Ian Gillan Purple. By 1969, after having released nine singles, none of which charted in the UK, and finding their style of music too restrictive for him, he decided to leave Episode Six. By spring 1969, Deep Purple had had a top 5 US hit with "Hush", but the band, particularly Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, decided their future lay in hard rock, rather than the psychedelic pop sound of the early band. In June 1969, Blackmore, Lord and Paice went to see Episode Six perform at a pub gig and subsequently offered Gillan the job as new lead singer,
Magic (Gillan album) reissued in 1989 and in 2007 with seven bonus tracks, including cover versions and B-sides. Side 1 Side 2 In 1989 Virgin re-released the album in CD format. The revised track listing was as follows: Total running time 74.50 <nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously unreleased In 2007 the album was re-released in CD format again on the Edsel label. Magic (Gillan album) Magic is an album by British rock band Gillan, their final collaboration, released in October 1982. It features eight original songs, mostly co-written by Ian Gillan and Colin Towns, and a cover of Stevie Wonder's 1973 hit single "Living For The