Cherkazoo and Other Stories
1992 studio album by Ian Gillan
| Cherkazoo and Other Stories | ||||
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 Cover art by Mike Johanssen | ||||
| Studio album by Ian Gillan | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Kingsway Recorders | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Producer | Roger Glover, Ian Gillan | |||
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| Singles from Cherkazoo and Other Stories | ||||
Cherkazoo and Other Stories is a compilation album comprising previously unreleased studio recordings by Ian Gillan from the early 1970s.
The album is divided into two parts. The first eight tracks are taken from the soundtrack to Cherkazoo, a children's story Gillan labored over circa 1972. These songs are reminiscent of psychedelic pop and whimsical British music hall numbers, sounding like Sgt. Pepper's-era Beatles or early pre-Space Oddity Bowie.
Second part of the album features songs that were cut after Gillan's departure from Deep Purple, most likely circa 1974, and find the singer in more familiar territory, namely rock, including a cover of Elvis Presley's "Trying to Get to You".
Line-ups for both sessions have never been fully confirmed but are said to include Jon Lord (keyboards), Roger Glover (bass) and Pete York (drums) on Cherkazoo sessions and Mike Moran (keyboards) and Dave Wintour (bass) on later recordings.[1]
Releases
The album was originally released in 1992 on RPM in the UK. Further releases came from Spitfire/Eagle (1998, 2005) and Metal Mind (2009).
Compiled by Simon Robinson.
References
- ^ Liner notes by Simon Robinson, 1992.
External links
- The Deep Purple Podcast - Episode #24 - Cherkazoo and Other Stories (Part 1)
- The Deep Purple Podcast - Episode #25 - Cherkazoo and Other Stories (Part 2)
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Ian Gillan
- Accidentally on Purpose (1988, with Roger Glover)
- Naked Thunder (1990)
- Toolbox (1991)
- Cherkazoo and Other Stories (1992)
- Dreamcatcher (1997)
- Gillan's Inn (2006)
- Live in Anaheim (2008)
- One Eye to Morocco (2009)
- Child in Time (1976)
- Clear Air Turbulence (1977)
- Scarabus (1977)
- Live at the Budokan Vol. 1 & 2 (1978)
- Gillan / The Japanese Album (1978)
- Mr. Universe (1979)
- Glory Road (1980)
- Future Shock (1981)
- Double Trouble (Live 1981)
- Magic (1982)
- The Glory Years (2008)
- Born Again (1983, with Black Sabbath)
- Sole Agency and Representation (1994, with The Javelins)
- Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi: WhoCares (2012)
- Ian Gillan and the Javelins (2018, with The Javelins)
- Discography
- Deep Purple
- Episode Six
- The Javelins
- Black Sabbath
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