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After leaving Deep Purple in June 1973, Ian Gillan had retired from the music business to pursue other business ventures, including motorcycle engines, a country hotel / restaurant (with a guitar shaped swimming pool), and ownership of the
Kingsway Recorders studio, where from April 1974 he began to
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live show at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 16 October 1975 (he sang "Sitting in a Dream" as a substitute for Ronnie James Dio, who was banned by
Ritchie Blackmore to take part in it) prompted him to resume a singing career and form a new band.
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work on his first post-Deep Purple solo tracks. These ventures, apart from the recording studio, all ended in failure. This fact, combined with a warm reception to his guest appearance at Roger Glover's
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43:Background information
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1116:Categories
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978:Glory Road
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513:References
354:Mike Moran
329:– guitars
318:Ian Gillan
233:Mike Moran
181:Ian Gillan
153:Mike Moran
137:Ian Gillan
117:Spinoff of
567:Citations
473:Anthology
454:Angel Air
444:Eastworld
320:– vocals
290:punk rock
177:jazz-rock
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481:, (2003)
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382:Timeline
347:– drums
285:Scarabus
229:keyboard
107:Spinoffs
856:Toolbox
782:Discogs
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486:Singles
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