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2 Deep Purple CDs survived shuttle crash

Associated Press
Nov. 7, 2003 08:30 AM


POTTSDOWN, Pa. - Deep Purple are considering donating some very
special memorabilia to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: two of their
CDs that were on the space shuttle Columbia.

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was a fan of the band and took three CDs into
space: Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth," and Rainbow's
"Purpendicular." She also sent the band several e-mails while in
space.

The band was working on their "Bananas" album when the shuttle broke
up on re-entry last February.

The discs were found in the debris, and Chawla's husband gave them
back to the band during their Mexico City concert in September. The
band plan to give the "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth" CDs to the
Rock Hall, but keep the "Purpendicular" one as a personal memento,
since two members of Rainbow are in the current lineup of Deep Purple.

Within an hour of hearing about the shuttle, guitarist Steve Morse
wrote a song called "Contact Lost," which appears on the "Bananas"
album.

He plans to donate the royalties to the families of the astronauts.


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"Steve Wachowski" vrute-a:

Taken from the group sci.space.shuttle, courtesy of Rusty B:

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was a fan of the band and took three CDs into
space: Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth," and Rainbow's
"Purpendicular."

That would be Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Purpendicular" and
Rainbow's "Down to earth". :^)

Rock Hall, but keep the "Purpendicular" one as a personal memento,
since two members of Rainbow are in the current lineup of Deep Purple.

Well, they are but Rainbow didn't do "Purpendicular". There weren't
two former Rainbow members in DP at the time of the "Purpendicular"
recording.

/Svante
--
"We start a little bit quieter, move little bit onwards,
and in the end we will send you home... deaf" - Jon Lord

In om,
Rusty B felt the need to put finger to keyboard
and typed:
2 Deep Purple CDs survived shuttle crash

Deep Purple weren't the only band whose CD's survived the explosion. Laurel
Clark was a fan of Scottish band Runrig, and took 2 of their albums, "The
Stamping Ground" and "The Cutter and the Clan", up with her. The full
store is he
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/con...name_page.html

or http://makeashorterlink.com/?K10542C76 , which links to the above.

Her son and husband travelled to Scotland to meet the band and present them
with the copy of "The Stamping Ground" which had been recovered from the
crash site.

--
Regards,
Stephen
remove theobvious to reply ;o)

Caught that "error" myself Svante... and somewhat "glaring" an error...

However, the sentiment is not only received, but also wonderful.

As for the albums (CD's) - The choice of "Machine Head" and
"Purpendicular" are EXCELLENT - two of Purple's best, if not THE BEST.

The Rainbow CD is not their best, but the title and cover picture are
eerily appropriate.

"Svante Pettersson" wrote in message
...
"Steve Wachowski" vrute-a:

Taken from the group sci.space.shuttle, courtesy of Rusty B:

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was a fan of the band and took three CDs into
space: Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth," and Rainbow's
"Purpendicular."

That would be Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Purpendicular" and
Rainbow's "Down to earth". :^)

Rock Hall, but keep the "Purpendicular" one as a personal memento,
since two members of Rainbow are in the current lineup of Deep Purple.

Well, they are but Rainbow didn't do "Purpendicular". There weren't
two former Rainbow members in DP at the time of the "Purpendicular"
recording.

/Svante
--
"We start a little bit quieter, move little bit onwards,
and in the end we will send you home... deaf" - Jon Lord

"BOZ" wrote in message
...
The Rainbow CD is not their best, but the title and cover picture are
eerily appropriate.

Just in case anybody is wondering, here's the All Music Guide entry for that
album... I hope the URL works:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...bi f4zfghehak

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 12:31:21 GMT, "Stephen Webber"
wrote:

In om,
Rusty B felt the need to put finger to keyboard
and typed:
2 Deep Purple CDs survived shuttle crash

Deep Purple weren't the only band whose CD's survived the explosion. Laurel
Clark was a fan of Scottish band Runrig, and took 2 of their albums, "The
Stamping Ground" and "The Cutter and the Clan", up with her. The full
store is he
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/con...name_page.html

or http://makeashorterlink.com/?K10542C76 , which links to the above.

Her son and husband travelled to Scotland to meet the band and present them
with the copy of "The Stamping Ground" which had been recovered from the
crash site.

What's the dateline on that Sunday Mail article? It wasn't clear from the story
when it was published.

--
Michael R. Grabois # http://chili.cjb.net # http://wizardimps.blogspot.com
"People say losing builds character. That's the stupidest thing I ever
heard. All losing does is suck. " -- Charles Barkley, 9/29/96

In ,
Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to "s" felt the
need to put finger to keyboard and typed:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 12:31:21 GMT, "Stephen Webber"
wrote:

What's the dateline on that Sunday Mail article? It wasn't clear from
the story when it was published.

I believe it was 22nd June 2003.

--
Regards,
Stephen
remove theobvious to reply ;o)

"Svante Pettersson" schreef in bericht
...
"Steve Wachowski" vrute-a:
Taken from the group sci.space.shuttle, courtesy of Rusty B:
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was a fan of the band and took three CDs into
space: Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth," and Rainbow's
"Purpendicular."
That would be Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Purpendicular" and
Rainbow's "Down to earth". :^)
Rock Hall, but keep the "Purpendicular" one as a personal memento,
since two members of Rainbow are in the current lineup of Deep Purple.
Well, they are but Rainbow didn't do "Purpendicular". There weren't
two former Rainbow members in DP at the time of the "Purpendicular"
recording.
/Svante
Details details, Svante, and we might know what album was played by what
band but the rest of the world probably don't give a damn. And then, two
Rainbow-ers in current line-up is true, and where it reads Purpendicular you
should read Down To Earth. Just to correct the corrector.

"Svante Pettersson" wrote in message
...
"Steve Wachowski" vrute-a:

Taken from the group sci.space.shuttle, courtesy of Rusty B:

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was a fan of the band and took three CDs into
space: Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Down To Earth," and Rainbow's
"Purpendicular."

That would be Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and "Purpendicular" and
Rainbow's "Down to earth". :^)

Rock Hall, but keep the "Purpendicular" one as a personal memento,
since two members of Rainbow are in the current lineup of Deep Purple.

Well, they are but Rainbow didn't do "Purpendicular". There weren't
two former Rainbow members in DP at the time of the "Purpendicular"
recording.

Well, I caught all that about a second after I hit send. No point in fixing
it after the fact. Fans of the band(s) would catch the obvious errors.
Anyone else wouldn't care. And so it goes.....

Steve Wachowski
KSC OPF-3 Technician
I speak for myself, not NASA or my employer.

"Steve Wachowski" vrute-a:

Well, I caught all that about a second after I hit send. No point in fixing
it after the fact. Fans of the band(s) would catch the obvious errors.
Anyone else wouldn't care. And so it goes.....

Wouldn't care?! What is this world coming to?! ;^)

/Svante

--
"We start a little bit quieter, move little bit onwards,
and in the end we will send you home... deaf" - Jon Lord