April 1974 - Deep Purple UK Tour BioGLENN HUGHES -
1 Rickenbacker Bass,
2 Custom Built Solid State Bass Amps and
8 Reflex Cabinets
RITCHIE BLACKMORE -
8 Fender Stratocasters,
1 Gibson S.G. Special,
1 Gibson Les Paul and
1 Yamaha Acoustic.
2 x 300 Watt Custom Built Marshall with
2 stacks of Marshall 100 Watt Cabinets.
JON LORD - Hammond C.3 Organ A.R.P. Synthesiser with Marshall and Fender Twin Reverb Amps.
IAN PAICE - Custom Built Ludwig Drum Kit and Paiste Cymbals throughout.
P.A. SYSTEM - Contract hire P.A. from Marshall Equipment Hire consisting of 6,000 watts with a 22 Channel Stereo Studio Mixer.
"...when in
June 1973,
Ian Gillan left the band; unfortunately followed closely by
Roger Glover.
Spectulation started as to whom should replace
Ian Gillan and
Roger Glover.
Paul Rodgers was the immediate choice by the Music Press to replace
Ian Gillan. However, a week later these reports were denied. This still left
Deep Purple without a lead vocalist and bassist. The position of bassist was filled within a matter of weeks after
Roger Glover's departure, by
Trapeze bassist
Glenn Hughes. The position for vocalist was left vacant for many weeks, during which the now almost finalised line-up continually listened to auditioning tapes sent in by budding vocalists. A Mr
David Coverdale sent in a 'so-called' bad recorded tape of himself, which the band took immediate interest in. Days later he joined the band for an auditioning jam session. He was accepted by the rest of
Deep Purple who later announced it to the Music Press. They invited the press to celebrate the arrival of their new vocalist and bassist at a castle on the Welsh border. This completing the new
Deep Purple line-up, they began recording a new album in
November 1973 (this album, later to be called '
Burn', was recorded at Montreux, Switzerland, using the Rolling Stones mobile unit, as was '
Machine Head').
In
December 1973,
Deep Purple performed some warm-up gigs with their new stage act, in Europe.
February 1974 saw the release of the new album '
Burn'. Again this album soared to high positions in the charts. This new album had the latest line-up and a change of style of music, which featured two vocalists, one being
David Coverdale and the other being
Glenn Hughes. After the release of the album they set off State side for a lengthy tour and are about to engage themselves upon a full
U.K. Tour, which starts rolling at
Dundee Caird Hall on
April 18th, then on to
Edinburgh Odeon on the
19th - dates go through to
Coventry Theatre on
28/29th."
-
April 1974
April 1974 Purple UK Tour Bio
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