Coverdale Hughes or Gillian era?

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Do you have a preference?..if you had to choose one?. Haven't read about to many Purple fans on here but just curious.
 
Be interesting to see if anyone says Evans era. Hush was a tune
 
what was the last iteration with Ritchie Blackmore (or was he always there)
I saw Gillian era and Ritchie played slide guitar with a beer bottle. They were being thrown on stage. It was the early 70s and a very rowdy "picksburgh" crowd
I remember also Mick Fleetwood's red script reversed tom Rogers drums (I was near the front) so it must of been a double bill
yep 8/25/72
i had just turned 16 heh

 
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Be interesting to see if anyone says Evans era. Hush was a tune
They had some darn good songs during that era. And The Address, Wring That Neck, Chasing Shadows…actually every lineup had its hits and misses except for the album with Joe Lynn Turner, which was garbage start to finish.

But by far the Gillain/Glover MK2 lineup was the best. I don’t think it’s debatable, honestly.
 
what was the last iteration with Ritchie Blackmore (or was he always there)
I saw Gillian era and Ritchie played slide guitar with a beer bottle. They were being thrown on stage. It was the early 70s and a very rowdy "picksburgh" crowd
I remember also Mick Fleetwood's red script Rogers set (I was near the front) so it must of been a double bill
They did two Coverdale/Hughes albums with Blackmore, then he left and got replaced by Tommy Bolin for one album. Then they broke up, Paice and Lord joined Whitesnake for a while, Blackmore had Rainbow and eventually got back with Glover in Rainbow, and reformed Purple MK2 a couple years later for two well received albums. Then Gillian split and they released the career killing album Slaves and Masters with Joe Lynn Turner, who was a complete dick every time I met him. Gillain came back for one more MK2 album and Blackmore split and never came back after the tour.
 
what was the last iteration with Ritchie Blackmore (or was he always there)
I saw Gillian era and Ritchie played slide guitar with a beer bottle. They were being thrown on stage. It was the early 70s and a very rowdy "picksburgh" crowd
I remember also Mick Fleetwood's red script reversed tom Rogers drums (I was near the front) so it must of been a double bill
yep 8/25/72
i had just turned 16 heh

Damn jda..friends of mine talked about seeing Purple with Fleetwood opening. Could it be?..you were within arms reach?. Wow.
 
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Yes I was looking right up to Ritchie
playing beer bottle slide
and Mick Fleetwood's Red Rogers were behind off set on stage
 
They had some darn good songs during that era. And The Address, Wring That Neck, Chasing Shadows…actually every lineup had its hits and misses except for the album with Joe Lynn Turner, which was garbage start to finish.

But by far the Gillain/Glover MK2 lineup was the best. I don’t think it’s debatable, honestly.
Wring That Neck is an instrumental! Anthem is the belter on Book of Talesyn. The whole album is like psychedelic Elvis.

Joe Lynn Turner era had Love Conquers All which is the best of a bad bunch.

One of my favourite Purple albums is Come Taste The Band.
 
Wring That Neck is an instrumental! Anthem is the belter on Book of Talesyn. The whole album is like psychedelic Elvis.

Joe Lynn Turner era had Love Conquers All which is the best of a bad bunch.

One of my favourite Purple albums is Come Taste The Band.
It’s a really good album but it sounds to me like a whole different band. Which is cool and was considered the thing to do back in those days when a high profile bandleader left a band. And I use the term “songs” for instrumentals, too. And The Address is also an instrumental ;)

Burn is better than Who Do We Think We Are
But Who Do We Think We Are has Woman From Tokyo, which is legendary. Burn was a more consistent album, but hey, Woman From Tokyo, you know?
 
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