On August 3, 1979, “Polydor” label released “Down to Earth”, the fourth Rainbow studio album. It was recorded March – July 1979, at “Château Pelly de Cornfeld” in France, “Kingdom Sound Studios” in Long Island, and was produced by Roger Glover.
Personnel:
Graham Bonnet – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
Don Airey – keyboards, backing vocals
Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
Gary Edwards – engineer
Michael Palmer, Leigh Mantle – engineer assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover, except where noted.
All Night Long
Eyes of the World
No Time to Lose
Makin’ Love
Since You Been Gone – Russ Ballard
Love’s No Friend
Danger Zone
Lost in Hollywood – Ritchie Blackmore, Cozy Powell
On July 15, 1977, “Oyster” and “Polydor” labels released “On Stage”, the first Rainbow live album. It was recorded September – December 1976, in Japan and Germany, and was produced by Martin Birch.
Personnel:
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
Tony Carey – keyboards
Jimmy Bain – bass
Cozy Powell – drums
Track listing:
Kill the King – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell
Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck – Ritchie Blackmore Ronnie James Dio
Catch the Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
Mistreated – Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale
Sixteen Century Greensleeves – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
Still I’m Sad (The Yardbirds cover) -Paul Samwell – Smith, Jim McCarty
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 1981, “Dindisc” label released “Children of the Night”, the second Nash the Slash (James Jeffrey “Jeff” Plewman) album. It was recorded November – December 1980, at “Britannia Row” in London, and was produced by Steve Hillage.
Personnel:
Nash the Slash – voices, synthesizer, mandolin, composer, keyboards, electronic percussion, pedals, electric violin, devices
Nick Griffiths – engineer
Martyn Atkins – artwork
Gavin Cochrane – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Nash the Slash, except where noted.
Wolf
Dead Man’s Curve – Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Artie Kornfeld, Brian Wilson
Children of the Night – Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash
Deep Forest
In a Glass Eye
19th Nervous Breakdown – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf) – Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash
Metropolis
Dopes on the Water – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
On March 12, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Nature’s Light”, the eleventh Blackmore’s Night studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore.
Personnel:
Ritchie Blackmore – acoustic and electric guitars, hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa, mandola, executive producer
Candice Night – lead and harmony vocals, woodwinds, tambourine
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards, backing vocals
Autumn and Rory Blackmore – backing vocals
Pat Regan – orchestral arrangements, engineer, assistant producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.
Once Upon December
Four Winds
Father in the Wind
Darker Shade of Black – Ritchie Blackmore
The Twisted Oak
Nature’s Light
Der letzte Musketier – Ritchie Blackmore
Wish You Were Here (2021) – Teijo Olavi Leskela
Going to the Faire
Second Element – Petersen, Pirs, Meissner, Schwarz
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.
On October 23, 2001, “ATO” and “Evangeline Records” labels released “The Deep End, Volume 1”, the fourth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “The Theater 99” in New York, NY, “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, CA; “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, CA, “Water Music” in Hoboken, NJ, and was produced by Michael Barbiero, Warren Haynes, John Cutler, David Z, and Stefani Scamardo.
Personnel:
Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar
Matt Abts – drums
Allen Woody – bass
Jack Bruce – bass, mixing
Oteil Burbridge – bass
Bootsy Collins – bass
John Entwistle – bass
Flea – bass
Roger Glover – bass
Mike Gordon – bass
Larry Graham – bass
Stefan Lessard – bass
Dave Schools – bass
Mike Watt – bass
Willie Weeks – bass
Chris Wood – bass
Gregg Allman – vocals, keyboards
Rob Barraco – organ, Wurlitzer
Keith Barry – tenor saxophone
Randall Bramblett – organ
Jerry Cantrell – vocals
Audley Freed – guitar
Eddie Harsch – keyboards, organ
Huck Leavell – organ, Wurlitzer
Little Milton – vocals, guitar
Danny Louis – organ, Wurlitzer
Page McConnell – organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer
John Scofield – guitar
Derek Trucks – slide guitar
Mike Uhler – trumpet
Dan Weinstein – trombone
Bernie Worrell – organ, clavinet
Tim Reynolds – guitar
Michael Barbiero – mixing, engineer
John Cutler – engineer
David Z – engineeri, mixing
Ray Martin – engineer, mixing
Raeanne Zschokke – engineer assistant
Greg Griffith – engineer assistant
Jeff Hoffman – engineer assistant
Ryan Castle – engineer assistant
Michael Rosen – engineer assistant
Dan Jurow – engineer assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – editing
Stefani Scamardo – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Warren Haynes, except where noted.
Fool’s Moon
Life on the Ouside – Warren Haynes, Audley Freed
Banks of the Deep End – Warren Haynes, Audley Freed
Down and Out in New York City – Bodie Chandler, Barry De Vorzon
Effigy – John Fogerty
Maybe I’m a Leo – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Same Price
Soulshine
Sco-Mule
Worried About the Blues – Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, John Jaworowicz
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