Deep Purple: Stormbringer (Purple Records)
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 2 November 1974
'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'; 'Soldiers of Fortune'. Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (keyboards); Ian Paice (drums); Glen Hughes (bass); David Coverdale (vocals). Produced by Deep Purple, Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, and mixed at the Record Plant, Los Angeles.
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