It's Official - Anniversary Reissue Of DEEP PURPLE's Come Taste The Band In The Works
January 1, 2010, 15 years ago
According to DEEP PURPLE fan-site The Highway Star, GLENN HUGHES (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has broken the news on Twitter that he’s been indeed working with producer Kevin Shirley (LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN), and they are working on the remixes for the reissue of Deep Purple's 1975 album Come Taste The Band. Still a work in progress, songs that have received the treatment so far include 'You Keep On Moving', 'Gettin’ Tighter', 'Dealer' and 'I Need Love'.
According to Wikipedia, Come Taste The Band was recorded between August 3 and September 1, 1975 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, and released in October 1975. The album was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch (IRON MAIDEN). It is the only Deep Purple studio record featuring Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar. When Blackmore left the band, many observers and critics assumed that Deep Purple would not continue. It was David Coverdale who asked Jon Lord to keep the band together, and Tommy Bolin was asked to take the guitar slot.
The band was rounded off by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.
