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" the vibes/sitar hook of "Bonita Applebum" and of course a powerful injection of jazz and soul

though it can be fairly pointed out that even some actual Funkadelic albums had songs that sometimes sounded like works in progress

" "Sleep Now in the Fire" finds De La Rocha making historical references to government greed and the darker side of human nature

" which concludes side two

An equally strange and sexy debut

Deep Purple SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE Music Tee " the vibes/sitar hook ofDeep Purple: Rod Evans (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (keyboards); Nick Simper (bass); Ian Paice (drums). Principally recorded at Pye's Studio, London, England in May 1968. Originally released on Tetragrammaton (102). Includes liner notes by Digitally remastered by Peter Mew (Abbey Road Studios, London, England). The usual perception of early Deep Purple is that it was a band with a lot of potential in search of a direction. And that