Deep Purple Returns!
Sylvie Simmons, Creem, March 1985
DEEP PURPLE. Two words that mean so much to so many. It's been 13 years since DP the DP, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord and Blackmore; Evans, Simper, Hughes, Bolin and Coverdale were mere historical twitches in the great cosmic scheme of things fell apart.
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