Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Mark III (1973–1975)===
[[File:Deep Purple (1975).jpg|thumb|right|Collage of Deep Purple Mark III in 1974, with [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]] (left), [[David Coverdale]] (top), Jon Lord (middle), Ian Paice (bottom), Ritchie Blackmore (right).]]
The band hired Midlands bassist/vocalist [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]], formerly of [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]]. According to Paice, Glover told him and Lord a few months before his official termination that he wanted to leave the band, so they had started to drop in on Trapeze shows. After acquiring Hughes, they debated continuing as a four-piece, with Hughes as bassist and lead vocalist.<ref>Liner notes for the 30th anniversary edition of Burn.</ref><ref name="vanderlee">{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=6690 |title=Van der Lee, Matthijs. ''Burn'' review at |publisher=Sputnikmusic.com |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> According to Hughes, he was told the band was bringing in [[Paul Rodgers]] of [[Free (band)|Free]] as a co-lead vocalist, but by that time Rodgers had just started [[Bad Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=46 |title=The Glenn Hughes Interview |publisher=Vintage Rock.com |access-date=29 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403093124/http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=46 |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "They did ask", Rodgers recalled, "and I spoke to all of them at length about the possibility. Purple had toured Australia with Free's final lineup. I didn't do it because I was very much into the idea of forming Bad Company."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Dave |last=Ling |title=My classic career |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #12 |date=March 2000 |page=90}}</ref> Instead, auditions were held for lead vocal replacements. They settled on [[David Coverdale]], an unknown singer from [[Saltburn-by-the-Sea|Saltburn]] in north-east England, primarily because Blackmore liked his masculine, blues-tinged voice.<ref name="vanderlee" />

''[[Burn (Deep Purple album)|Burn]]'', the first album by Deep Purple Mark III, was released in February 1974 to great success, reaching No. 3 in the UK and No. 9 in the US, and was followed by another world tour.<ref name="OCC"/> The [[Burn (Deep Purple song)|title track]], which opens the album and would open most concerts during the Mark III and IV eras, was a conscious effort by the band to embrace the progressive rock movement, which was popularised at the time by bands such as [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[King Crimson]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] and [[Gentle Giant]]. Another notable song from the album was a slow-burning blues number called "[[Mistreated (song)|Mistreated]]".

[[File:Jam I ad.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Deep Purple co-headlined the [[California Jam]] in 1974. They played to over 250,000 people at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in Ontario, Southern California.]]

Mark III embarked on a spring tour that included shows at [[Madison Square Garden]], New York, on 13 March, and [[Nassau Coliseum]] four days later.<ref>''Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story''. p.158.</ref> The band co-headlined (with [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]) the [[California Jam]] festival at [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in [[Ontario, California|Ontario]], southern California, on 6 April 1974. Attracting over 250,000 fans, the festival also included 1970s rock giants [[Black Sabbath]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Seals & Crofts]] and [[Earth, Wind & Fire]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Deep Purple's Glenn Hughes digs into his past |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/deep-purples-glenn-hughes-digs-into-his-past-20170914-gyhfnv.html |access-date=25 September 2019 |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Portions of the show were telecast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Television in the US, exposing the band to a wider audience. During the show, Blackmore doused his amplifiers with petrol and set them on fire, blowing a hole in the stage.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFlvPYpdNI |title=Ritchie Blackmore celebrating The California Jam (Part 2) |date=2015-12-22 |last=Deep Purple Official |access-date=2025-03-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> A month later, the band's 22 May performance at the [[Gaumont State Cinema]] in [[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]], London, was recorded and later released in 1982 as ''[[Live in London (Deep Purple album)|Live in London]]''.

Hughes and Coverdale brought vocal harmonies and elements of funk and blues, respectively, to the band's music, a sound that was even more apparent on the late 1974 release ''[[Stormbringer (album)|Stormbringer]]''.<ref name="vanderlee" /> Along with the title track, the ''Stormbringer'' album had a number of songs that received significant radio play, such as "Lady Double Dealer", "The Gypsy" and "[[Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)|Soldier of Fortune]]", and the album reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 20 on the US ''Billboard'' chart.<ref name="OCC"/> Blackmore publicly disliked most of the album, however, derisively calling it "shoeshine music" out of distaste for its funk and soul elements.<ref>"History" track on the "Deep Purple: History and Hits" DVD.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deep Purple – Stormbringer |work=Coffeerooms on Music |url=http://www.coffeerooms.com/onmusic/2009/04/deep-purple-stormbringer.html |date=1 April 2009 |author=Mike Jefferson |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411093155/http://www.coffeerooms.com/onmusic/2009/04/deep-purple-stormbringer.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ritchie Blackmore Interview |work=Guitar International |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2010/09/14/ritchie-blackmore-the-rainbow-interview/ |author=Steven Rosen |year=1975 |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> A new live album, ''[[Made in Europe]]'', culled from three shows on the ''Stormbringer'' tour, was assembled during the summer of 1975, but would not see release until late 1976. After the show in [[Stuttgart]]-[[Böblingen]], Blackmore announced on 26 March 1975 to his co-musicians in a room of the Arabella Hotel in [[Munich]] that he was quitting the band. Lord, Paice, Coverdale and Hughes were speechless as a few weeks time later, the band were supposed to go into the studio to record their next album.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HQGEE2gg4/ Deep Purple Classic, an unofficial Deep Purple Facebook page > post "This week 50 years ago with Deep Purple Mark 3. Munich, Germany. Ritchie announces he is quitting the band." on 27 March 2025]</ref> Blackmore's departure from Deep Purple, de facto leading to the end of Mark III, was announced on 21 June 1975. Blackmore then formed his own band with [[Ronnie James Dio]] of [[Elf (band)|Elf]], called [[Rainbow (rock band)|Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]], shortened to Rainbow after the [[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow|first album]].<ref>Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton (1991). ''Rock Movers & Shakers, Volume 1991, Part 2''. p.419. ABC-CLIO, 1991</ref>