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| Single by Deep Purple | |||||
| B-side | "Speed King" "Living Wreck" |
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| Released | 5 June 1970 1980 (Re-issue) 1995 (Deep Purple in Rock 25th Anniversary Edition) 1995 (25th Anniversary Re-issue) |
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| Format | 7" CD-single |
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| Recorded | May 1970 at De Lane Lea | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 3:28 | ||||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice |
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| Producer | Deep Purple | ||||
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Writing process and recording
Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable single to be recorded to help promote the album. Deep Purple in Rock (also known as In Rock) is an album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970 After spending six hours searching for inspiration, the band went to a nearby pub and got drunk. Ritchie Blackmore started playing a riff that was closely based on the riff to Ricky Nelson's 1962 rock recording of the old George Gershwin standard "Summertime". Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson ( May 8, 1940 &ndash December 31, 1985) was an George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover came up with the lyrics: "We borrowed the title from the words of an old Arthur Alexander song. We stole the tempo from Canned Heat"
Live performances
"Black Night" made its way into the setlist soon after release, generally as the first encore. Canned Heat is a Blues-rock /boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965 The song was not played in full after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band in 1973, but snippets were often played by Ritchie Blackmore as part of his improvisations. On the reformation of Deep Purple in 1984 "Black Night" returned as part of the main set list. There are many versions of the song available on Deep Purple live albums.
Covers
Bruce Dickinson - B side of single: "Dive, Dive, Dive", recorded live in 1990. Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer Airline pilot, radio show Bad Manners - ska version on their 1997 album Heavy Petting. Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle the band was formed Heavy Petting, also known as Don't Knock the Baldhead, is the eighth studio album by Bad Manners, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) The song is also recorded by the American death metal band Deicide on their 2006 album, The Stench of Redemption, though with rewritten lyrics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Deicide is an American Death metal band formed in 1987 The band has sold close to 500000 releases in the USA since the SoundScan era making them The Stench of Redemption is the eighth studio album by Deicide. CJ Crew also covered this song for the Dancemania compilation series, but has a heavier sound to it. Dancemania is a series of remix Compilation albums by I-DANCE (formerly Intercord Japan owned by Toshiba EMI) in Japan. Pat Travers has recorded a version on his album P. T. Power Trio 2. In 1982, post-punk group The Fall took to performing a medley integrating the song into their own composition "Cash 'n' Carry"; a recording of this was belatedly issued in 2002 on a reissue of Fall in a Hole. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 Fall In A Hole is a live album by The Fall, released in 1983 on the Flying Nun label of New Zealand.
Personnel
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Roger Glover - bass
- Jon Lord - organ
- Ian Paice - drums
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