Saturday, May 24, 2025

Deep Purple : Stormbringer (35th Anniversary Edition)



BUT I FEEL 

I'M GROWING OLDER

AND THE SONGS 

THAT I HAVE SUNG

ECHO IN THE DISTANCE

LIKE THE SOUND 

OF A WINDMILL

GOING AROUND

I GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE

A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

 Stormbringer

 is the ninth 

studio album 

by 

English Rock band

 Deep Purple 

released in

 November 1974.

 It was the band's

 second studio album

 to feature the

 Mk III lineup

 including vocalist 

David Coverdale 

and 

bassist/vocalist 

Glenn Hughes.

Album Cover and Title

The cover image of

 Stormbringer 

is based on a photo.

 On 8 July 1927

 a tornado near

 the town of 

Jasper, Minnesota, 

was photographed by

 Lucille Handberg.

 Her photograph has become 

a classic image,

and was used and edited 

for the album's cover. 

The same photograph was used

 for Miles Davis' album 

Bitches Brew 

in 1970 

and

 Siouxsie and the Banshees' 

album 

Tinderbox in 1986.

Stormbringer

 is the name of the second 

Elric of Melniboné novel

 by Michael Moorcock.

 It is the name of a 

magical sword 

described in many novels

 and comics by 

Moorcock 

and others which

 enjoyed enormous success 

in the 1960s and '70s. 

David Coverdale 

has denied knowledge 

of this until shortly

 after recording the album. 

In an interview with 

Charles Shaar Murray 

in the New Musical Express

 he claimed that the name 

was from mythology. 

A few years later, 

Moorcock collaborated with

 Blue Öyster Cult to write 

"Black Blade",

 a song that 

actually was about

 the sword Stormbringer.

According to

 Glenn Hughes, 

the slurred gibberish

 that is spoken by

 Coverdale at the beginning 

of the title track

 just prior to the first verse

 is the same 

backwards dialogue

 that Linda Blair's character

 utters in the film

 The Exorcist

when she is questioned 

by the priest.

Guitarist 

Ritchie Blackmore

 left

 Deep Purple

 following

 Stormbringer 

and its subsequent tour, 

publicly citing his dislike 

for the funky direction

 the band was taking. 

Glenn Hughes 

nevertheless 

praises the album

 and Blackmore's 

contributions: 

"People who listen to 

Stormbringer

please listen...

Ritchie Blackmore 

is damn funky, 

whether he likes it or not. 

He played 

wonderfully on the album."

TRACKLIST


Stormbringer

Love Don't Mean A Thing

Holy Man

Hold On

Lady Double Dealer

You Can't Do It Right

High Ball Shooter

The Gypsy

Soldier Of Fortune

Holy Man 

[Glenn Hughes Remix]

You Can't Do It Right

 [Glenn Hughes Remix]

Love Don't Mean A Thing

 [Glenn Hughes Remix]

Hold On

 [Glenn Hughes Remix]

High Ball Shooter

 [Instrumental]

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