Re: HELL PREACHERS INC - "SUPREME PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND"

"Mik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Top posting fixed.

> "Brian Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Mik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Well here it is. I've been a Purple fan since the early 70s and had
> always
> > > been aware of the existence of an album by them under a different name
> in
> > > the late 60s. Finally got hold of it in the late 80s, but now feel
it's
> > time to let go (coupled with the demands of twin
> > > daughters!!)..
> > >
> > > Have spent years researching this one and have read differing opinions
> > about
> > > if it was them or not. Sorry, you disbelievers, but there is NO WAY
this
> > ISN
> > > 'T them! The sound and the style is SO Purple Circa late 60s, it's
silly
> > to
> > > think it could be anyone else.
> >
> > I have it too and it occasionally gets put on the deck at parties (for a
> > laugh).
> >
> > (A) it isn't Deep Purple, (B) it's a bunch of session men, (C) it's a
pile
> > of poo.
> >
> > Anyone paying more than a couple of quid for it (to cover postage) is
> > throwing their money away.
> >
> > Sorry to burst yer bubble.

> (A) Yes it is, (B) No it isn't, (C) Yes, you're right.
> Bubble remains intact.

> PS. Why would a group of session musicians want to cover a band who had a
> solitary US hit and moderate sales elsewhere at the time?

They aren't covering Deep Purple. It is just a "generic loud pop" cover
album (and crap).

There were lots of bands playing stuff like it at the time and, according to
their line up and skill, getting results from the very wonderful at one
extreme to Hell Preachers Inc at the other.

> Have been
> listening to Blackmore since 'Little Brown Jug' days and the sound and
> playing technique is just TOO close to not be him.

It's not him and anyone who buys it on the basis of it being him is wasting
their money.

--
Brian
"Style advisor to the seasonally-challenged"