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Deep Purple, 1969. Ā
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Lalena- Donovan or Deep Purple?
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Deep Purple, circa 1968.
Deep Purple: Deep Purple (1969)
Deep Purpleās original lineup ofĀ guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, organist Jon Lord, vocalist Rod Evans, bassist Nick Simper, and drummer Ian Paice wasĀ running out of steam by the release of this eponymous third album, in 1969.
Amazingly, barely a year had passed since the London-based quintetās debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, had turned a cover of Joe SouthāsĀ āHushā into a massive U.S. Top 5 single, basically making them stars-in-waiting ... in America anyway.
But, back home in the U.K., modest sales of both that first LP and Purpleās second,Ā The Book of Taliesyn, colluded with mounting financial troubles at their U.S. label Tetragrammaton (co-owned by now disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, of all people) to put undue pressure on the sessions for this crucial third attempt.
Pressure that saw the bandĀ reaching for a hit with a tepid cover of Donovanās āLalenaā and losing themselves in aĀ transitional netherworld of psychedelic, progressive and hard rock with not-quite-there originals likeĀ āChasing Shadowsā and āFault Line/The Painter.ā
Sure, a dozen listens may convert you to theĀ baroque ānā roll of āBlind,ā the bluesy thrust of āWhy Didnāt Rosemary,ā and certainly the albumās strongest number, āThe Bird has Flownā (which, incidentally, bore no relation to The Beatlesā tune).
But Deep Purpleās greatest asset, at this time, wasnāt their confused songwriting, it was their stellar musicianship, with Blackmore, Lord and Paice, in particular, showcasing all of their skill on theĀ ambitious, if commercially doomed, twelve-minute foray into symphonic rock called āApril.ā
This would, of course, lead to the next yearās career detour and dead-end, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, by which timeĀ Evans and Simper had been supplanted with new singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, thus solidifying the legendary Mk. II lineup.
Together, these five longhairs would soon make Deep PurpleāsĀ ā60s escapades a distant and/or forgotten memory, as they charged into the new heavy metal era with form-defining classics like In Rock, FireballĀ and Machine Head, leaving predecessors like this one in their dust.
p.s. -- Almost forgot to mention the gatefold coverās nifty, black-and-white reproduction/corruption of the right panel of Hieronymus Boschās famous triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, whose nightmare visions have of course graced many a heavy metal album over the years.
p.p.s. -- Some of these words were adapted from a couple of earlier pieces written about this album for Ultimate Classic Rock.
More Deep Purple: Shades of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, In Rock,Ā āBlack Night,āĀ "Strange Kind of Woman," Fireball, Machine Head, Made in Japan, Who Do We Think We Are?, Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band, Made in Europe, New Live & Rare EP,Ā New Live & Rare Vol. 2 EP, Perfect Strangers, Fireworks, The House of Blue Light,Ā Slaves and Masters.Ā