Deep Purple - Rapture Of The Deep [20th Anniversary 2CD] (2005)

Year: 24 October 2005 (CD Aug 29, 2025)
Label: Ear Music (Germany), 0220730EMU
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 59:52, 21:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 450, 168 Mb

Like Bananas, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and fans. The album peaked on Billboard's US Top Independent Albums chart at position No. 43. In the US, the album sold 2500 copies during the first week. In the UK, the album sold 3500 copies during the first week and 1200 copies during the week after. It also made the top 20 in several European charts. The title track "Rapture of the Deep" was released as a promo single in 2005. It is the fourth studio album from Deep Purple since Steve Morse joined the band in 1994 and the second to feature veteran keyboardist Don Airey. The album was produced by Michael Bradford who also produced the band's previous release, Bananas.
The album's title relates to an alternative name for the nitrogen narcosis psychological condition capable of affecting deep sea divers. Of the title, bassist Roger Glover said: "I like it because it's got opposites, a duality there, and I'm always fond of that. If you're a scuba diver and you dive down below three atmospheres or 110, 120 feet, something like that, you have excess nitrogen in your blood, and it's called nitrogen narcosis. It's a known danger. And what it does to you, is it makes you really happy, like being drunk. The danger is you're in rapture, you're in a state of pure joy and bliss and at one with the world, and you love being down there and you want to be part of it, so you take your mask off and die."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_of_the_Deep)

01. Money Talks (05:34)
02. Things I Never Said (04:47)
03. Rapture Of The Deep (05:54)
04. Clearly Quite Absurd (05:24)
05. Mtv (04:54)
06. Back To Back (04:02)
07. Wrong Man (04:33)
08. Girls Like That (03:56)
09. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (04:17)
10. Don't Let Go (04:34)
11. Junkyard Blues (05:31)
12. Before Time Began (06:19)

01. MTV (04:57)
02. Money Talks (04:29)
03. Back To Back (03:57)
04. Before Time Began (05:05)
05. Closing Notes (02:49)

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Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi - Who Cares [2CD] (2012)

Year: 13 July 2012 (CD Jul 13, 2012)
Label: Ear Music (Europe), 0207592ERE
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: England
Time: 47:04, 48:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 367, 356 Mb

CD1:
01. Out of My Mind (WhoCares) – This originally appeared on the 2 track “single” CD from last year.  It’s unchanged as far as I know.  It’s a great new track from Tony & Ian.   The band on the track is stellar.  Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan, Jason Newsted, Nicko McBran, Jon Lord, & Linde Linstrom.  Makes me wish this band recorded more than just this one song.
02. Zero the Hero (Black Sabbath) – A lift from the 1983 Black Sabbath album Born Again.  A great old track.  Although if I had my choice of track to lift from the Born Again album to include, I would have picked “Hot Line”.  Oh well, still cool to see something from Born Again here.
03. Trashed (Ian Gillan) – Back in 2006, Ian Gillan put out an album called “Gillan’s Inn”, which existed to celebrate his (then) 40th anniversary in the music biz.  He re-recorded a bunch of tracks from his past.  To represent his time in Black Sabbath, he chose Trashed, and re-recorded it – with Tony Iommi on guitar.  Also on the track are Roger Glover & Ian Paice.
04. Get Away (Ian Gillan w/Michalis Rakintzis) – Originally recorded by Ian Gillan in 1993.  Even though the liner notes say who this is, I don’t know who it is!   Definitely one of the slower, more eclectic songs from the overall track listing here for sure.  Definitely not “metal” sounding at all.  Has a very catchy sounding vocal chorus, which makes the song work very well for me.
05. Slip Away (Tony Iommi w/Glenn Hughes) – This is one of the “extra” tracks from Tony’s 2005 solo album, Fused.  This one in particular was the one that was the hardest to get, as it was only available back in 2005 from the then online music retailer, real.com.  It was never available on CD anywhere – until now.   If you liked the Fused album, you should check this out for sure.
06. Don’t Hold Me Back (Gillan) – A song Ian wrote back in 1992 inbetween Deep Purple stints.  The liner notes say this was written for his wife Bron, who at the time was going to have major heart surgery.  He calls it “one of the most intimate moments of his life, expressed in song”.   Has a 90’s version of his old “shriek”, which I thought was last heard on the Born again album.  :)
07. She Thinks It’s a Crime (Ian Gillan) – This track comes from Ian’s 2009 solo album, “One Eye to Morocco”.  This track in particular was originally released on the 7 inch vinyl version ONLY.  First time on a CD anywhere.  The track doesn’t jump out at me at all musically.  Pretty bland track –  not one of my favorites on this collection.
08. Easy Come, Easy Go (Repo Depo) – This track comes from the project Ian was working on right before he rejoined Deep Purple for the “Battle Rages On” album.  Repo Depo was the name of the band.  It has never been released anywhere before in any format.  According to the liner notes, the only known copy was on a monitor cassette tape Ian had – it was brought forward and remixed in 2012 for this collection.  Nice track.  The guitar sound reminds me a bit of Tony Iommi in places.
09. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – This version comes from the live Deep Purple album, “Live at the Royal Albert Hall”, and Ian shares lead vocal duties on this version with Ronnie James Dio.   Interesting hearing these two former Black Sabbath vocalists sing together on the Deep Purple Chestnut.

CD2: black-sabbath.com/2012/09/whocares-full-album-info-review/

01. Out of My Mind (05:18)
02. Zero the Hero (07:36)
03. Trashed (04:04)
04. Get Away (04:44)
05. Slip Away (05:25)
06. Don’t Hold Me Back (04:38)
07. She Thinks It’s a Crime (03:55)
08. Easy Come, Easy Go (04:39)
09. Smoke on the Water (live) (06:41)

01. Holy Water (07:01)
02. Anno Mundi (06:14)
03. Let It Down Easy (04:32)
04. Hole in My Vest (03:39)
05. Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave Me (03:11)
06. Can I Get a Witness (03:04)
07. No Laughing in Heaven (06:06)
08. When a Blind Man Cries (live) (04:35)
09. Dick Pimple (10:04)

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Deep Purple - Scandinavian Nights [Japanese Ed. K2HD. 2CD. Live] (1970)

Year: November 12, 1970 (CD December 14, 2011)
Label: Victor Records (Japan), VICP-75025-6
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 66:53, 47:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 521, 350 Mb

K2HD: It is possible to expand digital data from low-grade formats (32kHz) up to high-grade formats with a maximum of 192kHz/24 bits with K2HD processing. For example, when a CD master is produced from an analog master tape, everything above 20kHz is cut during CD formatting. K2HD processing reproduces the lost high-frequency components almost the same as the analog master.

Scandinavian Nights (Live in Stockholm 1970) is a double live-album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in the Stockholm Konserthuset on 12 November 1970. It was originally released in 1988.
 

Ritchie Blackmore: guitar
Ian Gillan: vocals, percussion
Roger Glover: bass
Jon Lord: organ, keyboards
Ian Paice: drums, percussion

01. Speed King (11:19)
02. Into The Fire (05:12)
03. Child In Time (19:32)
04. Wring That Neck (30:48)

01. Paint It Black (10:02)
02. Mandrake Root (29:44)
03. Black Night (07:36)

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