Jon Lord’s 1970 work Gemini Suite is scheduled for reissue on CD this December. Remastered from the original stereo mixes at Abbey Road, it marks the start of a new Jon Lord reissue series on earMUSIC.
Gemini Suite was first performed in September 1970 at London’s Royal Festival Hall with the rest of Deep Purple as soloists. The following year it was recorded at the Abbey Road and De Lane Lea studios as Jon Lord’s first solo project.
The six movement classic-rock fusion work was inspired by the members of Deep Purple and was commissioned by the BBC after Jon had created his initial orchestral work Concerto For Group And Orchestra together with Deep Purple in 1969.
The studio recording of Gemini Suite features the London Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Oscar winner Malcolm Arnold with guest musicians Albert Lee(guitar), Yvonne Elliman (vocals) and Tony Ashton (vocals) as well as Ian Paice (drums) and Roger Glover (bass) of Deep Purple.
Exclusive liner notes
The new artwork includes exclusive liner notes written by Roger Glover about the suite’s history, the live performance and the challenges of recording it in the studio. Furthermore, Glover writes about his friend and band mate Jon Lord and the perception of his fusion of rock and orchestral music and the barriers that were prevalent between these two alleged opposites at the time.
This 2016 reissue was remastered by Rob Cass from the original stereo mixes at Abbey Road and marks the start of a new Jon Lord reissue series with Windows (1974) and Sarabande (1976) following in 2017.
Originally released with several different cover artwork (see below), the 2016 reissue cover artwork (top of page) shows a new interpretation that was designed by Gyula Havancsák.
Jon Lord – Gemini Suite – Release: December 9 2016
1CD Digipack – 0211621EMU
Tracklist
1. Guitar: soloist Albert Lee
2. Piano: soloist Jon lord
3. Drums: soloist Ian Paice
4. Vocals: soloists Yvonne Elliman / Tony Ashton
5. Bass guitar: soloist Roger Glover
6. Organ: soloist Jon Lord
Previous cover designs for Gemini Suite:
Jon Lord - The Official Website 
Great news – really looking forward to this as had only managed to get the live CD release previously.
This is great. I have the original LP from back then. I will of course get a copy of this newly remastered version. Thanks
Is there any mention of vinyl versions of these reissues?
best album ever made i’l have it on vinyl and cd
Please consider releasing a Blu ray or DVD of the” Windows” televised program. It’s such a shame it isn’t being released with the new reissued album.
So tenho este dois em versão digital, Malcolm Arnold fez regência em Jesus Christ Superstar banda sonora do filme de 1973. Aquele que Ian Gillan e Ivonne Elymann cantam era um Album coletivo de 1970! – marcio”osbourne” silva de almeida/jlle-sc