My first concert was Rory Gallagher, Fleetwood Mac and lining was Deep Purple. After seeing Ritchie Blackmore, my life changed. I was barely a teenager and saw that. Can you imagine? Ritchie is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
What do you mean by "...Ritchie is finally getting the recognition he deserves..."? Blackmore has ALWAYS been regarded as a legend. He's been up there with Jimmy Page since Purple and Led Zep were the ONLY two Super-Rock bands in the world. (In a close third place was Black Sabbath) Back in the 70's, kids were wearing either a Deep Purple T-Shirt with a silhouette of the members on the back OR a Led Zepelin T-Shirt with the Blimp on the back and the 4 symbols on the front. It was a simple as that. Page and Ritchie were the ONLY two lead guitarists anyone ever talked about. "Child In Time" is STILL contains the greatest Lead Breaks EVER written!!!!!
I was living in Southern California in 1974 when Deep Purple and ELP headlined the California Jam 74 Festival. That was the Mark III configuration with the inclusion of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. I was kind of a dud when it came to big festivals. I didn’t enjoy concerts with such masses of humanity. I had a dear friend at the time who went and so I able to live vicariously through her. So grateful to TH-cam that that festival has been posted and I’m able to transport myself back in time. Thank you, YP, for the doc on DPs early days. Well done!
In the late 90s, I wound up enjoying "bar shows" FAR MORE than I ever did big "concerts". Usually free parking, cheap to get in, I'd stand RIGHT in front of the stage, and often chat with the musicians after. Whole different kind of experience.
@@henrykujawa4427 I love the intimacy of smaller venues. Back in the day when there were music stores, they’d offer free concerts, and I certainly took advantage of them. You mentioned the 90s, back then when there were bookstores with music depts, I worked at a large store and we hosted many performers promoting their recordings. Miss those kind of venues: coffee, tea, books swirling around you, and great music being heard.
I was also at the cal jam festival in 1974, Black sabbath and Deep Purple were the best of the bands as far as I was concerned. Either way it was just to damn crowded and extremely hot, but very peaceful there were quite a few Hells Angels just kicking back enjoying the music.
@@fightforfreedom-mf5cz Outside of my friend who attended, I’ve never met anyone else who attended that festival. I forget that Black Sabbath was one of the featured acts. I saw them two years before in 1972. They were on a year-long tour, starting in ‘71, supporting the album Master of Reality. You were mentioning the Hells Angels being present at the Ca Jam. Possibly what was left from the Altamont concert? Maybe they mellowed a bit by 74? 😄
Where else but Yesterday's Papers can we see this kind of excellent docu? Lots of fascinating details, like 16-year-old Ian Paice with the Maze. And Blackmore's blazing guitar work in Heinz. Just great! And thanks also for the 60s colour film footage of Amsterdam, when the number plates in the Netherlands were still blue, very cool!
Since the early 70's DP has been one of my favorite rock bands. So I stumbled onto an earlier "story of DP" on youtube a few years back. It was basically fraudulent, reducing the band to 5 dudes that decided to start a rock band, started jamming in a warehouse and magically cranked out successful albums. It rang hollow, considering how awesome the "Deep Purple" and "Deep Purple in Rock" albums were. This YP rockumentary on how DP came together sheds a *lot* of light, making the evolution of the original lineup an inspirational story, providing background on the unique qualifications and challenges of each member. It explains how their powerful albums weren't mere magic.
I started listening to Deep Purple in the early seventies. I saw them at the Ca Jam in 74. Definitely the number one band at the Jam. Richie Blackmore is still my favorite guitarist.
Awesome documentary which left me wanting more details about Deep Purple. In 1971 I bummed a ride back from the local fair, driver put in his 8 track of Deep Purple, I became an instant fan of their music. Lots of great Deep Purple early concerts on TH-cam. Highway star and so many great songs still have a powerful rush to hear. Thanks for this great video. Music for your soul.
"Hush" was played constantly on my local AM radio station, WEAM(1390), in Northern Virginia when it was released. I still remember hearing it driving down Shirley Highway thru Shirlington in my '61 Ford Falcon. The same car where I first hear 'Purple Haze' and 'Like a Rolling Stone'...Great archive films, YP~!
The Book of Taliesyn, original album, on my parent's Sears & Roebuck turntable - headphones, smoking pot - was an exciting head trip. The intro to "River Deep, Mountain High" blew my mind under those circumstances. An experience I'll never forget even though it was many decades ago. That album opened up a whole new world for me.
In these days where so-called "Classic Rock" stations narrow old bands down to ONE song apiece, they still play TWO Deep Purple songs-- "Smoke On The Water"-- and "Hush"! Ironic when I consider they wound up firing both the singer and bassist several albums later.
@@davidellis5141an Aussie named Russell Morris also had a bit of a hit down here with “ Hush “ back in the late 60s. Actually, when I first heard DP’s version, I thought they were covering Russell Morris. So, even more royalties for Mr. South!!
I used to work with Chris Curtis in the Tax Office in Liverpool when he came home from London after he gave up on the music business. Absolutely lovely guy, so sad his mental issues sabotaged his career.I He rarely talked about his music career but when he did open up some of the stories would make your hair curl. My aunt used to work with Pete Best in a different government office a few miles down the road. Two unlucky Liverpool drummers.
I recall seeing Deep Purple play at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968 or 1969. I was already a fan, so their album with "Ring That Neck" AKA "A Hard Road" was emphasized. Mind blowing was that tickets were just 50 cents each! I'm still a fan of all versions of the band prior to Blackmore's leaving. It was fascinating to learn that while DP isn't necessarily considered the first "heavy metal" band, Blackmore was nonetheless the first heavy metal guitar player, several years before Hendrix' "Purple Haze." This was a really fine documentary with so many bands that I didn't remember contributing to the arrival of DP. Thanks!
The first lineup is enormously under rated. Their 3rd album simply called Deep Purple is still one of my favorites such diversity. When you consider they recorded all 3 albums from the first lineup in just over a year, it makes the 3rd album even more amazing. Their cover version of "Help" is very well done especially by Rod and Ritchie. In hind sight, the Mach One lineup should have been given more time to develop, no telling how far it could have gone.
Huge Deep Purple Fan Here I've Seen Them 11 Times Back in the Day here in LA and sew them with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra Richie Blackmore Is Still A Major Influence On My Guitar Playing And Song Wrighting Thanks YP Outstanding Cheers !
Great video. Love it totally. I used to live in a small town in southern Ontario, Canada. In the neighboring house, good Dutch people, the young guys I used to hear regularly on electric guitars going crazy, nothing offensive. I was a very quiet guy but I was interested in what they were doing. This was probably in the early 70's. I talked to one of the guys once and I found out they were massive Deep Purple fans. So that was my connection because I don't think I knew too much about DP in those days. They were sort of an underground band at that time and not too well known in my area. Thanks a lot for this valid contribution.
Deep Purple is one of those rare bands where when I listen enough, I can actually hear EACH musician's playing separately. Most bands, it all meshes together and I can't tell who's doing what.
I was a young lad of about 10 when I heard Smoke on The Water. I was hooked on Rock & Roll from that day forward. When I was able to but the 45 it turned out the the B side was a Live version which I loved more. Deep Purple will always be in my top 5.
Very informative and very well put together. The attention to detail (as in coupling the reference to a Dutch tour with period footage of Holland) is exceptional.
Fantastic video with well researched facts. Deep Purple were and still are a brilliant band that I’ve seen many times over the years with various lineups. Hopefully you can do a follow up video detailing there later years as well 👍🏻
I wasn't around to see Deep Purple but as a kid did see Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow with Dio on vocals. They were the opening act for REO Speedwagon !
well done on this excellent docco piece! A joy to learn their histories and hear their early 60s music. I have long admired Blackmore though hadn't realised he had recordings going all the way back to 1963!
I saw Deep Purple supporting the Byrds at The Roundhouse on 6th July 1968. The band opened their set dressed in black with their backs to the audience and hunched over their instruments. I went into shock and Roger McGuinn came on afterwards and said to the audience, 'Hello there, lovers of country music'! It was unreal.
Absolutely FANTASTIC video! There I was thinking I knew everything there was to know about the formation of Deep Purple! Not so, and I LOVE to be proven wrong by this amazing video of sheer informative awesomeness!
Wow. I love Deep Purple MK I so this video really helps to illuminate many of the dark areas of the formation of the group. The Rod Evans years are my favorite DP period.
This was very well done! Deep Purple has always been in my top 5 favorite bands. Top 5 because I cannot pick just one for favorite, same with favorite albums.
Thank you for this video, just perfect on a rainy summer day in northern Thailand. So many people think of the really big rock groups of the 60s and 70s and think they just sort of magically happened, but to the very contrary it is so often a series of lucky connections and word of mouth that gets certain musicians together. Bands like Deep Purple in any alternate universe would never have happened, but thankfully in this universe it did. Love all the archive footage of the various bands doing pivotal gigs, including the signature hair and clothes of the time. =)
This was great. Hush is my all-time favorite Deep Purple song and Kula Shaker does an outstanding cover version. Jon and Ritchie have quite the musical pedigrees. At about 7:48 I saw the 1965 Chevrolet Impala in Amsterdam. So cool. I used to own an 8-track copy of their 1972 album Machine Head. I played it til I wore it out. It is that good. I think the scene where you see the people dancing in 1968 is an American TV show called Playboy After Dark. Lately, I've been getting into heavy metal. Once again a great episode.
That was an outstanding mini-doc! Really enjoyed it, and thanks. Chris Curtis also approached a visiting Herefordshire band, The Silence, with a view to becoming Roundabout. Instead, they became Mott the Hoople a few months later. As Purple and Mott are my fave bands, I admire Chris Curtis' foresight. 🙂🙃
Thank You for this video! I never heard of Blackmore's time before Deep Purple or the other guys in the band. It seems overnite success takes years to happen. Make more videos please!
It was worth watching just to see where the name “ Deep Purple “ came from; I had no idea! Very informative video; thank you! Hoping there’ll be a part two 🤘🎸
I loved this video. Deep Purple is important. Ritchie Blackmore is a legend. And thanks to you I know how it all began. I have watched this video several times. It rocks.
I really shouldn't complain because the video does exactly what it says on the tin, but given how 'history of band x' videos tend to go, I was genuinely surprised when the video ended at a point that felt like: 'ah, and NOW the cool story starts...' 🙂 This is actually a compliment, because I enjoyed watching it.
Another cosmic video. I didn’t know the early history of the band to this level of detail, fascinating. Hush is a classic - it could still fill the dance floors today. 😎✌️🎸🎹
Then Gillan and Glover joined and Deep Purple In Rock was cast in stone as the greatest live rock band. As a 16yr old tyro guitarist, I saw them play that album and more at Newcastle City Hall and that gig showed me where I needed to go as a guitarist. I never made it as life got in the way, but approaching 70, I am retired from The World and back out gigging again and reactivating all my favourite Purple numbers. I was saddened to learn that Blackmore was not invited to the induction of Purple into Rock History. There would have been no In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan etc without Blackmore - personal tiffs should never be allowed to alter History. RIP John Lord.
Thanks for this wonderful video 😊 Deep Purple self titled album is my no. 1 DP album soooooo tight and were rocking hard!! Paicey on fire on that album. Love Rod in Capt beyond too
Deep Purple will always be a bit special for me - one of the first rock gigs I went to and undoubtedly the loudest. Fascinating to see their family tree.
WOW. I've been a huge fan of DP for so long. Years back, I also got collections of both EPISODE SIX and later THE ARTWOODS, and have been playing the latter quite a bit this month. But I knew NOTHING about the background of the other members, or all the various bands that had been involved. Crazy enough, for a short time in the late 90s, there was a bar band from Lancaster, PA called THE OMEGA MEN fronted by guitarist-singer Jonathan Sipes and organ player Susan Mackie (who at the end of each show would go-go-dance on top of her large Hammond organ). Jonathan once told me be based the entire sound of his band on THE ARTWOODS, which is what made me look them up soon after that. I must have seen them play about 8 times. Lots of fun.
@@Peterthepainter66 Yes that’s what mgmnt is inherently for. However it just seemed all too often w Blackmore. Fortunately w The Fabs, it wasn’t the standard of practice.
@@moorlock2003 When I first got ahold of their 3rd LP, I thought, "My god, this sounds like Emerson Lake & Palmer!" The song "Chasing Shadows" remains among my favorites.
One of the greatest bands ever , great music, superb line ups, and still on tour in 2024, purple has had some very talnted people. 2 singers would go on to join black sabbath as lead singer Ian paice is the on.y original Snd member from day @ even today purple sell out the stadiums and have just recently released three singles within weeks of each other, purple have had some fantastic singers and guitar players, each bringing something great history new to the band, one of the greatest groups to have Ever formed
As usual an excellent informative doc,some of the details I,m familiar with and have a copy of an Artwoods comp LP-its unfortunate that Deep Purple were troubled with clashes of egos as each member was talented in his own right and Chris Curtis was an articulate man but a troubled soul who sadly lost his way and died alone in obscurity!
I subscribed Don't usually subscribe to channels with as many more and more patrons as you have. But damn. You've got some good well researched content here with video and audio clips to match. You're not just blathering on without anything to back it up. Sure your opinion is important. But having connections to why you feel the way you do is very important as well that
I wonder who's doing the interview for danish television? I know that *Hans Otto Bisgaard* was the leader of *Brøndby Pop Club* at that time, and he encountered a lot of surprisingly big names there, despite being in his early 20s. In 1970 he was hired by the danish radio (DR) and had a long career as DJ and host. It's dificult to tell with that haircut. Hahaha!
My first concert was Rory Gallagher, Fleetwood Mac and lining was Deep Purple. After seeing Ritchie Blackmore, my life changed. I was barely a teenager and saw that. Can you imagine? Ritchie is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
What do you mean by "...Ritchie is finally getting the recognition he deserves..."? Blackmore has ALWAYS been regarded as a legend. He's been up there with Jimmy Page since Purple and Led Zep were the ONLY two Super-Rock bands in the world. (In a close third place was Black Sabbath) Back in the 70's, kids were wearing either a Deep Purple T-Shirt with a silhouette of the members on the back OR a Led Zepelin T-Shirt with the Blimp on the back and the 4 symbols on the front. It was a simple as that. Page and Ritchie were the ONLY two lead guitarists anyone ever talked about. "Child In Time" is STILL contains the greatest Lead Breaks EVER written!!!!!
That was a great concert. I remember it well...... back in April 1973.
I was living in Southern California in 1974 when Deep Purple and ELP headlined the California Jam 74 Festival. That was the Mark III configuration with the inclusion of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. I was kind of a dud when it came to big festivals. I didn’t enjoy concerts with such masses of humanity. I had a dear friend at the time who went and so I able to live vicariously through her. So grateful to TH-cam that that festival has been posted and I’m able to transport myself back in time. Thank you, YP, for the doc on DPs early days. Well done!
Cheers! I like their California Jam show.
In the late 90s, I wound up enjoying "bar shows" FAR MORE than I ever did big "concerts". Usually free parking, cheap to get in, I'd stand RIGHT in front of the stage, and often chat with the musicians after. Whole different kind of experience.
@@henrykujawa4427 I love the intimacy of smaller venues. Back in the day when there were music stores, they’d offer free concerts, and I certainly took advantage of them. You mentioned the 90s, back then when there were bookstores with music depts, I worked at a large store and we hosted many performers promoting their recordings. Miss those kind of venues: coffee, tea, books swirling around you, and great music being heard.
I was also at the cal jam festival in 1974, Black sabbath and Deep Purple were the best of the bands as far as I was concerned. Either way it was just to damn crowded and extremely hot, but very peaceful there were quite a few Hells Angels just kicking back enjoying the music.
@@fightforfreedom-mf5cz Outside of my friend who attended, I’ve never met anyone else who attended that festival. I forget that Black Sabbath was one of the featured acts. I saw them two years before in 1972. They were on a year-long tour, starting in ‘71, supporting the album Master of Reality. You were mentioning the Hells Angels being present at the Ca Jam. Possibly what was left from the Altamont concert? Maybe they mellowed a bit by 74? 😄
Thanks for this very informative video on one of my favourite bands . I'm almost 75 and I remember Deep Purple from a long way back .
Where else but Yesterday's Papers can we see this kind of excellent docu? Lots of fascinating details, like 16-year-old Ian Paice with the Maze. And Blackmore's blazing guitar work in Heinz. Just great! And thanks also for the 60s colour film footage of Amsterdam, when the number plates in the Netherlands were still blue, very cool!
Cheers Edwin!
No one can touch you when it comes to this kind of rock and roll video storytelling. Rock on!
Cheers! Rock on!
@@YesterdaysPapersYep, really good. The most complete telling of the formation story I’ve come across.
Since the early 70's DP has been one of my favorite rock bands. So I stumbled onto an earlier "story of DP" on youtube a few years back. It was basically fraudulent, reducing the band to 5 dudes that decided to start a rock band, started jamming in a warehouse and magically cranked out successful albums. It rang hollow, considering how awesome the "Deep Purple" and "Deep Purple in Rock" albums were.
This YP rockumentary on how DP came together sheds a *lot* of light, making the evolution of the original lineup an inspirational story, providing background on the unique qualifications and challenges of each member. It explains how their powerful albums weren't mere magic.
@@mr.thrasher4029 Cheers!
I started listening to Deep Purple in the early seventies. I saw them at the Ca Jam in 74. Definitely the number one band at the Jam. Richie Blackmore is still my favorite guitarist.
Awesome documentary which left me wanting more details about Deep Purple. In 1971 I bummed a ride back from the local fair, driver put in his 8 track of Deep Purple, I became an instant fan of their music. Lots of great Deep Purple early concerts on TH-cam. Highway star and so many great songs still have a powerful rush to hear. Thanks for this great video. Music for your soul.
Finally, an excellent, informative rock video!! Great work!!
"Hush" was played constantly on my local AM radio station, WEAM(1390), in Northern Virginia when it was released. I still remember hearing it driving down Shirley Highway thru Shirlington in my '61 Ford Falcon. The same car where I first hear 'Purple Haze' and 'Like a Rolling Stone'...Great archive films, YP~!
Cheers!
what a fantastic memory ! did you go to the weenie beanie ?
@@michaelfarrell5101 My hangout was the Burger Chef in Franconia...
The Book of Taliesyn, original album, on my parent's Sears & Roebuck turntable - headphones, smoking pot - was an exciting head trip. The intro to "River Deep, Mountain High" blew my mind under those circumstances. An experience I'll never forget even though it was many decades ago. That album opened up a whole new world for me.
I've always wondered which classical work(s) Jon and Ritchie weaved into "River Deep Mountain High."
Joe South was very happy that Deep Purple covered Hush. Nice royalties.
I bought the original Billy Joe Royal 45 back in the day. I still think it's the best version.
@@kso808down in the boondocks
In these days where so-called "Classic Rock" stations narrow old bands down to ONE song apiece, they still play TWO Deep Purple songs-- "Smoke On The Water"-- and "Hush"! Ironic when I consider they wound up firing both the singer and bassist several albums later.
Joe South passed away in 2012 at 72. He was a great genius songwriter and vocalist in his own right. RIP!
@@davidellis5141an Aussie named Russell Morris also had a bit of a hit down here with “ Hush “ back in the late 60s. Actually, when I first heard DP’s version, I thought they were covering Russell Morris. So, even more royalties for Mr. South!!
I used to work with Chris Curtis in the Tax Office in Liverpool when he came home from London after he gave up on the music business. Absolutely lovely guy, so sad his mental issues sabotaged his career.I
He rarely talked about his music career but when he did open up some of the stories would make your hair curl.
My aunt used to work with Pete Best in a different government office a few miles down the road.
Two unlucky Liverpool drummers.
Rip Jon Douglas Lord 😢. Love Deep Purple awesome band 💜.
Mister Jon Lord The Lord of the Keyboards RIP 🙏🏻
I recall seeing Deep Purple play at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968 or 1969. I was already a fan, so their album with "Ring That Neck" AKA "A Hard Road" was emphasized. Mind blowing was that tickets were just 50 cents each! I'm still a fan of all versions of the band prior to Blackmore's leaving.
It was fascinating to learn that while DP isn't necessarily considered the first "heavy metal" band, Blackmore was nonetheless the first heavy metal guitar player, several years before Hendrix' "Purple Haze."
This was a really fine documentary with so many bands that I didn't remember contributing to the arrival of DP. Thanks!
I was born in 1961. I grew up with Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, The Temptations, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Manfred Mann...
I knew all about the connection with the group the searchers, but this gives an even better over a few! I have loved this band in all incarnations
Never heard Jon Lord talking (I'm from a later Generation)...what a gentle voice he had!
The first lineup is enormously under rated. Their 3rd album simply called Deep Purple is still one of my favorites such diversity. When you consider they recorded all 3 albums from the first lineup in just over a year, it makes the 3rd album even more amazing. Their cover version of "Help" is very well done especially by Rod and Ritchie. In hind sight, the Mach One lineup should have been given more time to develop, no telling how far it could have gone.
Nick Simper is still wondering why he was excluded by the Rock Hall when Deep Purple was inducted.
Huge Deep Purple Fan Here I've Seen Them 11 Times Back in the Day here in LA and sew them with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra Richie Blackmore Is Still A Major Influence On My Guitar Playing And Song Wrighting Thanks YP Outstanding Cheers !
Cheers Jerry!
This was so informative, interesting and very well done, as usual, thank you! 🦦
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Outstanding video… I hope there is a part two when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover joined the group.
Screaming Lord Such doesn’t get enough credit from people, for seeding so much inspiration through rock music.
Great video. Love it totally. I used to live in a small town in southern Ontario, Canada. In the neighboring house, good Dutch people, the young guys I used to hear regularly on electric guitars going crazy, nothing offensive. I was a very quiet guy but I was interested in what they were doing. This was probably in the early 70's. I talked to one of the guys once and I found out they were massive Deep Purple fans. So that was my connection because I don't think I knew too much about DP in those days. They were sort of an underground band at that time and not too well known in my area. Thanks a lot for this valid contribution.
Cheers!
Deep Purple MACHINE HEAD is definitely a recording if a a supper group.
Each member is so profesional. 😊
Deep Purple is one of those rare bands where when I listen enough, I can actually hear EACH musician's playing separately. Most bands, it all meshes together and I can't tell who's doing what.
Burn 1974 a good album.as well
@@leonedethebes perfect strangers 🤠
I was a young lad of about 10 when I heard Smoke on The Water. I was hooked on Rock & Roll from that day forward. When I was able to but the 45 it turned out the the B side was a Live version which I loved more. Deep Purple will always be in my top 5.
As a very young teenager, the first two albums I ever bought were Shades of Deep Purple and Steppenwolf the Second. Not a bad start LOL......
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I did in fact enjoy this video about the formation of Deep Purple.
Yes Sir
As a Deep Purple Lunatic, this is great stuff I've never heard
Very well put together! You did a great job with all this research.
Very informative and very well put together. The attention to detail (as in coupling the reference to a Dutch tour with period footage of Holland) is exceptional.
Thanks.
Fantastic video with well researched facts. Deep Purple were and still are a brilliant band that I’ve seen many times over the years with various lineups. Hopefully you can do a follow up video detailing there later years as well 👍🏻
I wasn't around to see Deep Purple but as a kid did see Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow with Dio on vocals. They were the opening act for REO Speedwagon !
Somehow should have been other way around
Blackmore formed rainbow 🌈
Wow...realy, reo speedwagon?
well done on this excellent docco piece! A joy to learn their histories and hear their early 60s music. I have long admired Blackmore though hadn't realised he had recordings going all the way back to 1963!
I saw Deep Purple supporting the Byrds at The Roundhouse on 6th July 1968. The band opened their set dressed in black with their backs to the audience and hunched over their instruments. I went into shock and Roger McGuinn came on afterwards and said to the audience, 'Hello there, lovers of country music'! It was unreal.
Absolutely FANTASTIC video! There I was thinking I knew everything there was to know about the formation of Deep Purple! Not so, and I LOVE to be proven wrong by this amazing video of sheer informative awesomeness!
Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video!
Many thanks for that splendidly-crafted tour through the musical past...
Wow. I love Deep Purple MK I so this video really helps to illuminate many of the dark areas of the formation of the group. The Rod Evans years are my favorite DP period.
This was very well done! Deep Purple has always been in my top 5 favorite bands. Top 5 because I cannot pick just one for favorite, same with favorite albums.
Thank you for this video, just perfect on a rainy summer day in northern Thailand. So many people think of the really big rock groups of the 60s and 70s and think they just sort of magically happened, but to the very contrary it is so often a series of lucky connections and word of mouth that gets certain musicians together. Bands like Deep Purple in any alternate universe would never have happened, but thankfully in this universe it did. Love all the archive footage of the various bands doing pivotal gigs, including the signature hair and clothes of the time. =)
Cheers!
This was great. Hush is my all-time favorite Deep Purple song and Kula Shaker does an outstanding cover version. Jon and Ritchie have quite the musical pedigrees. At about 7:48 I saw the 1965 Chevrolet Impala in Amsterdam. So cool. I used to own an 8-track copy of their 1972 album Machine Head. I played it til I wore it out. It is that good. I think the scene where you see the people dancing in 1968 is an American TV show called Playboy After Dark. Lately, I've been getting into heavy metal. Once again a great episode.
Cheers Chris! "Machine Head" is a brilliant album, probably my favourite Deep Purple record.
Try the version of Hush by Gotthard. Excellent
Top shelf all the way. Really interesting stuff done with real quality.
Thank you!
That was an outstanding mini-doc! Really enjoyed it, and thanks. Chris Curtis also approached a visiting Herefordshire band, The Silence, with a view to becoming Roundabout. Instead, they became Mott the Hoople a few months later. As Purple and Mott are my fave bands, I admire Chris Curtis' foresight. 🙂🙃
Cheers! I love Mott The Hoople, too. Brilliant band.
@@YesterdaysPapers: 🙂
Thanks!
@@Keithonbomb1 Thank you very much!
Thank You for this video! I never heard of Blackmore's time before Deep Purple or the other guys in the band. It seems overnite success takes years to happen. Make more videos please!
As a long tome Purple fan i thoroughly enjoyed this great history lesson.
It was worth watching just to see where the name “ Deep Purple “ came from; I had no idea! Very informative video; thank you! Hoping there’ll be a part two 🤘🎸
Fantastic. Like watching a puzzle being solved!
Excellent video. DP, one of the greatest rock bands ever to grace our shores!
I loved this video. Deep Purple is important. Ritchie Blackmore is a legend. And thanks to you I know how it all began. I have watched this video several times. It rocks.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the video.
I really shouldn't complain because the video does exactly what it says on the tin, but given how 'history of band x' videos tend to go, I was genuinely surprised when the video ended at a point that felt like: 'ah, and NOW the cool story starts...' 🙂
This is actually a compliment, because I enjoyed watching it.
Thanks!
great docu, thank you
Really great video of the beginning of Deep Purple now make a part II ............Thanks
That was very informative.
Another cosmic video. I didn’t know the early history of the band to this level of detail, fascinating.
Hush is a classic - it could still fill the dance floors today. 😎✌️🎸🎹
Awesome song.
And Kula Shaker did an amazing cover of it
Then Gillan and Glover joined and Deep Purple In Rock was cast in stone as the greatest live rock band. As a 16yr old tyro guitarist, I saw them play that album and more at Newcastle City Hall and that gig showed me where I needed to go as a guitarist. I never made it as life got in the way, but approaching 70, I am retired from The World and back out gigging again and reactivating all my favourite Purple numbers.
I was saddened to learn that Blackmore was not invited to the induction of Purple into Rock History. There would have been no In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan etc without Blackmore - personal tiffs should never be allowed to alter History.
RIP John Lord.
great documentary! this is original work.
Hush....still gives me goosebumps after all these years ! ❤
Another great vid YP!
Thanks!
Thanks for this wonderful video 😊 Deep Purple self titled album is my no. 1 DP album soooooo tight and were rocking hard!! Paicey on fire on that album.
Love Rod in Capt beyond too
Cheers!
Great video! Maybe you can do a video about Rod Evan's disappear and his "Fake Deep Purple"? Wonder where Rod Evans is today!?
Thanks a Lot for this Background Infos. I am a Fan of MK1 to MK4
Well Done! Never knew how all of them paid their dues! With all the recorded Singles! Various bands in early 60's
Deep Purple will always be a bit special for me - one of the first rock gigs I went to and undoubtedly the loudest. Fascinating to see their family tree.
You never fail to delight and surprise with your fascinating presentations.
Cheers!
Thanks keep up the good work xxx ps. International Times archives are available
Excellent video, and very interesting, as always. Thanks for the valuable and entertaining information.
Greetings from Perú.
Saludos!
Great band and great music!
Perfect. Keep it coming!!
Thanks
That was brilliant.
I was in dance bands in those days.
The work you did was amazing
Thanks!
Absolutely gorgeous piece of history.
4:12 Queuing for the Marquee Club? Love these old Soho clips
Brilliant. Reminded me a little bit of that old BBC series "Rock Family Trees".
Fascinating! Didn't know about Chris Curtis.
Interesting stuff!!! 🎸🎹🥁🎤
WOW. I've been a huge fan of DP for so long. Years back, I also got collections of both EPISODE SIX and later THE ARTWOODS, and have been playing the latter quite a bit this month. But I knew NOTHING about the background of the other members, or all the various bands that had been involved.
Crazy enough, for a short time in the late 90s, there was a bar band from Lancaster, PA called THE OMEGA MEN fronted by guitarist-singer Jonathan Sipes and organ player Susan Mackie (who at the end of each show would go-go-dance on top of her large Hammond organ). Jonathan once told me be based the entire sound of his band on THE ARTWOODS, which is what made me look them up soon after that. I must have seen them play about 8 times. Lots of fun.
Fantastic as always YP 🎸
Cheers!
8:15 What's the song in the background?
Absolutely, fantastic performance music. DEEP PURPLE. Thank you for posting them. Good time for you
Ritchie, starting from day 1, always left it to the management to deliver the chop.
Don't they all, even the Beatles!
@@Peterthepainter66 Yes that’s what mgmnt is inherently for. However it just seemed all too often w Blackmore. Fortunately w The Fabs, it wasn’t the standard of practice.
Awesome doc! Cheers!!
What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day yesterday's papers also today Wednesday was my younger brother birthday ❤😊
Fantastic video! More mini docks like these please!
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One of your best videos, YP 💖💖💖
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I saw the Mark III lineup in December, 1972. Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL.
Fabulous video.
Purple Mk I is still my favorite Purple.
Mine too. Best singer and best material.
@@moorlock2003 When I first got ahold of their 3rd LP, I thought, "My god, this sounds like Emerson Lake & Palmer!" The song "Chasing Shadows" remains among my favorites.
Agreed!
Blackmore is the beast!
Purple Mk I had 3 US hits; Hush, Kentucky Woman, and River Deep Mountain High.
That was great!
Outstanding!
Deep Purple album cover Fireball was albuum cover for the year 1969 .
One of the greatest bands ever , great music, superb line ups, and still on tour in 2024, purple has had some very talnted people. 2 singers would go on to join black sabbath as lead singer Ian paice is the on.y original Snd member from day @ even today purple sell out the stadiums and have just recently released three singles within weeks of each other, purple have had some fantastic singers and guitar players, each bringing something great history new to the band, one of the greatest groups to have
Ever formed
As usual an excellent informative doc,some of the details I,m familiar with and have a copy of an Artwoods comp LP-its unfortunate that Deep Purple were troubled with clashes of egos as each member was talented in his own right and Chris Curtis was an articulate man but a troubled soul who sadly lost his way and died alone in obscurity!
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Don't usually subscribe to channels with as many more and more patrons as you have. But damn. You've got some good well researched content here with video and audio clips to match. You're not just blathering on without anything to back it up. Sure your opinion is important. But having connections to why you feel the way you do is very important as well that
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What can one say but Congrats for your success!!!
Ur videos are getting so much better, thanks yesterdays papers❤
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Very interesting....thank you😊
Thank you very much. Very interresting.
great episode
I wonder who's doing the interview for danish television?
I know that *Hans Otto Bisgaard* was the leader of *Brøndby Pop Club* at that time, and he encountered a lot of surprisingly big names there, despite being in his early 20s.
In 1970 he was hired by the danish radio (DR) and had a long career as DJ and host.
It's dificult to tell with that haircut. Hahaha!