Issue Ten and I started to try harder with the layout, despite what would now be seen as the somewhat primitive quality of the high run photocopiers which Xerox were developing. This was still the only way I could produce a magazine with images in (short of getting them all screened to allow us to go to litho, ruled out for cost reasons). A lot of the images came from Japanese magazines which at the time were light years ahead of anything in the U.K. We both had a thriving trading system going with several Japanese pen-friends, some wanted Purple stuff in exchange but others were into things like the Bay City Rollers, so you could ship out loads of rubbish and get armfuls of really fab. Jap cuttings in return! Ann still corresponds with one of her friends from those days. The magazine was all hand-typed on a sturdy old manual office machine, which really had to be hammered to get a black type. In an effort to give more value we also included a free glossy print (these we had done by a printers in London, so we had to get them organised well in advance). In Issue 10 it was two rare shots, one of Ritchie playing the cello, the other playing the bass. (neither of which are now available).We had also been giving away postcards of the various Rainbow line-ups, though keeping up with these was already proving very difficult! Inside, with the news of "Live In Tokyo" coming out, we were already starting to agitate for some sort of proper reissue policy on Purple's back-catalogue (the band having only been silent for twelve months!) to give fans something rare for their money. Nothing changes then!

On Pat Travers' recent tour a 20 minute promotional film of Rainbow was screened during the interval, filmed in Houston, Texas. Oyster do have a much better film of Rainbow, shot in Hamburg on the last tour.

"I like this LP a lot.That doesn't mean it's faultless though, Ashton's limited vocals are likely to put a lot of people off.Why don't they get a good vocalist in, and let him get on with his superb keyboard work? I was also sorry that they failed to do anything startlingly original with the girl singers and the brass section. There is so much potential in this idea. 'Ghost Story' is the most promising number on the album, hopefully there'll be more along those lines on the next one (which they will record next month)". Ann.

This concert, along with the Rainbow Theatre gig, were filmed to add footage to a documentary on the group. The sound was loud and powerful, and had quite an impact. The dual keyboards, Martinez' excellent bass and Paice's drumming all combine to produce a classy sound. However, it is lacking something to work over that basic sound. By the time the set was half way over, and Bernie Marsden was getting wild applause for a really mediocre solo, I felt there was only me left unconvinced by it all.

Jon says he was fed-up with the Albert Hall do, where he got a 23 minute spot prior to David Bedford's Odyssey. He had only 90 minutes rehearsal time. Capitol Radio recorded the show, and broadcast it soon after. Jon is planning a more ambitious do later this year, when the whole Sarabande LP will be performed properly, with adequate rehearsals etc. It's also to be done as a ballet in London.