Deep Purple - Days May Come And Days May Go (1975)

During May 1975 Deep Purple were based in California, and were frequenting Pirate Sound Studios, while searching for a new guitarist to replace the recently departed Richie Blackmore. One morning Tommy Bolin walked into the studio, strapped on his guitar and started to play, with David Coverdale later saying 'We all just stood there in amazement', and the whole band were so bowled over that they all decided that they just had to play with him. The new lineup was now complete, and over the next two months the band spent hours jamming, improvising and writing, and it's from a couple of hours of these jams, which were taped and have survived for over 20 years, that this album is made up. Some songs were later re-recorded for the 'Come Taste The Band' album, and so I've omitted those so that I can include the otherwise unrecorded pieces (apart from a Purple version of 'Say You Love Me' which appeared on David Coverdale's 1978 'Northwinds' album), and I've edited a couple of the longer tracks to a more concise length. The sound quality is excellent, and although they are termed 'jams', these are all fully formed songs, with none of the unfocused instrumental noodling that usually occurs in a jam session. 

Track listing

01 Owed To G (Bolin) 
02 If You Love Me Woman (Bolin, Coverdale)
03 The Orange Juice Song (Coverdale, Lord)
04 I Got Nothing For You (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord) 
05 Statesboro' Blues (Blind Willie McTell) 
06 Dance To The Rock & Roll (Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice)
07 The Last Of The Long Jams (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) 

08 Say You Love Me (Coverdale)
09 Pirate Blues (Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice)