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Friday 14 November 2014

Albums I Haven't Listened to in Over 30 Years - Long Live Rock'nRoll

More hair than a hair convention


I was at a friend's house at the weekend and he must have had between 15 and 20 Deep Purple albums. There was some Ian Gillan in there too and although I never saw it I strongly suspect that this album was lurking there somewhere
Guitar god Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio on vocals and Cozy Powell on drums - the're all there.

What on earth possessed me to purchase this in 1978 when I was old enough to know better and there was a lot of terrific music about I have absolutely no idea.
I have it in my head that I bought it in Ayr - maybe punk had not reached the Ayrshire coast by then..

You are only getting the one track today which  arguably  is more than enough

Rainbow -Long Live Rock'n'Roll

2 comments:

  1. The second album I ever bought was Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, the year after you bought this. I have to admit that I own a few Deep Purple albums and Rainbow on Stage.

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  2. The only thing that wrecks records like these is the singing...the dramatic squealing and hammy emoting or whatever. Otherwise the songs chug along pretty good.

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