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Deep Purple & Blue Öyster Cult
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Abu Dhabi Red and White
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I was there and they were good.
Saw them in Singapore in the 90s without Gillan and they were shit.
yorkyexile
Striker
Seriously? His young un has posted on here for yonks man
vinegar hill
Striker
I lost interest when all the line up changes started to happen.
Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
My son is a big Dio fan so it takes all kinds. Gillan is the one for me. Morse is good but he I don't feel anything about his playing - has finger/hand problems now too I believe.
I think it's an evening not to be missed.
I didn't see DP with Blackmore; they did a great gig in Madrid with Joe Satriani: that was a good while ago though, early 90s at a guess.
I didn't see DP with Blackmore; they did a great gig in Madrid with Joe Satriani: that was a good while ago though, early 90s at a guess.
chriswallace85
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Seriously? His young un has posted on here for yonks man
FFS.
Fats
Winger
In Rock wasn't recorded with the original line up
Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
The best known and best though.
Fats
Winger
Best known, but I'm not sure it was the best.
Machine Head is a classic, no doubt, but with the passage of time I'd put Burn & Stormbringer above anything else they did.
Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
Best line-up.
Fats
Winger
If you like
Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
And Made in Japan was the best recording by far.
Fats
Winger
If you like
CollingwoodFTM
Striker
I saw Deep Purple at the Roundhouse a few years ago. They were great. As I am too young to have seen them in the 1970s in the classic line up, this is as much as I can expect, so enjoyed it.
As I am going to see Aerosmith later next year, I’ll have to give this one a miss.
As I am going to see Aerosmith later next year, I’ll have to give this one a miss.
chriswallace85
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Fats
Winger
Why?
In Rock hasn't stood the test of time. Fireball was poor & WDYTWA was very much hit & miss, with the best track not even on the UK version.
chriswallace85
Striker
And Burn and Stormbringer have? Give over.
In Rock and Machine Head especially have better songs. The title track and Soldier of Fortune aside Stormbringer's pretty poor. Mk.II released four studio albums first time round, six in total, to Mk.III's two. Woman From Tokyo is on the UK pressing of WDWTWA? (you might have been confused there with Strange Kind of Woman which isn't on the UK pressing of Fireball). MkII also released Made In Japan which is vastly superior to MkIII's Made In Europe.
Fats
Winger
Sorry you're right, it was Strange Kind of Woman, but in all honesty I would say that the two albums from MkIII stand up better than those mentioned. I like the funk/soul approach of Stormbringer it was a real change & still sounds good today. Burn is an absolute classic.
In Rock was a classic of its day
Machine Head is one of the greatest albums of any era
Fireball - even at the time the band didn't like it
WDYTWA - some highlight, but more of a contractual obligation from a band going through it's death throws
Made in Japan, if it wasn't for The Mule & Space Truckin' would go down as one of my all time favorite live albums, so no argument there. Made in Europe was just shoved out while they tried to find a replacement for Blackmore
chriswallace85
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Hmm think we might have to agree to disagree to an extent - I think you at least acknowledge that Machine Head's still the Deep Purple album. Still take In Rock over the MkIII albums and I don't really see how it has aged any more than Burn. It's worth it just for Child In Time alone and it doesn't close with the awful A-800. I get there was a change in direction with Stormbringer but I don't think it was that well executed as the songs were a bit naff much like the filler on WDWTWA and to a lesser extent Fireball (wish I could stick it on for a reappraisal now but we've been telt not to stream at work for a bit and I forgot me iPod
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