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Issue
19 August
1979
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making huge profits for the Xerox corporation, Issue 19
had Paicey on the cover to mark his arrival in Whitesnake. All
we needed now were two more...! However Glover was now officially
busy elsewhere, with Rainbow, although plans for a Mk 2 reunion
show in Spain during May were very well advanced before last
minute hitches saw them called off.. Part three of the gig guide
jostled for space with the discovery of several BBC transcription
discs featuring previously unheard sessions, a delight for fans
everywhere and, thanks to Tommy Vance airing them on his Friday
Rock Show, soon being bootlegged to death. May saw Gillan's
seventh line-up change in four years (funny how Blackers always
has to compete!) and the one which would see them on to their
most successful period record wise. If Gillan were about to
peak, Down To Earth was getting the Simon treatment with Blackmore's
work labelled 'uninspired' save for a glimmer of hope on 'Lost
In Hollywood'. I was in his black books. Indeed I still am!
We don't often make monumental blunders but page 14 saw us revealing
Jon Lord's secret career as a children's book illustrator after
we'd misunderstood his answer when we quizzed him about it backstage!
So the Jon Lord who illustrated Book Of Taliesyn and the one
who played on it were two different people. Nice glossy print
with shots of Gillan and Blackmore from recent shows in the
UK rounded the 'zine off (these are no longer available).
We had these glossy sheets printed in London for many years
- goodness knows why I never thought to try a local printer.
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19 : DIGEST & INDEX
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News
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RAINBOW
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GILLAN
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GLENN
HUGHES
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New
Rainbow Line-Up
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The
new line-up is: Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Cozy Powell (drums),
Roger Glover (bass), Don Airey (keyboards), Graham Bonnet (vocals).
Graham
Bonnet teamed up with cousin Trevor Ford in 1966 as The Marbles,
and they had a hit with their very first single, 'Only One Woman'.
Ritchie remembered Bonnet's voice and enquired to his whereabouts.
Roger Glover seems to have tracked him down from various contacts
in the production field. As for Roger being confirmed for live
work, this is indeed a surprise - but a nice one. It's now six
long years since he played on-stage in a group.
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Down
To Earth - Album Review
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'Since
You Been Gone' is nicely produced, with Roger coming up with
a clear sound. Then the vocals come screaming out at me, like
a second-rate Dio. Blackmore is up to his old tricks again near
the end, some nice sounding guitar work gets the old burial
treatment, just after I've praised the production! 'Lost In
Hollywood'. Straight lift off 'Burn' and others, though promising
for the live shows. 'All Night Long' is an amalgam of 'Smoke..'
and Whitesnake's 'Come On'. Christ, somebody must be hard up
for inspiration. The lyrics are worse than some of Coverdale's
poorer chauvinistic outings. Bloody uninspired.
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GILLAN
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New
Gillan Line-Up
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May
1979 saw the announcement of Ian's seventh line-up change in
four years. Out go Pete Barnacle and Steve Byrd. In come Mick
Underwood and Bernie Torme. Underwood drummed with The Outlaws
back in 1963/64, and in 1968/69 with Gillan in Episode Six.
Since then he's played with the awful Strapps, who supported
IGB's first UK tour. Torme's previous group, The Bernie Torme
Band, supported Whitesnake at Hammersmith a while back.. "heavy
flash punk" is how one of you described them then!
On
the vinyl front, Ian reckons that the IGB 'Live At The Budokan'
albums are now so dated in view of recent changes that their
release over here has been scrapped. They aren't that good anyway
- believe me. A new studio LP was released in Japan in July,
leaving UK fanatics with four imports to fork out for! The plan
is to issue an album in Britain in October, a compilation of
the best of the two Japanese studio releases, the first of which
was reviewed in Stargazer 18. I hope you can follow all of that!
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The
Marquee, London. 10th July 1979 -
Live Review
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"A
similar show to the last line-up, with 'Secret of The Dance',
'Message In a Bottle' and 'Abbey Of Thelema' from their Japanese
album, along with several new songs and 'Smoke On The Water'.
In this track Bernie Torme gave a virtuoso intro and solo, and
his tremendous attack and appearance showed that he was in complete
command, an ingredient sadly lacking in Steve Byrd. This latest
line-up just need some more substantial material to become a
power in heavy metal." Barry Alcock
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WHITESNAKE
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Ian
Paice on the drums, yeeah!
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Regular
readers will know that we've voiced our discontent about the
drum department in Whitesnake for a couple of years, so obviously
any change is to be welcomed.....but what a change! Whitesnake
spent April and May laying down their second album, to be titled
'Lovehunter'. This was recorded at Clearwell, scene of 'Burn'
and 'Stormbringer' rehearsals. It will feature Jon for the first
time (rather than just overdubbing as on 'Trouble'), but not
Paicey. Whitesnake did three tracks for a BBC Radio 1 studio
session recently, broadcast on April 27th.
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GLENN
HUGHES
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News
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The
latest news is that he has come out of his bad spell, which
included time in hospital. It seems he was in danger of following
in Tommy Bolin's footsteps at one time. Safari Records have
decided to promote his first album by issuing a single from
it , 'I Found A Woman', in July. It also looks as if he may
return to live work with an as yet un-named band with the following
line-up: Al Kooper (guitar), Jeff Baxter (guitar), Elliot Randall
(guitar), Richie Hayward (drums), Neil Stubbenhaus (bass), Jai
Winding (keyboards), Glenn Hughes (vocals). He says the group
will be a cross between Steely Dan and The Isley Brothers. Ronnie
Dio was originally drafted in as the vocalist, apparently, but
left after just a few rehearsals to join Black Sabbath!
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also
in the magazine...Deep Purple BBC Sessions 1968-70...Whitesnake, German
Tour Dates & News....
Deep
Purple Gig -List, 1971..... Gillan live reviews...Episode Six 'Love
Hate Revenge' review...
Rainbow 'Ker-aaanngg!!' bootleg LP review...letters..... plus more..
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