Wea International
1999
Deep Purple - The Friends And Relatives Album
About This Album
One could fill a box set, and write a book, about the Deep Purple family tree -- and still have people complaining that you've missed a sizable limb. From the bandmembers' early days with such legends of the English minor leagues as Episode Six and the Outlaws through to latter-day giants Gillan, Rainbow, and Whitesnake, Deep Purple has stamped a monstrous footprint into the landscape of modern rock -- one that this two-disc compilation tries hard to map out. In terms of exploring the band's least-known avenues, this compilation is no more than adequate. Where it triumphs is in ensuring that the links it does pursue are actually worth chasing in the first place. Too many Purple offshoots have little more in common with the parent band than the presence of a member or two. Friends & Relatives concentrates on the links that actually sound like they belong. In other words, it's LOUD. Deep Purple itself is represented by four tracks: Mark II live recordings of "Black Night" and the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," Mark III renderings of "Smoke on the Water" and "Stormbringer." Elsewhere, there are solo shots by Glenn Hughes, Nick Simper, and Tommy Bolin, and, by way of their respective contributions to Gillan and Rainbow, Bernie Marsden and Ronnie James Dio offer up fine indications of why Purple fans continue to hold them in such high regard.
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