Pictured Within [Import]

Pictured Within [Import]

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Product Description
1999 solo album from Deep Purple's keyboard player. Features Sam Brown and Miller Anderson (T. Rex, Ian Hunter, Savoy Brown, Mountain, Strawbs, etc.) both guesting on vocals. Broken into four parts, it contains 12 tracks.

Tracks:

Pictured Within
Wait A While
Sitting In A Dream
Love Is All
Via Miami
That's Why God Is Singing The Blues
Take It Off The Top
Wring That Neck
Pictures Of Home

Tracks:

Concerto For Group And Orchestra - Movement I
Concerto For Group And Orchestra - Movement II
Concerto For Group And Orchestra - Movement III
Ted The Mechanic
Watching The Sky
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Smoke On The Water

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Deep Purple was the first band to note that heavy metal and classical music share a certain deluded grandeur and attempted to combine the two. While what resulted--specifically, their Concerto for Group and Orchestra--was pretty fearful stuff, it did, for better or for worse, pave the way for a generation of classically influenced heavy-rock bands: King Crimson, Yes, and Queen, among others. The concerto on this live CD appears alongside a bunch of the Purple's more genteel songs they played at the Royal Albert Hall, a show that celebrated their 30th anniversary of their first appearance there. Ian Gillan, who can still do a creditable impression of a bomber revving for takeoff, shares vocals with Ronnie James Dio and Sam Brown. --Andrew Mueller

Album Description

Recorded live at two sold out shows at the Royal Albert Hall on September 25 and 26, 1999, which were benefits for the Nordoff-Robbins Trust. Two disc set contains almost the entire concert which featured the 80 piece London Symphony Orchestra and special guests Ronnie James Dio, Sam Brown and Eddie Hardin. 1999 release. Double slimline jewecase.

Album Details

Strictly limited numbered tour edition. Contains a Steve Morse track, tour poster & screensaver (live pictures).

Customer Reviews:

A must see.......2007-03-11

Even if you are not a Deep Purple fan this one is worth the investment. Whilst a little of the visual could be improved it's all there and the audio is of good quality. Butterfly Ball is a real hoot and if you don't enjoy that then you don't like music!
I reall contrast to the 1969 version of the Concertos where the conductor atually enjoys the whole experience.
Go for it!

I was VERY disappointed..........2003-08-12

The Amazon reviewer was right: the first several songs on CD 1 was very laid back, reminding me of Division-Bell-Era Pink Floyd. (Boring!) Didn't hear drums until the third or fourth track, then it was ANYTHING but rock beats. What made S & M so great is that Metallica didn't write BALLADS or NOVELTY SONGS for their production: they rocked on with what they had on hand. Deep Purple wrote some of the hardest rocking songs in the R&R/Heavy Metal library (Mandrake Root, Space Truckin, Child in Time), and so it's MHO that they should have employed them as orchestra pieces: overall, they should have rocked the whole time.

Of course, Steve Morse was an odd substitute for Richie Blackmore, but stalwarts Ian Gillian and Jon Lord was in good form that night. The record doesn't start consistently rocking until WRING THAT NECK at the end of CD 1. (Kind of thinking about it, I would have liked to wring the necks of those who made the decisions to program and preserve this somewhat idiotic concert...ha, just kidding.)

On CD 2, I thought the concerto was pretty well executed (esp. the first movement) and the last couple songs on the album (esp Ted the Mechanic and Smoke on the Water) were well orchestrated and played. I guess I would give this album 4 stars if they only released CD2 and lowered the price.

no it is not true, this band is great.......2002-09-26

the reviewers below dont know what would they say,......this cd is a remake of concerto for group orchestra what the band did in 1969. the place took in the royal albert hall london 1999. I saw the performance in germany 2000 with the george enescu orchestra.
The result is amazing,...buy the cd!

Go Back To MACHINEHEAD!.......2002-09-22

This is NOT Deep Purple nor was the experience I had listening to them in concert (Summer 2002) -Nashville. This is a watered- down version of one of the best bands to ever grace the planet.Dio is a great vocalist and "smoked" them live in Nashville. Steve Morse is a great guitarist but his bluesy rendition of the poweful rhythm guitar parts in Smoke On the Water were a joke! ... your instrumental that was a question mark for the new album was the best thing I heard that night!! ... Dio and the Scorpions were great!

a reviewer from canton massachusetts.......2001-10-29

not worth the money! just because your a fan of steve morse,dosn't mean that your also a fan of d p. here they jumped on the trendy band wagon like yngwie,kansas scorpion,etc.i paid twice the amount as the regular cd for stress fest xtra tracks only to here i xtra song,thatwasn't even written by steve.here,it's almost the same situation.the only true s m .song,is t i o a t p.how many times does he have to re-record this and play it exactly like in 1978.i wish that s m would go back to doing solo work.his music was as interessting as george lynch,satch,vai,etc.i gave this 2 stars because i like steve,but that dosn't necessarilly mean that i like orchestra music,or deep purple.

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Masterpiece
My favourite album
Jon Lord Shines
Jon Lord delivers album of wide appeal.
Absolutely Inspired

Pictured Within
Jon Lord
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Tracks:

Sunrise
Pictured Within
From The Windmill
Circles Of Stone
Menorca Blue
Evening Song
Music For Mariam
Arc-En-Ciel
Wait A While
Crystal Spa
The Mountain-Sunset
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Album Description

1999 solo album from Deep Purple's keyboard player. Features Sam Brown and Miller Anderson (T. Rex, Ian Hunter, Savoy Brown, Mountain, Strawbs, etc.) both guesting on vocals. Broken into four parts, it contains 12 tracks.

Album Details

'pictured Within' Comes after 15 Years of Development by the Deep Purple Keyboard Player Jon Lord. Sam Brown Sings on 'wait a While'. This is an Album that Effortlessly Crosses the Boundaries of Pop and Classical Music.

Customer Reviews:

Masterpiece.......2007-03-08

I have been a fan of Mr Lord since Deep Purple's 2nd work, The Book of Taliesin (1969). Throughout all of Deep Purple's long musical history, there was a thread, or a hint, of something magnificent surrounding the loud & the proud. The 1999 performance of the Concerto for Group & Orchestra DVD fulfilled the promise, made so long ago, for me, but it also included a couple of opening pieces that were both of "Deep Purple", but somehow also transcendent. I followed up on those tantalizing musical clues, and I have since discovered that they were both originally from this incredible work.

Pictured Within is not merely a collection of "crossical classover" pieces, so well crafted and inspired, but is also an epic journey across the dark abyss of grief, a voyage we must take if we are to become something more than what we are, somewhat wiser, and able to create for ourselves a more peaceful state of being. Through this music, Jon Lord is showing us how to get to the next place, how to cope with and how to exist with the unanswerable.

This work, so magnificently rendered by the musicians and vocalists (especially Sam Brown, who's angelic and poetic lead vocal is perfect, absolutely perfect, for this material), goes beyond anything I could have imagined, even considering my long held, high expectations. My favorite music includes Respeghi & ELP, Stravinsky & Beatles, Mozart & Yes. Of all of that, this work rises to the top of my large musical collection.

I have spent this much for a CD only twice in my life, once for myself, and once as a gift for some wonderful friends; in both cases the music was for Jon Lord's Masterpiece: Pictured Within.

My favourite album.......2007-01-10

I'm a long term rock and roll fan. I picked this up because it was composed by the keyboard player of Deep Purple after I'd seen the band play with the RPO in London. This music is just the most beautiful and captivating I've heard. I love it and everyone I know who has heard it comments on how great the music is and go out and buy it.

Jon Lord Shines.......2004-09-14

This is a must have album for ANY person who loves Jon Lord and his brand of classical music. An original that is both gut wrenching (listen to the words on Pictured Within) and inspirational at the same time. I was stunned beyond words by the beauty and insight Mr. Lord puts into this album.

Jon Lord delivers album of wide appeal........2003-07-14

I thought readers may find it interesting to have a review from someone with a background in classical music. Being familiar with most of Jon Lord's previous quasi-classical works, I was of course interested to hear how this, his first new album in 15 years, sounded. I must say, it is certainly his most beautiful and listenable work to date. There are twelve tracks, divided into four 'sections'. Instrumentation is sparse yet varied and the scoring is often quite diverse from one track to the next, showing well the versatility of this gifted composer. (Jon's ability to compose modern 'classical' music is certainly not second rate.) Indeed, "Pictured Within" has only one weak point: as it was not intended as a 'rock/ classical' fusion project, the use of Sam Brown is more than a little out of place. Yes, shock horror, many of you may disagree with this but the fact remains that her voice is completely unsuited to this type of music. She fails to control her timbre in places and her style is far too 'poppy', in contrast to both the sombre mood of the album and the text to which she is singing. Miller Anderson's voice on the other hand, suits the mood of the album far better, although I personally feel that the use of classical singers would have been of greater benefit to an otherwise perfect album.

Absolutely Inspired.......2002-10-25

Frankly, I'm speechless. It amazes me that a man can go from being the epitomy of a hard rock keyboardist to producing one the most beautiful orchestral pieces you're ever likely to hear. His range is immeasurable.

The composition is reflection of Jon Lord's humanity and the best analogy I can think of is the story behind 'Braveheart'. It's about truth, and honor, and family. The music is an epic - not just a collection of songs. Do yourself a favor, order this CD. When it arrives, buy a great bottle of Bordeaux, dim the lights, and get lost in this recording.

Then go out and buy every recording Jon Lord has ever made.

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