Come taste the band
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Publication |
October 10, 1975 |
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August 3–1. September 1975 |
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CD, LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
36:55 |
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Deep Purple, Martin Birch |
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Studio (s) |
Musicland Studios , Munich (Germany) |
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Come Taste the Band (English for: " Come on, taste the band ") is the tenth studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple , which was released in October 1975. The album went downin the band's historyas a co-production of Deep Purple's so-called Mark IV line-up and its long-term producer Martin Birch .
After Ritchie Blackmore left , Tommy Bolin took over the guitar at Deep Purple. Come Taste the Band is the only Deep Purple studio album that Bolin can be heard on.
background
Contrary to the note on the album cover, not all songs were recorded between August 3 and September 1, 1975 in the Musicland Studios in Munich . Because already in the period of June / July 1975 the band met with Tommy Bolin in the Pirate-Sound -Hallen in Los Angeles for jam sessions . Ritchie Blackmore was rehearsing with his new band Rainbow at the same time in rooms parallel to the halls . He offered the landlords enough money to have the halls for himself and his band alone. And although much of the song material for Come Taste the Band was created in the Pirate Sound Hall, the group avoided this information on the cover, instead referring to the later studio recordings in Munich.
After a promotional tour for Come Taste the Band, Hughes and Bolins' serious drug problems and the different musical ideas of the members put a strain on the cohesion of the band, which was already troubled. Lord and Paice therefore broke up the band in March 1976 after their last concert in Liverpool . It wasn't until 1984 that the album Perfect Strangers initiated a reunion of Deep Purple's Mark II line-up (their second band line-up).
Music genre
The album features a richer musical selection than previous albums by the band. In addition to driving hard rock songs like "Comin 'Home" or "Drifter", Come Taste the Band contains many funky and soulful influences. These were based on the influence of bassist Glenn Hughes and Deep Purple's new guitarist Tommy Bolin. This can be determined from the musical direction of the songs "I Need Love", "Dealer" or " You Keep on Moving ". The piece “Love Child” shows a fusion of Purple's stylistic devices from that time. The departure of Blackmore and the entry of Bolin brought the band into "musically freer waters".
Track list
- Comin 'Home (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin, Ian Paice) - 3:55
- Lady Luck (David Coverdale, Jeff Cook ) - 2:48
- Gettin 'Tighter (Tommy Bolin, Glenn Hughes) - 3:37
- Dealer (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 3:50
- I Need Love (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 4:23
- Drifter (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 4:02
- Love Child (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 3:08
- This Time Around (Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes) / Owed to 'G' (Instrumental) (Tommy Bolin) - 6:10
- You Keep on Moving (David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) - 5:19
Bonus tracks (35th Anniversary Edition)
- You Keep on Moving (David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) - 4:32 (Single Edit)
Disc 2
- Comin 'Home (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin, Ian Paice) - 4:08 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Lady Luck (David Coverdale, Jeff Cook ) - 2:46 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Gettin 'Tighter (Tommy Bolin, Glenn Hughes) - 4:23 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Dealer (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 3:55 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- I Need Love (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 5:16 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- You Keep on Moving (David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) - 5:18 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Love Child (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 3:05 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- This Time Around (Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes) - 3:24 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Owed to 'G' (Instrumental) (Tommy Bolin) - 2:56 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Drifter (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin) - 3:59 (Kevin Shirley Remix)
- Same in LA (David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, Jon Lord) - 3:19
- Bolin / Paice Jam (Tommy Bolin, Ian Paice) - 5:47
The Purple Album
In 2015, David Coverdale's band Whitesnake released The Purple album , which includes 15 songs from Coverdale's Deep Purple era. Come Taste the Band covered Comin 'Home , Lady Luck , Love Child and You Keep on Moving .
reception
The album was well received by the target group, which is illustrated by the chart positions in Great Britain (# 19) and the USA (# 43). On November 1, 1975, the album reached silver status in the UK with 60,000 albums sold . The album received the gold record in Argentina and the Czech Republic. As with its predecessor Stormbringer , the album reached the highest chart position at number 6 in Norway.
Web links
- Come Taste the Band at Allmusic (English)
- Rolling Stone. Come Taste the Band (Kris Nicholson, February 12, 1976)
- Cover images of the album Come taste the Band ( Memento from November 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Deep Purple Mk4 history (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Roth and Michael Sailer: Deep Purple, the story of a band . Verlagsgruppe Koch GmbH / Hannibal, 2005.
- ↑ ultimateclassicrock.com, Whitesnake's New Album Focuses on David Coverdale's Deep Purple Era