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| FH... |
 Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:56 pm |
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I bought the remastered Stormbringer album and would like to share my
opinion on this with this newsgroup.
Now Stormbringer has a bit of a bad reputation amongst Deep Purple
afficaniados. It is the last album Ritchie played on, stateting in
interviews being unhappy with the direction of the band, and also the
album with the first pieces of the Hughes/Coverdale driven 'funk'
Purple.
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining. But at the same
time, I miss a sense of Ritchie being unhappy. His playing is as we
all know and love it. The album, to me at least. never feels like it
was made with a banjo player in doubt.
The album sounds strong and very positive. The band works well
together and the material is as good and as strong as that on any
Purple album. The more I hear it, the less I understand why this album
has any bad reputation.
The remixes and the instrumental of High Ball Shooter are nice to
have, but to me they bring not a lot of extra. The Glover remixes of
the Mk 2 to me are better by a mile. Especially the remix of the
vocals sounds to me like they are missing the mark. The quad stuff is
also nice to have but not much more.
All in all, I have to say, this is a true classic Deep Purple album.
It stands its ground and still sounds like a bold statement. |
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| Scourge Of The Internet!... |
| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:16 am |
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In article <cbb92198-e302-4ce8-8e75-0d5f8912949e at (no spam)
41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, cbielok at (no spam) gmail.com says...
Quote: I bought the remastered Stormbringer album and would like to share my
opinion on this with this newsgroup.
Now Stormbringer has a bit of a bad reputation amongst Deep Purple
afficaniados. It is the last album Ritchie played on, stateting in
interviews being unhappy with the direction of the band, and also the
album with the first pieces of the Hughes/Coverdale driven 'funk'
Purple.
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining. But at the same
time, I miss a sense of Ritchie being unhappy. His playing is as we
all know and love it. The album, to me at least. never feels like it
was made with a banjo player in doubt.
The album sounds strong and very positive. The band works well
together and the material is as good and as strong as that on any
Purple album. The more I hear it, the less I understand why this album
has any bad reputation.
The remixes and the instrumental of High Ball Shooter are nice to
have, but to me they bring not a lot of extra. The Glover remixes of
the Mk 2 to me are better by a mile. Especially the remix of the
vocals sounds to me like they are missing the mark. The quad stuff is
also nice to have but not much more.
All in all, I have to say, this is a true classic Deep Purple album.
It stands its ground and still sounds like a bold statement.
Do these remixes actually add anything? I sometimes think they're there
purely to make you think you're getting some extras, like with the Mk2
reissues. were there really no out-takes or unreleased tracks from the Burn
or Stormbringer sessions?
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Halmyre
That's you that is. |
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| sdm_sax... |
| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:35 pm |
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On 12 Mar, 06:56, FH <cbie... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: I bought the remastered Stormbringer album and would like to share my
opinion on this with this newsgroup.
Now Stormbringer has a bit of a bad reputation amongst Deep Purple
afficaniados. It is the last album Ritchie played on, stateting in
interviews being unhappy with the direction of the band, and also the
album with the first pieces of the Hughes/Coverdale driven 'funk'
Purple.
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining. But at the same
time, I miss a sense of Ritchie being unhappy. His playing is as we
all know and love it. The album, to me at least. never feels like it
was made with a banjo player in doubt.
The album sounds strong and very positive. The band works well
together and the material is as good and as strong as that on any
Purple album. The more I hear it, the less I understand why this album
has any bad reputation.
The remixes and the instrumental of High Ball Shooter are nice to
have, but to me they bring not a lot of extra. The Glover remixes of
the Mk 2 to me are better by a mile. Especially the remix of the
vocals sounds to me like they are missing the mark. The quad stuff is
also nice to have but not much more.
All in all, I have to say, this is a true classic Deep Purple album.
It stands its ground and still sounds like a bold statement.
I think if Blackmore didn't care too much then he'd just relax and let
it flow. Sometimes that works well. If you're tense and trying to hard
the results aren't great.
I've always liked this album. I was quite shocked when I heard
Blackmore saying he didn't like it and complaining about the funky
thing. His rhythms always had a bit of that feel in there - a bit of
swing and such.
The remixes are a bit different. Hughes turned the bass up. I'd have
liked to have had a new song or two. Didn't they claim to have written
a load more? Wasn't anything else recorded? |
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| FH... |
| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:52 pm |
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could be me, but i thought there were indeed some outtakes. like a
version of the title track with an unscrambled opening line.
this was actually the first DP album i ever bought, so it holds a
special place. i share your feelings about your thoughts when you
heard ritchie did't like the album.
On 13 mrt, 02:35, sdm_sax <stev... at (no spam) dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
Quote: On 12 Mar, 06:56, FH <cbie... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
I bought the remastered Stormbringer album and would like to share my
opinion on this with this newsgroup.
Now Stormbringer has a bit of a bad reputation amongst Deep Purple
afficaniados. It is the last album Ritchie played on, stateting in
interviews being unhappy with the direction of the band, and also the
album with the first pieces of the Hughes/Coverdale driven 'funk'
Purple.
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining. But at the same
time, I miss a sense of Ritchie being unhappy. His playing is as we
all know and love it. The album, to me at least. never feels like it
was made with a banjo player in doubt.
The album sounds strong and very positive. The band works well
together and the material is as good and as strong as that on any
Purple album. The more I hear it, the less I understand why this album
has any bad reputation.
The remixes and the instrumental of High Ball Shooter are nice to
have, but to me they bring not a lot of extra. The Glover remixes of
the Mk 2 to me are better by a mile. Especially the remix of the
vocals sounds to me like they are missing the mark. The quad stuff is
also nice to have but not much more.
All in all, I have to say, this is a true classic Deep Purple album.
It stands its ground and still sounds like a bold statement.
I think if Blackmore didn't care too much then he'd just relax and let
it flow. Sometimes that works well. If you're tense and trying to hard
the results aren't great.
I've always liked this album. I was quite shocked when I heard
Blackmore saying he didn't like it and complaining about the funky
thing. His rhythms always had a bit of that feel in there - a bit of
swing and such.
The remixes are a bit different. Hughes turned the bass up. I'd have
liked to have had a new song or two. Didn't they claim to have written
a load more? Wasn't anything else recorded? |
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| David Meadows... |
| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:34 am |
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"FH" <cbielok at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cbb92198-e302-4ce8-8e75-0d5f8912949e at (no spam) 41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
Quote: I bought the remastered Stormbringer album and would like to share my
opinion on this with this newsgroup.
Now Stormbringer has a bit of a bad reputation amongst Deep Purple
afficaniados. It is the last album Ritchie played on, stateting in
interviews being unhappy with the direction of the band, and also the
album with the first pieces of the Hughes/Coverdale driven 'funk'
Purple.
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining. But at the same
time, I miss a sense of Ritchie being unhappy. His playing is as we
all know and love it. The album, to me at least. never feels like it
was made with a banjo player in doubt.
Isn't that always the way with Ritchie? On the Battle Rages on and during
that last tour we heard some amazing playing, even though we now know how
much he hated the situation.
I think it's something in his personality that leads him to produce his best
when he's pissed off.
That's a nice review, thanks. I have to confess I haven't bought the
remaster yet. Not because I don't want it, but because I've been cutting
back on CD buying and Stormbringer doesn't seem all that "urgent" to me.
I will buy it soon, though.
David |
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| Mike Espinoza... |
| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:19 pm |
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:56:01 -0700 (PDT), FH <cbielok at (no spam) gmail.com>
wrote:
Quote: When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining.
I think the opposite is true. To me, the songs Stormbringer, Gypsy,
and Soldier Of Fortune are the ones that still hold up.
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Mike E. |
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| Stefan Pawlata... |
| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:54 pm |
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"Mike Espinoza" <dlokazip at (no spam) yah-who.calm> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4a417ec9.1030372640 at (no spam) news.eternal-september.org...
Quote: On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:56:01 -0700 (PDT), FH <cbielok at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining.
I think the opposite is true. To me, the songs Stormbringer, Gypsy,
and Soldier Of Fortune are the ones that still hold up.
--
Mike E.
The same for me, Mike. Stormbringer and Soldier of Fortune are my favorites,
I also
like Lady Double Dealer. I never liked the funky Purple, nor do I like the
sunky stuff
Glenn Hughes was doing later.
Stefan |
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| Harrie Hendriksen... |
| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:13 am |
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Lady Double Dealer must be one of the most underrated MK III (if not Purple
in all) songs ever.
I hate the fact that none of the MK III offspring is doing that song
anymore.
Hughes did it a while (on Burning Japan Live) and Cov' did it in the early
stage of his solo/Whitesnake career.
But I'm sure current Whitesnake could make a kick ass song off that.
Lower it a key so DC can avoid screeching, and you got yourself a killer
kick ass R'n'R song.
Greetz,
Harrie
"Stefan Pawlata" <aon.913537585 at (no spam) aon.at> schreef in bericht
news:4a43e409$0$2306$91cee783 at (no spam) newsreader02.highway.telekom.at...
Quote: "Mike Espinoza" <dlokazip at (no spam) yah-who.calm> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4a417ec9.1030372640 at (no spam) news.eternal-september.org...
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:56:01 -0700 (PDT), FH <cbielok at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
When listening to the album, I felt that the songs which stood the
test of time best are actually the slower and more funky tracks.
especially Hold On and Holy man are really shining.
I think the opposite is true. To me, the songs Stormbringer, Gypsy,
and Soldier Of Fortune are the ones that still hold up.
--
Mike E.
The same for me, Mike. Stormbringer and Soldier of Fortune are my
favorites, I also
like Lady Double Dealer. I never liked the funky Purple, nor do I like the
sunky stuff
Glenn Hughes was doing later.
Stefan
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