Deep Purple fans in here???

[Cosmicman]

Hey Bro, any chance of burning me a copy of that. I'd love to hear it.

Same here. I have never heard that version. I can trade up.
I have every single Deep Purple album and DVD.

[EMCE Hammer]

Same here. I have never heard that version. I can trade up.
I have every single Deep Purple album and DVD.

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[toysrus]

To bad no more Blackmore or Lord though

My favorite DP album is "Perfect Strangers", I also enjoyed the "house of blue" light & "the battle rages on" . I like some on the stuff with Morse but not so much the last one they put out. It will never happen but i wouldnt mind one last farewell reunion cd with Blackmore & Lord back on board.

[Cosmicman]

Why I hate Richie Blackmore and like Steve Morse better!

My favorite DP album is "Perfect Strangers", I also enjoyed the "house of blue" light & "the battle rages on" . I like some on the stuff with Morse but not so much the last one they put out. It will never happen but i wouldnt mind one last farewell reunion cd with Blackmore & Lord back on board.

Richie Blackmore is a paranoid, delusional butt wipe who literally lost his mind.
It was during the battle rages on tour in 95. He literally snapped when he realized that Deep Purple fans didn't come to see the almighty Richie Blackmore. They were there for the music!!!
So he walked off The Battle Rages On tour with no warning or reason. The band almost crumbled if it wasn't for their friend Joe Satriani who jumped into the spot and took over the guitar so Deep Purple wouldn't have gotten sued by a ton of sponsors for cancelling shows.
Later on, Joe realized he bit off more then he could chew by taking on the guitar spot in Deep Purple and trying to keep up his solo career. He was nice about it and they worked in the great Steve Morse into the band.
The album Purpendicular was born after that. Showing up how much more new music and guitar ideas were brought to the table with Morse on board.
He has added so much of dimension and widened the sound of Deep Purple.
Blackmore was a pompous, "all about me and nothing else" jerk and the members of Deep Purple wanted to kill him and when he exited it was probably the most healthiest thing for the band according to Ian Gillan.

Richie later went over the edge and put down his fender guitar and joined up with some Irish chick and he plays mandillion in a minstrel type : renaissance band. He looks and sounds silly to me. I am not into Lorena Mckennit type music. I think Richie Blackmore has a screw loose and he was poisoning Deep Purple's sound attitude for a long time. Given he was the original guitarist and creator but to me, Deep Purple didn't really start as a real band until Ian Gillan and Roger Glover came aboard on the great album, Deep Purple in Rock. That was Deep Purple and a lot of music historians will agree.

Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to tell the story that people don't really know. Me being a Deep Purpleologist I happen to know some juicy information.

If what I said isn't convincing. Go listen to the new album, "Rapture of the Deep." It is said to be the best selling Deep Purple album next to their reunion album 1984's Perfect Strangers. According to Ian Gillan. Steve Morse has now officially played more shows then Richie Blackmore. The band Deep Purple has been going strong with Morse and they don't plan to stop.

[kingcarm]

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Thanks Steve.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I love Deep Purple, one of my top 10 favorite rock bands of all time.

I love pretty much every era of the band too. My personal favorite is probably the Mark III era with Coverdale and Hughes, but the Mark II Gillan/Glover era is magnificent as well. My favorite albums are "Burn" and "Fireball".

I think Steve Morse is a great addition to the band. Though I'm biased since I was a pretty big fan of his even before he joined DP. I love Blackmore's playing, he's a major influence on me, but I'm pretty convinced that in the last 15 years he's basically just lost his mind, lol. I'll say this though- Blackmore knew how to pick some amazing vocalists.....Gillan, Coverdale, Hughes, Dio, Bonnett, etc....

I have heard those early "Born Again" mixes, they're far better than the final product. But I still love the album even as it is. So many people seemed to think this was a terrible union but I think having Gillan's shriek mixed in with dark tunes like "Disturbing The Priest" is total genius. Matter of fact, I'm wearing a "Born Again" album cover t-shirt right now!