In April 1956, “Blue Note” label released “A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2”, the second Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Thornel Schwartz – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Babs Gonzales – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.
The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
Bayou
Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
On July 19, 2024, “Earmusic/Edel AG” label released “=1”, the twenty-third Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “80A” and “Noble Street” in Toronto, “Headline” in Harston, “SMB”, “Haileywood”, “Chameleon” in Hamburg, “Ocean Way” in Nashville, and was produced by Bob Ezrin and James Paice.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals
Simon McBride – guitars, additional guitar engineer
Don Airey – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
Roger Glover – bass, shaker
Ian Paice – drums
Bob Ezrin – tambourine, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
Nashville Music Scoring – orchestra
Patricia Shirley-Okujene – backing vocals
Camille Harrison – backing vocals
Alan Umstead – concertmaster
Nick Spezia – orchestra engineering
Anthony Yordanov – engineer, mixing
Jill Zimmermann – engineer
Justin Cortelyou – engineer
Piers Mortimer – additional keyboard engineering
Eike Freese – additional vocal engineering
Denny Meißner – additional vocal engineering
Michael Gnocato – engineer assistant
Daniel Goldade – engineer assistant
Jasper Terpstra – engineer assistant
James Paice – additional drum production and engineering
Bob Ezrin – mixing
Julian Shank – mixing
Robert Vosgien – mastering
Alan Umstead – orchestra contractor
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Simon McBride and Bob Ezrin.
On January 12, 1987, “Polydor” label released “The House of Blue Light”, the twelfth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded May – June 1986, at “The Playhouse” in Stowe, Vermont, and was produced by Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Jon Lord.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – vocals, congas, harmonica
Ritchie Blackmore – guitars, guitar synthesizer
Roger Glover – bass, synthesizers, bass synthesizer, sequencer, sampler
Jon Lord – Hammond organ, synthesizers, electric piano, sampler
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Guy Charbonneau – Le Mobile operator
Nick Blagona – engineer
Harry Schnitzler – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.
Bad Attitude – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover
The Unwritten Law – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice
Call of the Wild – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
Mad Dog
Black & White – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
On July19, 1993, “RCA” label released “The Battle Rages On…”, the fourteenth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded May 1992 – March 1993, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, “Red Rooster Studios” in Tutzing, Germany, “Greg Rike Studios” Tamonte Springs, in Altamonte, Florida, and was produced by Thom Panunzio and Roger Glover.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – lead vocals, congas
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
Roger Glover – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums
Bill Kennedy – engineer
Jason Corsaro – engineer
Pat Regan – engineer, mixing
Mike Reiter – engineer assistant
Wally Walton – engineer assistant
Darren Schneider – engineer assistant
John Siket – engineer assistant
Devin Emke – engineer assistant
Peter Beckeman – engineer assistant
Mark Conese – engineer assistant
George Marino – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.
The Battle Rages On – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Lick It Up
Anya – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
Talk About Love
Time to Kill
Ramshackle Man
A Twist in the Tale
Nasty Piece of Work – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
On July 9, 1971, “Harvest” label released “Fireball”, the fifth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded September 1970 – June 1971, at “De Lane Lea Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, “The Hermitage” in Welcombe, North Devon, and was produced by Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan.
On June 21, 1969, “Tetragrammaton Records” label released the self- titled Deep Purple third album. It was recorded January – March 1969, at “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Derek Lawrence.
Personnel:
Rod Evans – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
Jon Lord – Hammond organ, piano, harpsichord, backing vocals, string arrangements
Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Derek Lawrence – mixing
Barry Ainsworth – engineer
Track listing:
Chasing Shadows – Ian Paice, Jon Lord
Blind – Jon Lord
Lalena – Donovan Leitch
Fault Line – Ritchie Blackmore, Nick Simper, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
The Painter – Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Jon Lord, Nick Simper, Ian Paice
Why Didn’t Rosemary? – Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Jon Lord, Nick Simper, Ian Paice
Bird Has Flown – Jon Lord, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore
In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Let It Go”, the 20th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded September 1064 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Shirley Scott – organ
Ron Carter – bass
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mack Simpkins – drums
Otis Finch – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Joe Lebow – design
Robert Flynn – design
Charles Stewart – photography
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Stanley Turrentine, except where noted.
Let It Go
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
Ciao, Ciao
T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
On October 24, 2005, “Edel” label released “Rapture of the Deep”, the 18th Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded March – June 2005, at “Chunky Style Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mike Bradford.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – vocals
Steve Morse – guitar
Don Airey – keyboards
Roger Glover – bass, artwork, design
Ian Paice – drums
Michael Bradford – engineer
Andy Van Dette – mastering
Tom Swick – painting
Ioannis Vasilopoulos – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey and Ian Paice, except where noted.
On November 26, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Turning to Crime”, the twenty-second Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals, percussion
Steve Morse – vocals, guitars
Don Airey – keyboards
Roger Glover – vocals and backing vocals, bass, additional keyboards, percussion
Ian Paice – drums
Bob Ezrin – vocals and backing vocals
Leo Green – tenor saxophone, horns arrangement
Matt Holland – trumpet
Gina Forsyth – fiddle
Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box
Julian Shank – percussion
Nicole Thalia – backing vocals
Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals
Track listing:
7 and 7 is – Arthur Lee
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey “Piano” Smith
Oh Well – Peter Green
Jenny Take a Ride! – Bob Crew
Watching the River Flow – Bob Dylan
Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
Dixie Chicken – Lowell George, Fred Martin
Shapes of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Ralf, Paul Samwell-Smith
The Battle of New Orleans – Jimmy Driftwood
Lucifer – Bob Seger
White Room – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
Caught in the Act
Going Down – Don Nix
Green Onions – Booker T, Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.
Hot Lanta – Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
Dazed and Confused – Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Gimme Some Lovin’ – Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood
On August 7, 2020, “earMUSIC” label released “Whoosh!”, the twenty-first Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Tracking Room”, “Anarchy Studios” and “Ocean Way” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – vocals
Steve Morse – guitars
Don Airey – keyboards
Roger Glover – bass
Ian Paice – drums
Saam Hashemi – programming
Ayana George, Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
Bob Ezrin – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
John Metcalf – orchestra arrangements
Alan Umstead – conductor
Julian Shank – engineer, mixing
Alex Krotz, Jaime Sickora – engineer
Zach Pepe – engineer assistant
Nick Spezia – orchestra recording
Justin Cortelyou – mixing, tracking
Jason Elliott, Justin Francis – mixing
Bryce Robertson – tracking assistant
Eric Boulanger – mastering
Jekyll & Hyde – cover art, design
Ben Wolf – band photography
Elena Saharova – landscape photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.
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