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At last, after over A quarter ofA centuryOnThe back burner,DEEP PURPLE 's known surviving BBC studio sessions have been collected togetherTo makeA fabulous history in MUSIC between 1968 and 1970. Listen To TheTheband 's development. Well, except here, just To HelpYou go and grab this collection as soon as it appears.

Disc One covers TheDEEP PURPLE Mk1 sessions. To begin with, some stats: The disc contains fourteen MUSICA BBC Transcription Service interview with Rod Evans (discussingThe WhittlingofTheUs “River Deep. "Mountain High" single). of The fourteen MUSIC tracks, seven are previously UnreleasedofThe seven have reached collectors' ears via bootleg tapes and discs. And none of those in good quality. Rest assured The SoundOn these new discs are very goodTo excellent, withOne exception - and that certainly earns its place. The CDs have received sonic makeovers at Abbey road , while superior source material has apparently been found FOROne orTwoofThe previously released tracks.

DEEP PURPLE's First ever BBC session was RecordedOn June 18, 1968FOR John Peel's "Top Gear" show. And it is here in its entirety, thought lost then rediscovered in 2010. It fully justifies The conclusion ofThe BBC's production panel atTheTime ; "Polished commercial group. Enthusiastic, unanimous pass." "Hush", " One More Rainy DayHelp "all haveA similar feelTo “ShadesofDEEP PURPLE " probably because "Shades.." producer Derek Lawrence assisted withThe session. The vocals feel at times as if they're too far in TheTheSound seems cleaner and brighter thanThe album. " Help " is probably TheofThe three, withA great instrumental section, evenifThe guitar solo is surprisingly closeTo The strangulated 'Blackmore does Hendrix' feelofThe original. From here onwards it's all Blackmore as himself..

DEEP PURPLE Mk1"And The Address" is another UnreleasedFrom July. It's A middling quality off-air recording ofTwo minutesFromThe middleofThe track. However, it Sounds better than TheOn which it turned up inThe mid-eighties, and it's inclusion is fully merited. This is A StepBEYOND "Shades..", withTheband really cutting loose. BLACKMORE'S guitar work is particularly aggressive and urgent.

Fast forward six months To February 1969 and Theband were backFOR another visitTo John Peel's "Top Gear". All of TheFIVE tracks were addedToThe 2000 Mk1 album reissues, butSound much more atHome in this context. "Hey Boppa Be Bop" ( A prototype ofThe Painter") is all choppy guitar and improv lyrics, andSPORTSA guitar solo which I must admit hadn't really hitHome during its previousLIFE asA bonus track. "Hey Joe", "Wring That Neck", and "Emmaretta" are all improvements On their album and single versions, while "It's All Over" appeared FirstOnThe "Book Of Taliesyn "CD reissue. "Hey Joe" by The way is TheWithoutThe "Three Cornered Hat" introduction. An off-air recording of TheTo scratch.

"Lalena" and " The Painter" FromOnThe 2000"DEEP PURPLE " reissue. " The Painter" is noticeably beefier than The embryonic "Hey Boppa Be Bop". STILL, even it pales in comparison To ARecordedOneWEEK laterFORDEEP PURPLE Mk1's final (and until nowUnreleased ) BBC session. Aired On "Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae" in early July, it has Chris enthusing over A particularly frenetic opening blast, during which Ritchie's poor old wah-wah pedal and tremolo arm take an almighty pummeling. Luckily The treatment is repeated in The solo. it's A very special inclusion, showing Theband already inThe processof stepping up another gear. "I'm So Glad" is my personal highlight of The entire collection. The tune is closer To Cream's take OnThe song, and is givenA three minute rollicking similar in feelTo Mk2's versionof "Bird Has Flown". The guitar solo is simply great. The disc is rounded off (as it began) with "Hush". The difference in The performance is fairly extreme, with this OneA frenetic pace and peppered with pounding guitar runs. Great stuff. The version may be familiar To collectors, as AThe eighties withA different DJ voice over. " The Painter" surfaced unofficially in TheOnThe abominable "Odd Ditties" bootleg CD. The session as A whole could well be TheDEEP PURPLE Mk1To be released.

The DEEP PURPLE Mk2 sessions disc includes eleven MUSIC tracks plus AThe makingof "Black Night ". All of TheMUSIC tracks were previously includedOnThe now deleted "Listen, Learn, ReadOn "Box set. As with disc One , TheMUSIC benefits hugelyFrom being grouped together and set in context.

The First Mk2 session is A PerfectThe line ups. Recorded Some six weeks after Mk1 bowed out we have A magnificently potent version ofThe lower strings, and "Ricochet" -A very early prototypeof "SpeedKING " with improvised lyrics. "Speed KING " itself follows, Recorded and broadcast in November 1969, months before "In Rock" appeared. It is close To TheFirst appearedOn “SinglesA 's & B's", andSounds wonderful. Another leap forward FOR Theband . Joining it is "John Stew", A studio knockabout with TheGreen Bullfrog" riff and improvised lyrics. A non BBC instrumental take, called "Jon's Stew" was A bonus track OnThe 1995 "In Rock" anniversary CD.

On To April 1970, STILL before "In Rock", and three tracks due FORThe album but notTheLive set. "Hard Loving Man" is A let-down, fading out just as Jon Lord begins ToThe big instrumental passage. ( A lo-fi off-air recording survives which does get as far as TheThe climax.). "Living Wreck" is preceded by Brian Mathew introducing " The HEAVYSoundofRITCHIE BLACKMORE ",One year after descriptionHIS guitarSound as "great and groovy" before ""Hey Boppa Be Bop". "Living Wreck" comes From AThe original broadcast (which only survives in poor quality) it suffered an edit - missingA verses. It STILL SoundsA bludgeoning "Bloodsucker",. Like many of TheOnThe collection it only survived in releasable condition thanksToThe Transcription Service. An earlier version of "Living Wreck" is missing presumed gone.

To round off The collection we have ARecorded especiallyFORThe Transcription service inSeptember 1970. A solid " Black Night " is preceded by Jon talking ofThe track was conceived. Also included is "Into The FIREThe studio jam "Grabsplatter" - which soon transmogrified into "I'm Alone" - and an excellent "Child InTime " with Jon Lord leading offThe instrumental passage. A great way To round off TheFrom 1968To 1970. (review: David Browne/deep-purple.net)

RITCHIE BLACKMORE -Guitar
Rod Evans - Vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5-14)
IAN GILLAN - Vocals (Tracks 15-25)
Nick Simper - bass (tracks 1-14)
Roger Glover bass (tracks 15-25)
Jon Lord - keyboards
Ian Paice - drums