Deep Purple- WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL

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Deep Purple- WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL- CD- 21.09.1978/15.05.1998-
- WEA International Inc./Warner Music Japan Inc.- 4943674157624 (WPCR-1576)- 150 grn
WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL is a compilation album by Deep Purple featuring some of their most popular songs from 1968 to 1974. WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL was released in October 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. As a greatest-hits album, this awkwardly titled compilation features incarnations of Deep Purple so dissimilar that one could easily mistake this album for a various-artists collection. After all, singer Rod Evans isn't singer Ian Gillan and certainly not David Coverdale, whose appearance for ''Burn'' takes the band to the end of its dominance. “Kentucky Woman,” “Hard Road," and “Hush” feature the earliest looks at the group, while “Space Truckin’,” “Woman From Tokyo,” “Smoke On The Water," and “Highway Star” feature the hard rock ensemble that became one of the early influences on heavy metal. People who love the musical chemistry between Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice should also own Machine Head and Made In Japan at minimum, while fans of the original band should focus on Shades Of Deep Purple.
PERSONNEL: Ian Gillan – lead vocals; Ritchie Blackmore – guitar; Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals; Roger Glover – bass guitar; Ian Paice – drums; Rod Evans – lead vocals; Nick Simper – bass guitar and backing vocals; David Coverdale – lead vocals; Glenn Hughes – bass guitar and vocals.
Deep Purple had broken up just two years earlier when their record company released the ridiculously-long-titled WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL, although the title certainly fit them well. Growing out of the late 1960's psychedelia, Deep Purple gradually evolved into a dark, deep, heavy progressive rock band by the end of the decade - they became the "Dark" to Yes's "Light." By the end of 1969, original lead singer Rod Evans left, to be replaced by the massively talented former lead singer of Episode Six (and original star of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar) Ian Gillan. Roger Glover also joined the band at the same time as the new bass guitarist. With these two mad geniuses, the music of Deep Purple changed forever. Deep Purple's new lineup (commonly called Mark II) released their first album, Deep Purple In Rock, in 1970. This was the same year that Black Sabbath put out their devastatingly heavy first two albums, and Deep Purple's album had no less of an effect on a formerly sleepy rock world. On this compilation, we get the great, although somewhat shortened, live version of "Smoke On The Water" from the Made In Japan album as well as the barn-burning "Highway Star." We also get the studio version (misprinted on the label as being the "live version") of "Woman From Tokyo". Who Do We Think We Are album would prove to be the swansong for both Gillan & Glover, as both left due to feuding with notoriously prickly founder and lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. They were replaced soon after by a very young blues-rock singer named David Coverdale, plus former Trapeze bass guitarist and singer Glenn Hughes. Both fit their very different styles surprisingly well in their new roles in Deep Purple. Three years after this record was released, Deepest Purple came into being in 1981. Suffice it to say that, at 12 tracks totalling 63 minutes in length, it easily surpasses the 8-track, 44-minute WHEN WE ROCK, WE ROCK AND WHEN WE ROLL, WE ROLL. However it lacks anything from the Mark I period, which they did for good reason. Both best-of records are worth buying, as they each bring different 'shades' of Deep Purple to the mix, and complement each other well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR DEEP PURPLE FANS.
Replica From Original Japanese Mini-LP Edition.
Comes In A Regular Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes 12-Page B/W Japanese Foldout Insert.
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