Big Deep Purple fan girl here, I wish those 2 could bury the hatchet but if it all comes down to money it will be highly unlikely for that to happen.
Ian Gillan was the handsomest thing on 2 legs in his prime, here they are at the Royal Albert Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-CX3k0PYw
Great video of Highway Star, someone synced their Made in Japan recording with video from a Copenhagen concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKAS7XOWaQ
Ian Gillan was the handsomest thing on 2 legs in his prime...
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Don’t know about that but he sure could (and can sing.....just not high notes). I often listen to Child in Time.... here he and Roger Glover are talking about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkveukuxQ3Y
He was also spectacular in Jesus Christ Superstar. When I saw Deep Purple in 1984, they broken into the main song from JCS in the middle of "Strange Kind of Woman." It was perfect.
As for the Made in Japan version of "Highway Star," someone once said when Blackmore's guitar comes in for the solo at 4:12, "it sounds like razor blades." I often set land-speed records if this version is on the car stereo.