Mellotronists

"Anthem" on Book of Taleisyn is a fine tune too! 

I recall reading in the bio for the double LP on Warner's USA that 
comedian Bill Cosby was one of three who founded the Tetragrammaton 
record label, and thus launched Deep Purple in its infancy here in 
the States around 1968. Their first three Stateside releases were on 
that label...others were on it also--off the top of my head I recall 
a lame LP by Biff Rose.


Interesting 'Purple plan on touring through Russia all the way east 
to Vladivostok. They're somewhat famous for cutting their tours 
short due to dissention within the Group. Let's see that happen out 
on the trans-Siberian railroad with c-c-cold weather on the way. 
Blackmore's latest chamber music line-up just wrapped up a handful 
of former Easter Bloc nations, and the former Soviet Union. I don't 
know what to think of Blackmore's latest music direction...chamber 
music gone Abba? I wish they'd go back to Fireball/In Rock era stuff.
Black Night was such a powerhouse tune...I wonder why it wasn't 
released on LP until eons later.

Getting back to record labels with a dominant band...think of 
Threshold with the Moody Blues. Then you see a handful of albums by 
Trapeze, and a Providence elpee on the same label. So...was 
Threshold a record label owned by the Moodies?