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Star Trek legend William Shatner has had an unlikely parallel career as a musician ever since releasing his psychedelic spoken word classic The Transformed Man back in 1968.
In recent years he’s ramped up the activity, releasing the Prog-friendly Seeking Major Tom and 2017’s Ponder The Mystery, and the following year he put out a Christmas album starring everyone from Iggy Pop to Todd Rundgren, Billy Gibbons, Ian Anderson, Rick Wakeman and Brad Paisley.
Now he has the blues.
The Blues – yes, it’s that literal – will be released on October 2, and features a plethora of stellar guests, including former Deep Purple and Rainbow legend Ritchie Blackmore and wife Candice Knight, who join the party for a cover of the Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell song The Thrill Is Gone, famously a hit for BB King in 1970.
It’s what you’d expect: Blackmore tosses around some typically tasty licks, while Shatner recites the lyrics in the manner of a beat poet holding court in a late-night jazz bar.
Elsewhere on the album, Tyler Bryant can be found contributing to a cover of Born Under A Bad Sign, Pat Travers joins in on I Put A Spell On You, and Albert Lee appears on a cover of The Dirty South’s In Hell I’ll Be Good Company. Full tracklist bellow.
The Blues is released on October 2.
William Shatner – The Blues tracklist
1. Sweet Home Chicago feat. Brad Paisley
2. I Can’t Quit You Baby feat. Kirk Fletcher
3. Sunshine of Your Love feat. Sonny Landreth
4. The Thrill Is Gone feat. Ritchie Blackmore
5. Mannish Boy feat. Ronnie Earl
6. Born Under a Bad Sign feat. Tyler Bryant
7. I Put A Spell on You feat. Pat Travers
8. Crossroads feat. James Burton
9. Smokestack Lightnin’ feat. Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
10. As the Years Go Passing By feat. Arthur Adams
11. Let’s Work Together feat. Harvey Mandel & Canned Heat
12. Route 66 feat. Steve Cropper
13. In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company feat. Albert Lee
14. Secrets Or Sins
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- Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 09-Oct-2024 17:03)on October 9, 2024 at 7:18 pm
DEEP PURPLE Perfect Strangers (1984 UK 8-track vinyl LP, the eleventh studio album recorded by the reformed Mark II line-up. The glossy picture sleeve complete with illustrated lyric inner and shows light edge/shelfwear while the vinyl shows just light signs of play POLH16)
- Deep Purple - Burn - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $65.50, €59.50 (New Item) (arrived 02-Oct-2024 09:18)on October 9, 2024 at 7:18 pm
DEEP PURPLE Burn (1974 UK 8-track LP with 'Gramophone Co' label perimeter text, Garrod & Lofthouse picture sleeve. The sleeve is graded as VG with some notable edgewear and a little paper loss in the back top edge, whilst the vinyl shows onlylight signs of play TPS3505)
- Deep Purple - Fireball - 1st + Insert - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $163.75, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 23-Sep-2024 14:36)on October 9, 2024 at 7:18 pm
DEEP PURPLE Fireball (1971 UK first issue 7-track LP with 'Gramophone Co.' label perimeter text & EMI box logo with 'Made In GT Britain' at the bottom and A2/B3 matrices, complete with lyric insert & company catalogue inner. The textured gatefold picture sleeve shows just minor shelfwear with a bit of scuffing and light edge/corner wear. The insert has a little little ageing/staining but remains intact and legible. The vinyl shows just a few signs of play, notably a couple of lightscuffs visible on Side 1, however after professional cleaning and play testing these remain cosmetic and there is no affect on playback. The disc otherwise remains clean & in is Excellent condition overall, still a great example of this classic 50+ years on SHVL793)
- Rainbow - Down To Earth - Black Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 25-Sep-2024 15:28)on October 9, 2024 at 7:18 pm
RAINBOW Down To Earth (1979 UK 8-track LP pressed on regular black vinyl with picture label, including the classic hit Since You Been Gone, picture sleeve with illustrated inner. The cover shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played POLD5023)
- Deep Purple - In Rock - 3rd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 25-Sep-2024 15:36)on October 9, 2024 at 7:18 pm
DEEP PURPLE In Rock (1978 UK issue of the 1970 7-track stereo LP on the Harvest label with 'EMI' credit, including Child In Time & Speed King, housed in the front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with cover design based on the American forefathers carvings on Mount Rushmore. The sleeve & vinyl are in Excellent condition with only a few faint signs of wear & play SHVL777)
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