Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Mark II (1969–1973)===
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Deep Purple Mark II was formed in Hanwell Community Centre in West London in the summer of 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/hcc// |title=Deep Purple: specials/hcc/index.html|website=Thehighwaystar.com}}</ref> In search of a new vocalist, Blackmore set his own sights on 19-year-old singer [[Terry Reid]]. Though he found the offer "flattering", Reid was still bound by an exclusive recording contract with his producer [[Mickie Most]] and more interested in his solo career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/interview-singer-and-guitarist-terry-reid-455709.html |work=The Independent |title=Interview: Singer and guitarist Terry Reid |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502125422/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/interview-singer-and-guitarist-terry-reid-455709.html |archive-date=2 May 2008}}</ref> Blackmore had no other choice but to look elsewhere. The band sought out singer [[Ian Gillan]] from [[Episode Six (band)|Episode Six]], a band that had released several singles in the UK without achieving any great commercial success. Six's drummer [[Mick Underwood]] – an old comrade of Blackmore's from his days in [[The Outlaws (band)|the Outlaws]] – introduced the band to Gillan and bassist [[Roger Glover]]. According to Nick Simper, "Gillan would join only with Roger Glover."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=4459&type=1&lang=EN |title=Rockpages.gr interview with Nick Simper |last=Anasontzis |first=George |publisher=Rockpages |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901130712/http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=4459&type=1&lang=EN |archive-date=1 September 2014}}</ref> This effectively killed Episode Six, which gave Underwood a persistent feeling of guilt that lasted nearly a decade, until Gillan recruited him for [[Gillan (band)|his new post-Purple band]] in the late 1970s. According to Blackmore, Deep Purple was only interested in Gillan and not Glover, but Glover was retained on the advice of Ian Paice.<ref name="Rosen Interview 1"/>

{{Quote box|width=28%|align=left|quote="He turned up for the session...he was their bass player.  We weren't originally going to take him until Paicey said, 'he's a good bass player, let's keep him.' So I said okay."|source =— Ritchie Blackmore on the hiring of Roger Glover.<ref name="Rosen Interview 1"/>}}

Mark II's first release was a [[Roger Greenaway]]–[[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]] tune titled "[[Hallelujah (Deep Purple song)|Hallelujah]]".<ref name="Hallelujah"/> At the time of its recording, Nick Simper still thought he was in the band and had called John Coletta to inquire about the recording dates for the song. He then found that the song had already been recorded with Glover on bass. The remaining original members of Deep Purple then instructed management to inform Simper that he had been officially replaced.<ref>{{cite news |title=Simper recalls pain of Purple sacking |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-nick-simper-pain-of-sacking |access-date=21 March 2020 |agency=Louder Sound.com}}</ref> Despite television appearances to promote the "Hallelujah" single in the UK, the song flopped.<ref name="Hallelujah"/> Blackmore had told the British weekly music newspaper ''[[Record Mirror]]'' that the band "need to have a commercial record in Britain", and described the song as "an in-between sort of thing"—a compromise between the type of material the band would normally record, and openly commercial material.<ref name="Hallelujah">Bloom, Jerry (2008). ''Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore'', p. 128. Omnibus Press, 2008</ref>

[[File:Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore 1970.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Ritchie Blackmore in [[Hannover]], Germany, 1970]]

In September 1969, the band gained some much-needed publicity in the UK with the ''[[Concerto for Group and Orchestra]]'', a three-movement epic composed by Lord as a solo project and performed by the band at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], conducted by [[Malcolm Arnold]].<ref name="Miles"/> Alongside ''[[Days of Future Passed]]'' by [[the Moody Blues]] and ''[[Five Bridges]]'' by [[the Nice]], it was one of the first collaborations between a rock band and an orchestra. This live album became their first release with any kind of chart success in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Deep Purple The Official Charts Company |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=24 December 2011}}</ref> Gillan and Blackmore were less than happy at the band being tagged as "a group who played with orchestras", both feeling that the ''Concerto'' was a distraction that would get in the way of developing their desired hard-rocking style. Lord acknowledged that while the band members were not keen on the project going in, at the end of the performance "you could have put the five smiles together and spanned the [[River Thames|Thames]]." Lord would also write the ''[[Gemini Suite Live|Gemini Suite]]'', another orchestra/group collaboration in the same vein, for the band in late 1970, although the band's recording of the piece would not be released until 1993. In 1975, Blackmore stated that he thought the ''Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' was not bad but that the ''Gemini Suite'' was horrible and very disjointed.<ref>{{cite web |author=Steven Rosen |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |work=Guitar International |year=1975 |title=Ritchie Blackmore Interview: Deep Purple, Rainbow and Dio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222064521/http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> Roger Glover later noted that Jon Lord had appeared to be the leader of the band in the early years.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Highway Star: Deep Purple's Roger Glover Interviewed |work=The Quietus |date=20 January 2011 |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05569-deep-purple-interview}}</ref>

[[File:Rockband Deep Purple in der Ostseehalle zum Auftakt ihrer Deutschlandtournee (Kiel 22.124).jpg|thumb|left|Deep Purple Mark II live in Germany in 1970]]

Shortly after the orchestral release, Mark II began a hectic touring and recording schedule that was to see little respite for the next four years. The second album, and first studio album, of the Mark II era, released in 1970, was ''[[Deep Purple in Rock|In Rock]]'' (a name supported by the album's [[Mount Rushmore]]-inspired cover), which contained the then-concert staples "[[Speed King]]", "Into The Fire" and "[[Child in Time]]". The non-album single "[[Black Night]]", released around the same time, finally put Deep Purple into the UK Top Ten.<ref name="Roberts">Roberts, David (2006). [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. London: Guinness World Records Limited</ref> The interplay between Blackmore's guitar and Lord's distorted organ, coupled with Gillan's powerful, wide-ranging vocals and the rhythm section of Glover and Paice, now started to take on a unique identity that separated the band from its earlier albums.<ref name="Charlton">Charlton, Katherine (2003). ''Rock Music Styles: A History''. p. 241. McGraw Hill.</ref> Along with Zeppelin's ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' and Sabbath's ''[[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]]'', ''In Rock'' codified the budding [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] genre.<ref name="Wasler"/>

On the album's development, Blackmore stated: "I got fed up with playing with classical orchestras, and thought, 'well, this is my turn.' Jon was into more classical. I said, 'well you've done that, I'll do rock, and whatever turns out best we'll carry on with.'"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KS3P8AjJCc Steve Rosen Interview with Ritchie Blackmore, 1974] Retrieved from YouTube "Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar God|Part 2/5" on 14 January 2014.</ref> ''In Rock'' performed well, especially in the UK where it reached No. 4, while the "Black Night" single reached No. 2 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], and the band performed the song live on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref>Jerry Bloom (2007). ''Black Knight'', p. 139. Music Sales Group.</ref><ref name="OCC"/> In addition to increasing sales in the UK, the band were making a name for themselves as a live act, particularly with regard to the sheer volume of their shows and the improvisational skills of Blackmore and Lord. Said Lord, "We took from jazz, we took from old fashioned rock and roll, we took from the classics. Ritchie and myself...used to swap musical jokes and attacks. He would play something, and I'd have to see if I could match it. That provided a sense of humour, a sense of tension to the band, a sense of, 'what the hell's going to happen next?' The audience didn't know, and nine times out of ten, neither did we!"<ref name="Thompson"/>

A second Mark II studio album, the creatively progressive ''[[Fireball (album)|Fireball]]'', was issued in the summer of 1971, reaching number 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="OCC">[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/DEEP-PURPLE "Deep Purple: UK Charts"]. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> The title track "[[Fireball (Deep Purple song)|Fireball]]" was released as a single, as was "[[Strange Kind of Woman]]", not from the album but recorded during the same sessions (although it replaced "Demon's Eye" on the US version of the album).<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/fireball-r5331/review Deep Purple: Fireball], [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 12 November 2011</ref> "Strange Kind of Woman" became their second UK Top 10 single, reaching No. 8.<ref name="OCC"/>

[[File:Territethoteldesalpes.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]] outside [[Montreux]] where ''[[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]]'' – excluding "[[Smoke on the Water]]" – was recorded in December 1971]]

Within weeks of ''Fireball''{{'}}s release, the band were already performing songs planned for the next album. One song (which later became "[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]") was performed at the first show of the ''Fireball'' tour, having been written on the bus to a show in Portsmouth, in answer to a journalist's question: "How do you go about writing songs?"<ref>{{cite web |date=15 September 2005 |title=Highway Stars |url=http://www.stevemorse.com/interviews/200310guitarmagazine.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050915142246/http://www.stevemorse.com/interviews/200310guitarmagazine.html |archive-date=15 September 2005 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> On 24 October 1971 during the US leg of the Fireball tour, the band was set to play the [[Auditorium Theatre]] in Chicago when Ian Gillan contracted [[hepatitis]], forcing the band to play without him, with bassist Glover singing the set. After this, the rest of the US dates were cancelled and the band flew home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehighwaystar.com/FAQ/history.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions |website=Thehighwaystar.com|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

In early December 1971, the band travelled to Switzerland to record ''[[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]]''. The album was due to be recorded at the [[Montreux Casino]] using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]], but a fire during a [[Frank Zappa]] and [[the Mothers of Invention]] concert, caused by a man firing a flare gun into the ceiling, burned down the Casino. This incident famously inspired the song "[[Smoke on the Water]]". The album was later recorded in a corridor at the nearby empty [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]], with the exception of the music track to "Smoke on the Water". That was recorded at a vacant theatre called The Pavillon before the band was asked to leave.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple revient sur le lieu où est né "Smoke on the Water" |url=https://www.tdg.ch/culture/musique/deep-purple-revient-smoke-the-water/story/29995483 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=Tribune deGeneve}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Deep Purple created their best hit 'Smoke on the Water' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/deep-purple-montreux-jazz-festival-lake-geneva-1971-a8418926.html |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/heavy-metal/deep-purple-release-machine-head/ Deep Purple release 'Machine Head'] BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2011</ref> On recording "Smoke on the Water", Blackmore stated to [[BBC Radio 2]]: "We did the whole thing in about four takes because we had to. The police were banging on the door. We knew it was the police, but we had such a good sound in this hall. We were waking up all the neighbours for about five miles in Montreux, because it was echo-ing through the mountains. I was just getting the last part of the riff down, we'd just finished it, when the police burst in and said 'you've got to stop'. We had the track down."<ref name="BBC 2019"/>

Continuing to progress the musical direction of the previous two albums, ''Machine Head'' was released in late March 1972 and became one of the band's most famous releases. It was the band's second No. 1 album in the UK while re-establishing them in North America, hitting No. 7 in the US and No. 1 in Canada.<ref name="OCC"/> It included tracks that became live classics, such as "Highway Star", "[[Space Truckin']]", "[[Lazy (Deep Purple song)|Lazy]]" and "Smoke on the Water", the last of which remains Deep Purple's most famous song.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/machine-head-r5332/charts-awards Billboard – Machine Head], [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 12 November 2011</ref> They continued to tour and record at a rate that would be rare thirty years on; when ''Machine Head'' was recorded, the group had only been together three-and-a-half years, yet it was their sixth studio album and seventh album overall.

[[File:Ian Gillan (1972).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Ian Gillan on stage in [[Clemson, South Carolina]], 1972]]

In January 1972, the band returned to tour the US once again. They then headed over to play Europe before resuming US dates in March. While in America, Blackmore contracted hepatitis, and the band attempted one show in [[Flint, Michigan]], without a guitarist before attempting to acquire the services of [[Al Kooper]], who rehearsed with the band before bowing out, suggesting [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] guitarist [[Randy California]] instead. California played one show with the group, in [[Quebec City]], Quebec on 6 April, but the rest of this tour was cancelled as well.<ref>[https://www.thehighwaystar.comFAQhistory.html] {{dead link|date=October 2019}}</ref>

The band returned to the US in late May 1972 to undertake their third North America tour (of four total that year). A Japan tour in August of that year led to a double live album, ''[[Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)|Made in Japan]]''. Originally intended as a Japan-only release, its worldwide release became an instant hit, reaching platinum status in five countries, including the US. It remains one of rock music's most popular and highest selling live albums.<ref name="Made in Japan"/>

Mark II continued to work and released the album ''[[Who Do We Think We Are]]'' in 1973. Spawning the hit single "[[Woman from Tokyo]]", the album hit No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 15 in the US chart, while achieving gold record status faster than any Deep Purple album released up to that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/deep%20purple |title=The Official Charts Company – Who Do We Think We Are |date=5 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/who-do-we-think-we-are-mw0000196958/awards |title=Who Do We Think We Are on ''Billboard'' |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> However, internal tensions and exhaustion were more noticeable than ever. Following the successes of ''Machine Head'' and ''Made in Japan'', the addition of ''Who Do We Think We Are'' made Deep Purple the top-selling artists of 1973 in the US.<ref>"Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story". p.154.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum database |website = [[Recording Industry Association of America]]|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Deep+Purple#search_section |access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>

Gillan admitted in a 1984 interview that the band were pushed by management to complete the ''Who Do We Think We Are'' album on time and go on tour, although they badly needed a break.<ref>''Deep Purple: The Interview''. Interview picture disc, 1984, Mercury Records.</ref> The bad feelings, including tensions with Blackmore, culminated in Gillan quitting the band after their second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973, followed by the dismissal of Glover, at Blackmore's insistence.<ref>Peter Buckley (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=glover+left+deep+purple+1973&pg=PT286 ''The Rough Guide to Rock''] p.279. Rough Guides. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref><ref>Mike Clifford, Pete Frame (1992). ''The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock'', p.41. Harmony Books. Retrieved 1 March 2012</ref><ref>Whitburn, Joel (2008). ''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2006'', p.227. Record Research</ref> In interviews later, Lord called the end of Mark II while the band was at its peak "the biggest shame in rock and roll; God knows what we would have done over the next three or four years. We were writing so well."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnv3pJNaoc8 |title=Deep Purple People |date=8 July 1995 |series=[[Rock Family Trees]] |publisher=BBC 2 |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>