Fact #79502
When:
Short story:
Deep Purple's Concerto For Group And Orchestra is performed for the first time ever at The Royal Albert Hall in London, England, UK, Europe.
Full article:
Tony Edwards (manager) : Jon Lord said to me that he dreamed of writing a work that could be performed by a rock group and a symphony orchestra. I said, 'how long would it take?' I came home, booked The Albert Hall and he was appalled. Once he'd got over the shock, he thought it was wonderful.?
Jon Lord : I'd come back from a gig at three in the morning and have to sit up the rest of the night scoring for a 100-piece orchestra. Unfortunately, it drove a wedge between me and the rest of the band ... but it did make us famous. We'd turn up to some gigs and the promoter would say, 'Where's the orchestra?'
(Source : Q magazine, interview with Mat Snow, date not known)
Ritchie Blackmore : I didn't like that at all. I thought it was a total gimmick. I told Jon that I'd be prepared to try it, but that I had a lot of heavy rock numbers that I wanted to put together on an LP, and that we'd see which one took off. I didn't want to be involved with the concerto because of the novelty effect, and the press we were getting out of it because of playing at The Royal Albert Hall and all this business, but I said that if the next LP (In Rock) didn't take off, I was prepared to play with orchestras for the rest of my life.
?(Source : The Guitar Greats by John Tobler, 1983)
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Jon Lord : I'd come back from a gig at three in the morning and have to sit up the rest of the night scoring for a 100-piece orchestra. Unfortunately, it drove a wedge between me and the rest of the band ... but it did make us famous. We'd turn up to some gigs and the promoter would say, 'Where's the orchestra?'
(Source : Q magazine, interview with Mat Snow, date not known)
Ritchie Blackmore : I didn't like that at all. I thought it was a total gimmick. I told Jon that I'd be prepared to try it, but that I had a lot of heavy rock numbers that I wanted to put together on an LP, and that we'd see which one took off. I didn't want to be involved with the concerto because of the novelty effect, and the press we were getting out of it because of playing at The Royal Albert Hall and all this business, but I said that if the next LP (In Rock) didn't take off, I was prepared to play with orchestras for the rest of my life.
?(Source : The Guitar Greats by John Tobler, 1983)