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 I'll start with the seeming slight/insult implied (at least to me) in the liner notes of "Made In Europe" where the various vocals/bass changes are noted while stating that as long as the 3 man team of Blackmore, Lord + Paice remained intact "first class music was assured." Perhaps it's just me, but I always interpreted that as a sort of veiled backhander at Bolin, by not even mentioning Bolin, and seeming to imply that when he replaced Blackmore the "first class" factor went out the window. I've also previously maintained that the reference to "...a real chance to come taste the band" as another veiled slight/insult. Only Barton and/or Makowski know for sure exactly what they meant, but that's just always been my interpretation. I realize that perhaps they were only speaking in a "pre-MkIV" context, but I just didn't interpret the remarks that way. Maybe a better choice of words would've been a more viable option...but, far too late now.
 

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b) Except when he's too high, then "Bolin Drools!" (irresistable joke, that one!)
 Yeah, seeing as Bolin's been dead all these years, maybe we'll never know what the more truthful story regarding his "arm injury" that night was. About those "problems",AT, I think the first one you cite has a lot more validity than a lot of people are either prepared to admit to or recognize as being a feeling of lots and lots of Deep Purple fans back in 1975-76. We'll never know if most would've accepted a different guitarist as Blackmore's replacement in 1975, but speaking for myself - depending on who it was, I would've. And of course, perhaps had that feeling changed by subsequent recordings/performances. But that we'll never know. I do know I was a bit dismayed by the announcement of Tommy Bolin as Blackmore's replacement. He was by the standards of the day (June 1975) a virtual unknown to the majority of rock fans. I knew of his work with the James Gang, which was adequate - but not of the quality I would've expected for the standards of music virtuosity that Blackmore had set with Deep Purple.
  

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Accept that the arm injury was probably a real arm injury,and not from an "insufficient fix".His right hand was pretty bruised up as well by the time he got to Japan,along with some pretty black looking fingernails.Looks to me like some of the boys were messing with the wrong people,with Tommy injured and Patsy Collins killed.

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 Yes, I agree that Lord + Paice should've called it a day when Blackmore left, if that was how they felt at the time. The retrospective "We allowed ourselves to be yalked into continuing against our better judgement" just never held much water with me.
 The whole period is kinda filled with contradictory feelings - most expressed post-MkIV, obviously. They both highly praise Bolin's work with the band during the summer sessions at Pirate Sound (the subsequent release of the wonderful "Days May Come" + "1420 Beachwood Drive" recordings do bear this out) and his input and work in helping to create "Come Taste The Band". But by the following March (and for years afterward), there weren't many complimentary things being said.
 I've often wondered what apparently went wrong between the finishing of "Come Taste The Band" and the start of the subsequent world tour rehearsals, when Bolin was admonished (according to him) for taking the few MkII/III numbers that were to be retained for the tour sets and putting his own stamp on them. Didn't Bolin say he actually taped a note to his microphone in the studio (and possibly on stage?) reminding himself to do the MkII/III material "note for note"?

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