Jon Lord – Live (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Jon Lord – Live (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:07:36 minutes | 750 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © earMUSIC

Recorded in Bucharest, Romania, on November 5, 2009, “Live” features unique performances from Jon Lord’s solo albums “Sarabande”, “Pictured Within” & “Beyond The Notes” as well as three Deep Purple classics re-arranged by Jon Lord for a symphony orchestra.

Like no other, Jon Lord has shaped the understanding of how multifaceted and exciting rock music is with his Hammond organ. The co-founder and one of the driving forces of Deep Purple, has combined different genres in his works and thus created a unique sound that is unparalleled to this day.

Together with Jon Lord, the Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Nayden Todorov, Steve Balsamo & Kasia Laska (vocals), Darin Vasilev (guitar), Ivaylo Zvezdomirov (bass) and Venko Poromanski (drums) make “Live” a unique listening experience.

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Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:14 minutess | Scans included | 3,38 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,28 GB

Beyond The Notes is a studio album by former Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord, released in 2004. It features guest appearances from Frida Lyngstad, Sam Brown (singer), Miller Anderson, Thys van Leer, Pete York, and Trondheim Soloists.

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Various Artists – Celebrating Jon Lord with Deep Purple & Friends: Live at The Royal Albert Hall (2014) Blu-ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BFRip 720p

Title: Various Artists – Celebrating Jon Lord with Deep Purple & Friends: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Rock, Documentary

Production/Label: earMUSIC
Duration: 01:16:04 + 01:53:35 + 01:03:22
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 16765 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6202 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio 2: LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio 3: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit (documentary)
Size: 46,55 GB

“Celebrating Jon Lord – At The Royal Albert Hall” will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and CD on September 26 via earMUSIC.

It was in 2006 when, once a year, a group of stellar musicians and stars of rock started meeting up in London for a night of live music. The main intent was to raise money for a charity called The Sunflower Jam.

At first the rumours about these sessions with DEEP PURPLE, Robert Plant, Brian May and Alice Cooper were too good to be true, to the point that a few thought that they were nothing else than an urban legend.

“The Jam”, as it soon started to be called, quickly became a cult night. A real must first of all for the artists themselves, finally free and happy to leave their commercial thoughts outside the venue and able to enjoy playing music together with colleagues, friends and maybe even secret rivals and for the audience, who often could simply not believe their eyes.

The Sunflower Jam started as an idea from Jacky Paice, who very often could count on the drumming of her husband Ian. Who would turn down playing with him?

The first editions were mainly open to guests and music business professionals that would contribute to the charity. Later “The Jam” became too good not to be available for the public.

It is in one of the earlier SFJs that Jon Lord played for the last time with his friends with DEEP PURPLE, duetting in a peaceful “war of Hammonds” with Don Airey, who had replaced Lord in DEEP PURPLE when he decided it was enough with a life spent on the road, and after a lifetime dedicated to rock and roll, Lord left to concentrate to his first love: classical music and the combination of rock elements in it.

Lord sadly passed away in 2012. Considering the amount of respect, friendship and love expressed on any occasion by anybody who had worked, played or simply met Jon, it is not a surprise that the 2014 Jam would be dedicated totally to his music. The night turned out to be an historical moment in rock music: A full orchestra, a director — Paul Mann — crazy enough to give wonderful arrangements to a repertoire going back and forth through fifty years of music, many old friends for an unforgettable night.

All the wonderful musicians who played at the “Celebrating Jon Lord” Sunflower Jam have left a precious mark but how not to mention the 45 minutes finale by DEEP PURPLE, the PURPLE Mk III songs played by Paice with the old friend Glenn Hughes, together with IRON MAIDEN’s Bruce Dickinson, Rick Wakeman of YES fame, Steve Balsamo (who sang in the late Jon Lord band and in his last studio album “Concerto”), members of THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, ex members of WHITESNAKE, Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody, the “modfather” Paul Weller.

Ian Paice remembers the “Celebrating Jon Lord” night with vivid memory considering the time all the artists had to rehearse the music for the concert (in DEEP PURPLE’s case two hours the day before the show!), the resulting performance were nothing less than miraculous. A testament to the quality of the players and love for Jon and his works.

“It was like no concert I have ever played,” Paice said. “To a person everyone in the Hall was there for a common purpose to honour a wonderful man and a great musician. The Royal Albert Hall is fairly large venue and can be intimidating, but that evening it was more like a gathering of friends at their local,(if slightly oversized) pub than a regular show.
I believe all the artists, the people in the audience and even the crew helping to make the show work, felt the difference that night.”

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Jon Lord – Windows (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jon Lord - Windows (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Jon Lord – Windows (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:53 minutes | 987 MB | Genre: Rock, Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © earMUSIC

Composed by Jon Lord and the German composer and conductor Eberhard Schoener, ‘Windows’ was recorded live on June 1st, 1974 at the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz with the Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera conducted by Eberhard Schoener. The band for this special occasion is star-studded with musicians like Jon Lord’s former bandmates David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes as well as Tony Ashton, Ray Fenwick and Pete York. Windows consists of two parts. “Continuo on B. A. C. H” is based on an unfinished fugue by J. S. Bach, which was based on a scale using the notes represented by his own name. Lord and Schoener interpreted and ‘finished’ it. “Window” is based on the idea of a form of chain poetry called Renga, developed during the 14th century in Far-East, where a group of poets co-writing would lock themselves away, writing each verse in turn and continue until the finished product emerged. The recording was re-mastered by Rob Cass at Abbey Road Studios and the artwork was reinterpreted.
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Jon Lord – Sarabande (Remastered) (1976/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Jon Lord – Sarabande (Remastered) (1976/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:05 minutes | 590 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © earMUSIC

As Lord wrote in the liner notes, on this classical-rock fusion album, recorded in Deep Purple’s dying days, “The theme behind the music on this album is that of a baroque dance suite; a form of music which was brought to its highest level by Bach. The title of each track is the name of a dance used in one of these dance suites, and I have tried to use the same tempo and feel as an original Sarabande, Gigue etc.” The wholly instrumental work includes both some purely orchestral/symphonic passages and some fusiony rock chunks, as well as parts where the two forms merge to some extent. Among the rock section, Lord’s keyboards are supported by ex-Spencer Davis Group drummer Pete York and a pre-Police Andy Summers on guitar. German composer and conductor Eberhard Schoener conducts the Philharmonica Hungarica Orchestra. The 1999 CD reissue (Purple 305) has extensive historical liner notes. AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
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Jon Lord – Gemini Suite (1971/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jon Lord – Gemini Suite (1971/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:42 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Edel Germany

After the 1969 classical / rock fusion Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Jon Lord was commissioned to write a follow-up. This was Gemini Suite, five long movements inspired by the members of Deep Purple, and performed live in September 1970 at the Royal Festival Hall with The Light Music Society Orchestra (the album of the concert was issued in 1993 as Gemini Suite Live). Jon Lord then recorded it in the studio as his first solo project in 1971, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold and soloists drawn from the rock world. Gemini Suite was an important step for Lord and led to albums such as Windows (1974) and Sarabande (1976).
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