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The Deep Purple Podcast
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Episode #115
June 28, 2021
Eddie Hardin - Wizard’s Convention (Part 1)
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Butterfly Ball & Wizard’s Convention CD release from “Darker Than Blue” in 1989:
Lead up to the Album:
Personnel:
Eddie Hardin - vocals, various instruments
Ray Fenwick - vocals, guitar, backing vocals
David Coverdale - vocals
Roger Glover - bass
Glenn Hughes - vocals
Jon Lord - piano
Mark Nauseef - percussion, drums, bells
Tony Ashton - piano, vocals
Mo Foster - bass
Les Binks - drums
Henry Spinetti - drums
Ric Lee - drums
Rick van der Linden - piano, various instruments
Pete York - drums, percussion
Mike D'Abo - vocals
Mike Smith - vocals
Jimmy Helms - vocals
John Crocker - alto sax
John Slaughter - guitar
The Chris Barber Band - various instruments
Technical:
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Broglia
Engineer [Recording], Remix – John Acock
Executive-Producer – John Craig (5)
Founded Safari Records with Tony Edwards.
Manager of Deep Purple.
Producer, Arranged By – Eddie Hardin
Recorded By [Additional] – Louis "Conway Faith" Austin*
Recorded By [Additional] – Paul "Chas" Watkins*
Album Art & Booklet Review
Photography By – Carinthia West
Photography By – Richard Bush (5)
A few other Discogs entries.
Original album cover
German reissue with wizard on front
1986 (85?) UK release “Money to Burn”
CD reissue in 2003 remaster with new cover
Recorded at Kingsway Recorders, London. April/May 1976 (despite excess alcohol)
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Album Tracks:
Side One:
The Craig Song
When The Sun Stops Shining
Loose Ends
Money To Burn
Who’s Counting On Me
Make It Soon
Side Two:
Until Tomorrow (Parts I-IV)
Light of My Life
She’s a Woman
Eddie describes this as a “monstrously complicated song to record.” There were tons of edits, which you
Swanks & Swells (Parts I & II)
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