Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath – 1970 And then came Sabbath. If ever there was a band that could be said epitomized all that was terrifying about Rock and Roll too ill informed parents, I would say, it was Sabbath. And the first strains of the first song on the Continue Reading
Purple Sabbath
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Deep Purple – Deep Purple
Deep Purple – Deep Purple – 1969 Deep Purple’s eponymous album comes a year after their debut AND sophomore records. And from the very first few seconds you can tell it’s a different affair entirely. “Chasing Shadows” is a drummer’s showcase and Ian Paice is up to the challenge. The Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn
Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968 The first thing you notice when you drop the needle on Deep Purple’s sophomore offering is the edge. This is a darker album, but not murkier. It’s edgier, cutting, trippier by virtue of frenzy. Mirroring the landscape that was being mined Continue Reading