Here is a glimpse of the past. As some of you will probably know by now I started out my publishing career with a club called Deep Purple Freak Society (1978-1983) that published a fanzine called DEEP PURPLE MAGAZINE. Well, here is issue 22 from back in May 1981, and it sports a rather nice cover shot of Ritchie Blackmore from his Swedish stint with Rainbow back in the day by photographer Hasse Ivarsson.
Humble beginnings sometimes pays off though, and it certainly did for me.
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