When friends and colleagues of Jon Lord got together to celebrate his life in music at London's Royal Albert Hall in April 2014, the evening turned into a magnificent display of love, affection and glorious music. For this second installment of our look at the brand new vinyl editions of the show we focus on … Continue reading Jon Lord the rock legend celebrated
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Celebrating Jon Lord, the majestic evening of Jon Lord’s music held at Royal Albert Hall in April 2014, is now seeing a full release on vinyl. The good folks at earMUSIC have wrapped the full show into three gatefold vinyl releases, smack full of photos, notes and an overall feel of classy musical joy. To … Continue reading Celebrating Jon Lord now on vinyl
Like Roger Glover, keyboard player Nigel Hopkins has also shared his thoughts and feelings on Celebrating Jon Lord last April. 'Celebrating Jon Lord was a show that had me revisiting my early childhood ear candy, evaluating my existence and worth, and had me for the first time ever looking out into a venue thinking, "My … Continue reading ‘It was such an honour’
Roger Glover, bass player with Deep Purple, has summed up the past year in his online diary. He was particularly moved by what he experienced and remembered at the concert that celebrated Jon Lord. 'A host of friends and admirers saluted Jon Lord at the Royal Albert Hall. Tears of wonder, joy and sorrow ran … Continue reading ‘A sound that roared through our lives’
Classic Rock Revisited recently interviewed drummer Ian Paice about Jon Lord in general and the concert in Jon's honour in particular. In this excellent interview, Ian Paice speaks with fascinating insight about Jon's special contributions to Deep Purple's song writing, how the celebratory concert was structured, sharing the time keeping role with conductor Paul Mann … Continue reading – It was everything that we wanted it to be
Tonight in London, invited guests gathered to celebrate the launch of Celebrating Jon Lord, the box set, DVD, Bluray and two CD sets released by earMUSIC of the concert honouring Jon Lord's life in music last April. Held at Portman Square, London, guests included Ian Paice, Paul Mann, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Neil Murray, Micky Moody … Continue reading Celebrating the celebration in London
This is the Celebrating Jon Lord box set unboxed. It includes: Blu-ray 1CD Digi – The Composer 2CD Digi – The Rock Legend 7″ Vinyl: You Keep on Moving / Soldier Of Fortune 7″ Vinyl: Deep Purple Above and Beyond / Fantasia Exclusive T-Shirt Two-sided reproduction of an excerpt of Jon Lord’s original, handwritten music score … Continue reading Celebrating Jon Lord box set unboxed
Last night, conductor Paul Mann sat down to watch a pre-release copy of the full film from Celebrating Jon Lord last April at Royal Albert Hall. That's Paul's disc in the photo.'While I was supposed to be signing things yesterday, I took four hours off to watch advance copies of the two concert films and the documentary. The director, … Continue reading DVD pre-view: Imagination and flair and sensitivity
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