Brian and Murdock hunt down a newspaper ad from 1980 to corroborate a listener story involving a Deep Purple show that was campaigned against by... Deep Purple. Support the show on Patreon See the show on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/68-76history/roundabout.htm https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2025/06/23/that-went-well/ https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/sad_and_mysterious_story_of_deep_purples_original_singer_rod_evans-89196# https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/newyorkmp.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/birth-deep-purple-mk-ii-110212643.html Coverdale singing Nillson on his demo tape: https://open.spotify.com/track/0d63FM2uCuLuSw9pSSzyKj?si=db69ecd434424fc7 https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-one :https://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html https://outsiderrock.ca/2025/09/03/deep-purple-1980-an-interview-with-author-steve-mclean/ https://mayobat.wordpress.com/tag/goeff-emery/ Tim’s Vinyl Confessions podcast interview with Steve McLean: https://youtu.be/C6mNkHGNUnI?si=6CAhVv1UpYFCgnu_ The actual ad Adam mentions in his letter: https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-two https://mayobat.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/who-do-we-think-we-are-part-two/ https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/darkside.html See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.