Ear Music\/Playground<\/p>\n
Good ole mates Tony and Ian have been doing things on the side of their day jobs in BLACK SABBATH and DEEP PURPLE before. Once in a blue moon (1983 approximately) they even hooked up in SABBATH to conceive \u201cBorn Again\u201d, to alarming reactions. Long after that incarnation they joined forces again in Rock Aid Armenia, which brought much better headlines. Later years saw them doing some studio sessions and started a rumor, which ended up as the WHOCARES. The project involved bass player Jason Newstedt, guitarist Linde Lindstr\u00f6m of HIM, the late great Jon Lord and drummer Nicko McBrain. The project amounted to a couple of official tracks, but the duo has decided on a double album to help build a school in Armenia. The two discs are filled with mostly rare and new tracks, and two for pure pleasure I believe. <\/p>\n
The tracks for pure pleasure are no fillers, neither \u201cZero the Hero\u201d nor \u201cAnno Mundi\u201d are amongst the bands weaker moments, on the contrary they deserve more recognition in the BLACK SABBATH back catalogue. Super group WHOCARES contribute their back catalogue, both tracks are more or less oriental in style and in the case of \u201cOut of My Mind\u201d I wish DEEP PURPLE would record something as good these days. Ian has contributed the lion part of the songs, everything from a special track featuring a Greek vocalist to the rock\u00b4n\u00b4roll track \u201cCan\u00b4t Believe You Wanna Leave Me\u201d, via his ploy band GARTH ROCKETT and the MOONSHINERS to the utter rubbishof \u201cCan I Get a Whitness\u201d. Tony has been more careful I believe, releasing some numbers with GLENN HUGHES on vocals, apart from the aforementioned SABBATH tracks. I still think the most feelings was evoked by the rendition of \u201cSmoke On the Water\u201d featuring RONNIE JAMES DIO (R.I.P). Imagine such a small man filling out just about every track he had a go at! But still this album is not flawless, still I wish them luck in rebuilding the hopes of Armenia. <\/p>\n
Track List
\nCD1
\nWhoCares ”Out of My Mind”
\nBlack Sabbath ”Zero the Hero”
\nIan Gillan Featuring Iommi, Ian Paice and Roger Glover ”Trashed”
\nM Ratzinkis Featring Ian Gillan: ”Get Away”
\nTony Iommi featuring Glenn Hughes ”Slip Away”
\nGillan ”Don\u00b4t Hold Me back”
\nIan Gillan ”She Thinks It\u00b4s a Crime”
\nRepo Depo Featuring Ian Gillan ”Easy Come, Easy Go”
\nDeep Purple Featuring Ronnie James Dio ”Smoke on the Water”<\/p>\n
CD2
\nWhoCares ”Holy Water”
\nBlack Sabbath ”Anno Mundi”
\nTony Iommi Featuring Glenn Hughes ”Let It Down Easy”
\nIan Gillan ”Hole in My Vest”
\nGillan & Glover Featuring Dr John ”Can\u00b4t Believe You Wanna Leave Me”
\nIan Gillan & the Javelins ”Can I Get a Witness”
\nGarth Rockett & The Moonshiners aka IG ”No Laughing in Heaven”
\nIan Gillan ”When a Blind Man Cries” (Live at Absolute Radio, Previously Unreleased)
\nDeep Purple ”Dick Pimple” (Previously Unreleased)<\/p>\n