This CD is a tribute to Deep Purple. What can I say? I was unhappy with this one. I love Deep Purple--Machine Head was one of the first rock records that I ever bought. Ritchie Blackmore was a big influence on my playing. When I was a teenager, my friends used to call me Vinnie "Black" Moore! And so, I was happy to be asked to play on Woman From Tokyo.

I was sent an ADAT tape and recorded my parts at home in my studio. I was really disappointed when I first heard the CD because the song was shortened and a lot of the solos that I recorded were edited out. The stuff that I thought was my best work was gone.

The EQ put on my guitar was crappy--too trebly. I did this echo effect thing using two delays in the bridge section (the "so far away from the..." part) which took up three tracks. I left specific instructions on how the three tracks were supposed to be panned. This was totally ignored when they mixed, and so the effect was ruined. Inexcusable. Maybe I should stop here. I don't have anything good to say. If I can find the unedited version of this song, maybe I will put an MP3 of it up on this site. I will look for the tape. Stay posted.