DEEP PURPLE Come Taste the band (GATEFOLD) LP

DEEP PURPLE: Come taste the band [Gatefold w. lyrics on record bag; Come Taste the Band is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple originally released in October 1975. The album was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch. It is the only Deep Purple studio record featuring Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. When Blackmore left the band, many observers and critics[who?] assumed that Deep Purple would not continue. It was David Coverdale who asked Jon Lord to keep the band together, and Tommy Bolin was asked to take the guitar slot.
Musically, the album is leaning toward a conventional hard rock focus with overtones of soul and funk. The album shows the strong funk influence from Glenn Hughes at this point, who had formed a bond with the equally funk and jazz influenced Bolin, but the direction tended to be more like Burn, released one and a half year earlier, with a heavier focus on hard rock. The recording with Bolin also allowed the band to take many creative liberties, as Ritchie Blackmore had been somewhat stray to work with at this point in the band's career. Generally the record did sell reasonably well on release (#19 in the UK charts, and #43 in the US). The album was certified Silver on November 1, 1975 by the BPI, selling 60,000 copies in the UK.
After tours for this album concluded in March 1976, Deep Purple broke up for eight years. Tommy Bolin died of an accidental heroin overdose in December, 1976. In recent years the album has received some critical reassessment, primarily due to Bolin's contributions to the album.

Side one
"Comin' Home" (David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin, Ian Paice) – 3:55
"Lady Luck" (Coverdale, Jeff Cook) – 2:48
"Gettin' Tighter" (Bolin, Glenn Hughes) – 3:37
"Dealer" (Coverdale, Bolin) – 3:50
"I Need Love" (Coverdale, Bolin) – 4:23
Side two
"Drifter" (Coverdale, Bolin) – 4:02
"Love Child" (Coverdale, Bolin) – 3:08
"This Time Around" (Jon Lord, Hughes)/ "Owed to 'G'" (instrumental) (Bolin) – 6:10
"You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Hughes) – 5:19

David Coverdale - lead vocals
Tommy Bolin - guitars, vocals, bass guitar on "Comin' Home"
Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals (lead vocals on "Gettin' Tighter" and "This Time Around")
Jon Lord: keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals on "Comin' Home", bass on "This Time Around"
Ian Paice - drums, percussion