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I first saw Deep Purple when they were touring for the album Machine Head. It was easily my favorite era. As far as I’m concerned, they were in a class of their own, no other bands compared to what they wrote and how they played. I saw virtually every hard rock band that toured in that era and even bands like Led Zeppelin couldn’t compare in a live show.
I think Machine Head was their best album, although Burn and Stormbringer from that era had some good cuts. Perfect Strangers had to be the best album put out by any band making a return to the original lineup (Original in the sense of returning to their best lineup.)
I have to say I was really bummed when the world lost Jon Lord, he was irreplaceable. I’ve listened to three of the cuts from the latest album and I don’t find anything interesting there.
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