Deep Purple – The House Of Blue Light
(Polydor Records 1987 POLH32)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve has some foxing spots but no splits
Deep Purple are an English rock band 1968. The band has several line-up changes.
Their most famous line-up was Mark II and the members were Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards, backing vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). Former and later members were Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), David Coverdale (lead vocals), Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals), Tommy Bolin (guitar), Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Steve Morse (guitar) and Don Airey (keyboards).
The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987. It is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II line-up.
Track listing
All songs by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Bad Attitude” (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) | 5:04 | |
| 2. | “The Unwritten Law” (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice) | 4:54 | |
| 3. | “Call of the Wild” (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) | 4:48 | |
| 4. | “Mad Dog” | 4:36 | |
| 5. | “Black & White” (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) | 4:39 | |
| 6. | “Hard Lovin’ Woman” | 3:25 | |
| 7. | “The Spanish Archer” | 5:31 | |
| 8. | “Strangeways” | 7:36 | |
| 9. | “Mitzi Dupree” | 5:05 | |
| 10. | “Dead or Alive” | 5:00 |
Personnel
- Ian Gillan – lead vocals, conga, harmonica
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
- Roger Glover – bass, synthesizer
- Jon Lord – keyboard, synthesizer
- Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Production notes
- Produced by Roger Glover and Deep Purple
- Engineered by Nick Blagona
- Recorded at the Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont, with Le Mobile by Guy Charbonneau, 1986
- Mixed at Union Studios, Munich, West Germany by Harry Schnitzler
- Mastered at Sterling Studios, New York by Greg Calbi
- Laser Effects by LaserMedia, Inc, Los Angeles
- Laser Operator Michael Moorhead
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