Search - Ian Gillan :: Cherkazoo & Other Stories (remastered)

Digitally remastered two CD digipak edition of this 1999 album from Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. Cherkazoo & Other Storeis is a collection of 18 extremely rare solo tracks recorded between 1973 and 1975. The first eight tracks are taken from the previously unreleased soundtrack to Cherkazoo, a children's story Gillan labored on in the early '70s. The remainder of the record is devoted to sessions Gillan cut between his departure from Purple in 1973 and the beginning of his solo career in 1976. These are sought-after among collectors, but outside listeners will undoubtedly be taken with Cherkazoo, a delightful collection of Psychedelic Pop and whimsical British music hall numbers. These are utterly charming songs, sounding like Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles or early pre-Space Oddity Bowie, and having all the appeal of the best obscure British Psychedelia. Metal Mind. 2009.