![]() ![]() Sadly Jon Lord passed away last month of cancer. But they had three musicians (Ian Paice-drummer, Richie Blackmore-guitar, and Jon Lord-keyboards) that I would stack up against pretty much anybody in the business. To be sure, they originally leaned classical and early progressive. Sad because this era of Deep Purple's illustrious career remains my own personal favorite era. ![]() They declared bankruptcy two years later. Long time comedian Bill Cosby (who actually was one of the early investors) released a comedy album on this label as well (8:15-12:15) Deep Purple basically kept that label in business until Tetragrammaton folded their tent in late 1969 regarding any further releases by anybody. I can think of only one lp (The Kingston Trio's Once Upon A Time) that was released by a band of any name to them. Their output was minimal, the quality of the vinyl they pressed was worse than minimal. Tetragrammaton Records was basically held together by duct tape, tie wire, chewing gum, and wishful thinking. In the States those lp's, along with a third lp (self titled) were released by Tetragrammaton Records. What I mean by respect is this: Their first two albums (Shades Of Deep Purple and Book Of Taliesyn) were released in their home country by two of the most noted record labels going in Europe- EMI Parlophone and Harvest. In the States however, in their earliest beginnings, they couldn't catch a break. And though they never achieved superstar status that I thought they would, British rockers Deep Purple still are in my personal top ten of great groups from the other side of the pond. ![]()
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