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Deep Purple Album: “Gemini Suite Live 1970”
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Gemini Suite Live 1970 |
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Release Date:2003-04-08
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock
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Label:Vap
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988021853194
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Review - :
Commissioned by the BBC in 1970, following the success of {$Jon Lord}'s {^Concerto For Group And Orchestra}, {^The Gemini Suite} again paired {$Deep Purple} with conductor Malcolm Arnold, to perform a hybrid classical/rock composition devoted, across five distinct parts, to the musical personalities of each member of {$Deep Purple}, and each titled for its inspiration's star sign.Whereas {$Deep Purple}'s schedule in 1969 had afforded {$Lord} considerable down-time in which to work on the Concerto, this time around, matters were considerably different, as a full UK date sheet gave way to an the August American tour. Much of {^The Gemini Suite} was composed on the road, then, in the back of the bus or late night in hotel rooms, while {$Ian Gillan} waited until the evening of the show itself before completing his lyrics, putting down the last words even as the accompanying {$Orchestra of the Light Music Society} struck up the first bars of {$George Gershwin}'s {&"Rhapsody In Blue"}, the show's opening number.The haste does not show. Whereas its predecessor was very much an attempt to marry a rock band with a classical orchestra, the emphasis of {^The Gemini Suite} lay in fusing the best qualities of both into a seamless whole that wasn't afraid to acknowledge {$Deep Purple}'s own work in the same musical breath as the classical influences who undoubtedly hung over the proceedings. Sharp ears can pick more than a handful of archetypal {$Purple} passages from within the piece, including several ghosts recalled from the itself-symphonic {&"Child In Time"}. {$Ritchie Blackmore}'s guitar-led movement, opening the performance, too, echoed some of the spectacular moments that he had already incorporated into the band's regular live set, while {$Ian Paice}'s movement emerged a thunderously percussive duel between the two musical disciplines, and went a long way towards proving that, in terms of sheer dynamism, rock and the classics have a lot more in common than viewers of the Concerto might ever have imagined. Despite its success, {^The Gemini Suite} was allowed to slip into absolute anonymity. Although {$Lord} would stage a repeat performance in Munich in January 1972, and later release a studio rendition, it would be 28 years before a recording of the actual live performance made it onto the official release schedules. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide
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