{"id":27117,"date":"2024-04-22T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27117"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:03:27","slug":"five-semi-rare-cuts-from-deep-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/five-semi-rare-cuts-from-deep-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Semi-rare Cuts from Deep Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deep Purple released <em>Burn<\/em>, their eighth studio album a half-century ago in February 1974. Today the band endures: founding member Ian Paice (drums) is joined by Roger Glover and Ian Gillan (both of whom first joined in 1969) plus newer members, continuing to tour and record. Their most recent studio release was 2021\u2019s critically-acclaimed all-covers set, <em>Turning to Crime<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While all of Deep Purple\u2019s albums feature hard-rocking classics, a scattering of songs didn\u2019t find their way onto the regular studio albums until years after their release as singles. The group\u2019s Mark I, Mark II and Mark III eras were a period of constant change during which Paice, lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and keyboardist Jon Lord were the band\u2019s only constant members. Here are five often overlooked Deep Purple tracks from those days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEmmaretta\u201d (1969)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fourth Deep Purple single, \u201cEmmaretta\u201d featured the group\u2019s original lineup, with Rod Evans on lead vocals and Nick Simper on bass. This non-LP single reached the lower rungs of charts in Austria and Canada. It would be included on the remastered CD edition of <em>Deep Purple<\/em>; that release also featured a BBC Top Gear performance of the song from January 1969. \u201cEmmaretta\u201d would be one of the group\u2019s last recordings before changing from a progressive sound to a harder rock style.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zdrmJ-PE-50?si=874kOStPSapYCBm7&amp;start=89\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHallelujah\u201d (1969)<\/strong><br \/>\nA non-album track, \u201cHallelujah\u201d was the sixth single from Deep Purple, and the first to feature Gillan (lead vocals) and Glover (bass). It failed to chart anywhere except Austria, where it reached #16 on that country\u2019s singles chart. A cover of a tune first cut by obscure group The Derek Lawrence Statement, Deep Purple\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d was finally released on an LP in 1978 as part of <em>The Deep Purple Singles A&#8217;s and B&#8217;s<\/em>; that album was released everywhere but the U.S. An expanded CD-era version of the compilation would be released worldwide in 1993.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rk6VYN31v2U?si=TJRjcpTI-kIsKNWq&amp;start=89\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBlack Night\u201d (1970)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis non-album single represented a breakthrough for Deep Purple, reaching the Top Ten in six countries; it soared all the way to the #1 spot in the band\u2019s home United Kingdom. With songwriting credited to the whole band, \u201cBlack Night\u201d bears a striking resemblance to \u201cWe Ain\u2019t Got Nothin\u2019 Yet\u201d a hit for American psychedelic band Blues Magoos three years earlier. \u201cBlack Night\u201d would be featured as a bonus track on the 25th Anniversary Edition release of <em>In Rock,<\/em> along with a longer, unedited remix.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZXhZ6Wejqc?si=eDlIyKTsveZmbHB8&amp;start=89\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhen a Blind Man Cries\u201d (1972)<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the best tracks on Deep Purple\u2019s mega-hit <em>Machine Head<\/em> is the rarely-performed \u201cNever Before.\u201d That tune \u2013 the first of four singles off the LP \u2013 was released as a single in March 1972, charting only modestly. As a result, relatively few listeners heard its non-LP flip side cut, \u201cWhen a Blind Man Cries.\u201d A 1997 remix of the song was included on the 25th anniversary edition of <em>Machine Head<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8-CkooNKmc?si=7ui8kh9S0rl67R4o&amp;start=89\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCoronarious Redig\u201d (1974)<\/strong><br \/>\nGillan and Glover had departed the group by the time of 1974\u2019s <em>Burn<\/em>, though both would return a decade later. Deep Purple Mark III was fronted by new lead singer David Coverdale, with Glenn Hughes on bass. The title track from the group\u2019s eighth studio LP, \u201cBurn\u201d became a concert opener. Its little-heard b-side surfaced again on a UK-only 2LP set,<em> The Anthology<\/em> in the mid 1980s. (That collection also featured the four other songs spotlighted in this roundup.) \u201cCoronarious Redig\u201d would also be included (in a remixed version) on the 30th anniversary expanded reissue of <em>Burn<\/em> in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VikEuTvS9VI?si=37D2ZoPwcsBr86_h&amp;start=89\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep Purple released Burn, their eighth studio album a half-century ago in February 1974. 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