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Deep Purple ‘Concerto for Group and Orchestra’.

Anyway……………..  I was a huge Deep Purple fan and my father was a very musical person. He always said that rock music was nowhere near as good as classical music, so here was my chance to defend it!
I took my dad to see Deep Purple play with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. (Hey, not many people can say that!)
At first it was the strangest feeling of all, to see an orchestra playing the first movement  and Deep Purple sitting on the same stage.  There were smiles all around the place as we sat and listened.  I can remember the moment that the band joined in – it was sensational!   The orchestra were grinning like crazy, the sound was outrageous!  
A battle began.  Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar dominating the melody – and then the orchestra gaining control again, Deep Purple fighting back.  It was hard to know where to look.  Malcolm Arnold (the conductor) was having the time of his life and then Jon Lord would take over.  (The saying ‘you had to be there’ comes to the forefront of my mind!)   
When Ritchie Blackmore blew the whole place apart with his solo, my dad was on his feet!  I can remember him pointing at him and telling me that what Ritchie was playing was nearly impossible!  No one could arppegiate notes as fast as that! 
He was absolutely stunning. 
When the Concerto came to an end, I really think the battle was a draw.
You could compare the violins with the outstanding vocal range of Ian Gillan, you could compare the timpani with Ian Paice’s drumming – you could even compare Malcolm Arnold with Jon Lord, but that wasn’t it.   It was done.  The two came together in a way I don’t think we will ever see or hear again

My dad’s opinion?  He still thought that  ‘all  other rock bands were no good, but that Ritchie Blackmore!         Well, he was just from another planet!’

SUE RITTER   (Polydor,  Atlantic & Stax, RCA & Evolution Records).

Fra MKI til MKII med fokus på september og oktober 1969
Resten av 1968 er travel. Den inkluderer innspilling av ”Book of Taliesyn” i august og utgivelse i oktober. Det tredje albumet, kalt ”Deep Purple” spilles inn i januar 1969.
Det knirker i skuta, en del interne problemer og meningsforskjeller har oppstått.  I mai sparkes  Simper og Evans ut og de tre resterende vil ha mer hardrock. Siste og tredje albumet med MKI ”Deep Purple” slippes i juli. MKI er først og fremst et navn i USA.  Den 4.juli spiller MKI sammen for siste gang og allerede 10.juli spiller MKII  sin første konsert. MKII spiller mye live og begynner innspillingen av det første MKII albumet i august samme år. Den 24 september skjer den historiske framføringen av Concerto for Group and Orchestra i Albert hall London, den får my oppmerksomhet i UK gjennom mye fokus i media. Den vises på BBC. Konserten tas opp og gis ut. Den gir bandet deres første plassering blant de 30 beste på UK listen.