Hughes Turner Project "HTP 2 (Japan, Canyon International, All Fired Up! Series, PCCY-01667)"

HTP 2 is the second album by the Hughes Turner Project, a collaboration between Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc.) and Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc.); it was released in 2003 on MTM Music and Pony Canyon Records.

The second album followed 2002's HTP and the Live In Tokyo recording. Between the two releases both Hughes and Turner had issued solo albums, Hughes’ Songs In The Key Of Rock and Turner's JLT. HTP 2 follows similar musical territory to the debut; a retro hard rock sound infused with AOR and some funk, with vocal trade-offs between the two singers.

JJ Marsh, Hughes’ regular guitarist features on the record and co-wrote many of the songs. Other musicians include Hughes’ keyboardist of the time Ed Roth and drummer Shane Gaalaas. There are special guest appearances from guitarists Steve Vai and Jeff Kollman and Red Hot Chili Peppers (now Hughes’ regular) drummer Chad Smith. Smith, Kollman and Roth later formed the all-instrumental group Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, pulling in Kollman's former Edwin Dare bandmate, Kevin Chown, on bass.

The Japanese version of the album includes a bonus track entitled Keep On Shining.

JJ Marsh later recycled the instrumental middle part of "Lost Dreams" for his own song "The Change" on his solo album "Songs from Planet Marsh".

After the subsequent tour for the album Hughes and Turner agreed to put their collaboration on a permanent hiatus, so this is, to date, the final Hughes Turner Project recording. However the two did contribute vocals and lyrics to Moscow deputy mayor Mikhail Man’s 2005 album Made In Moscow.

Tracklist:

1. "Revelation" レヴェレイション  4:09 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
2. "Alone I Breathe" アローン・アイ・ブリーズ  4:15 (Hughes)
3. "Losing My Head" ルージング・マイ・ヘッド  5:28 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
4. "Going My Way" ゴーイング・マイ・ウェイ  4:26 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
5. "Hold On" ホールド・オン  5:28 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
6. "Lost Dreams" ロスト・ドリームズ  6:35 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
7. "Time and Time Again" タイム・アンド・タイム・アゲイン  5:46 (Hughes, Turner)
8. "Goodbye Friday" グッドバイ・フライディ  4:58 (Hughes)
9. "Burning the Sky" バーニング・ザ・スカイ  6:14 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
10. "Keep On Shining" キープ・オン・シャイニング  4:40 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner) 
11. "Sofia" ソフィア  4:47 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
12. "Let's Talk About It Later" レッツ・トーク・アバウト・イット・レイター 5:54 (Hughes)

"Keep On Shining" is indicated as a bonus track.

Issued in a standard jewel case with a clear tray. Includes: a 12-page colour booklet with English lyrics, credits and release information; a 12-panel black and white fold-out insert with English/Japanese track list, Japanese commentary and lyrics; and an obi.

The commentary is credited as: 広瀬和生/BURRN!

Recording information:

Recorded at Crumb Studios, Granada Hills, CA

Mixed at Crumb Studios

Drums recorded at Seasound Studios, North Hollywood, CA

Produced by Crumb Bros., Glenn Hughes & Joe Lynn Turner.

Hughes Turner Project "HTP (Japan, Canyon International, All Fired Up! Series, PCCY-01556)"

HTP is the debut album by Hughes Turner Project, a musical collaborators Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple / Black Sabbath, etc.) and Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow / Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, etc.); it was released on 6 February 2002 on MTM Music and Pony Canyon Records.

After a failed attempt in the late 80s to write an album together, Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner again joined forces in 2001 and started writing and recording an album. The album was released in February 2002 and focuses on the hard rock that both musicians are known for as well as a more AOR sound that is indicative of Turner's output and funk leanings, in a similar vein to Hughes’ solo albums.

Hughes’ regular guitarist JJ Marsh plays on the album and co-wrote the majority of the tracks. The album also features performances from drummer Shane Gaalaas and keyboardist Vince DiCola. Guest guitarists include former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy man John Sykes, Mr Big and former Racer X member Paul Gilbert and Japanese player Akira Kajiyama.

Both Hughes and Turner have solo vocal showcases; Turner sings alone on the track Mystery of the Heart, while Hughes' takes centre stage on Heaven's Missing An Angel (which features John Sykes).

The Japanese version of the album includes the song Against The Wall.

A live album, entitled Live In Tokyo was recorded during the subsequent tour and was released later in 2002.

Track listing

1. "Devil's Road" – 5:45 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
2. "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll" – 4:45 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
3. "Missed Your Name" – 5:09 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
4. "Mystery of the Heart" – 5:57 (Hughes, Turner)
5. "Sister Midnight" – 5:03 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
6. "Better Man" – 5:28 (Hughes)
7. "Heaven's Missing an Angel" – 7:11 (Hughes, Marsh, Sykes)
8. "Fade Away" – 6:55 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
9. "Ride the Storm" – 3:53 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
10. "Run Run Run" – 3:54 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)
11. "On the Ledge" – 7:12 (Hughes, DiCola, Turner)

Japan bonus track

1. "Against the Wall" – 4:36 (Hughes, Marsh, Turner)

Issued in a standard jewel case with a clear tray. Includes: a 12-page colour booklet with English lyrics, credits and release information; a black and white 12-panel fold-out insert with English/Japanese track list, Japanese commentary and lyrics; and an obi.

The commentary is credited as: 広瀬和生/Burrn!

"Against The Wall" is indicated as Japan edition bonus track by 日本盤ボーナス・トラック on the obi and the insert.

Recording information:

Recorded at Diamond In The Rough, Los Angeles, CA

Mixed at Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA

Mastered at Classic Sound

Producer: Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner & Michael Scott

Associate producer: Gabrielle Hughes

Deep Purple "A Fire In The Sky (3CDS, Japan, Rhino Records, WPCR-18081~3)"

A Fire In The Sky is a 3cds compilation album, released September 26th, 2017.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Hell to Pay (radio edit) 05:12  
2. Vincent Price 04:48   
3. Wrong Man 04:54  
4. Rapture of the Deep 05:56
5. Sun Goes Down 04:11
6. Any Fule Kno That 04:30  
7. Sometimes I Feel like Screaming 07:31   
8. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 04:17  
9. The Battle Rages On 05:56  
10. King of Dreams 05:27  
11. Call of the Wild 04:37  
12. Bad Attitude (radio edit) 04:45
13. Knocking at Your Back Door 07:04  
14. Perfect Strangers 05:29  

Time:  01:14:37  

Disc 2

1. You Keep on Moving (single edit) 05:21   
2. Dealer (2010 Kevin Shirley Remix) 03:56  
3. Stormbringer 04:07
4. Soldier of Fortune 03:15   
5. Mistreated 07:28  
6. Might Just Take Your Life 04:39   
7. Burn (US single edit) 06:01   
8. Rat Bat Blue 05:26  
9. Woman from Tokyo (single edit) 05:51   
10. Space Truckin' 04:35  
11. Smoke on the Water 05:41  
12. When a Blind Man Cries 03:31  

Time:  59:51  

Disc 3

1. Highway Star 06:09  
2. Demon's Eye 05:21  
3. Fireball 03:24
4. Strange Kind of Woman 03:52  
5. Child in Time 10:17
6. Speed King (U.S. album edit) 04:21
7. Black Night (single version) 03:27  
8. Hallelujah 03:42  
9. Emmaretta (2012 Stereo Mix) 03:26  
10. The Bird Has Flown (Early Version - 2012 Stereo Mix) 03:04  
11. Wring That Neck (aka "Hard Road") (stereo mix) 05:13  
12. Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond cover) (stereo mix) 04:44
13. Mandrake Root (stereo mix) 05:58
14. Hush (Billy Joe Royal cover) 04:12   

Time:  01:07:10  

Housed in gatefold with sticker

Deep Purple "Slaves And Masters (2009 Reissue, Blu-Spec CD, Japan, RCA/BMG Intl., BVCP-20003)"

Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, and was released on 22 October 1990. This is the only Deep Purple album to feature former Rainbow lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, who had joined the previous year after the firing of Ian Gillan. Before hiring Turner, the band had considered singer Jimi Jamison of Survivor, but other obligations made him unavailable.

Following its release, Slaves and Masters peaked at No. 87 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album dramatically sold below expectations, as compared to Deep Purple's previous album, The House of Blue Light with Gillan, which charted at No. 34 in the US. A song from the Slaves and Masters recording sessions was rearranged for the soundtrack of the 1990 movie Fire, Ice and Dynamite. Jon Lord did not play on the song, which was performed by the four other members of the Mark V Deep Purple line-up.

Despite underwhelming album sales, Deep Purple had a relatively successful tour in support of Slaves and Masters in 1991, especially for the band's European leg. Turner was still a member of the group when they began writing and recording their next album in 1992, but under duress from managers who were eyeing a 25th anniversary tour, Deep Purple ultimately decided to bring back the Mark II line-up for their 1993 studio album The Battle Rages On... A handful of working tracks originally intended for the follow-up to Slaves and Masters would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner.

"Too Much Is Not Enough" had been recorded by Turner for the unreleased follow-up of his first solo album Rescue You, and it was also recorded by Paul Rodgers and Kenney Jones band The Law but they didn't release it, either. Turner's original version can be found on the bootleg Demos '88 - 91' and The Law version on The Law II bootleg. Turner re-recorded the song for his album Hurry Up and Wait (1998).

The album was promoted on television with music videos to the songs "King of Dreams" and "Love Conquers All", both featuring the band. Directed by James Foley, the video for "King of Dreams" was shot at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and featured actress Betsy Lynn George, who had starred in the video for Billy Idol's "Cradle of Love" earlier that year. The video for "Love Conquers All" was directed by Storm Thorgerson, formerly of legendary album cover design team Hipgnosis.

The band played most of the songs from the album on their 1991 world tour, with the set list also including two songs - "Burn" and "Hey Joe" - which had always been vetoed by Ian Gillan. Deep Purple have not played any songs from Slaves and Masters live since the 1991 tour. Joe Lynn Turner has occasionally performed "King of Dreams", "The Cut Runs Deep" and "Love Conquers All" during solo performances. Turner also performed "King of Dreams" alongside another former Deep Purple member, Glenn Hughes, as part of the set list of the Hughes Turner Project's European and Japanese tours in 2002. This version can be found on HTP's live album Live in Tokyo (2002).

Following its release, Slaves and Masters was met with mixed reception from critics. AllMusic's Alex Henderson retrospectively gave the album a negative review, saying that "the songwriting is weak and pedestrian, and most of the time, the once-mighty Purple (who were at least 16 years past their prime) sound like a generic Foreigner wannabe". The same concept was expressed in the reviews by journalists Martin Popoff and Joel McIver, who described Slaves and Masters "a bit like a latter-day Rainbow album" and an "extravagant piece of AOR-ness ... incredibly lightweight", respectively. However, they salvaged a few songs, such as "King of Dreams", "Love Conquers All" and "Fire in the Basement", which "make at least a reasonable effort to match Purple’s catalogue". Ultimate Classic Rock dubbed Slaves and Masters as "Deep Rainbow", criticizing the album as "worst of both worlds" for combining elements from Deep Purple and Rainbow.

Jon Lord never recognized this record as a Deep Purple album, a feeling echoed by Roger Glover. Ritchie Blackmore has said that the album is his favourite from the 1984–1993 reunion era of Deep Purple, while Joe Lynn Turner openly praised Slaves and Masters by saying it was "probably (the) last great Purple album there was (...) It's a great album, (it) stands up to these days, one of the best recorded, best written (...) I can name every title and just go...who can beat that?"

Track listing

1. "King of Dreams" Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner, Roger Glover 5:26
2. "The Cut Runs Deep" Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice 5:42
3. "Fire in the Basement" Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Lord, Paice 4:43
4. "Truth Hurts" Blackmore, Turner, Glover 5:14
5. "Breakfast in Bed" Blackmore, Turner, Glover 5:17
6. "Love Conquers All" Blackmore, Turner, Glover 3:47
7. "Fortuneteller" Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Lord, Paice 5:49
8. "Too Much Is Not Enough" Turner, Bob Held, Al Greenwood 4:17
9. "Wicked Ways" Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Lord, Paice 6:33
10. "Slow Down Sister" Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Lord, Paice 5:57

Time:  52:47

One more track was recorded during the album sessions, "Fire, Ice and Dynamite", originally included on soundtrack album from the film "Fire, Ice and Dynamite". Hear No Evil didn't get permission from Sony to include this song on their 2013 Expanded Edition.

Recording information:

Recorded in early/mid 1990 at Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA. Additional recordings at SounTec Studios Inc. (East Norwalk, CT) and at PowerStation (New York).

Engineered by Nick Blagona

Additional mixing by Nick Blagona at The Powerstation

Raymond D'Addario – production assistant

Wally Walters, Peter Hodgson, Matthew Lamonica, Dan Gellert – assistant engineers

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York.