 In the summer of 1974, during a break in Purple's busy touring schedule, Tony Ashton and Jon Lord recorded their album "First of the Big Bands".This project was launched with a gig at the London Palladium the same year and the BBC taped a special live appearance at Golders Green Hippodrome in London.The album of this show is a tour-de-force groovy, rhythm and blues, boogie piano and Hammond organ, big band fest.