Album
Come Taste The Band
1975 · Rock
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Come Taste The Band is a Rock album by Deep Purple, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 217 pressings tracked, owned by 19 collectors.
About
With the departure of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (who formed Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio), Deep Purple brought in Tommy Bolin as his replacement. Bolin had the chops, but filling the shoes of a beloved figure is never easy, even in the best of times. The band had been moving toward funk and soul on their previous album, <i>Stormbringer</i>. While longtime Deep Purple members drummer Ian Paice and keyboardist Jon Lord remained in place, the newer arrivals—singer David Coverdale and bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, who'd joined on the third album—continued to shift the band into more commercial hard rock territory. Songs such as “Comin’ Home,” “Lady Luck," and “Dealer” showed the players could still make magic. “I Need Love” sounds like a late-'80s hair-metal tune being played as a loose funk jam. Hardcore devotees find much to recommend about this unusual chapter in the band’s history, and when considered song by song, there are certainly moments that even casual Deep Purple fans would love.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Comin' Home3:52
- A2Lady Luck2:45
- A3Gettin' Tighter3:36
- A4Dealer3:49
- A5I Need Love4:22
Side B
- B1Drifter4:01
- B2Love Child3:05
- B3This Time Around / Owed To 'G' (Instrumental)6:07
- B4You Keep On Moving5:18
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- gritty
- swaggering
- bluesy
Come Taste the Band is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, originally released in November 7, 1975 and the first without Ritchie Blackmore. It was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch.
Performed by:
Tommy Bolin • guitar, vocals / David Coverdale • vocals / Jon Lord • keyboards / Ian Paice • drums / Glenn Hughes • bass guitar, vocals
Single released: Track 3 - Gettin' Tighter / Track 9 - You Keep On Moving / Dealer
Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on guitar and is also the final of three albums to feature Glenn Hughes on bass and David Coverdale on lead vocals before he later left to record two solo albums that led to the formation of Whitesnake.
Generally the record is considered one of Deep Purple's lesser efforts, although it did sell reasonably well on release (#19 in the UK charts, and #43 in the US) and received a rave review in the leading British music paper, the New Musical Express. The album was certified Silver on 1 November 1975 by the BPI, selling 60,000 copies in the UK.
In 1990, the album was remastered and re-released in the US by Metal Blade Records and distributed by Warner Bros. It was re-released again on the Friday Music label on 31 July 2007 (along with Made in Europe and Stormbringer).
While the label's website claims that the album has been digitally remastered, it is unclear which tapes were used as a source for this remastering, but it is unlikely the original master tapes were used, as EMI had repeatedly claimed over the years that the master tapes of this album were missing.
In December 2009, the Deep Purple Appreciation Society (DPAS) reported the original multi-track masters had recently surfaced and that an official remastered version with bonus tracks (including remixes by Glenn Hughes and Kevin Shirley) was released on 25 October 2010.
The 2 x CD and 2 × Vinyl, LP Deluxe 35th Anniversary edition includes the original album in remastered form and a full album remix.
The CD edition includes a rare US single edit of "You Keep on Moving" on the first disc, and two unissued tracks on the second disc: "Same in LA" a three-minute out-take from the final release in 1975, and "Bolin/Paice Jam" a five-minute instrumental jam with Ian Paice and Tommy Bolin.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David CoverdaleBAND, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Glenn HughesBAND, BASS GUITAR, VOCALS BASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, VOCALS
- Ian PaiceBAND, DRUMS DRUMS
- Jon LordBAND, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Tommy BolinBAND, LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS
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