“Everything went wrong, I’m sorry boys I’ve got to let you go”
Abandon, Deep Purple’s second album with guitarist Steve Morse, didn’t quite reach the high standard set by its joyous and adventurous predecessor Purpendicular. But it did feature a batch of great, underrated tracks and Fingers To The Bone is a standout that ranks among my favourites of the Morse era. It’s the sound of a veteran band ageing gracefully: Purple depicting the harsh blow of job losses with thoughtful lyrics, beautiful guitar parts and a folky, proggy muso confidence that reminds me of 80s Tull albums like The Broadsword And The Beast. A rich and rewarding deep cut that proved Purple were far from redundant.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Agreed 100% with you. This is actually my favourite song on Abandon. I like that celtic flavour too.
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Yeah it’s definitely the best on there but it’s a good album overall. Just not quite as good as Purpendicular eh? Saw them play this live and it was brill.
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The coolest thing about that is that, given the number of Deep Purple live albums, you have seen a song live that has never been released on a live album.
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Really?! Wow… hopefully it’ll be on one of these soundboard ones that are coming out.
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Jesus I forgot about those. I better start putting money aside.
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I got the first one and it’s absolutely brilliant. Think it’s been released before but it was new to me. Will keep buying them if they’re all that good!
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I think you’re right, because I didn’t buy the first one for some reason or another!
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I think there was an Aussie soundboard box? Probably on that. Newcastle 2001.
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It’s actually not on that, but it is on the other bootleg box. The bootleg is called Made In Japan 2000.
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No, that a different one. The one I got is Newcastle 2001. Doesn’t have any Ababdon tracks on it.
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I might have my threads mixed up, but it’s Any Fule Know That from the one bootleg box I was talking about.
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Yeah I follow you now. Think we got a bit muddled up there.
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The did this ones, Any Fule Kno That and Watching The Sky from Abandon that night. Maybe Bloodsucker too if that counts! Bludsucker?
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I think Any Fule Kno That is another rarity. I only have ONE live version of it, from the bootleg box.
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Purp N Dicker was a great album. I never did buy Abandon!
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Hehe it’s definitely worth a listen. Some really good stuff on it.
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Trigger!! I don’t own Abandon — (nor The Broadsword and the Beast) — and your comments here now make me feel inadequate. Shame!
I still like Bananas better than you, I bet.
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I think, chances are, you probably do! Bananas is due a revisit though… been a while and I’m feeling generous about Morse era Purps at the moment. But it was very disappointing at the time. Is Razzle Dazzle possibly the worst ever Deep Purple song?
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I quite genuinely misread that as ‘harsh blow job of lassies’ then. My fault, or yours?
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Deep Purple’s.
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Damn that Ian Gillan!
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This song is really about his little chap.
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Rock stars seem to do a lot of that sort of thing. I hardly dare to listen to music these days since someone told me Peter Gabriel wasn’t really singing about a heavy duty implement best held in two hands for maximum impact.
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Love Abandon – the album – and get it’s not on the ugly compressor that is Spotify
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That’s right… its almost becoming a forgotten album of theirs. Don’t think it’s even in print anymore? Never see copies.
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I’m finding I quite like a lot of Deep Purple stuff. So I should check out get the album, then? (and definitely check out Purpendicular)
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Definitely Purpendicular. I’d only recommend this when you’ve worked through a lot of the others though. Worth hearing but not a priority. What have you heard so far?
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So far I’ve heard (and like) In Rock, Come Taste the Band, fireball, Machine Head, Infinite, and a couple of live ones a pal threw me – two Montreux sets.
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If you like Infinite then Abandon and Purpendicular are definitely worth a shot then.
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On it!
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