Deep Purple: An Interview with Jon Lord
uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, November 1970
DEEP Purple, since their formation from the debris of the Artwoods, Lord Sutch and others have become increasingly recognized as one of the most progressive and forceful of all British hard-rock bands. Always experimenting, always pyrotechnical, the group have gone from strength to strength since their highly successful LP Deep Purple In Rock.
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