Come Taste the Band

Come Taste The Band is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, originally released in October 1975. It was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch. It was the final Deep Purple studio record prior to the band's initial disbandment in 1976, therefore making it the only album to feature Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, and the final of three albums to feature David Coverdale on lead vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass, as none of the three would be involved with the reactivated Deep Purple in 1984. It is also the only studio album to involve neither Blackmore nor vocalist Ian Gillan, as every prior and subsequent album features at least one of the two.

Come Taste the Band
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	10 October 1975
Recorded	3 August – 1 September 1975
Studio	Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany
Genre	Hard rock
Length	37:16
Label	Purple
Producer	Martin Birch & Deep Purple
Deep Purple chronology
Stormbringer (1974) Come Taste the Band (1975) Perfect Strangers (1984)
Singles from Come Taste the Band
"You Keep On Moving" Released: 1975 (Europe only) "Gettin' Tighter" / "Love Child" Released: 1976 (US only)

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	(mixed)[2]
Blogcritics	(average)[3]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]

The album sold reasonably well upon release (#19 in the UK charts,[6] and #43 in the US[7]). The album was certified Silver on 1 November 1975 by the BPI, selling 60,000 copies in the UK.[8]

In recent years the album has received some critical reassessment "on its own merits", in part due to Bolin's contributions to the album.[9][10] Gillan (who left the band just over two years prior), on the other hand, has stated that he does not view the album as a real Deep Purple album.[11] Lord praised the quality of the album years later in interviews, stating that "listening to it now, it's a surprisingly good album," while acknowledging, "the worst thing you can say about it is that, in most people's opinion, it's not a Deep Purple album."[12]

Released on 25 October 2010, the 2-CD Deluxe 35th Anniversary edition includes the original album in remastered form plus a rare US single edit of "You Keep On Moving" on the first disc, and a full album remix and two unissued tracks on the second disc: "Same in LA" a three-minute out-take from the final release in 1975, and "Bolin/Paice Jam" a five-minute instrumental jam with Bolin and Ian Paice.[13]

After tours for this album concluded in March 1976, Deep Purple broke up for eight years. Tommy Bolin formed his own band that toured in support of Peter Frampton and Jeff Beck, but it was short-lived as he died of multiple drug intoxication in December, 1976. Morphine, cocaine, lidocaine and alcohol were all found in his system.[14]

Track listings

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Comin' Home"	Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Ian Paice	Coverdale	3:55
2.	"Lady Luck"	Jeff Cook, Coverdale	Coverdale	2:48
3.	"Gettin' Tighter"	Bolin, Glenn Hughes	Hughes	3:37
4.	"Dealer"	Bolin, Coverdale	Coverdale, Bolin	3:50
5.	"I Need Love"	Bolin, Coverdale	Coverdale	4:23

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
6.	"Drifter"	Bolin, Coverdale	Coverdale	4:02
7.	"Love Child"	Bolin, Coverdale	Coverdale	3:08
8.	"This Time Around / Owed to 'G'"	Hughes, Jon Lord / Bolin	Hughes / Instrumental	6:10
9.	"You Keep On Moving"	Coverdale, Hughes	Coverdale, Hughes	5:19

35th Anniversary Edition

Disc One: Original Album Remastered

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Comin' Home"	3:54
2.	"Lady Luck"	2:48
3.	"Gettin' Tighter"	3:36
4.	"Dealer"	3:53
5.	"I Need Love"	4:24
6.	"Drifter"	4:05
7.	"Love Child"	3:07
8.	"This Time Around / Owed to 'G'"	6:13
9.	"You Keep On Moving"	5:22
10.	"You Keep On Moving (Single edit)" (bonus track)	4:32

Disc Two: 2010 Album Remixes

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Comin' Home"		4:08
2.	"Lady Luck"		2:46
3.	"Gettin' Tighter"		4:23
4.	"Dealer"		3:55
5.	"I Need Love"		5:16
6.	"You Keep On Moving"		5:18
7.	"Love Child"		3:05
8.	"This Time Around"		3:24
9.	"Owed to 'G'"		2:56
10.	"Drifter"		3:59
11.	"Same in LA" (previously unreleased)	Coverdale, Hughes, Paice, Lord	3:19
12.	"Bolin/Paice Jam" (previously unreleased)	Bolin, Paice	5:47
Total length:			90:30

Personnel

Deep Purple

• David Coverdale – lead vocals (tracks 1-2, 4-7, 9), acoustic guitar
• Tommy Bolin – electric guitar, bass guitar and backing vocals (track 1), lead vocals (track 4)
• Jon Lord – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
• Glenn Hughes – bass guitar (all but track 1), lead vocals (tracks 3, 8, 9), backing vocals
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion

Production

• Produced by Martin "The Wasp" Birch and Deep Purple
• Engineered by Martin Birch
• Final mix by Martin Birch and Ian Paice
• Cover photography by Peter Williams
• Remastered by Dave Schultz and Bill Inglot at Digiprep, Los Angeles
• 2010 remix by Kevin Shirley at The Cave, Malibu, California
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Norwegian Albums Chart[15]	6
	New Zealand Albums Chart[16]	6
	Italian Albums Chart[17]	7
	Japanese Albums Chart[18]	14
	Swedish Albums Chart[19]	16
	Danish Albums Chart[20]	18
	UK Albums Chart[6]	19
	German Albums Chart[21]	29
1976	Dutch MegaCharts[22]	12
	The Billboard 200 (USA)[7]	43

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Czech[23]	Gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Silver	60,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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