Jon’s intro here is much more bluesy than the IABD version, and DP’s studio version intro is far removed from the It’s a Beautiful Day arrangement. The structure is similar (theme-long solo-theme-ending), and the Made in Japan intro is closer to “Bombay Calling” than the studio version of “Child in Time,” but other than that, these are different songs altogether–a totally different feel. “Bombay Calling” may have influenced Purple’s doing “Child in Time,” but the latter is so far removed as to render comparisons pretty moot. Certainly, this is by design! Blackmore’s Night’s current rendition is truer to the original It’s a Beautiful Day arrangement than Purple’s ever was. What’s interesting to me is how that version of the main theme is very close to the current version that Blackmore’s Night is playing–down to the use of violin. The top video shows It’s a Beautiful Day playing “Bombay Calling” in their own characteristic style. This little foray into musical history was inspired by Scratchplate1’s comment. The last clip is from Doing Their Thing video available on the Masters From The Vaults DVD. Vince Wallace remains largely uncredited for his contribution to Child in Time… A song called Don And Dewey from their second album Marrying Maiden (1970) was inspired by Wring That Neck. But why else he would be credited on the first IABD album?Īnd how did Purple got away with this, you ask? Well, IABD were San Francisco hippies and hippies weren’t in the habit of suing people for money. Earliest released recording of Wallace playing Bombay Calling seems to be AMP Records LP 12″: 001 – Vince Wallace Plays Vince Wallace, released in 1974 or 1976. There is a recording of it posted on (12MB MP3), however it’s not dated. Who is Vince Wallace then? He is a jazz saxophonist who claimed he wrote the song back in 1962 and showed it to LaFlamme in 1966. LaFlamme is, of course, the singer/violin player in IABD. The true origins of the tune get a bit murky from here, however.īombay Calling was credited on the IABD’s album to Vince Wallace – David LaFlamme.
You’ll all recognize who is on the video track 😉Ĭompared to the studio version, the live one from 1978-79 sounds like it’s been in turn influenced by the Purple’s take on the tune. It’s the studio version back from 1969, which inspired Child in Time. The 1979 one was at the Monterey Grounds.) Anyway, here it is: (The date doesn’t make much sense as it’s obviously an outdoor venue, and my very quick research shows that the 1978 Tribal Stomp was held at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. Let’s take a look at it.īombay Calling by It’s A Beautiful Day, Live at the Chet Helms Tribal Stomp, Berkeley(?), California, 1978(?). Deep Purple never made a secret of the fact that the tune for Child in Time was borrowed from the song Bombay Calling that appeared in 1969 on eponymous album by It’s A Beautiful Day.
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