oscargamblesfr o 10/09/2006
A three part tune that foreshadowed their next album with some different personnel, a merger of rock and classical music entitled "Concerto For Group and Orchestra' that is the only pre 90's album by them that I've never heard, but it is apparently a lot like the work of Keith Emerson's early act The Nice which I have heard. The first part of this epic was a beautiful acoustic based mournful track with some spirited keyboards work by Lord and some nice electric guitar by Blackmore on top. The second part was an impressive purely classical music section. The third part was a rock tune, a fairly aggressive, hard psychedelic pop ballad with good drumming and nice bass work that was somewhat reminiscent of acts like Cream or Vanilla Fudge. It's an ambitious tune, a long one pushing 12 minutes that some might regard as pompous or precocious, which in a way it is, but, to me, it's still genuinely impressive, enjoyable, and innovative, and one of my favorites by the group. This was in a way the last song by the first lineup to appear, as it was put on the b-side of the first release by the most famous Deep Purple, the second version- the single "Hallelujah"in mid 1969 just after Evans and Simper were dropped from the group. Evans went on to Captain Beyond, an early to mid 70's somewhat successful supergroup with some guys from Blues Image and Iron Butterfly before emerging in the early 80's with a bogus act calling itself Deep Purple but only including him that was successfully court ordered to cease and desist appearing as Deep Purple. Simper formed an obscure hard rock act called Warhorse that put out 2 early 70's records before folding.
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