Jon Lord was always one of my favourites. My interest in Deep Purple emerged not from Taliesyn, Fireball or even 'In Rock', but rather their first live album 'In Concert'. He never managed to repeat that within Purple - but as a solo artist - that was Jon. I THINK I have them all - I certainly know them. But out of that library how do you choose a 'track'?

Hence the choice today - and again - NOT in studio from a live album with Steve Balsamo providing the vocals to one of his 'songs' ... extending it to over 10 minutes with Orchestra. Not sure. there is a single track that epitomises Jon's range - though Jazz and Rock doesn't appear in this recording.

Rock - well - you already know that side of him.

Jazz - well a little light fun introduction to Dave Brubeck's 🔗📼 Unsquare Dance

I like to try and not pick the obvious ones on the more famous bands - but how could you not pick this one when it comes to the Cure.

Hell yes. Only released a couple of months ago - played on rotation for a while there. It was posted in Crucial a couple of days ago - so electing to use my 'double down' card today.

🖇️ Posted on AlbumWhale back in April

For the life of me can't find the crucial entry again. All to say - go listen.

UPDATE: Literally One Minute Later: Wired Differently

Of course we all know the original - take a listen before listening to Mysty Mayhem's cover ...

🔗🎵 Mysty Covering Robert

The entire album takes me back to the exact point in time when Mark introduced me to Spiritualized. Thank you Mark.

Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath.

Not a 'musical/show' kinda guy, and this came out before I was old enough to 'get it' - but for whatever reason since I first heard it - have always absolutely loved it.

The image comes from 🔗 The Rhythm of Life

Hard to choose which one of theirs to include in Crucial. Might have to add others in the future. Another 'liquid' voice.

It is actually.

The Third Lee - Albert.