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"Soldier of Fortune" is a rock ballad written by Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale and originally released on Deep Purple's 1974 album Stormbringer. Although Deep Purple has never released the song as a single and it has never placed on the record charts, it has developed a cult following over the years and has been covered by many artists ...
Blackmore refused to play the song live. Since his replacement with Steve Morse in 1994, the song has become a recent feature in Deep Purple's live shows. It has been the opening song throughout the Rapture of the Deep tour. [4] In 2010, Pictures of Home documentary film about Ian Gillan was made. The film is based on the footage, made in ...
In a retrospective review Alex Henderson of AllMusic writes that "Stormbringer falls short of the excellence of Machine Head and Who Do We Think We Are, but nonetheless boasts some definite classics – including the fiery "Lady Double Dealer," the ominous title song (a goth metal treasure), the sweaty "High Ball Shooter," and the melancholy ballad "Soldier of Fortune."
Formed in early 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year. The band has taken on many new members over the years, and Ian Paice is the last member from the original line-up still with the band.
Deep Purple 25 Years Anniversary World Tour, aka The Battle Rages on Tour, 1993; Deep Purple and Joe Satriani Tour, 1993–1994; Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour (short warm-up tour with Steve Morse), 1994; Deep Purple Secret USA Tour, 1994–1995; Deep Purple Asian & African Tour, 1995; Purpendicular World Tour, 1996–1997; A Band on World ...
Co-writer of the song Marc Jordan released two of his own versions of the song, one on the soundtrack album of the film Youngblood and another, featuring a slower arrangement, on his 1987 album Talking Through Pictures.
Days May Come and Days May Go is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music).. It contains impressive rehearsals and lengthy improvised jams undertaken in June 1975, at Robert Simon's Pirate Sound studios.
The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 19 July 1993 in Europe.It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up, which reunited for a second time (the first reunion being for 1984's Perfect Strangers).