From Planet Rock.
The Mark II line-up of Deep Purple were honoured with the Ivor Novello International Achievement award at The Ivors 2019 at Grosvenor House in London yesterday (23rd May).
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Ian Paice personally attended the 64th Ivor Novello Awards ceremony to pick up their International Achievement award and pose for photos with their Ivors statuette – a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the muse of lyric poetry.
Alongside Roger and the two Ians, fellow Mark II members Ritchie Blackmore – who didn’t attend the ceremony – and the late-great Jon Lord (posthumously) were also listed as the Deep Purple members honoured.
Explaining why the Mark II line-up of Deep Purple were getting their award, Ivor Novello Awards organisers said they were “acknowledging an exceptional legacy that has inspired and shaped generations of hard rock musicians all over the world.”
The Ivors Academy presented Ivor Novello Awards to 29 individual songwriters and composers across 14 award categories, 83% of whom are first time winners.
The Ivors Academy Chair, Crispin Hunt, has said: “From heavyweights of rock, to gods of grime, jazz maestros to chart royalty; today’s celebrated music creators have been rightly recognised for their artistic merit and inspiring influence on their fellow creators. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners from The Ivors Academy.”
The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft received the PRS For Music Outstanding Contribution To British Music award and used the opportunity to announce that The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had agreed to hand over their publishing for ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ to him.
The Deep Purple Mark II line-up in 1972 © Getty
The classic Mark II line-up of Deep Purple released seven studio albums together during three separate spells – ‘Deep Purple in Rock’ (1970), ‘Fireball’ (1971), ‘Machine Head’ (1972), ‘Who Do We Think We Are’ (1973), ‘Perfect Strangers’ (1984), The House of Blue Light (1987) and ‘The Battle Rages On… (1993).
The current incarnation of Deep Purple features Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan alongside their guitarist of 25 years Steve Morse and Don Airey on keyboards.
Deep Purple last toured the UK in November 2017 on the inFinite The Long Goodbye arena tour. They play an extensive North American tour this coming September and October.
In tenuously related Deep Purple news, Mark III bassist Glenn Hughes embarks on his Performs Classic Deep Live tour this November.
Alongside rescheduled shows in Salisbury, Norwich, Holmfirth and Birmingham from his postponed May tour, the ‘Voice of Rock’ will play additional dates in Bexhill, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Aberdeen, Inverness and Middlesbrough.
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- Deep Purple - The Anthology - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $43.75, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 16:38)on May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
DEEP PURPLE The Anthology (1985 UK 22-track digitally remastered double LP compilation, including the classics Hush, Smoke On The Water & Black Night along with many more, over 100 minutes of music in fact, including three previously unreleased tracks. Despite some creasing to the spine, the glossy gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with just light shelfwear & the vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint PUR1)
- Deep Purple - Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69 - UK - 5-CD set - £79.99, $99.99, €93.59 (New Item) (arrived 12-Apr-2024 13:39)on May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
DEEP PURPLE Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69 (Sealed 2014 UK 5-CD album box set comprising the albums - Shades Of Deep Purple [Mono Mix], Shades Of Deep Purple [Stereo Mix], The Book Of Taliesyn [Mono Mix], The Book Of Taliesyn [StereoMix] and Deep Purple [Original Album]. Each album includes digitally remastered bonus material including alternative mixes, album outtakes, instrumental versions, alternate takes and B-sides as well as previously unreleased versions - featuring a total of 19 bonus tracks. Each album comes in a card picture sleeve with a 48-page booklet and all housed in a clamshell picture box. The box shows a little light general wear and the contents are in Near Mint condition DPMK16869)
- Deep Purple - Fireball - UK - CD album - £12.00, $15.00, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 04-Apr-2024 15:25)on May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
DEEP PURPLE Fireball (1996 UK Limited 25th Anniversary Edition 16-track digitally remastered CD including outtakes, instrumental versions and remixes, presented in a textured card picture slipcase complete with a 28-page booklet with rare photos and liner notes by Roger Glover)
- Deep Purple - Machine Head - UK - 2-CD album set - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 04-Apr-2024 15:28)on May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
DEEP PURPLE Machine Head (1997 UK 25th Anniversary 18-track 2-CD set containing the original album in both remastered & remixed forms, together with a single B-side, rare quad versions & previously un-issued guitar solos. Comes housed in a double album jewel case complete with the 28-page picture sleeve booklet containing rare photos, the story behind the album & outer slipcase CDDEEPP3)
- Deep Purple - Black Night - Japanese - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 08-Apr-2024 12:58)on May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
DEEP PURPLE Black Night (1976 Japanese wide centred 7" vinyl single on the Warner 'Burbank' label design with the Purple Records logo, originally released in 1971, also including Into The Fire. The vinyl comes issued within a Warner Bros company die-cut paper sleeve P-134W)
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