by Ian Gillan
I thank you.
DISCOGRAPHY
IAN GILLAN CONCISE DISCOGRAPHY
THE COMPLETE EPISODE SIX
GREAT BRITAIN: Sequel Records NEX CD 156: 1991 CD
Ian Gillan made his first studio recordings with EPISODE SIX. Compilation comprising all band’s singles, plus six unreleased tracks and the Neo Maya and Sheila Carter solo singles.
EPISODE SIX – RADIO ONE CLUB SESSIONS 68/69
GREAT BRITAIN: RPM Records RPM 178: 1997 CD
Twenty-two-track collection from live broadcasts made for Radio 1 Club, includes many tracks not recorded by the band in the studio. After leaving the band Ian Gillan sang on the following Deep Purple albums recorded between 1969 and 1973.
DEEP PURPLE – CONCERTO FOR GROUP AND ORCHESTRA
Recorded Royal Albert Hall, London 24 September 1969.
GREAT BRITAIN: Harvest SHVL 767: January 1970
Recommended CD version: GREAT BRITAIN: EMI CDP 7 94886 2: 1990
CD includes two extra live tracks recorded the same evening: WRING THAT NECK, CHILD IN TIME.
DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK
Speed King, Bloodsucker, Child In Time, Flight Of The Rat, Into The Fire, Living Wreck, Hard Lovin’ Man
Recorded between August 1969 and February 1970 at De Lane Lea/Abbey Road/IBC Studios.
GREAT BRITAIN v. 1:: Harvest SHVL 777: June 1970
Recommended CD version: UK: EMI 24383 401 192: 1995 Remastered with bonus tracks.
DEEP PURPLE GEMINI SUITE LIVE
Recorded Royal Festival Hall, London September 1970. UK: RPM Records RPM 114: 1993 CD.
DEEP PURPLE FIREBALL
Fireball, No No No, Demon’s Eye (*replaced by Strange Kind Of Woman in US and Japan), Anyone’s Daughter, The Mule, Fools, No One Came
Recorded between September 1970 and May 1971, De Lane Lea/Olympic Studios.
GREAT BRITAIN v. 1: Harvest SHVL 793: September 1971 Recommended CD version: UK: EMI CD DEEPP 1: 1996 Remastered with bonus tracks.
DEEP PURPLE MACHINE HEAD
Highway Star, Maybe I’m A Leo, Pictures Of Home, Never Before, Smoke On The Water, Lazy, Space Truckin’
Recorded Grand Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland, December 1971/Rolling Stones mobile.
GREAT BRITAIN: Purple TPSA 7504: May 1972 DS
Recommended CD version: UK: EMI 24385 95062 September 1997 2 CD
Remastered plus unissued material and new remixes by Roger Glover.
DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN
Highway Star, Child In Time, Smoke On The Water, The Mule, Strange Kind Of Woman, Space Truckin’, Lazy
Recorded live in Japan, 15, 16, 17 August 1972.
GREAT BRITAIN: Purple TPSP 351: Dec 1972 2LP
Recommended CD version: GREAT BRITAIN: EMI 24385 78642 1998 2 CD
Remastered plus extra encore tracks.
Also recommended: GREAT BRITAIN: 7243 8 27726 2 0: 1993 3 CD
Special edition with all three shows from the Japanese tour for collectors.
DEEP PURPLE WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE
Woman From Tokyo, Mary Long, Super Trouper, Smooth Dancer, Rat Bat Blue, Place In Line, Our Lady
Recorded Rome July 1972; Frankfurt October 1972 on Rolling Stones mobile.
GREAT BRITAIN: Purple TPSA 7508: March 1973
Recommended CD version: UK: EMI CDP7 48273. 2: 1987 (note: remastered CD version due late 1998).
DEEP PURPLE POWERHOUSE
Painted Horse, Hush, Wring That Neck, Child In Time, Black Night, Cry Free
Recorded Royal Albert Hall 24 September 1969, Rome, July 1972; live, Japan, August 1972.
Live 1970 studio outtake.
GREAT BRITAIN: Purple TPS 3510: 9 November 1977
Compilation of Gillan-era Deep Purple tracks, most of which are being reallocated to the relevant CDs.
DEEP PURPLE IN CONCERT 1970–1972
Speed King, Wring That Neck, Highway Star, Strange Kind Of Woman, Lazy, Never Before, Child In Time, Mandrake Root, Space Truckin’, Lucille
Recorded BBC In Concert programme 19 February 1970 (aired 22 February) and BBC In Concert programme 6 March 1972.
GREAT BRITAIN: Harvest SHDW 412: December 1980
Recommended CD version: GREAT BRITAIN: EMI CDEM 1434 1992 2 CD
CD includes two tracks – Maybe I’m A Leo and Smoke On The Water – which didn’t fit on the vinyl.
DEEP PURPLE SCANDINAVIAN NIGHTS
Wring That Neck, Speed King, Into The Fire, Paint It Black, Mandrake Root, Child In Time, Black Night
Recorded Stockholm Konserthus, Sweden 12 November 1970 GREAT BRITAIN: Connoisseur DP VSOP LP 125:17 1988 2 LP
Recommended CD version: GREAT BRITAIN: Connoisseur DP VSOP CD 125: October 1988 2 CD
IAN GILLAN SESSIONS/PRODUCTIONS 1969–73
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
GREAT BRITAIN: MCA MKPS 2011/2: October 1970 2LP
Gillan sang the part of Jesus and was chosen over Robert Plant when producers heard the rough mix of Child In Time.
CHER KAZOO
GREAT BRITAIN: RPM 104: 1992 CD
Assembled from home-produced sessions begun in 1972 but never released.
JERUSALEM – JERUSALEM
GREAT BRITAIN: Deram SDL 6: May 1972 (produced by Ian Gillan)
SAMMY
GOO GER WOOGIE/Big Lovin’ Woman Philips 6006 227: UK 1972 (produced by Ian Gillan)
PUSSY
FELINE WOMAN/Ska Child Deram DM 368: UK: 1972 (produced by Ian Gillan)
IAN GILLAN BAND DISCOGRAPHY 1973–84
IAN GILLAN BAND CHILD IN TIME
Lay Me Down, You Make Me Feel So Good, Shame, My Baby Loves Me, Down The Road, Child In Time, Let It Slide
Recorded Musicland, Munich December 1975–January 1976. Produced by Glover.
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor/Oyster Delux 24901 36: 1976
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 2606: 1989 remastered with extra tracks
IAN GILLAN BAND CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE
Clear Air Turbulence, Five Moons, Money Lender, Over The Hill, Goodhand Lisa, Angel Manchenio
Recorded Kingsway Studios, London December 1976.
GREAT BRITAIN: Island ILPS 9500:April 1977
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 4: 1989 remastered
IAN GILLAN BAND SCARABUS
Scarabus, Twin Exhausted, Poor Boy Hero, Mercury High, PreRelease, Slags To Bitches, Apathy, Mad Elaine, Country Lights, Fools Mate
Recorded Kingsway Studios July/August 1977.
GREAT BRITAIN: Island ILPS 9511: 7 October 1977
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 3: 1989 remastered with extra track
IAN GILLAN BAND LIVE AT THE BUDO-KAN VOLS 1 and 2 Clear Air Turbulence, Smoke On The Water, Money Lender, Scarabus, Twin Exhausted, Over The Hill, Child In Time, Smoke On The Water, Mercury High, Woman From Tokyo
Recorded Tokyo Budo-Kan Hall, 22 September 1977.
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin VGD 3507: August 1983
Originally issued as two single albums in Japan in 1977, not issued in Europe until 1983.
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 3507: 1989
Nine tracks from the original Japanese set. The tenth track (My Baby Loves Me) was added to the CD of Scarabus (see above).
GILLAN GILLAN
Second Sight (inst.), Secret Of The Dance, I’m Your Man, Dead Of Night, Fighting Man, Message In A Bottle, Not Weird Enough, Bringing Joanna Back, Abbey Of Thelema, Back In The Game
Recorded Kingsway Studios July–August 1978.
JAPAN: East World Sound EWS 81 120: 1978
CD: UK: RPM Records RPM 1] 3: 1993 Original album plus bonus tracks
GILLAN MR UNIVERSE
Second Sight, Secret Of The Dance, She Tears Me Down, Roller, Mr. Universe, Vengeance, Puget Sound, Dead Of Night, Message In A Bottle, Fighting Man
Recorded Kingsway Studios June–July 1979.
GREAT BRITAIN: Acrobat ACRO 3: 12 October 1979
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 2589: 1989 remastered with extra singles tracks
GILLAN GLORY ROAD
Unchain Your
Brain, Are You Sure?, Time And Again, No Easy Way, Sleeping On The Job, On The Rocks, If You Believe Me, Running White Face City Boy, Nervous
Recorded Kingsway Studios April–May 1980. Charts: UK
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin V2171: October 1980
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 2171: 1989 remastered with extra tracks from Gillan For Gillan Fans Only (see below)
GILLAN FOR GILLAN FANS ONLY
Higher and Higher, Your Mother Was Right, Abbey Of Thelema, Trying To Get To You
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin VDJ 32: October 1980
Free with Glory Road, an album of band out-takes, including the above numbers featuring Ian Gillan.
GILLAN FUTURE SHOCK
Future Shock, Nightride Out Of Phoenix, (The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express, No Laughing In Heaven, Sacre Bleu, Bite The Bullet, If I Sing Softly, Don’t You Want The Truth, For Your Dreams, New Orleans
Recorded Kingsway Studios January 1981.
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin VH 2196: April 1981
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 2196: 1989 remastered with extra tracks
GILLAN DOUBLE TROUBLE
I’ll Rip Your Spine Out, Restless, Men Of War, Sunbeam, Nightmare, Hadely Bop Bop, Life Goes On, Born To Kill, LIVE – No Laughing In Heaven, No Easy Way, Trouble, M.A.D., If You Believe Me, * New Orleans
Recorded Kingsway Studios August 1981; Reading Fetsival 29 August 1981; *4 March 1981
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin VDG 3506: October 1981
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 3506: 1989 remastered with extra tracks.
GILLAN MAGIC
What’s The Matter, Bluesy Blue Sea, Caught In A Trap, Long Gone, Driving Me Wild, Demon Driver, Living A Lie, You’re So Right, Living For The City, Demon Driver (reprise)
Recorded Kingsway Studios July–August 1982. Charts: UK
GREAT BRITAIN: Virgin V 2238: September 1982
CD: UK: Virgin CDVM 2238: 1989 remastered with extra tracks. Following this album Ian Gillan had a year out with Black Sabbath (see below).
GILLAN WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION
CD: UK: Virgin. DIXDCD 39: 1986 general Gillan Band collection
GILLAN THE VERY BEST OF GILLAN
UK: Music Club MCCD 032: 1991
CD Standard compilation of Gillan Band tracks.
GILLAN – ROCK PROFILE
UK: Connoisseur VSOP CD 214: 1995 CD
Compilation tracking Gillan’s career from early days up to his Naked Thunder CD.
GILLAN – LIVE AT READING 1980
UK: Raw Fruit FRSCD 002: 1990 CD
Six tracks recorded at Reading Festival August 1980 by BBC for transmission on Friday Rock Show.
GILLAN – BBC TAPES VOL. 1 – DEAD OF NIGHT
UK: RPM Records RPM 185: 1998 CD
Eleven tracks from BBC In Concert September 1979 and Reading 1979 BBC broadcast.
GILLAN – BBC TAPES VOL. 2 – UNCHAIN YOUR BRAIN
UK: RPM Records RPM 186: 1998 CD
Twelve tracks from BBC In Concert September 1980.
BLACK SABBATH – BORN AGAIN
Trashed, Stonehenge, Disturbing The Priest, The Dark, Zero The Hero, Digital Bitch, Born Again, Hot Line, Keep It Warm
Recorded Manor Studios, Oxfordshire May–June 1983.
GREAT BRITAIN: Vertigo VERL 8: September 1983
CD: UK: Castle ESMCD 334
After the Black Sabbath sojourn, Ian was able to participate in a long-awaited Deep Purple reunion.
DEEP PURPLE – PERFECT STRANGERS
Knockin’ At Your Back Door, Under The Gun, Nobody’s Home, Mean Streak, Perfect Strangers, A Gypsy’s Kiss, Wasted Sunsets, Hungry Daze, Not Responsible*
Recorded Vermont, USA 10 July–26 August 1984. Charts: UK 5/US
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor POLH 16 LP: 29 October 1984 LP
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor 823 777 – 2 CD: 29 October1984 *CD contains bonus track taped at same sessions.
KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR – THE BEST OF DEEP PURPLE IN THE 80’s
UK/EUROPE: Polydor POL 899 511438-2: 1992 CD
Compilation includes non-album track SON OF ALERIK.
DEEP PURPLE – THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT
Bad Attitude, The Unwritten Law, Call Of The Wild, Mad Dog, Black & White, Hard Lovin’Woman, Spanish Archer, Strangeways, Mitzi Dupree, Dead Or Alive
Mk 2. Recorded Vermont, USA May–June 1986. Charts: UK/US
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor POLH 32: 12 January 1987 LP
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor 831318. 2: 12 January 1987 CD
CD has longer versions of some tracks.
DEEP PURPLE – NOBODY’S PERFECT
Highway Star, Strange Kind Of Woman, Perfect Strangers, Child
In Time, Lazy, Space Truckin’, Hard Lovin’Woman, Bad Attitude, Knocking At Your Back Door, Black Night, Woman From Tokyo, Smoke On The Water, Hush
Recorded Irvine Meadows, USA 23 May 1987; Phoenix, USA 30 May; Oslo, Norway 22 August; Italy, 6 September. Hush recorded UK 26 February 1988
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor PODV 10 835 897. 1: July 5th 1988 LP
LP lacks Dead Or Alive.
GREAT BRITAIN: Polydor 835 897. CD
CD lacks Space Truckin’, Dead Or Alive and Bad Attitude – you need the single. After Ian Gillan had recorded the live album Nobody’s Perfect during December 1988/January 1989 he was ousted from the band.
HUSH/DEAD OR ALIVE (Milan, Italy 4 September)–BAD ATTITUDE
UK: Polydor PZCD 4 887 636. 2: June 1988 5-inch CD
SOLO/SPIN-OFF PROJECTS
GILLAN/GLOVER: ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
Clouds And Rain, Evil Eye, She Took My Breath Away, Dislocated, Via Miami, I Can’t Dance To That, Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave, Lonely Avenue, Telephone Box, I Thought No (plus Chet, Purple People Eater, Cayman Island on CD).
Recorded Montserrat October 1986/New York September 1987.
GREAT BRITAIN: VIRGIN CDV 2498 CD: February 1988
SOUTH AFRICA/JOHN
UK: Virgin VST 1088 12-inch: 1988
Specially recorded song written by Bernie Marsden and sung by Gillan. Tracks later added to the CD edition of the MAGIC album in 1989. See above.
Chris Tetley Presents THE GARTH ROCKETT AND THE MOONSHINERS Story
I’ll Rip Your Spine Out, No Laughing In Heaven. Interview with Ian Gillan.
GREAT BRITAIN: Rock Hard ROHACD 3 CD: 1990
Two live tracks from Manchester Ritz 1989 (the full show was issued as a video).
ROCK AID ARMENIA
SMOKE ON THE WATER (various including Ian Gillan)/PARANOID
(Black Sabbath 1970 version)
Life Aid Records Arment 001: 1989 CD
Charity release with vocals mostly by Ian Gillan.
IAN GILLAN – NAKED THUNDER
Gut Reaction, Talking To You, No Good Luck, Nothing But The Best, Living On Borrowed Time, Sweet Lolita, Nothing To Lose, Moonshine, Long And Lonely Ride, -Love Gun, No More Cane On The Brazos
EUROPE: Teldec 9031 71899 CD: 16 August 1990
NOTHING BUT THE BEST/HOLE IN MY VEST
GERMANY: Teldec 9031 72040: 1990 (non-LP B-side)
NO GOOD LUCK/ROCK N ROLL GIRLS
GREAT BRITAIN: Teldec YZ513 9031 72377: August 1990 (non-LP B-side)
PRETTY MAIDS
IN SANTA’S CLAWS/A MERRY JINGLE
HOLLAND: CBS 656499: November 1990 7”
IAN GILLAN guests on the B-side taped during Scandinavian tour in September 1990.
THE BOLLAND PROJECT
Holland: Dino Music 90 70 117: 1991 CD
Ian Gillan did two spoken tracks and one vocal on this concept CD.
IAN GILLAN – TOOLBOX
Hang Me Out To Dry, Toolbox, Dirty Dog, Candy Horizon, Don’t Hold Me Back, Pictures Of Hell, Dancing Nylon Shirt (part 1), Bed Of Nails, Gassed Up, Everything I Need, Dancing Nylon Shirt (part 2)
Europe: East West Records 9031 75641-2: October 1991
THE BEST OF IAN GILLAN
GERMANY: East West 4509 91304-2: 1992 CD
Compilation of NAKED THUNDER and TOOLBOX album
tracks.
GILLAN/RAKINTZIS – ETZEI M’APEEEI
GREECE: Minos 7243 4 78766: 1992 CD/LP
Ian sings vocals on three tracks – GETAWAY, MY HEART OF STONE and I THINK I KNOW – on this set by Greek MOR artist Rakintzis.
After this brief spell away from Deep Purple, Ian was asked back for the band’s twenty-fifth anniversary tour.
DEEP PURPLE – THE BATTLE RAGES ON
The Battle Rages On, Lick It Up, Anya, Talk About Love, Time To Kill, Ramshackle Man, A Twist In The Tale, Nasty Piece Of Work, Solitaire, One Man’s Meat
UK: BMG/RCA 74321 15420-2: 26 July 1993 CD
UK: BMG/RCA 74321 15420: 26 July 1993 LP
DEEP PURPLE – COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Highway Star, Black Night, Twist In The Tale, Perfect Strangers, Anyone’s Daughter, Child In Time, Anya, (Lazy, * Space Truckin’, * Woman From Tokyo*), Speed King, Smoke On The Water UK/Europe BMG 74321 23416 2: November 1994 CD