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.

Deep Purple "Slaves And Masters (Germany, RCA/BMG Intl., 74321 18719 2)"

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

Time:  46:51

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.

Yngwie Malmsteen "Inspiration (Japan, Pony Canyon, PCCY-01009)"

Inspiration is the ninth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 14 October 1996. It is a tribute album consisting entirely of covers of various bands who influenced Malmsteen. Featured on vocals are Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals and Joe Lynn Turner, all of whom performed on Malmsteen's first four studio albums.

Tracklist:

1. Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas cover) 05:09
2. Pictures of Home (Deep Purple cover) 04:56
3. Gates of Babylon (Rainbow cover) 07:12
4. Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix cover) 03:39  
5. In the Dead of Night (U.K. cover) 06:11
6. Mistreated (Deep Purple cover) 07:29
7. The Sails of Charon (Scorpions cover) 05:05  
8. Demon's Eye (Deep Purple cover) 04:53
9. Anthem (Rush cover) 04:18  
10. Child in Time (Deep Purple cover) 08:07   
11. Spanish Castle Magic (Jimi Hendrix cover) 03:07  

Time:  01:00:06  

Jens Johansson performed keyboards on "Gates of Babylon", but credit was mistakenly assigned to David Rosenthal.

Rereleased in '97 as "Expanded Version of Inspiration", including one bonus CD.

Recording information:

Produced by Yngwie Malmsteen, 

Co-produced by Chris Tsangarides.

Recorded at Studio 308, Miami, Florida.

Drums recorded at Heptagon Studios, Malmo, Sweden.

Mixed at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida.

Chris Tsangarides – engineering

Keith Rose – engineering