{"id":23343,"date":"2026-10-15T09:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23343"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:14:50","slug":"angels-woman-from-tokyo-is-coming-your-way-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23343","title":{"rendered":"ANGEL\u2019S WOMAN FROM TOKYO IS COMING YOUR WAY \u2026 NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ANGEL-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23344\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4104730638824605;width:695px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ANGEL-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ANGEL-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ANGEL-767x544.png 767w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ANGEL.png 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles, California: Hard on the heels of Cleopatra Records\u2019 much-applauded tribute to Ritchie Blackmore\u2019s \u201cother\u201d band, Ride The Rainbow, November 13 will see the release of Purple Storm &#8211; A Tribute To Deep Purple &#8211; and, once again, the stars of hard rock, metal and more pour out to bring their own unique twist too some of the most beloved anthems in the hard rock pantheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few cuts from this hard-hitting album have already slipped out, but this is the one that a lot of fans have been waiting for, as the mighty <strong>Angel<\/strong> follow up their much-acclaimed contribution to <em>Ride The Rainbow<\/em> with a dynamite assault upon one of the cornerstones of Deep Purple\u2019s repertoire, \u201cWoman From Tokyo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The performance has already made headlines &#8211; released as a limited edition 12-inch single earlier this summer, the entire pressing sold out in barely 12 hours!&nbsp; Now the Woman is back aboard <strong>Misterdeeds11<\/strong>\/<strong>Jay Rice<\/strong>&#8216;s eye catching video, blending studio footage of Angel recording the song with footage from one of the band\u2019s own visits to Japan &#8211; a country that holds them in as high regard as their rabid Stateside following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands back in the day,&#8221; says Angel veteran Punky Meadows. &nbsp;&#8220;Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore&#8230;. what can I say? That goes without saying! When Cleopatra asked Angel to contribute to the Deep Purple tribute album, we chose to do a classic..Give it a kick in the ass&#8230; and Angelize it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;&#8216;My Woman From Tokyo&#8217;!! \u00a0Dig It!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Bandmate Frank Dimino continues, &#8220;Recording the Deep Purple song brought back memories of when we rehearsed next door to each other in the Gower Studios lot. Great band, great song, great times!!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Angel - &quot;Woman From Tokyo&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M2iIbqxvofM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, there&#8217;s a multitude of further Purple classics featured on <em>Purple Storm &#8211;<\/em> 11 of them to be precise, including \u201cHighway Star,\u201d \u201cChild In Time,\u201d \u201cSpace Trucking\u2019,\u201d \u201cSmoke On The Water,\u201d \u201cBlack Night\u201d\u2026 each of them paramount among&nbsp; the songs that truly confirmed Purple\u2019s superstardom, both at the outset of their career (\u201cHush,\u201d their debut US hit single) and into later years too (the title track from 1984\u2019s <em>Perfect Strangers<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guests, meanwhile, represent several generations of rock glitterati &#8211; <strong>L.A. Guns<\/strong>, <strong>Chris Adler<\/strong>, <strong>Chris Poland<\/strong> and <strong>David Ellefson<\/strong> (<strong>Megadeth<\/strong>), <strong>Alan Davey<\/strong> (<strong>Hawkwind<\/strong>, <strong>Hawkestrel<\/strong>), <strong>Ronnie Romero<\/strong> and <strong>Bob Daisley<\/strong> (<strong>Rainbow<\/strong>), <strong>Jonathan Cain<\/strong> (<strong>Journey<\/strong>), <strong>Pat Travers<\/strong>, <strong>Arthur Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Carmine Appice<\/strong> (<strong>Vanilla Fudge<\/strong>, <strong>Cactus<\/strong>, <strong>Rod Stewart<\/strong>), <strong>Thor<\/strong>, <strong>Rick Wakeman<\/strong> (<strong>Yes<\/strong>, <strong>David Bowie<\/strong>), <strong>Mick Box<\/strong> (<strong>Uriah Heep<\/strong>) and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">CD\/VINYL:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ctrk.klclick.com\/l\/01M4ZWYTQ4N5T54QG5BSR21CRZ_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleorecs.com\/search?q=purple+storm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">DIGITAL:<a href=\"https:\/\/ctrk.klclick.com\/l\/01M4ZWYTQ4N5T54QG5BSR21CRZ_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>orcd.co\/purplestorm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, California: Hard on the heels of Cleopatra Records\u2019 much-applauded tribute to Ritchie Blackmore\u2019s \u201cother\u201d band, Ride The Rainbow, November 13 will see the release of Purple Storm &#8211; A Tribute To Deep Purple &#8211; and, once again, the stars of hard rock, metal and more pour out to bring their own unique twist&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23343\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ANGEL\u2019S WOMAN FROM TOKYO IS COMING YOUR WAY \u2026 NOW!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23346,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23343\/revisions\/23346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}