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A deeper shade of purple

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Those who know me will be aware that my favourite band of all time is Deep Purple. What fewer people will know is that the band were named after a song of the same name from the 1930s, of which Ritchie (ex Deep Purple guitarist) Blackmore's grandmother was particularly fond.

I've known the Nino Temple and April Stevens version of the song for years, as it was on a compilation LP (yes, LP) I bought while at university. But I wasn't aware of the long and distinguished history of the song until this blog entry was published yesterday.

Posted by Julian Woodward On 02/24/2009 |

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Gravatar Image1 - I didn't know you too were a Deep Purple fan. It's not my favorite band (that's Led Zeppelin) but close enough.

Do you have the triple CD Live In Japan? It's one of those albums I have with me all the time - that and Grateful Dead's "Without A Net" Emoticon

Aaaaaaanyway back to topic, thanks for the link! It seems to be very interesting but I haven't read it fully, I'll give it a good reading later today

Posted by Pedro Quaresma At 15:36:13 On 24/02/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - Actually, "Live in Japan" is one that I don't have. I used to buy absolutely everything, but with the number of re-masters and live recordings that have been released over the last few years, I've not done so.

However: "Live in Japan" is now on its way from Amazon Emoticon

Posted by Julian Woodward At 13:00:22 On 25/02/2009 | - Website - |