Why Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple after Stormbringer.

[@Alexanderpaal67]

Great album 💜 Stormbringer has some epic tracks… Highlights: 1. Stormbringer 2. The Gypsy 3. Lady Double Dealer 4. Soldier Of Fortune Thank You For The Music 🎼🎸

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Good picks

[@9496TULL]

Wise decision of Ritchie. For me personally I always felt Ritchie had/has a vision of what he wants to play. I’ve enjoyed the ride 🎸🎸🎸

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah, that's true. We saw that with his next band Rainbow as well.

[@zundap100]

Stormbringer is a great album, I love it.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah, I agree. I also like it.

[@ivanparada1203]

Soldier of Fortune is one of the greatest songs purple ever made

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yes, I agree. I like the original and the Opeth cover.

[@marklockey4434]

I am so proud to say that we chose “Soldier of Fortune” as the final song at my brother in law’s funeral in 2017. He was a massive Purple fan.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

The debut album of Rainbow was recorded before he quit DP, mainly halfway the Stormbringer tour. And he only took Dio with him to form the band. Dio's band Elf (they opened during the tour) was already put on hold.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Cool. I was not aware

[@michaelkarlsson5966]

actually he took the whole of Elf minus their guitarist, of course, to form Rainbow. That line-up didn't last longer than the first album and Dio was the only one from Elf that Ritchie kept for the next couple of albums and line-ups.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Nope. The album Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow was recorded as a solo album. The drummer, behs player, keyboardist and Dio were session musicians.

[@superfantastichappymedia4617]

By the time 1975 came along, Ritchie was tired of the roller coaster ride of changes and wanted to do his own thing with Ronnie James Dio. Who could blame him. Dio was a one of a kind vocal talent. Ritchie had been in Purple since the beginning in 1968 being the co founder along with Jon Lord. It was time to move on to fulfill his neo classical side. Ironically, Purple died in a year after Blackmore left. My favorite Deep Purple album is the one released in 1969 with mach one lineup. Blackmore uses a wah pedal on that album more than any other. The mach 2 lineup was toxic especially between Blackmore and Gillan which led to the mach 3 lineup which was good at the beginning with Burn, but after a year of the new lineup Blackmore was bored and wanted to do his own thing with Dio and later Cozy Powell.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yes that's true I don't blame him for wanting to work with Ronnie James Dio

[@rcanderson4328]

I think you have an alien Tinkerbell nesting in your beard.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Lol. It was just the microphone 😂

[@bashirshah5347]

Lols,Who d F**k Are You, Hahaha Funny resemble of Samta

[@existentialmeltdown]

When Stormbringer was first released my friends and I were not impressed. For, me, at the time, Machine head was still the pinnacle. And I went off Deep Purple (although I liked Burn) until this year's album, which will make my Top 20. After this year's = I album, I went back into their catalogue and on streaming Stormbringer just a few months ago I think it is a tremendous album.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah same here. I liked Stormbringer better than I remember

[@petercrisp-i5z]

& i don't mind Fireball as well

[@LEEFORDJAGG]

Ritchie Blackmore allegedly asked David Coverdale to join him in a new venture. David decided to stay in the Deep Purple fold.Ritchie had played David his new song ideas,but David couldn’t be convinced. Ronnie James Dio from ‘75-‘78 was a natural musical partner for Ritchie as history shows us. I saw an interview with Jimmy Bain,where he said he was in a car with Ritchie and was playing the Stormbringer tape. Ritchie took the cassette/8 track out the player and threw it out the window. I wish I could find that interview footage now!

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

That's awesome I didn't know that

[@LEEFORDJAGG]

@ David mentions some of the background in the 2015 Electronic Press Kit interviews for Whitesnake-The Purple Album,which are on KZbin too.

[@jonathanross812]

I read that Mr Blackmore wanted to record the song 'Black Sheep Of The Family' for the Stormbringer album but he was vetoed by the band, and that it was this that confirmed his departure from 'Purple', and that song's subsequent appearance on the first Rainbow LP.

[@patrickmichels7888]

Black sheep is a cover and it’s the weakest song on the album

[@jonathanross812]

@@patrickmichels7888 So? and, Do you think so?

[@gegesfamily2344]

It’s not a great song. Should’ve never recorded it

[@jonathanross812]

@@gegesfamily2344 I understand that Richie prefers to play 'Black Sheep' rather than Smoke on The Water.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Cool, I didn't know that.

[@robsas6610]

I think I'm right in saying that RB was going through a divorce at the time, so he was distracted and not so involved in writing... plus he also had Rainbow on his radar and was probably holding back ideas.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yes that is probably true

[@markwiygul6356]

Saves and Masters is by far and away the most underrated work Richie Blackmore has been involved in. It's a Deep Purple album that receives horrible verbal abuse, yet is an exemplary cut of 80s Metal, that unfortunately arrived late, in 1990. Slaves & Masters isn't progressive, but heavily hook oriented, and hooks it has, every tune

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah, that was one of those albums that often gets overlooked.b

[@cristianosorio2517]

Hi John!!! Yeah i think this is a very good album, but as good as the previous Mark III studio album or the ones with Gillan..... the tittle track and "Soldier of Fortune" are two great songs, but you can tell that Ritchie was not happy with the direction the band was taking and thanks to that we got Rainbow with Dio and the rest is history. cheers and be well

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

I think you could tell he wasn't happy with the direction going back to burn

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Bookends Stormbringer and Soldier Of Fortune are classics.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yes, I agree. Two great songs.

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Ritchie hated the soul aspect, he called it shoeshine music. Story is someone put the album on to impress him and he turfed it out the window.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah, I can see that happening

[@patrickmichels7888]

Stormbringer is a great album. Always liked it more than burn which is too short and blocky

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

That's cool. I think Stormbringer is not too bad.

[@EikeMenzel]

All *deep purple* Records after 'Purpendicular' are more Interesting and Important to me than what they'd done with RB ... Sure, they released some Rock's Historical Stuff before, but today they Sound like they should. 5 Minutes 'Space truckin'' is enough, not 18/22 Minutes! Today *deep purple* play 20+ Songs in 95 Minutes and it is Awesome 🥰, but I saw dp 1973, only 8 Tracks in 137 Minutes and full of boring Improvisations - I wanted to have a good Rock 🤘 Show but get cheap Jazz. 24.10.2024 *deep purple* Live in Munich was a real ❤️Highlight ❤

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

That's awesome. I have never seen them live.

[@EikeMenzel]

@jcrockandmetalreviews seen 'em 5 times and now they are as good as never before (opinion) 😊

[@3lullabies]

Stormbringer is so ABC123, just boring to my ears compared to previous Purple grooves. I would have left also. Guitar wise its a yawnfest for a guy of his caliber.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

I don't think it is that bad, but I get where you are coming from.

[@ZalMoxis]

Stormbringer has some good tracks but overall it stank..... Talking Michael Moorcock... what about Hawkwind?

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah that's true I haven't covered hawkwind on my channel yet

[@grahamjeffries4566]

Plus certain member discovered a smell for coke

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

Yeah I don't doubt it

[@linofancello4929]

Worst album ever…only live a few great songs

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

I don't think it's their worst but it's not too bad