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    Posted: February 20 2016 at 08:45
Two hammond based bands who both touched onto the extravagant and explosive, with virtousic and heavy instrumentation, classical symphonic rock leanings and bravado + pluss exellent vocals.

whos your favourite
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 09:07
Since i had the choice to vote neither, that's what I did.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 10:39
I like both, but I favour ELP.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 10:42
you might've included The Nice with ELP (fits in with the years you've aimed at)

But Purple for sure
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 11:15
ELP's contribution to prog is much more important to Deep Purple's(basically a hard rock band)!! I dončt know how they are leading!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 11:23
ELP gets my favorite vote but I love Made in Japan too Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 11:32
ELP......never was a big fan of Purple....though they did a few nice tracks here and there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 12:13
Deep Purple have recorded great music, one of my favourite songs of theirs is this one:



They are not so far away from ELP in terms of style, due to their prominent keyboard playing, and both bands repeatedly merged rock with classical music.

Still, I prefer ELP overall because their music is more complex than DP's, but not without emotion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 12:16
I love ELP (until Works included), but just yesterday at 6AM I watched the DVD of Deep Purple live in 1984 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 12:19
ELP and it's not even close.
Self-titled, Tarkus, BSS, Trilogy and Pictures at an Exhibition are better albums than Machine Head (the best DP record).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 12:59
Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

ELP and it's not even close.
Self-titled, Tarkus, BSS, Trilogy and Pictures at an Exhibition are better albums than Machine Head (the best DP record).


Not even close, dude... Their best albums are the first three, than In Rock, then comes Machine Head, tied with Burn

In terms of official live albums, Made In Japan and Made In Europe are much better albums than Shows that Never Ends or In Concert (79)


Next to that, only ELP's debut to the level of those six, with The Nice's Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 13:08
Deep Purple wins this one for me!!  Prog or not, I can only stomach ELP until all of the "Works" and "Love Beach" nonsense began!  I think Deep Purple were a bit more consistent, and for that, they get my vote!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 15:12
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:06
I love both bands but ELP takes it easily for me. Deep Purple had a good tune or two from each of the early albums up until Fireball which I found to be a stellar album at the time as well as Machine Head (obviously). But ELP's first 5 LP's are phenomenal IMHO. And as much as it gets maligned, I really liked works Vol 1 and about half of Works Vol 2. We won't discuss Love Beach.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:30
could anyone imagine Blackmore in ELP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:34
The first three Deep Purple albums smoke anything I've ever heard from ELP....maybe except for Tarkus.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:49
I prefer Deep Purple 68-70.
Then E.L.P. 70-74.
Anything outside of these I could live without.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 17:22
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

The first three Deep Purple albums smoke anything I've ever heard from ELP....maybe except for Tarkus.
 
The actual first 3...or do you mean 4, 5, and 6.....?
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 19:36
Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

could anyone imagine Blackmore in ELP

If Hendrix was going to join HELP then Blackmore could have joined BELP Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2016 at 19:43
Deep Purple. In other words the band that doesn't make me want to blow up my speakers.
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