Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band - Album Review
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- Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band - Classic Albums Revisited
This is one of my favourite albums of all time and in my top 3 Deep Purple albums with Made In Japan and Burn.
But it was not always this way!
This video tells my story of discovering this album as a teenager and then goes through each track. It also shows you which versions to look out for and what CD re-issue I would recommend.
Phil Aston
Now Spinning
www.nowspinning.co.uk
I love this album so much 💜
Absolutely spot on review! You concisely articulates everything we love about this album! So glad I found this. Keep on spreading the word about this often misunderstood and under appreciated DP offering! 💜
Hi, thank you so much for watching - I have subscribed to your channel - happy to do an interview or join vid at anytime. Phil
Now Spinning- Vinyl, CDs & Boxsets that would be great! Always happy to talk to other like-minded (or even non like-minded) DP fans!
@@TheDeepPurplePodcast I will get back to you with some ideas - Phil
Thanks for the review! I have the same history with Purple and this album. My first enconuter with DP at age 12-13 was "Smoke on the Water" from "Machine Head" from the radio ("what the f** is that...?" 😮😁) and when buying "Made in Japan" (couldn't get hold of "Machine Head" just then), suddenly I discovered something almost unearthly . 🙂
Blackmore leaving was kind of a shock and it took me a few years before I even saw at this album. Not up there with aspecially "Made in Japan", "In Rock", "Machine Head" and "Burn" but nowadays I like it quite a lot and sometimes the whole album can keep me company during longer walks. 🤗
Thank you for sharing, great comment - Phil
I bought CTTB in 1977 and was absolutely blown away by how good this album was. Great songwriting. Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes’ rhythm section was tops! Hughes’ influence on Paice was amazing. Great production by Martin Birch, his best Purple effort, IMO. My only critic of CTTB was the lack of the dual vocals by Coverdale and Hughes. They sang their own songs, with a little support, but nothing like Burn. You Keep on Moving is one of Purple’s best, IMO and a perfect send off from ‘70s Purple.
What did you think of the production on the original album? I found it was a bit muddy, which put me off the album for a while. I think it's still one of my least-played DP albums.
@@CB-xr1eg I thought it was, by far, the best engineered Purple album up to that point. It had great low end. The bass and drums sounded much better than the previous two albums. Great dynamics. Stormbringer was thin and dark. Burn a little thin. Fireball sounded good to me as did Machine Head and WDWTWA. To my ears, CTTB was Martin Birch’s best effort. That’s just my opinion though.
Great review. It's one of my favourite albums. I was brought up on my brother's Made In Japan and Mk2 stuff but it was me that bought the Mk3 and 4 albums. Circa 1979-80, I bought this LP and loved it ever since. Time has been kinder on this album. I think it's appreciated more now than back then. I loved it so much , it got me into Tommy Bolin's solo stuff and I bought Teaser and Private Eyes as well as James Gang albums. Teaser is a fabulous LP, superb musicianship. Tommy was very underrated .
Thank you for watching and your supportive comments! It is great to hear from others who love this album. Best wishes
Love your comment. Just a little note on this one about Ritchie. When he left Purple he wanted to do something different ,but it never happened in Rainbow but Purple did something just way different then before . Love it .
Avoided this album for years because of it’s reputation and the fact that Blackmore had quit the band at the time. Came around to buying it about 20 years ago. Of course, what brought me there was Billy Cobham’s Classic jazz fusion album Spectrum, with Tommy Bolin on guitar. Bolin’s playing blew me away, and I was aware of him replacing Blackmore on this album. So anyway, I loved it from day one. Just a powerful and beautifully crafted album, unfortunately still unfairly overlooked.
Terrific review. Kevin Shirley's 2010 remix of Come Taste The Band turned this underrated gem into a must have record for any fan of rock music. Shirley's mix brings added life to the brilliant guitar riffs of the late, great Tommy Bolin and his addition of previously unreleased tracks (e.g., Drifter, Bolin/Paice Jam) raises this album to new heights. IMO, this 2010 remix is easily 1 of the top 5 albums (e.g., In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn) in Deep Purple's catalogue and for sheer sonic enjoyment, Come Taste The Band is their best work.
Hi Phil, thank you for watching. Certainly in my top 3 Deep Purple albums of all time. I never tire of listening to
It. Phil :)
Great review Phil, really enjoyed that and share your love for the diversity of music this amazingly talented band produced. Always struggled a bit with the mix on CTTB. It felt a bit but muddy but I was blown away with the Kevin Shirley remix and listen to this album all the time. Gettin' Tighter was always my favourite track but the remix really shone a light on Dealer for. The clean sound and huge power. Fantastic.
Hi Saul, thank you for watching, this was quite a long one but as an album it means a lot to me. The remix is amazing and this is version I play the most now. Phil ;)
This is one of my favourite Album Ever...............The Band is on Fire!!!
I agree that CTTB is a Purple album. It’s very purplish. The sound, the mix, the songs and performance and Purple 💯.
As essential as In Rock, Fireball, Burn IMO. Fabulous album, still sounds fresh and new to me. Received for Christmas '75.
Thank you very much! Great review, as always! I agree with you in everything. Great album, great rehearsals vol 1...!
Thank you for watching and your kind words. Phil
My sister's fave Purple album, no argument accepted! 😅 Love the dogs in the inner sleeve pictures. 🐶🦮 Any idea why Comin' Home wasn't played live? Tommy Bolin didn't sound at home with Burn, so his own uptempo number might've been a better opener onstage. That one, Gettin' Tighter, Love Child, and This Time Around / Owed to 'G' are my fave tracks, but the whole album's enjoyable. Wild Dogs live was a real highlight too - it's a shame it went on Tommy's solo album rather than on Come Taste the Band. Cheers Phil - great review.👍
Hi Alex, thank you for watching. Such a fabulous album. Still sounds fantastic! Phil
I liked the record a lot,bought it In '75.
Favourites:
Drifter
Coming Home
This Time around.❤
It's way better than Stormbringer, fantastic record.
Thank you for watching. My top 10 Purple albums currently are 1. Burn, 2. Come Taste The Band, 3. Made In Japan, 4. In Rock, 5. Purpendicular 6. Live in London, 7. Perfect Strangers, 8. Slaves and Masters, 9. Now What! 10. Stormbringer. This could change next week! Phil :)
Ritchie Blackmore loved the album. Joe Walsh got Tommy Bolin the gig with James Gang, when he left the band. Walsh told people, "This kid plays circles around me" Tommy Bolin could play anything with any one. Tommy Bolin played on the Billy Cobham "Spectrum" album. Jeff Beck's favorite player of all time was Tommy Bolin. Come taste the band was a masterpiece. One of the greatest productions of all time. Best remastered version was done by Caveman Shirley who did many Iron Maiden albums. (Double CD) All fans must get Tommy Bolin "Teaser" remastered. Why hasn't anybody remastered "Private eyes" ???
Fantastic review again. Remember getting my name in and pre booking the lp back then, i said too the record store woman, are i am the first person to collect the new purple album, unfortunately i was 3rd. 14 years old i was devastated.😅, fantastic video phil.👍🔥
Great review
This album is truly a slow burner and easily in my top 5 Purple albums
But it's unique and in a category of its own.
Hi Richard, thank you for watching. At the the time this album seemed to have very few fans. Now it has gained a lot of respect. It is in my top 3 Deep Purple albums next to Burn and Made In Japan - Phil
Loved the track by track breakdown. Great to hear some love for Drifter and that breakdown in the middle.
You Keep On Movin should have been a classic rock staple up there with Stairway, More Than a a Feeling etc.
Hi, thank you for watching and your comments. You Keep On Moving is such an emotional song and Drifter is just stunning. Best wishes, Phil
If I was a fan of this album from 1975 I would be livid that Same in LA and the Paice/Bolin jam tracks were not issued at the time!
Thanks Phil for your review of CTTB.It was great to see the Chekoslovakian ( my spelling has deserted me) album. Yes, D.C’s vocals are great throughout and Glenn shined too. My highlights from the Kevin Shirley remix are: ‘I Need Love’ where Tommy gets in some ‘shredding’. ‘’Comin’ Home’ with the unedited guitar solo and Jon Lord’s pumping Piano! I’ve never known why Tommy’s guitar slide at the front end of YKOM was ever left in, it’s rather anti-climactic after the vocal harmonies on intro. A ‘Classic Albums’ presentation on CTTB,should have been done around the time of expanded edition. Isolating,soloing tracks etc. Perhaps Johnny Bolin,Karen Ullibarri,plus the surviving MK4 members. Perhaps they might have found Glenn Hughes’ lost vocals on ‘Dealer’!
Hi Lee, thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on this classic album. A Classic Albums DVD on this album would have been most welcome but unfortunately I doubt it will ever happen. Still, we have the deluxe version to enjoy. Phil
Nice analysis of my favorite Purple album! Agree that it's Paicey's best work.
Hi, thank you for watching and finding my channel! This is in my top 3 Purple albums with Burn and Made In Japan. Phil :)
Muy buena reseña, álbum brillante! Saludos desde Argentina
Thank you for watching! A truly wonderful album! Phil
This was a great video. I love the background stories you gave. I like this album more than Stormbringer. I’m posting a ranking of the songs from Come Taste The Band later on this afternoon on my channel. Would love to know your thoughts.
Such a great album, really love it.
Yeah, always found it interesting considering Martin Birch produced both Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and Come Taste the Band that CTTB would be so much better sounding, was it that Purple had a huge label backed budget and Blackmore self-financed? Never was too clear on that but it always struck me as odd.. CTTB sounds so good it’s truly remarkable
Hi Scott, thank you for watching. Come Taste The Band is one of the best sounding albums from the Deep Purple catalogue. I also feel it is Ian Paice’s finest period. The more funky tracks gave him a chance to really stretch out. The first Rainbow album does have a thinner sound but they are both classics. CTTB is in my top three Deep Purple albums with Burn and Made In Japan. Phil
Great review, thank you :-) Having no band pics on the Czech version may simply have to do with money and the license fees, we had enough long haired bands on this sid of the Iron Curtain too :-)
Thank you for watching and your comments - I will be doing another Deep Purple themed video soon. Phil :)
Tommy Bolin
Glenn Hughes
David Coverdale
Ian Paice
Jon Lord
The MK4 line up
Only just discovered your channel. Love it
CTTB is a superb LP. Love it and love Tommy Bolin. It was my entry point to DP. This and 24 carat.
Can’t wait to,catch up on your other videos. I am a HUGE DP and family tree fan. Got shedloads of LPs and CDs from these bands
Cheers Phil, Chris
Hi Chris, welcome to Now Spinning Magazine! I hope you enjoy it here, there is a Deep Purple related playlist so have fun! Phil :)
My fav purple album
Wow, what a fantastic in-depth review of a brilliant Purple album. Hi Phil, Keith from Dublin here! I've somehow only discovered your channel now (your turning to Crime review!) and as a huge Purple and Gillan fan I'm knocking out your DP/Ian related videos first 😁 Excellent review of a Purple album I personally rank very highly. I'm looking forward to trawling your channels archives! 😎
Hi Keith, thank you so much for watching and your supportive comments. I have a lot of Deep Purple related videos planned. Phil
:)
Hi Phil, you're very welcome! Sitting here with the album spinning away, haven't listened to it in a long while! Delighted I discovered your channel , Keith 😉😀
I remember seeing it staring at me in all the record shops when it was first released and totally ignoring it. My opinion at the time was no Gillan, no Purple! I didn't give Burn and Stormbringer much notice until I heard Sail Away playing in the background one day and bought all three albums. Now Come Taste is one of my favourite albums of all time. I just wish they had released it under another band name with a hype sticker: featuring ex members of Deep Purple. It may have been received for enthusiastically. Water under the bridge now. I still love it and was introduced me to Tommy Bolin. Say no more!
Hi Lex, thank you for watching. I understand exactly where you are coming from and was such a huge Blackmore fan I could not even recognise it as a Deep Purple album. Now of course it is in my top three Deep Purple albums of all time and I am a huge fan of Tommy Bolin ! Phil :)
This is the first Purple album I ever heard, on a 8track. So this was my introduction to the band, apart from Black Night on the jukebox. Purple have been so many bands - none of them bad.
Great review. Live your knowledge and your attention to detail.
Thank you so much for watching and your support! Phil :)
My favourites are
- Love Child
- You Keep On Moving
although a dramatic shift in style i always loved this album, best DP album without Ritchie ?
"CTTB" is as much a Deep Purple album as all the others. I used to call Deep Purple Mk. 4, "Deep Bolin." RIP Tommy Bolin and Jon Lord
My favourite with burn
My top 3 are 1.Burn, 2. Come Taste The Band, 3. Made in Japan
A very good review! Please, review the Morse-powered album next. "Bananas" and "Abandon". 👍
Great idea, I will schedule a Steve Morse period album review. He is one of my fave guitar players. Phil
Thanks for the background story, to how you were converted to the albums charms.I wonder how many fans added extra photos to the inside of the case and customised case according, on the 1990 CTTB CD? Re: the ‘guru’s’ remix, was very hit and miss for me. Glenn’s iconic bass run on ‘ Lady Luck’ disappeared. ‘’I Need Love’ & ‘Comin’ Home’ extended mixes,are the stand outs because of Tommy’s previously unheard fluid guitar lines . The effects on Glenn Hughes’ vocals on ‘This Time Around’ are wisely back off, to the betterment of the track.Infact it didn’t need to be joined to ‘Owed To G’, as it’s strong enough in hindsight. It would sit well now on a future Glenn Hughes career spanning CD! I prefer the original mix of ‘Gettin’ Tighter’ despite Tommy’s extra post fade guitar work. Why didn’t the ‘guru’ take out the unremarkable Slide run that Tommy does on YKOM, just before the drums kick in properly? Still niggles me, all these years on.
Hi Leeford, thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on the remix. Like you I was enthralled by having the opportunity to hear Tommy Bolin after the original track fades. That is what did it for me. You are right about the photos, I wish they had included the originals as well. I will have to go back and compare the Lady Luck track to remind myself about Glenn's bass line. Thanks Phil :)
@@NowSpinningMagazine Around 0.26 and 1:36. I compared the Shirley mix to Birch’s via my I.phone and the difference wasn’t so apparent. Try it through your hi-fi instead! I believe K.Shirley’s strategy of cranking up Tommy’s guitar to ‘stun levels’ wasn’t what was really required on his remix.As Tommy’s already distorted-fuzz guitar sounds didn’t help, overall imho.
I used to own a copy of Made in Europe that had the faces off come taste the band around the edge of the label. So Blackmore and Bolin were on it 😊. Wish I still had it
I have a copy like that!
Album maravilloso
Yes I agree. What do you think was their best concert of that tour.
It would have to be while they were still in the USA, the Wing of a Russian Foxbat release gives an idea of what could have been. Phil
@@NowSpinningMagazine yes that is a high quality recording. What about bootlegs. What do you think was the best concert.
Do you know why they changed the running order for the tracks on the remixes CD?
Not sure, I will try and remember to ask Glenn Hughes when I interview him.
@@NowSpinningMagazine the Italian cassette has a different running order.
What about fireball...in rock..
Hi, thank you for watching. Fireball is scheduled. In Rock is here Deep Purple In Rock : Classic Album Reviews
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2 great lps beautiful they changed styles and Ritchie had an attitude problem...
The album is called
Come Taste The Band
from Deep Purple, correct?
Yes, Come Taste The Band by Deep
Purple released in 1975
Behold ... the first whitesnake album.
I am a massive Deep Purple fan, but in my opinion Come taste the band is sadly their least inspiring.
I think if you compare In Rock with this, its not Deep Purple at all. Its more like a platform to spring board Whitesnake into action.
Jon Lord has even said in interviews since that by Come taste the band it was all over for Deep Purple, and that speaks volumes in my opinion. Even Blackmore had left by then.
Sorry but this isn't Deep Purple at all, I am not saying its terrible musically, but its the album I play least.
How you compare it with Made in Japan is beyond me.
This album Come taste the band is to me more like a pre cursor to Whitesnake. But still not a patch on Whitesnake's first album Trouble, that is one of my favourite Whitesnake albums along with Slide it in, that is my all time favourite Whitesnake album.
Sorry Come taste the band is the worst thing to happen to Deep Purple ever! And I dont say that lightly.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts which I totally respect. I was not comparing it to Made in Japan just saying it in my top three Deep Purple albums being in 3rd place after Burn and Made in Japan. I love every line up and off shoot of Deep Purple and have been a fan since hearing Never Before as a single in 1972 aged 13. As I say in the video I was such a huge Blackmore fan at the time I avoided this album for a long time but now it’s one of my favourites. Phil :)
@@NowSpinningMagazine Thanks for the reply Phil.
Sorry maybe I was a bit harsh.
I think I associated the last few Purple albums after Gillan left the decline of Purple, so I find it hard to get into the last few albums.
It was amazing when they re-formed in 84 with Perfect Strangers, that now has remained my favourite album, it used to be In Rock.
In my mind Coverdale wasn't suited to Purple, his style of singing was made for Whitesnake, so when I first heard Trouble, it sounded fresh and amazing, such a wonderful production on that album, and it had the benefit of not trying to be something else, it was a brand new band.
Kind regards. Dave :)
@quolizzy1554
I agree with what you say.
However. . . .
I agree with Jon Lord
Come Taste the Band
Is NOT a Deep Purple album.
It's a brilliant stand alone rock album, but definitely NOT a Deep Purple album.
Jon Lord repeatedly said he loves CTTB, it still sounds fresh but reiterated it's not a Purple album.
Again I agree with Lord.
WHY - Jon Lord said it should have been called:
Bolin - Hughes
Feat: Coverdale, Paice & Lord
Now that's a very telling Comment.
@@FrostedSeagullI think that's why I don't appreciate the music on CTTB, its billed as being something its not.
Obviously they are using the name Deep Purple to secure its sales and make sure it sold well at the time.
It's this sort of thing that goes on all too often in the music business.
An established band name will be used even though their main lead singer, or founder member is gone or sadly passed away, the name gets used to sell the records or ticket sales.
Personally its a pet hate of mine.
You could argue CTTB is more leaning towards being a Whitesnake album than a DP album, but that didn't happen because Whitesnake wasent born then, so it obviously wasn't an established name yet.
In hindsight DP should have split up when Ian Gillan left, rather than drag the name needlessly through the line up changes that was obviously too many for it to be DP and what DP stood for.
@quolizzy1554 I appreciate your thoughts but can’t agree as I first saw Purple in 74 and that is my fave line up. To me CTTB is a Purple album and an important part of the story. You views are just as valid as mine! Phil :)