW. I LOVE Deep Purple, they were/are my favorite of the 70s "big three". Any band with 3 virtuosos like Blackmore, Lord and Paice, ALL of who put the feel and musical ideas ahead of their staggering technical abilities - it's a Blueprint for magical experiences. My personal favorite out of the 3 lineup # 2 albums (In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head) is Fireball. Your wish for another Era of creativity and experimenting actually came true with this band twice more in their history. Perfect Strangers is a glorious album, sounds better today even than when it was new; and so is the mighty Purpendicular, on which the band, enthused by the arrival of the great Steve Morse, just did whatever they wanted. What a great record!
Fantastic selection! I’m glad you picked the less known “deep cuts.” Jon Lord is unbelievable! If you want to hear what seems to be an impossible solo, check him out on “Rat Bat Blue” from the album “Who Do We Think We Are.”
I think something from Who Do We Think We Are is in order too. The guitar solo in Place In Line would put that song on the list for me. But of course the guitar riff, singing and especially the keyboard solo from Rat Bat Blue, the complete amazingness, subtlety, dynamics and production of Woman From Tokyo, and the straight ahead explosion of Super Trouper including the no-nonsense, mind-bending beginning and end of the song are ALL fantastic choices. Then again, Made In Japan is probably the greatest live album ever made, so if you let me give a single recommendation, it would be a full album reaction to Made In Japan. This is what really sets Deep Purple apart from everyone else.
Place in Line is one of those tracks that is timeless, it is as good today as the day it was released, every member of the band is exceptional on this tune ....
No No No is my all-time favourite Deep Purple song, but I love everything on Fireball. So creative and experimental! Not Blackmore's favourite, but I think it was Gillan's preferred album with the MKII lineup. Plus it was the transition album from In Rock to Machine Head. To me Fireball is where Deep Purple really grew and found themselves.
This most certainly was a groovy time Nick. I love watching you react and listen to music I've loved for years. To me it's a gift to you , Alexia, and the community. It's definitely my pleasure, and I've got more coming your way my friend! BTW I am pretty bad ass! A legend in my own mind.... 😂🤣😂
Space Truckin'', Pictures of Home, Highway Star, Smoke on the Water, Lazy....the Machine Head album is the defining moment of the classic Mk II lineup (Gillian, Glover, Blackmore, Paice, Lord). The HEAVY sound is Jon Lord's Hammond C3 organ run straight into a Marshall stack with overdrive and distortion (occasionally uses ring modulator effect in the loop) instead of a Leslie rotating speaker. Richie plays the clean trebly Srtatocaster in bridge pickup. You can really feel it in the classic Smoke on the Water riff. The growl is the organ, not a guitar.
From the In Rock album listen to Speed King (a classic metal song) and Hard Lovin' Man for heaviness and speed (don't need to be a reaction). These two songs are precursors of speed metal even thrash metal.
I'm glad you prefer this original version of "Pictures of Home" despite being a Malmsteem fan for years (which I never have been !). From my perspective, Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing is smoother with very little overdrive, which makes it all the more interesting to listen to. Ritchie is much more economical on his guitar neck but he has more feeling overall. You could try an excerpt from the underrated Who Do We Think We Are (recorded in 1972 and released in early 1973) in which Blackmore was less invested but left more room for Jon Lord. "Rat Bat Blue" demonstrates this brilliantly. Deep Purple's first three albums with Rod Evans on lead vocals and Nick Simper on bass are also to be discovered (with a more psychedelic influence). From the album Shades of Deep Purple (1968) try "Mandrake Root", from The Book of Taliesyn (also 1968) I suggest the instrumental "Wring That Neck" and from Deep Purple (1969) the track "Chasing Shadows" .
Burn has a different line-up. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left and David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes took their places, but Coverdale AND Hughes traded vocals which added another level to the band as they had different vocal ranges.
Hughes was big and could easily take up the job of replacing Glover and Gillan, but the band decided they wanted entirely new blood... and later auditioned for a new singer, and a completely unknown Coverdale was in... the rest is history. Perhaps the greatest dual singing rock line-up ever.
Another great marathon. Nick, Grey Beard, thank you. I love all the Blackmore music. As I always say, my favorite guitarist & Ian Gillan, my favorite singer. But the whole band through ever line up had been stellar musicians. Jon Lord & Ian Paice, both easy in the top 5 to 10 best ever. The Mule used to lead into Ian Paice's drum solos live until the did the Burn album. Yes that's David Coverdale, who was unknown when Purple signed him. And Glenn Hughes on bass & vocals. Glenn in my opinion has a better voice than Coverdale, but they harmonized so well together. Deep Purple has had five singers counting Hughes, three bass players, three guitarist, two keyboardist & one drummer, Ian Paice has been through it all. Nick, you mentioned another Purple marathon in the works, could you please get Mistreated from the Burn album on there. Blackmore's leads at the end are unbelievable. Thanks Nick, doing a great job.
I agree with nearly everything except I think Coverdale has a far better voice than Hughes ... warmer, more bluesy, more ballsy, more soothing. Hughes could just sing in the higher range. Glenn has a great voice, don't get me wrong, but I don't think he's in the same ballpark as Gillan or Coverdale in their prime. Also, I think Jon Lord is the finest keyboardist I know, and Ian Paice is in the top 5 drummers.
@@jimled50jl49 you're right, Jim, all Made in Japan versions are better than the studio ones, simply because they were a great live band and knew, how to jam and improvise .... I bet, the versions of songs like Space truckin sounded a bit different everynight. I have to think of the Allmans, if you remember how they "developped" In memory of Elisabeth Reed over the weeks and months of touring .... Or do you know Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain ? Being a 5 minute studio song, they extended this by jamming up to almost 32 minutes ... it is 1 LP of the double live Twin Peaks ....AWESOME
@Bookhouse Boy thanks for the info, will check it out. I simply love it, if there are different versions of a song available. Did you reed what I answered Jim talking about the Allmans and Mountain. Another great example is Grandfunk Railroad: you probably know Inside looking out; but do you know the version of The 1971 live tour album .. it's also the longest I know and THE BEST .... please check it out, if you don't know it yet .... I'll let you know about Child in time 🤘🤘
I think Alexia would like 'Pictures of Home'. You should do a blind reaction with her, especially since it has a little bass solo. Original is much more melodic than Yngwie's cover version. I think she'd like Sail Away too!👍
Keyboardist Jon Lord did use a zynthesizer on some songs, like in the song "Sail away", and occasionally an acoustic or electric piano. For the most part, though, he preferred to stick with his B3( or C3) organ. But his organ sound was far from conventional though, since he plugged it into a Marshall guitar amp, instead of a Leslie speaker to get a more gritty sound
I really enjoyed. 4 albums and 4 less known tracks. You could randomly pick any tracks from each of those albums and not find a bad one. As some others have mentioned "Live in Japan" is the pinacle live album featuring songs from what many people consider Deep Purple's best albums, "Deep Purple in Rock" "Fireball" and "Machine Head"
DP a great band. Those organ, guitar and drum solos all so well done and amazing. What a mix. For me the big decision which do you go air with? My answer is heck all of them. The thing that always put DP ahead of LZ for me was always Jon Lord just so iconic with that rock Hammond sound he invented. Then all the variations DP had with their different styles. Really good how you understand that old heavy rock has several dimensions and degrees of textures and sounds it moves through unlike more modern "heavy" that seems to just to focus on "I am heavy" without any contrasts. I like the old style so much more suspense and structure.
Deep Purple Best Rock Band Ever !! Todos los trabajos de Purple tienen algo especial. Gillian o Coverdale les dieron distinta personalidad pero la misma mística y calidad.
The final song burn Was the first of 3 DP albums to feature singer David Coverdale and bassist /vocalist Glenn Hughes (from the band trapeze) Hughes has a couple of albums with joe bonamasa (Black Country communion) they are heavy metal
Glad you brought up Black Country Communion, great band, but I wouldn't call them metal. I think they capture that 70's style of rock in their music. But great band, I hope they put some more music out.
Deep Purple can be a mess, member-wise, when overlooking their catalogue. Gillan and Glover replaced Evans and Simper in mid 1969; just in time for the "Concerto For Group And Orchestra", played live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1969. The latter is a classical piece in three movements written by Jon Lord where a classical orchestra interplays with a rock band. Then, in 1973, Gillan left Deep Purple after some shenanigans with Blackmore. Glover was thrown out because he came-in with Gillan (before joining DP, Gillan and Glover played together in a band called 'Episode Six'). Both were replaced by Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. Hughes came from a band called 'Trapeze', where he was the singer and bass player, so at first, Hughes thought he was gonna be the new singer of Deep Purple and he was mightily disappointed when he learned that the REAL new singer was David Coverdale. So, Hughes being Hughes, he insisted he got to sing also, so a compromise was made and Hughes and Coverdale got to share vocal duties. Hughes was also a fan of Funk music and introduced it to Deep Purple's sound, much to the dismay of both Lord and especially Blackmore. Hughes is why Blackmore left at the end of 1974. Blackmore had met Ronnie James Dio when the latter's band Elf opened for Deep Purple on some or other USA tour and Blackmore already recorded a few songs with Dio in early 1973 when Deep Purple was about to explode, but things got mended, DP went on and the songs were never released until Blackmore started Rainbow and the songs (Black Sheep Of The Family and Man On The Silver Mountain) appeared on Blackmore's Rainbow in 1975.
Before I got into prog the first bands that I got into and bought there albums with my paper route money were Chicago, Grand Funk and Deep Purple in that order. And then later I discovered prog and then fusion and jazz.
Hi [again] Nick ... That was sooo good ! Great choice of tracks. Loved this ! Deep Purple was my very 1st introduction into rock music as a teenager. All these dacades later ...still love them ! ...Ok...a few pieces of info... 1st track .. Richie Blackmore doesn't use the Cry Baby pedal.....There was another effects pedal that had one middle off/on switch you clicked with your foot ... & two dials. One for speed and one for intensity, and it was called a "Chuckawah" which didn't need the cry baby pedal to move up & down. It was preset to basically ...chuckawah simply by strumming. I played one in a music store but it was too limited for me. A one trick pony really.....On the album "Burn" yes it's David Coverdale from Whitesnake...and Glen Hughes [ rhymes with muse ... Huu's ] who shared vocals + harmonies. David Coverdale also made an incredible album with Jimmy Page called "Coverdale/Page" on it he sings on some tracks like Robert Plant, which I'm sure was intentional, as Page is there to hear him, and maybe got him to do that, as well as tracks sounding like himself....but it is a belter of a rock album with drumming John Bonham would tip his hat to, saying ... Nice going ! Big Led Zepp vibe on that album with a last track to blow your head off !!!! called " A Prayer For The Dying " A track not for the faint hearted. It grabs you by the throat and shakes you .... Hard !!! ...Sorry if I went on a bit long. I could talk to Nick [ and Lex ] for hours !!! Thankyou again ! Byee Jim X
Do you remember your very first Deep Purple song, you heard ? I'm not sure, if I heard In Rock with Speed King opening first, but it also may have been Black Night; as you might remember, in those days the bands released singles, which were not on the album, just as Strange kind of woman is not on Fireball, only later on the special edition CDs, which I own, OFF COURSE 😄
@@shiftingperception Not on the original LP, it had 7 songs and Strange kind of woman was only available as single ... or on Made in Japan. It's on the anniversary CD I got.
Hi Nick, WooHoo ! I just saw the album covers and can't click fast enough ! Lol ... [ You guessed it, I'm writing before playing the video.] Some habits are hard to break. I don't even need to know the tracks. This is gonna be great ! Byee Jim X
Love your content. I grew up with a lot of the music you are reacting to. I love you work. Pick up your guitar every now and them. I love you being personal. I did not notice the camera shaking. It is not important. Love your work. Love it. Jesse, from Oslo, Norway
Nick, you should do a reaction with Lex to the Deep Purple song, Burn. It's a killer track featuring great solos from both Blackmore and Jon Lord. Ian Paice kills it on the drums. The album Burn was the first to feature the MK III version of the band with David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals. The baritone/tenor vocal attack of Coverdale and Hughes is another high point. Also, getting back to the classic MK II version of the band, you should check out two songs from Deep Purple's album, Who Do We Think We Are. Those songs are Woman From Tokyo and Rat Bat Blue.
Coverdale and Hughes (pronounced 'Hues" like 'Views') are also on the 'Stormbringer' Album. They both sing. Coverdale is the main singer and Hughes does the higher range vocals and plays bass
And Come Taste The Band with Tommy Bolin in 1976. Nick Glenn Hughes is currently the greatest voice in Hard Rock. He has a ton of solo albums and plays with Jason Bonham and Joe Bonnomasa in Black Country Communion and in his newest band The Dead Daisies.
I too had "Made in Japan" when it was relased. It was one of those live albums that everyone seemed to have, probably because the live version of "Smoke on the Water" was a huge hit. Would make a great album review.
Some Deep Purple history from 1968 to 1976. The original Deep Purple lineup formed in 1968 and featured Rod Evans on vocals, Nick Simper on bass, Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keys and Ian Paice on drums. (Only Ian Paice has played on every Deep Purple album in the band's catalogue.) This MK I version of the band recorded three studio albums. They had one big hit single, Hush, from their debut release, Shades Of Deep Purple (1968). The band then changed their musical direction and decided to go heavier. Hence, in 1969 both Rod Evans and Nick Simper were ousted. In came vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, and the classic MK II version of the band was born. After recording a Jon Lord project (Concerto For Group And Orchestra) the band went full on hard rock and released four studio albums plus the live Made In Japan. By 1973 the tensions between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore had reached a head and Ian gave his notice. Roger Glover was ousted also (for business reasons according to Blackmore). Next came the MK III lineup with Coverdale and Hughes doing vocals (baritone) and bass/vocals (tenor) respectively. With Blackmore, Lord and Paice this lineup recorded two studio albums (Burn and Stormbringer) before Blackmore left to form Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio. Tommy Bolin replaced Ritchie to form the MK IV version of Deep Purple--which recorded one studio album, Come Taste The Band (1976). Tommy Bolin's and Glenn Hughes's addictions steadily got worse, and Jon Lord and Ian Paice decided to end the band. That was it until the reformation in 1984 of the MK II Gillan/Glover version of Deep Purple.
I wish you would have done something from Who Do We Think We Are, the follow up to Machine Head. Mary Long, or Super Trooper or the classic Woman From Tokyo and the great understated Our Lady. It's a shame you missed this album. Ian Gillan , Blackmore, Paice, Glover = In Rock - Fireball - Machine Head - Who Do We Think We Are.
Very cool I love all these songs takes me back some good feelings thanks for putting them in order. Stay casual, cool and calm. Great reactions. Your working toward Come taste the Band when Tommy Bolin joins for a short stretch.
A friend from school lent me 4 LPs in 1970/1971. I still remember letting the needle down onto the record and _Flight of the rat_ came on - the first 'non-pop-song' I'd ever listened to. Things were never the same.
Whitesnake is another Purple related band worth checking out. The early David Coverdale's Whitesnake is (like Rainbow) a continuation of the classic Deep Purple sound. Also Purple members Jon Lord and Ian Paice were briefly part of the band.
I'm a Malmsteen fan too, especially his first 3 albums. I'd often buy records by bands I didn't know based on things like the album cover, the instruments used, the length of songs, the titles of songs, and the look of the band if there were photos. The first Malmsteen album I came across in the record racks was Marching Out. The front cover photo resembled one of the pics of Blackmore on the inside cover of Made In Japan (my favorite album all-time) and with a strat (best electric guitar going, for me) Then, reading his list of persons appreciated on the back cover I find Blackmore and Hendrix (my two favorite electric guitarists) and a bunch of classical composer names (classical being 2nd to rock in my book). That all sold me. I bought the album and loved it!
Hi Nick. Thank you so much for reacting to Deep Purple.one.my favourite bands. I have been a fan since 1968 and the Book of Taliesin album. The tracks picked are all superb ...I think the Fireball and Burn albums are so underated. The vocals on Burn were sung by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes ( the first album of Dave Coverdale's career. Some other tracks to check out. Fools...from Fireball, Speed King...from In Rock, Might Just Take Your Life or Mistreated...from Burn, Drifter from Come Taste The Band. Hope you and Lexi are well Nick. I really love your channel and all the different types of music you react listen to. Don't be worrying about closing your eyes...I do that as well 👍🤣. Looking forward to your next reaction. Take care. Peace and love from Alan Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
The other voice was Glenn Hughes 'The voice of rock'. Glenn Hughes has had a stellar solo career and has played in a number of bands, most notably Black Country Communion with Joe Bonamassa. He is currently heading up the Dead Daisies with Doug Aldrich.
Seems like things are smoother, but just to reiterate, don’t worry so much Nick, we love you man Lol. You shouldn’t pay any attention to people living in their parent’s basement haters, you just can’t and it’s an exercise in futility to try to please everyone. There’s enough of us out here who love what you do, so don’t go changing, we love you just the way you are Lol. Seriously though, you and Lex both. You guys respect the music and that’s what really matters. The extra content is awesome, thank you!
LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE NICK, THE WAYYYYY BLACKMORE AND LORD PLAY OFF EACH OTHER IS QUITE INCREDIBLE, SOMETHING I NEVER REALLY HEARD UNTIL 50 YEARS AGO NOW BUT PRETTY INSANE AND SO GOOD! :) 50 YEARS NOW, DAMNNNNNN
When you turn that Blue Yeti up past about 1/3 it just gets more distorted, not louder. Turn the input down and the output up on whatever your mic interface is.
Mark2 (Gillan-Lord-Blackmore-Paice-Glover) is the pinnacle of DP. They created their own genre with the monumental "In Rock" album. It was a genre of which only they ever played. Mark2 was quite simply the greatest group of pure rock musicians of all-time.
A song you need to hear, "Strange Kind of Woman" from "Made in Japan" LP. This song introduces Ian Gillan, voice dueling with Richie Blackmore, guitar. This song is a must hear....
From Mark II Deep Purple these are the classic records in order: w/ Ian Gillan (vocals) and Roger Glover (bass)... 'Deep Purple In Rock' (1970) 'Fireball' (1971) 'Machine head' (1972) 'Who do we think we are' (1973) w/ David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass & vocals)... 'Burn' (1974) 'Stormbringer' (1974) 'Come taste the band' (1975) - w/ Tommy Bolin on guitar.
No, Ian Gillian did not leave the band to record the lead role of Jesus in early 1970. He was approached by agents of Tim Rice and Lloyd-Weber after they’d heard his banshee scream in the Albert Hall concert on “Child in Time”. His agent got him freelance deal with a small percentage [unlike Yvonne Elliman, who took a nominal fixed GBP fee]. Ian resigned from DP after falling out with Ritchie on the road and his last gig was in June 1973 in Japan.
I would recommend some more - Hard Lovin Man from In Rock, Slow Train from Fireball, Lazy from Machine Head, Rat Bat Blue from Who Do We Think We Are, You Fool No One from Burn and Gypsy from Stormbringer
From the album Burn....Burn the song and Mistreated (the outro guitar solo from this tune is worth the price of admission) you will not be disappointed
Hey man, I heard you mentioning some people who were not in the group in the 4 albums you covered here, like Tommy Bolin (don't remember the other(s)) but, here's the personnel on the 1st 3 of the 4 albums you mentioned: Personnel (1970-1773) - In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head =================== Ian Gillan - vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitars Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards, Hammond organ Ian Paice - drums Personnel (1974) - Burn =================== Note: David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes replaced Ian Gillan and Roger Glover (pronounced Glove-Err, not Glo-Ver) David Coverdale - vocals Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals Jon Lord - keyboards, synthesizers Ian Paice - drums To answer your question, Ian Gillan left the group to record the Jesus Christ Superstar album.
Man, I totally forgot he did Jesus Christ Superstar. I love that musical and I do own the LP. Think I'm going to kick back an listen this weekend. Thanks for the reminder dude!✌️🤘✌️
@@greybeard2280 Sweet, I love that album ... a LOT !!! I saw the movie (in Indiana), then the play (somewhere in Oakland, forget the venue) and also had the album. Just an FYI, did you know that only 2 people who were in all three versions of the play (i.e. record album, play and film) were Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) and Barry Dennen (Pontius Pilate). Enjoy the album, man 👍🙌😊
I agree with you but there are some cases were music from the last 20 years and now match the creativity and execution. Just check out anything by Steven Wilson or Porcupine Tree and you will now what I mean. Enjoy!
Tommy Bolin is on 1 album only 'Come Taste the Band" 75 Check " Dealer" Forgive over persistance just really curious what your response will be!! #nicknlexrequest
Your best bet is to do a marathon listening to the Live album, "Made in Japan". I think this LP is the best live album of all live albums. Allman Brother live album is consider the best, but I was listening to Made in Japan since 1972 and it was my fix throughout my teenage years. This album will give you a good intro to all the Deep Purple music from the founding members. They were difinitely a live band
Hi Nick, you can't go wrong with a bit of early 70's Purple! Great choices for you to dive into as well because not played as often as Smoke on the Water & Burn for example. Concur with comment about Ian Paice, what a drummer and often gets overlooked when discussing Deep Purple.
Do not forget Stormbringer which also features Coverdale/Hughes. Next lp was "Come Taste The Band" in which Tommy Bolin relaced Ritchie. Great mix of songs on this video.
Cool Nick, yeah I don't know all of Purples songs but they've got some all time great rockers. Not sure if you'll see this comment but if you do check out some SWEET. I think you'll really enjoy Set Me Free. To me it sounds like a precursor to the 80's British metal sound. Sweet had some pretty recognizable hits that are fun but it's their lesser known songs that really rock. Thanks Nick!
There are three Deep Purple albums with Coverdale and Hughes; Burn, Stormbringer and Come Taste The Band. For the last album, Blackmore actually left, to be replaced by, guess who? TOMMY BOLIN!! Lots of live albums too. #nicknlexrequest
Both Deep Purple and Rainbow shine far brighter LIVE, "Deep Purple in Concert 1970 - 1972" also "Rainbow on Stage" both albums show the very best of each band. I don't listen to their studio albums anymore Live versions are so much better.
Bought In Rock when it came out and spent days listening to it ! lol ! my second album was fireball then i bought an older album wich i cant remember the tittle the song burn was on there ! Hey ! i m getting old and it was long ago ! LoL
I didn't read all the comments but with Sail Away and the Burn album, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover (bass) left the band and David Coverdale (later of Whitesnake) and Glen Hughes on bass and vocals (Trapeze, Hughes Thrall, Black Sabbath and Black Country Communion) replaced them. The stuck around for three albums, Blackmore left after two albums with this lineup to form Rainbow and Tommy Bolin replaced Blackmore for one album before his death and Deep Purple broke up. Lord and Paice joined Coverdale in Whitesnake but they didn't stick around long and Coverdale went on without them. Deep Purple MK II lineup did return in the 80s for the great Perfect Strangers album and one more before Gillan left for one album replaced by Rainbow's Joe Lynn Turner before Gillan came back for one album before Blackmore left for a brief Rainbow reunion and then formed folk/medievel band Blackmore's Night with his wife Candace Night as the singer and they continue today. There is much more than this as you see. Gillan and Blackmore didn't always get along.
Good as Machine Head is, if you want to point to a single defining moment it would be In Rock. The stylistic choice to go heavy from the three albums before (which are well worth listening, but not so much hard rock) defines the Mark II version of Deep Purple. Machine Head was just a very good outgrowth of it and even that had songs like Maybe I'm a Leo, Never Before and Lazy which were not necessarily heavier than the average track on Fireball. The other thing about Machine Head is that most of its more popular tracks are just done better on Made in Japan afterwards, so it may be one of the studio albums I listen to least. A victim of their own success, so to speak.
Listen, write and then read, what others said. Nick said the other day, Tony writes the 2nd bible, some of my comments are short stories: Other than Nick said Machine Head was the breakthrough, in Germany it was Deep Purple In Rock. Released in June 70, it entered the charts in July and was 84 weeks in the Top 100, 56 weeks in the Top 10, 12 weeks at # 1 !!! Any questions ? For me personally it was also the BigBang of Hardrock, it was the first rock LP, my older brother bought and we loved it. Everybody's doing a great job on this album, Flight of the rat has a great guitar sound, I like Ian P.'s drumming, but Jon Lord is outstanding, as Nick says, with his classical touch; he also was the driving force behind Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra, recorded the same year with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Parallel to his work with Deep Purple he released 1 year later his first solo works - Gemini Suite - a must for all Jon Lord fans. We tried to impress our parents with our music by playing Flight of the rat to them, especially because of the drum solo (the first, I ever heard). Their reaction was: ok, can we listen to "normal" music now 🙂 Fireball, the 2nd album of the so called Deep Purple Mark II formation, was released on Sep.15, 1971 and entered the charts right away to stay for 48 weeks and 4 weeks on #1. It's said to be the weaker album between In Rock and Machine Head, but still has some great songs, the fantastic opener Fireball, the fastest song, that I had heard so far. No,no,no ... Demon's Eye and especially Fools, with an until then never heard instrumental middle part, later on installed in the live version of Space Truckin' on the Made in Japan live album, simply epic. On the live album Ian Paice does his drum solo in the Mule. Lars Ulrich once said, that Fireball was the album, which inspired him to become a musician. Pictures of home of Machine Head , released on 25.March72, was in the german charts for 57 weeks, 40 weeks Top 10, 8 weeks at #1, is the song I always remember because of the drum intro and the bass solo of Roger Glover and the organ solo of Jon Lord. Hearing this now, I think, why don't I listen to Deep Purple more often ? It's just the lack of time ... I should have chosen the career as sales person in a record store 🙂 Burn, the first album of the Mark III formation, was good, but not as good as the Mark II stuff. The music was still great, but comparing Ian and David singing, there can only be one winner .... for me. I want to end with a funny story about the title track Burn: Some of you might remember Axel Rudi Pell, my second request, I once did for the channel; he was a great Richie Blackmore fan, so once in a while they covered Deep Purple and especially when the played in their "living room" Zeche Bochum, an old industry hall, great venue, they sometimes did some silly stuff for the fans. So the singer Johnny Gioeli tried to announce Burn, but Axel started the wrong tune, Johnny said NEIN, Axel started the second try, also wrong and Johnny said NEIN;NEIN .... then Axel started the 3rd wrong tune and Johnny said : NEIN NEIN NEIN FUCK ... I don't know if that's funny for you all, but I almost fell off my chair.🤣 Let me know, if you think, this was funny or stupid ... it helps me to get to know you better
@@greybeard2280 Hi Greybeard, since I wrote and wrote I forgot to say : "Great marathon" ... and Deep Purple is worth more than 1 marathon .... I just had to laugh, when I read "groovy" in your other comment, memories came back : in the early 70s we had a chocolate bar in Germany called Topset .... and their slogan was Topset is groovy .... I liked it without knowing what groovy means 😆
@@rudolfbecker4313 I'm definitely showing my age with that saying. We used to get Topset back in the day from my Dad's family back in Stuttgart. Man, talking about bringing back memories. Thanks friend!
@@greybeard2280 My pleasure 🙂 any other memories ? There are popping up some, especially about food. You might know we Germans love Nutella, so several other companies tried to create something "better", there was Captain Nuss, one kind even had pieces of peanuts. Maybe you also heard of Tritop, somekind of thickened juice to be mixed with water. Yuck, I didn't like it ....
Great reaction. I bought every album by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath when they were first available starting in 1968. Was able to listen and learn all the songs by all three great bands. Very fortunate.
I was given Made In Japan as a young teen in the early 70's and have been a huge fan since! They are an outstanding band.
This era of rock will never be duplicated..that’s what makes it so iconic.
DPMK2 is the stellar line up imo,but Ian Paice drives everything.
WHAT a drummer.
Insane. Might be my favorite drummer of the era.
Of course… Nottingham boy,
The difference between 70s hard rock and 80s heavy metal is that the 70s stuff is so much more dynamic, jazzy and subtle, not like using a sledge hammer 24/7.
Exactly.
My Dad said to me when he sat in my Ford Mustang backseat in late 70s he was born too early, fast forward 30 years my son n law takes me to a Guns N Roses concert and says he was born too late! Both wish they were us who experienced the the best in 70s! So Blessed!
“ Hard Loving Man” from “ Deep Purple In Rock” contains everything that became thrash/metal twenty years later including the “ gallop” used by Iron Maiden and many other bands. It’s all there. Try it Nick, please!
Bonham was not Paice’s influence, they were friends. Paice was way more technical and swingy and overall better drummer than Bonzo.
I agree, Paice is far better. Bonham never blew me away, and his "Moby Dick" solo, his signature piece, makes me yawn.
@Bookhouse Boy Ian Paice was an accomplished drummer before his Purple days as was each member of the band before their Purple days...
That’s just hilarious and incorrect/inaccurate. Have you guys never seen/heard/read any of the music media “ top 10 drummers “ polls for the past 30 years??! You’re joking, right? Btw, DP hardly got over 75 mins on stage whereas LZ regularly did 150 + , sometimes 180+ and with vastly more varied material of greater complexity. Get real guys, c’mon. Ha ha haaa.
@@malcshone4409 nothing of what you mention proves that Bonham would be better than Paice. All is a popularity contest, LZ was bigger than DP, not better and that's why Bonham is on the lists and Paice not. Popularity.
@@michaelkarlsson5966 Interesting suggestion that it is possible to prove who is the “ better” drummer. Frankly, you need to get a life and stop whingeing mate.
I first heard DEEP PURPLE when I was about 8 or 9 years old ,,, how many 8 year old kids are in love with DEEP PURPLE ??!?!! That was over 40 years ago , and Deep Purple is still one of my favorites . There's a lot more to them then just Smoke on the water !!!!
I was in love with Deep Purple when I was 5 years old. That was the first time I heard Machine Head album. I fell more deeply in love with them year later when I heard In Rock.
'Pictures of Home' is a hidden gem, always one of my absolute favorites by them, and most people (those who aren't big Purple fans) don't know it. It has everything - great riff, cool chord changes, Ian's voice, the other Ian's fantastic drumming, great solos from Richie and Jon and that very cool bass solo. I first heard 'Smoke On The Water' in the summer of 73 when it was radio hit. Loved it so much I went out and bought Machine Head with my paper route money. I went nuts over that side of the album, 'Lazy' quickly became an all-time favorite. At first I ignored the other side, eventually gave it a listen and found that the whole album was great. Another great 'hidden gem' by them is 'What's Going On Here' from the Burn album. You'll love it. Kind of a funky blues rocker, with a cool little riff and all the usual great performances from every band member, with David Coverdale on vocals. Check it out!
There's a live video were Ian Paice dose a solo on the Mule. And it shows his jazz influence.
I agree, Ian Paice is the Buddy Rich of hard rock (just as I consider Carl Palmer the Buddy Rich of prog rock).
This AND a Steve Morse marathon in the same week?! WOW. I LOVE Deep Purple, they were/are my favorite of the 70s "big three". Any band with 3 virtuosos like Blackmore, Lord and Paice, ALL of who put the feel and musical ideas ahead of their staggering technical abilities - it's a Blueprint for magical experiences. My personal favorite out of the 3 lineup # 2 albums (In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head) is Fireball. Your wish for another Era of creativity and experimenting actually came true with this band twice more in their history. Perfect Strangers is a glorious album, sounds better today even than when it was new; and so is the mighty Purpendicular, on which the band, enthused by the arrival of the great Steve Morse, just did whatever they wanted. What a great record!
Blackmore's solo on "The Mule" is just outstanding. Still love it after nearly 50 years of hearing it.
Fantastic selection! I’m glad you picked the less known “deep cuts.” Jon Lord is unbelievable! If you want to hear what seems to be an impossible solo, check him out on “Rat Bat Blue” from the album “Who Do We Think We Are.”
I think something from Who Do We Think We Are is in order too. The guitar solo in Place In Line would put that song on the list for me. But of course the guitar riff, singing and especially the keyboard solo from Rat Bat Blue, the complete amazingness, subtlety, dynamics and production of Woman From Tokyo, and the straight ahead explosion of Super Trouper including the no-nonsense, mind-bending beginning and end of the song are ALL fantastic choices.
Then again, Made In Japan is probably the greatest live album ever made, so if you let me give a single recommendation, it would be a full album reaction to Made In Japan. This is what really sets Deep Purple apart from everyone else.
Place in Line is one of those tracks that is timeless, it is as good today as the day it was released, every member of the band is exceptional on this tune ....
There are MANY excellent tracks on Fireball. Do listen to more from that album.
No No No is my all-time favourite Deep Purple song, but I love everything on Fireball. So creative and experimental! Not Blackmore's favourite, but I think it was Gillan's preferred album with the MKII lineup. Plus it was the transition album from In Rock to Machine Head. To me Fireball is where Deep Purple really grew and found themselves.
This most certainly was a groovy time Nick. I love watching you react and listen to music I've loved for years. To me it's a gift to you , Alexia, and the community. It's definitely my pleasure, and I've got more coming your way my friend! BTW I am pretty bad ass! A legend in my own mind.... 😂🤣😂
Saw Deep Purple at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit in 72. ELO was there. Machine Head was there Big Album!
Space Truckin'', Pictures of Home, Highway Star, Smoke on the Water, Lazy....the Machine Head album is the defining moment of the classic Mk II lineup (Gillian, Glover, Blackmore, Paice, Lord). The HEAVY sound is Jon Lord's Hammond C3 organ run straight into a Marshall stack with overdrive and distortion (occasionally uses ring modulator effect in the loop) instead of a Leslie rotating speaker. Richie plays the clean trebly Srtatocaster in bridge pickup. You can really feel it in the classic Smoke on the Water riff. The growl is the organ, not a guitar.
From the In Rock album listen to Speed King (a classic metal song) and Hard Lovin' Man for heaviness and speed (don't need to be a reaction). These two songs are precursors of speed metal even thrash metal.
I'm glad you prefer this original version of "Pictures of Home" despite being a Malmsteem fan for years (which I never have been !). From my perspective, Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing is smoother with very little overdrive, which makes it all the more interesting to listen to. Ritchie is much more economical on his guitar neck but he has more feeling overall.
You could try an excerpt from the underrated Who Do We Think We Are (recorded in 1972 and released in early 1973) in which Blackmore was less invested but left more room for Jon Lord. "Rat Bat Blue" demonstrates this brilliantly. Deep Purple's first three albums with Rod Evans on lead vocals and Nick Simper on bass are also to be discovered (with a more psychedelic influence). From the album Shades of Deep Purple (1968) try "Mandrake Root", from The Book of Taliesyn (also 1968) I suggest the instrumental "Wring That Neck" and from Deep Purple (1969) the track "Chasing Shadows" .
Burn has a different line-up. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left and David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes took their places, but Coverdale AND Hughes traded vocals which added another level to the band as they had different vocal ranges.
Hey super interesting. I was so confused
Hughes was big and could easily take up the job of replacing Glover and Gillan, but the band decided they wanted entirely new blood... and later auditioned for a new singer, and a completely unknown Coverdale was in... the rest is history. Perhaps the greatest dual singing rock line-up ever.
Ian Paice's drum pattern in _The Mule_ is a killer. How can he keep it up for so long?
That’s what she said
Good job you are doing the history of our rock justice!
Another great marathon. Nick, Grey Beard, thank you. I love all the Blackmore music.
As I always say, my favorite guitarist & Ian Gillan, my favorite singer. But the whole band through ever line up had been stellar musicians. Jon Lord & Ian Paice, both easy in the top 5 to 10 best ever.
The Mule used to lead into Ian Paice's drum solos live until the did the Burn album. Yes that's David Coverdale, who was unknown when Purple signed him. And Glenn Hughes on bass & vocals. Glenn in my opinion has a better voice than Coverdale, but they harmonized so well together.
Deep Purple has had five singers counting Hughes, three bass players, three guitarist, two keyboardist & one drummer, Ian Paice has been through it all.
Nick, you mentioned another Purple marathon in the works, could you please get Mistreated from the Burn album on there. Blackmore's leads at the end are unbelievable. Thanks Nick, doing a great job.
I agree with nearly everything except I think Coverdale has a far better voice than Hughes ... warmer, more bluesy, more ballsy, more soothing. Hughes could just sing in the higher range. Glenn has a great voice, don't get me wrong, but I don't think he's in the same ballpark as Gillan or Coverdale in their prime. Also, I think Jon Lord is the finest keyboardist I know, and Ian Paice is in the top 5 drummers.
Deep Purple Nade In Japan is amazing, Highway Star, Lazy, the whole album is great.....
I did lazy in a marathon and we did Highway star together lexi and I. You can type in the name in the channel
@@NicknLex Live in Japan knocks the studio versions out of the water ..... and into the stratosphere ! Jim X
@@jimled50jl49 you're right, Jim, all Made in Japan versions are better than the studio ones, simply because they were a great live band and knew, how to jam and improvise .... I bet, the versions of songs like Space truckin sounded a bit different everynight. I have to think of the Allmans, if you remember how they "developped" In memory of Elisabeth Reed over the weeks and months of touring .... Or do you know Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain ? Being a 5 minute studio song, they extended this by jamming up to almost 32 minutes ... it is 1 LP of the double live Twin Peaks ....AWESOME
@Bookhouse Boy thanks for the info, will check it out. I simply love it, if there are different versions of a song available. Did you reed what I answered Jim talking about the Allmans and Mountain. Another great example is Grandfunk Railroad: you probably know Inside looking out; but do you know the version of The 1971 live tour album .. it's also the longest I know and THE BEST .... please check it out, if you don't know it yet .... I'll let you know about Child in time 🤘🤘
@Bookhouse Boy I wonder how many versions are documented ... will check them out... thank you
I think Alexia would like 'Pictures of Home'. You should do a blind reaction with her, especially since it has a little bass solo. Original is much more melodic than Yngwie's cover version. I think she'd like Sail Away too!👍
I played to her today!! She loved it!!
Way to go you stud! I will say you MUST do " no one came" from Fireball Nick. My personal fave from that album dude. You will LOVE it!!!
And Fools
Keyboardist Jon Lord did use a zynthesizer on some songs, like in the song "Sail away", and occasionally an acoustic or electric piano. For the most part, though, he preferred to stick with his B3( or C3) organ. But his organ sound was far from conventional though, since he plugged it into a Marshall guitar amp, instead of a Leslie speaker to get a more gritty sound
I really enjoyed. 4 albums and 4 less known tracks. You could randomly pick any tracks from each of those albums and not find a bad one. As some others have mentioned "Live in Japan" is the pinacle live album featuring songs from what many people consider Deep Purple's best albums, "Deep Purple in Rock" "Fireball" and "Machine Head"
DP a great band. Those organ, guitar and drum solos all so well done and amazing. What a mix. For me the big decision which do you go air with? My answer is heck all of them. The thing that always put DP ahead of LZ for me was always Jon Lord just so iconic with that rock Hammond sound he invented. Then all the variations DP had with their different styles. Really good how you understand that old heavy rock has several dimensions and degrees of textures and sounds it moves through unlike more modern "heavy" that seems to just to focus on "I am heavy" without any contrasts. I like the old style so much more suspense and structure.
An excellently weird selection of songs that played through the times.
Excellent memories, glad you dig it.
The vocals make Sail Away! My fav from Burn. Thanks for this.
Big Purple fan, saw them at Wembley UK in 2004...awesome band. The last track ‘Sail Away’ reminds me of Free Paul Rogers another great vocalist.
Great reaction, Nik. You guys are so smart and we have the same taste in music!
Deep Purple Best Rock Band Ever !! Todos los trabajos de Purple tienen algo especial. Gillian o Coverdale les dieron distinta personalidad pero la misma mística y calidad.
The final song burn
Was the first of 3 DP albums to feature singer David Coverdale and bassist /vocalist Glenn Hughes (from the band trapeze)
Hughes has a couple of albums with joe bonamasa (Black Country communion) they are heavy metal
Just FYI Bolin was not in Trapeze..
Nick needs to hear " Dealer"
Frin Come Taste the Band (75)
Coverdale
Tommy Bolin
Glenn Hughes
Ian Paice
John Lord
Glad you brought up Black Country Communion, great band, but I wouldn't call them metal. I think they capture that 70's style of rock in their music. But great band, I hope they put some more music out.
Deep Purple can be a mess, member-wise, when overlooking their catalogue. Gillan and Glover replaced Evans and Simper in mid 1969; just in time for the "Concerto For Group And Orchestra", played live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1969. The latter is a classical piece in three movements written by Jon Lord where a classical orchestra interplays with a rock band. Then, in 1973, Gillan left Deep Purple after some shenanigans with Blackmore. Glover was thrown out because he came-in with Gillan (before joining DP, Gillan and Glover played together in a band called 'Episode Six'). Both were replaced by Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. Hughes came from a band called 'Trapeze', where he was the singer and bass player, so at first, Hughes thought he was gonna be the new singer of Deep Purple and he was mightily disappointed when he learned that the REAL new singer was David Coverdale. So, Hughes being Hughes, he insisted he got to sing also, so a compromise was made and Hughes and Coverdale got to share vocal duties. Hughes was also a fan of Funk music and introduced it to Deep Purple's sound, much to the dismay of both Lord and especially Blackmore. Hughes is why Blackmore left at the end of 1974. Blackmore had met Ronnie James Dio when the latter's band Elf opened for Deep Purple on some or other USA tour and Blackmore already recorded a few songs with Dio in early 1973 when Deep Purple was about to explode, but things got mended, DP went on and the songs were never released until Blackmore started Rainbow and the songs (Black Sheep Of The Family and Man On The Silver Mountain) appeared on Blackmore's Rainbow in 1975.
Before I got into prog the first bands that I got into and bought there albums with my paper route money were Chicago, Grand Funk and Deep Purple in that order. And then later I discovered prog and then fusion and jazz.
I have Grandfunk on my list ... unfortunately there are so many other bands I'd like to request 🤘
Hi [again] Nick ... That was sooo good ! Great choice of tracks. Loved this ! Deep Purple was my very 1st introduction into rock music as a teenager. All these dacades later ...still love them ! ...Ok...a few pieces of info... 1st track .. Richie Blackmore doesn't use the Cry Baby pedal.....There was another effects pedal that had one middle off/on switch you clicked with your foot ... & two dials. One for speed and one for intensity, and it was called a "Chuckawah" which didn't need the cry baby pedal to move up & down. It was preset to basically ...chuckawah simply by strumming. I played one in a music store but it was too limited for me. A one trick pony really.....On the album "Burn" yes it's David Coverdale from Whitesnake...and Glen Hughes [ rhymes with muse ... Huu's ] who shared vocals + harmonies. David Coverdale also made an incredible album with Jimmy Page called "Coverdale/Page" on it he sings on some tracks like Robert Plant, which I'm sure was intentional, as Page is there to hear him, and maybe got him to do that, as well as tracks sounding like himself....but it is a belter of a rock album with drumming John Bonham would tip his hat to, saying ... Nice going ! Big Led Zepp vibe on that album with a last track to blow your head off !!!! called " A Prayer For The Dying " A track not for the faint hearted. It grabs you by the throat and shakes you .... Hard !!! ...Sorry if I went on a bit long. I could talk to Nick [ and Lex ] for hours !!! Thankyou again ! Byee Jim X
Thank Jim for the Info!!! I think I have that effect in my Digitech pedal. Nice trivia too!!
Do you remember your very first Deep Purple song, you heard ? I'm not sure, if I heard In Rock with Speed King opening first, but it also may have been Black Night; as you might remember, in those days the bands released singles, which were not on the album, just as Strange kind of woman is not on Fireball, only later on the special edition CDs, which I own, OFF COURSE 😄
@@rudolfbecker4313 Strange Kind of Woman is on Fireball, isn't it?
@@shiftingperception Not on the original LP, it had 7 songs and Strange kind of woman was only available as single ... or on Made in Japan. It's on the anniversary CD I got.
Flight Of The Rat yeah. Thanks Grey Beard. Thanks NicknLex for this reaction video
Hi Nick, WooHoo ! I just saw the album covers and can't click fast enough ! Lol ... [ You guessed it, I'm writing before playing the video.] Some habits are hard to break. I don't even need to know the tracks. This is gonna be great ! Byee Jim X
Rock on! I am happy you are Happy!!!
Love your content. I grew up with a lot of the music you are reacting to. I love you work. Pick up your guitar every now and them. I love you being personal. I did not notice the camera shaking. It is not important. Love your work. Love it. Jesse, from Oslo, Norway
Nick, you should do a reaction with Lex to the Deep Purple song, Burn. It's a killer track featuring great solos from both Blackmore and Jon Lord. Ian Paice kills it on the drums. The album Burn was the first to feature the MK III version of the band with David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals. The baritone/tenor vocal attack of Coverdale and Hughes is another high point.
Also, getting back to the classic MK II version of the band, you should check out two songs from Deep Purple's album, Who Do We Think We Are. Those songs are Woman From Tokyo and Rat Bat Blue.
Coverdale and Hughes (pronounced 'Hues" like 'Views') are also on the 'Stormbringer' Album. They both sing. Coverdale is the main singer and Hughes does the higher range vocals and plays bass
And Come Taste The Band with Tommy Bolin in 1976. Nick Glenn Hughes is currently the greatest voice in Hard Rock. He has a ton of solo albums and plays with Jason Bonham and Joe Bonnomasa in Black Country Communion and in his newest band The Dead Daisies.
DP is NOT DP without Ian Gillan!
А сколько уникальных инструментальных, фантастических соло + вокал это просто классика рок- музыки . Супер...🤘🤘🤘
Greybeard...you did it again!!! DP has been my favorite group since 1968
I too had "Made in Japan" when it was relased. It was one of those live albums that everyone seemed to have, probably because the live version of "Smoke on the Water" was a huge hit. Would make a great album review.
Grandissime Derp Purple 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎤🎤👏👏👏👏👏👏
Some Deep Purple history from 1968 to 1976. The original Deep Purple lineup formed in 1968 and featured Rod Evans on vocals, Nick Simper on bass, Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keys and Ian Paice on drums. (Only Ian Paice has played on every Deep Purple album in the band's catalogue.) This MK I version of the band recorded three studio albums. They had one big hit single, Hush, from their debut release, Shades Of Deep Purple (1968). The band then changed their musical direction and decided to go heavier. Hence, in 1969 both Rod Evans and Nick Simper were ousted.
In came vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, and the classic MK II version of the band was born. After recording a Jon Lord project (Concerto For Group And Orchestra) the band went full on hard rock and released four studio albums plus the live Made In Japan. By 1973 the tensions between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore had reached a head and Ian gave his notice. Roger Glover was ousted also (for business reasons according to Blackmore).
Next came the MK III lineup with Coverdale and Hughes doing vocals (baritone) and bass/vocals (tenor) respectively. With Blackmore, Lord and Paice this lineup recorded two studio albums (Burn and Stormbringer) before Blackmore left to form Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio. Tommy Bolin replaced Ritchie to form the MK IV version of Deep Purple--which recorded one studio album, Come Taste The Band (1976). Tommy Bolin's and Glenn Hughes's addictions steadily got worse, and Jon Lord and Ian Paice decided to end the band. That was it until the reformation in 1984 of the MK II Gillan/Glover version of Deep Purple.
I wish you would have done something from Who Do We Think We Are, the follow up to Machine Head. Mary Long, or Super Trooper or the classic Woman From Tokyo and the great understated Our Lady. It's a shame you missed this album. Ian Gillan , Blackmore, Paice, Glover = In Rock - Fireball - Machine Head - Who Do We Think We Are.
My favorite Led Zeppelin song never gets very much love but it takes me back to the 70's when I first heard it "Carouselambra"
Very cool I love all these songs takes me back some good feelings thanks for putting them in order. Stay casual, cool and calm. Great reactions. Your working toward Come taste the Band when Tommy Bolin joins for a short stretch.
The last chord you spoke of in “A day in the life” was performed by ten Steinway grand pianos crowded onto one stage.
I think one of the top five groups overall.
They still touring
A friend from school lent me 4 LPs in 1970/1971. I still remember letting the needle down onto the record and _Flight of the rat_ came on - the first 'non-pop-song' I'd ever listened to. Things were never the same.
Nick . . if there are any tracks on 'Deep Purple in Rock' that you haven't heard yet, then give them a listen . . every track is an absolute GEM.
Deep purple imbattable au dessus des autres et de très loin et précurseur de surcroît 👍👍👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
All amazing songs and an amazing love of music,
Whitesnake is another Purple related band worth checking out. The early David Coverdale's Whitesnake is (like Rainbow) a continuation of the classic Deep Purple sound. Also Purple members Jon Lord and Ian Paice were briefly part of the band.
I'm a Malmsteen fan too, especially his first 3 albums. I'd often buy records by bands I didn't know based on things like the album cover, the instruments used, the length of songs, the titles of songs, and the look of the band if there were photos. The first Malmsteen album I came across in the record racks was Marching Out. The front cover photo resembled one of the pics of Blackmore on the inside cover of Made In Japan (my favorite album all-time) and with a strat (best electric guitar going, for me) Then, reading his list of persons appreciated on the back cover I find Blackmore and Hendrix (my two favorite electric guitarists) and a bunch of classical composer names (classical being 2nd to rock in my book). That all sold me. I bought the album and loved it!
Awesome choice of songs, Greybeard, but then, how could you go wrong with classic Purple?
Love David Coverdale's vocals on Sail Away. Great track!
Hi Nick. Thank you so much for reacting to Deep Purple.one.my favourite bands.
I have been a fan since 1968 and the Book of Taliesin album. The tracks picked are all superb ...I think the Fireball and Burn albums are so underated. The vocals on Burn were sung by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes ( the first album of Dave Coverdale's career.
Some other tracks to check out.
Fools...from Fireball, Speed King...from In Rock, Might Just Take Your Life or Mistreated...from Burn, Drifter from Come Taste The Band.
Hope you and Lexi are well Nick.
I really love your channel and all the different types of music you react listen to.
Don't be worrying about closing your eyes...I do that as well 👍🤣.
Looking forward to your next reaction.
Take care. Peace and love from Alan Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
You gotta do the title track from 'Burn' if you haven't already.
GREAT NICK :) GOOD IDEA TO PLAY THEM IN ORDER! YOU HAVE SOME GREAT SONGS THERE FOR SURE :) ENJOY THIS GREAT ORIGINAL HEAVY METAL ROCK BAND
Deep Purple Mk1(1968 - 1969) - take the journey - Mandrake Root, The Shield, Faultline/The Painter and April -
The other voice was Glenn Hughes 'The voice of rock'. Glenn Hughes has had a stellar solo career and has played in a number of bands, most notably Black Country Communion with Joe Bonamassa. He is currently heading up the Dead Daisies with Doug Aldrich.
Seems like things are smoother, but just to reiterate, don’t worry so much Nick, we love you man Lol. You shouldn’t pay any attention to people living in their parent’s basement haters, you just can’t and it’s an exercise in futility to try to please everyone. There’s enough of us out here who love what you do, so don’t go changing, we love you just the way you are Lol. Seriously though, you and Lex both. You guys respect the music and that’s what really matters. The extra content is awesome, thank you!
Thanks for the kind words Itsme! Its for people like you that we do this!
LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE NICK, THE WAYYYYY BLACKMORE AND LORD PLAY OFF EACH OTHER IS QUITE INCREDIBLE, SOMETHING I NEVER REALLY HEARD UNTIL 50 YEARS AGO NOW BUT PRETTY INSANE AND SO GOOD! :) 50 YEARS NOW, DAMNNNNNN
When you turn that Blue Yeti up past about 1/3 it just gets more distorted, not louder. Turn the input down and the output up on whatever your mic interface is.
My favorite is WDWTWA. Best side 1 ever.
Mark2 (Gillan-Lord-Blackmore-Paice-Glover) is the pinnacle of DP. They created their own genre with the monumental "In Rock" album. It was a genre of which only they ever played. Mark2 was quite simply the greatest group of pure rock musicians of all-time.
Grand artiste Ritchie Blackmore 🎸👍👌👌👌👌
Tout le groupe maîtrise totale 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍👍
A song you need to hear, "Strange Kind of Woman" from "Made in Japan" LP. This song introduces Ian Gillan, voice dueling with Richie Blackmore, guitar. This song is a must hear....
I would've went on Fireball with Fireball the title track, Strange Kind of woman or Anyone's Daughter also later as a bonus track there was Demons eye
look up When a Blind Man Cries, originally only available as the B-side of the single "Never Before", released in 1972.. A masterpiece.
From Mark II Deep Purple these are the classic records in order:
w/ Ian Gillan (vocals) and Roger Glover (bass)...
'Deep Purple In Rock' (1970)
'Fireball' (1971)
'Machine head' (1972)
'Who do we think we are' (1973)
w/ David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass & vocals)...
'Burn' (1974)
'Stormbringer' (1974)
'Come taste the band' (1975) - w/ Tommy Bolin on guitar.
No, Ian Gillian did not leave the band to record the lead role of Jesus in early 1970. He was approached by agents of Tim Rice and Lloyd-Weber after they’d heard his banshee scream in the Albert Hall concert on “Child in Time”. His agent got him freelance deal with a small percentage [unlike Yvonne Elliman, who took a nominal fixed GBP fee]. Ian resigned from DP after falling out with Ritchie on the road and his last gig was in June 1973 in Japan.
I would recommend some more - Hard Lovin Man from In Rock, Slow Train from Fireball, Lazy from Machine Head, Rat Bat Blue from Who Do We Think We Are, You Fool No One from Burn and Gypsy from Stormbringer
From the album Burn....Burn the song and Mistreated (the outro guitar solo from this tune is worth the price of admission) you will not be disappointed
Hey man, I heard you mentioning some people who were not in the group in the 4 albums you covered here, like Tommy Bolin (don't remember the other(s)) but, here's the personnel on the 1st 3 of the 4 albums you mentioned:
Personnel (1970-1773) - In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head
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Ian Gillan - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitars
Roger Glover - bass
Jon Lord - keyboards, Hammond organ
Ian Paice - drums
Personnel (1974) - Burn
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Note: David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes replaced Ian Gillan and Roger Glover (pronounced Glove-Err, not Glo-Ver)
David Coverdale - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals
Jon Lord - keyboards, synthesizers
Ian Paice - drums
To answer your question, Ian Gillan left the group to record the Jesus Christ Superstar album.
Man, I totally forgot he did Jesus Christ Superstar. I love that musical and I do own the LP. Think I'm going to kick back an listen this weekend. Thanks for the reminder dude!✌️🤘✌️
@@greybeard2280 Sweet, I love that album ... a LOT !!! I saw the movie (in Indiana), then the play (somewhere in Oakland, forget the venue) and also had the album.
Just an FYI, did you know that only 2 people who were in all three versions of the play (i.e. record album, play and film) were Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) and Barry Dennen (Pontius Pilate).
Enjoy the album, man 👍🙌😊
Hi Nick. You missed the titelsong BURN from the album BURN.
70's rock music was way better then in any other decade before and after.Period.
I agree with you but there are some cases were music from the last 20 years and now match the creativity and execution. Just check out anything by Steven Wilson or Porcupine Tree and you will now what I mean. Enjoy!
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Hi, I enjoyed your video.That's great. Thank you🎁💞
Tommy Bolin is on 1 album only
'Come Taste the Band" 75
Check " Dealer"
Forgive over persistance just really curious what your response will be!!
#nicknlexrequest
Overlooked is Come taste the Band with Tommy Bolin. Very good album.
Your best bet is to do a marathon listening to the Live album, "Made in Japan". I think this LP is the best live album of all live albums. Allman Brother live album is consider the best, but I was listening to Made in Japan since 1972 and it was my fix throughout my teenage years. This album will give you a good intro to all the Deep Purple music from the founding members. They were difinitely a live band
Hi Nick, you can't go wrong with a bit of early 70's Purple! Great choices for you to dive into as well because not played as often as Smoke on the Water & Burn for example. Concur with comment about Ian Paice, what a drummer and often gets overlooked when discussing Deep Purple.
David Copperfield!!! HAHAH Thats funny🤣🤣
Do not forget Stormbringer which also features Coverdale/Hughes. Next lp was "Come Taste The Band" in which Tommy Bolin relaced Ritchie. Great mix of songs on this video.
Cool Nick, yeah I don't know all of Purples songs but they've got some all time great rockers. Not sure if you'll see this comment but if you do check out some SWEET. I think you'll really enjoy Set Me Free. To me it sounds like a precursor to the 80's British metal sound. Sweet had some pretty recognizable hits that are fun but it's their lesser known songs that really rock. Thanks Nick!
There are three Deep Purple albums with Coverdale and Hughes; Burn, Stormbringer and Come Taste The Band. For the last album, Blackmore actually left, to be replaced by, guess who? TOMMY BOLIN!! Lots of live albums too. #nicknlexrequest
Both Deep Purple and Rainbow shine far brighter LIVE, "Deep Purple in Concert 1970 - 1972" also "Rainbow on Stage" both albums show the very best of each band. I don't listen to their studio albums anymore Live versions are so much better.
Live in Germany 1976 is one of the greatest live rock guitar albums recorded, in my books...
Bought In Rock when it came out and spent days listening to it ! lol ! my second album was fireball then i bought an older album wich i cant remember the tittle the song burn was on there ! Hey ! i m getting old and it was long ago ! LoL
I didn't read all the comments but with Sail Away and the Burn album, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover (bass) left the band and David Coverdale (later of Whitesnake) and Glen Hughes on bass and vocals (Trapeze, Hughes Thrall, Black Sabbath and Black Country Communion) replaced them. The stuck around for three albums, Blackmore left after two albums with this lineup to form Rainbow and Tommy Bolin replaced Blackmore for one album before his death and Deep Purple broke up. Lord and Paice joined Coverdale in Whitesnake but they didn't stick around long and Coverdale went on without them. Deep Purple MK II lineup did return in the 80s for the great Perfect Strangers album and one more before Gillan left for one album replaced by Rainbow's Joe Lynn Turner before Gillan came back for one album before Blackmore left for a brief Rainbow reunion and then formed folk/medievel band Blackmore's Night with his wife Candace Night as the singer and they continue today. There is much more than this as you see. Gillan and Blackmore didn't always get along.
Good as Machine Head is, if you want to point to a single defining moment it would be In Rock. The stylistic choice to go heavy from the three albums before (which are well worth listening, but not so much hard rock) defines the Mark II version of Deep Purple. Machine Head was just a very good outgrowth of it and even that had songs like Maybe I'm a Leo, Never Before and Lazy which were not necessarily heavier than the average track on Fireball.
The other thing about Machine Head is that most of its more popular tracks are just done better on Made in Japan afterwards, so it may be one of the studio albums I listen to least. A victim of their own success, so to speak.
Listen, write and then read, what others said. Nick said the other day, Tony writes the 2nd bible, some of my comments are short stories: Other than Nick said Machine Head was the breakthrough, in Germany it was Deep Purple In Rock. Released in June 70, it entered the charts in July and was 84 weeks in the Top 100, 56 weeks in the Top 10, 12 weeks at # 1 !!! Any questions ? For me personally it was also the BigBang of Hardrock, it was the first rock LP, my older brother bought and we loved it. Everybody's doing a great job on this album, Flight of the rat has a great guitar sound, I like Ian P.'s drumming, but Jon Lord is outstanding, as Nick says, with his classical touch; he also was the driving force behind Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra, recorded the same year with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Parallel to his work with Deep Purple he released 1 year later his first solo works - Gemini Suite - a must for all Jon Lord fans. We tried to impress our parents with our music by playing Flight of the rat to them, especially because of the drum solo (the first, I ever heard). Their reaction was: ok, can we listen to "normal" music now 🙂
Fireball, the 2nd album of the so called Deep Purple Mark II formation, was released on Sep.15, 1971 and entered the charts right away to stay for 48 weeks and 4 weeks on #1. It's said to be the weaker album between In Rock and Machine Head, but still has some great songs, the fantastic opener Fireball, the fastest song, that I had heard so far. No,no,no ... Demon's Eye and especially Fools, with an until then never heard instrumental middle part, later on installed in the live version of Space Truckin' on the Made in Japan live album, simply epic. On the live album Ian Paice does his drum solo in the Mule. Lars Ulrich once said, that Fireball was the album, which inspired him to become a musician.
Pictures of home of Machine Head , released on 25.March72, was in the german charts for 57 weeks, 40 weeks Top 10, 8 weeks at #1, is the song I always remember because of the drum intro and the bass solo of Roger Glover and the organ solo of Jon Lord. Hearing this now, I think, why don't I listen to Deep Purple more often ? It's just the lack of time ... I should have chosen the career as sales person in a record store 🙂
Burn, the first album of the Mark III formation, was good, but not as good as the Mark II stuff. The music was still great, but comparing Ian and David singing, there can only be one winner .... for me.
I want to end with a funny story about the title track Burn: Some of you might remember Axel Rudi Pell, my second request, I once did for the channel; he was a great Richie Blackmore fan, so once in a while they covered Deep Purple and especially when the played in their "living room" Zeche Bochum, an old industry hall, great venue, they sometimes did some silly stuff for the fans. So the singer Johnny Gioeli tried to announce Burn, but Axel started the wrong tune, Johnny said NEIN, Axel started the second try, also wrong and Johnny said NEIN;NEIN .... then Axel started the 3rd wrong tune and Johnny said : NEIN NEIN NEIN FUCK ... I don't know if that's funny for you all, but I almost fell off my chair.🤣
Let me know, if you think, this was funny or stupid ... it helps me to get to know you better
Thanks for sharing that Rudolph, I my self find that entertaining....lol
@@greybeard2280 Hi Greybeard, since I wrote and wrote I forgot to say : "Great marathon" ... and Deep Purple is worth more than 1 marathon .... I just had to laugh, when I read "groovy" in your other comment, memories came back : in the early 70s we had a chocolate bar in Germany called Topset .... and their slogan was Topset is groovy .... I liked it without knowing what groovy means 😆
@@rudolfbecker4313 I'm definitely showing my age with that saying. We used to get Topset back in the day from my Dad's family back in Stuttgart. Man, talking about bringing back memories. Thanks friend!
@@greybeard2280 My pleasure 🙂 any other memories ? There are popping up some, especially about food. You might know we Germans love Nutella, so several other companies tried to create something "better", there was Captain Nuss, one kind even had pieces of peanuts. Maybe you also heard of Tritop, somekind of thickened juice to be mixed with water. Yuck, I didn't like it ....