Tag Archives: Jon Lord

Book review: Where’s My Guitar? by BERNIE MARSDEN

Posted on October 17, 2019 by jason

4th Estate [Publication date 28.11.19] Previously self-published by Bernie as a limited release via a Pledge campaign in early 2017 under the title ‘Where’s My Guitar?: On the Tour Bus with the Snakeman’, the book now gets a full publication … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live In Newcastle 2001 The Soundboard Series

Posted on July 21, 2019 by jason

earMUSIC [Release date 05.07.19] First in a series of official bootleg type recordings/releases, getting a wider release as they originally had a very limited showing. And well worth it they are too. This is one of six shows recorded on … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Electric Ballroom, London, 15 October 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 by david.wilson

For many years, high on my diminishing bucket list was a reformation of Mark 3 Deep Purple, from the years when the contrasting vocal talents of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes revitalised the band, throwing fresh soul, blues and funk … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – A Fire In The Sky

Posted on November 5, 2017 by jason

Parlophone [Release date 15.09.17] British classic rock legends are still going strong, and basking on the back of the rather wonderful ‘iNfinite’ album, released earlier this year. And while compilations may be so common they’re on a street corner with … Continue reading →

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Album review: JON LORD – Reissues (Gemini Suite/Before I Forget)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Gemini Suite [Release date 09.12.16] Before I Forget [Release date 27.01.17] It is perhaps sometimes overlooked, but Jon Lord left a quiet legacy of solo albums even though for most of his career he laboured in the gargantuan shadow of … Continue reading →

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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – California Jam 1974

Posted on December 7, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC [Release date 09.12.16] I was beginning to think that ‘remastering’ is a marketing ‘con’ and not about bringing consumers a truly superior product. After all, is it really possible to make a sow’s purse out of a pig’s ear … Continue reading →

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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Live At The NEC

Posted on September 20, 2016 by jason

Eagle Rock [Release date 26.08.16] In September 2002 Deep Purple took to the stage at the Birmingham NEC to bid a fond farewell to legendary keyboard player Jon Lord, who had earlier that year retired for health reasons. Having previously … Continue reading →

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Book review: Sail Away Whitesnake’s Fantastic Voyage by Martin Popoff

Posted on March 7, 2015 by jason

Soundcheck Books www.soundcheckbooks.co.uk Martin Popoff has written a few books in his time, this is his 45th, and this one covers Whitesnake up to and including their hair metal years. The author has some interesting insight from recent interviews with … Continue reading →

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Album review: WHITESNAKE – Live In ’84 Back To The Bone

Posted on October 11, 2014 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Released 07.11.14] Here’s a song for ya. 1984 was a good year for British rock music – and is surely epitomised by Whitesnake’s Slide It In. OK, I’m biased, possibly, but Slide It In is by far my … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live In Graz 1975

Posted on July 26, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series earMUSIC [Release date 15.09.14] If you didn’t know the story you may be surprised that less than three months after this recording the Mark III version of Purple split, Blackmore continuing with Rainbow … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Purpendicular (reissue)

Posted on June 21, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Hear No Evil Recordings [Release date 16.06.14] Deep Purple’s current album ‘Now What?!’ was a favourite of 2013, and ‘Purpendicular’ shows its blood line: the very first Purple album with guitarist Steve Morse in 1996. As ever it captures the … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – In Concert ’72 (2012 Mix)

Posted on June 7, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Parlophone [Release date 16.06.14] The music industry is a great place for recycling. Never more so than in terms of album reissues and one wonders why the powers that be cannot render definitive versions from the start? This BBC recording … Continue reading →

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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Perfect Strangers Live

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Yiannis

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live (DVD)

Eagle Records – Out Now Deep Purple have experienced eight main member reshuffles since they first formed in Hertford back in 1968, however, it has been universally accepted that it is the work of the Mark II line up (Gillan/ … Continue reading →

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DVD review: VARIOUS – The Sunflower Superjam 2012

Posted on November 20, 2013 by jason

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2DVD) www.thesunflowerjam.com The Sunflower Jam was started back in 2006 by Jacky Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice and sister-in-law to the late Jon Lord, as a charity event to raise funds … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live At Montreux 1996 and 2006

Posted on November 1, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Records [Release date 7.10.13] This packaging of three Deep Purple Montreux appearances is part of a new mid-price series ‘Eagle Classics’. And it’s a great way to catch up on favourite bands, especially if you didn’t shell out earlier … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Slaves And Masters

Posted on August 15, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Hear No Evil Recordings [Release date 22.07.13] Slaves And Masters might be remembered as the album that split the Purple fans (and some critics) in the early-1990s, launched in an era that spawned albums such as Tyketto’s ‘Don’t Come Easy … Continue reading →

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JON LORD – Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra

Posted on October 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

earMusic Rock and Classical music have long been awkward bed fellows. And while it’s over four decades since John lord first dipped his toes into the water to meld his Deep Purple organ licks with orchestral music, his ‘Concerto For … Continue reading →

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RIP – JON LORD (1941-2012)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by jason

Jon Lord has died from a health complication as a result of his fight with pancreatic cancer aged 71. An official press statement says: “It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal … Continue reading →