By now, you’ve probably heard that KEN HENSLEY, the man who penned so many of Uriah Heep’s classic tracks, will be doing a once-off-gig at the New Life Church auditorium in Douglasdale, Johannesburg, on Saturday 17 March! In a major scoop for The Rockfest on MIX 93.8FM, we are pleased to announce that some excellent SA talent will be supporting this most legendary musician. Toni Rowland, Ghapi / Peter Hanmer BAND, (Cindy) Alter (Stewart) Irving and Nanette Scott, will be setting the stage for a truly memorable day. Booking through Strictly Tickets (www.strictlytickets.co.za). Tickets (R 180.00pp) are limited!!! An item of clothing and / or a tin of canned food for the various charities the church takes care of, together with your prized ticket, gets you in! Doors open at midday. Logistics allowing, The Rockfest on Mix93.8fm will be broadcasting from the venue on the day. It’s going to be an AWESOME day!!! – Leon Economides

DTB • Intensely busy period at DTB, with a number of new releases all hitting the streets on the same week. We’ve been shipping the Deep Purple BBC Sessions (both formats), Montreux 2011 (two video formats), the monster Whitesnake box and the Colin Hart biography, with New Live & Rare vinyl going out as well (yes, it’s arrived at long last). The vinyl box sets needed very carefully packaging, and this did delay them by a day or two, as we figured customers would prefer this to them arriving sooner but biffed. Astonishingly EMI shipped the Whitesnake boxes loose inside card outers, and 50% of our stock arrived damaged and had to be replaced.

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Many international acts are hard to find on Rhythm Music Store due to various licencing restrictions, however there are a number of classic rock songs that can be found. Here is a list of some of my favourites in no particular order; please note that quite often they are live versions or updated re-recordings. Pinball Wizard – The Who The Ghost Of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen Like A Rolling Stone – Jimi Hendrix Ball and Chain – Janis Joplin Comfo … Read More

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A little late with the latest DTB News Update; we had builders descend on us again last week to gut the old bathroom. Seeing as the fittings dated from 1967 some might say about time, but if the previous owner hadn’t scoured the life out of them, I’d be putting them back! Sadly though re-enamelling the old bath was going to cost hundreds, and involve a journey down to the Aga factory in Birmingham. Anyhow, they’re having the day off today while t … Read More

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Glenn Hughes has raised the subject of a Mk 3 DP reunion in a few interviews over the last couple of weeks (including a new Glenn Hughes interview done in France last month we've posted).  Don't go raiding the holiday money fund just yet though, as there are no firm plans. What is safe to ay from the stories is that GH is up for it were it to happen, and that he and DC have chatted about the subject together. They got as far as making tentative a … Read More

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[Exactly the same set list as their Cape Town show in June 2010]

OFFICIAL BOOTLEG VOLUME II - LIVE IN BUDAPEST HUNGARY 2010

Released in October 2010
CD: earMUSIC 0205778ERE

Official Live Bootleg Volume II
Recorded live at Petofi Hall in
Budapest Hungary May 4th 2010

Record One
1. WAKE THE SLEEPER (Box/Lanzon) 4.39
2. RETURN TO FANTASY (Hensley/Byron) 4.35
3. ONLY HUMAN (Box/Lanzon) 4.10
4. BOOK OF LIES (Box/Lanzon) 4.34
5. BIRD OF PREY (Box/Byron/Hensley/Newton) 3.50
6. CORRIDORS OF MADNESS (Box/Lanzon) 6.18
7. LOVE IN SILENCE (Box/Lanzon) 7.32
8. RAIN (Hensley) 4.40
9. THE WIZARD (Hensley/Clarke) 4.52
10. FREE ME (Hensley) 5.16

Record Two
1. SUNRISE (Hensley) 6.05
2. FREE ‘N’ EASY (Lawton/Box) 2.31
3. GYPSY (Byron/Box) 4.33
4. ANGELS WALK WITH YOU (Bolder) 7.02
5. JULY MORNING (Hensley/Byron) 13.26
6. EASY LIVIN’ (Hensley) 4.09
7. LADY IN BLACK (Hensley) 7.34

TREVOR BOLDER – bass guitar, vocals
BERNIE SHAW – lead vocals
PHIL LANZON – keyboards, vocals
MICK BOX – guitar, vocals
RUSSELL GILBROOK – drums, vocals

Available to download at Rhythm Music Store

Deep Purple on US radio show Rockline (WROQ 101) on 3rd May 2000 (not 2001 as shown on the video), doing a cover of Lazy Lester’s ‘You’re Gonna Ruin Me Baby’ with Ian Gillan playing acoustic guitar.

Lazy Lester’s original recording from 1963.

Photos by Michael Currin www.michael.currin.co.za

With their usual lack of proper PR, the Deep Purple Orchestral Tour has sort of just emerged without any real attempt to big it up in the press at all, which seems a shame. It now looks as if most of the shows during 2011 will take this format, building on Ian Gillan’s occasional shows fronting an orchestra during 2009/10. That there is confusion is clear from the enquiries we had from North America asking if the band were doing The Concerto. We … Read More

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