Come Taste the Band Purple in 1984. When Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1975, there was uncertainty over whether the band would continue, as they did when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left in 1973. It was David Coverdale who asked Jon Lord to keep the band together, and Coverdale was also a major factor in recruiting Tommy Bolin to take the guitar slot after hearing Bolin's work on the Billy Cobham solo album "Spectrum". Rehearsals for the album were recorded by Robert Simon, who was originally engineering the album. But after a dispute with the band over scheduling, the band left Simon's
Live in Anaheim (Ian Gillan album) Produced, mixed and mastered by Nick Blagona<br> Mixed at Psychotropic Studios, Dundas, Ontario Canada<br> Mastered at Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada<br> Audio recording by Westwood One on 14 September 2006 at the House of Blues, Anaheim, California<br> Executive producers: Drew Thompson and Michael Lee Jackson Michael Bradford - guitar (CD1 – 9, CD2 – 8–10) Live in Anaheim (Ian Gillan album) Live in Anaheim is a double live album from Ian Gillan, recorded live at the House of Blues, Anaheim, California on 14 September 2006 during the "Gillan's Inn" tour and released in April 2008 by Edel Music. The accompanying