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Burn (Deep Purple album)

Burn is the eighth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 15 February 1974. It was the first album to feature then-unknown lead singer David Coverdale. The group's Mark III line-up, of which this was the recording debut, included Coverdale, Glenn Hughes (joining from Trapeze) on bass and vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, and Ian Paice on drums.

Burn mostly consists of hard rock in a similar vein to that of the group's preceding albums, particularly Machine Head, but there was an additional element of blues and for the first time a strain of funk rock, which would become more prominent in the later albums of the Mark III–IV era.

The album has received favorable reviews and accolades, but some did not favour the record shortly after its release. Burn charted in 13 countries, with the record peaking at number 3 in the group's native UK, also at number 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the tour supporting the album was a success. Internal tensions following the tour and their next album would result Blackmore departing in early 1975. Burn received a reissue in 2004, featuring remastered and remixed versions along with a track that was previously unreleased.

Background
In the 1970s Deep Purple was the best-selling band in the world, particularly in the United States. Their 1973 album Who Do We Think We Are was commercially successful, though the tour supporting it was cut short. Tensions between then-lead singer Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore escalated; Gillan eventually left the group on 29 June 1973 in Osaka, Japan, after their tour had concluded. Forcefully, Gillan envisioned the Who Do We Think We Are recording sessions as very difficult as he brought it up to the management, while they persuaded him on not to depart. However, he wrote a letter in early December 1972 that he wanted to leave on 30 June 1973; the decision was made "not impulsive[ly] but [after] at least six months of thought". Gillan also predicted in his letter that the group would eventually disband after his departure. Bassist Roger Glover planned to leave the band due to the band's decision based on the ignorance of his ideas, on Blackmore's insistence to let Glover go at the same time Gillan had already departed. Glover recalled his talk with the band's manager shortly about his departure, writing:

"“My relationship with the band was changing. I was doing my work properly, playing well, yet I got this coldness, I finally confronted the manager about it and he denied everything. I wanted to know why I was unpopular. When we came offstage in those days the decision to do an encore wasn't just Ritchie's, it was everyone's. All of a sudden I wasn't involved anymore. The manager finally told me that Ritchie had said he would stay in Deep Purple if I left and I said, 'What have I done?' He said it was nothing personal but Ritchie feels the band has became stagnant and he wants new blood in the band. I was really hurt by it and thought it was totally unfair. I said, 'I'm not going to get pushed out. I'll leave.'"

Glover's departure was announced a week later at the second week of July. Later, he took over as head of A&R at Purple Records and focused mostly on production.

Lord had called the end of Mark II while the band was at their peak: "the biggest shame in rock and roll; God knows what we would have done over the next three or four years. We were writing so well." With Gillan and Glover out of the group, the rest of the members took a five-month hiatus to start searching for a new vocalist. A misleading headlining article came up into the picture about their split, which was confirmed false when Hughes replaced Glover at that time. Blackmore took the lead in instructing the personnel line-up during the search.

Hughes & Coverdale introduction and Mark III line-up
According to Paice, Glover told him and Lord a few months before his official termination that he wanted to leave the band, so they had started to drop in on Trapeze shows. During their promotional tour in April 1973, Ritchie, Lord, and Paice went on to see Trapeze at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. There, they complimented then-bassist, Glenn Hughes about his style. Hughes, mistakenly, thought the Deep Purple musicians were expressing their admiration for Trapeze but not for Hughes himself. Hughes was offered to join Deep Purple but declined at first. By the end of the following month, Paice was frustrated at the trouble towards Glover's upcoming departure, so he later approached Hughes in New York for the second time insisting on him to join the band. Hughes finally accepted his position on that premise. He was introduced as a new bassist and vocalist at the same time Gillan and Glover departed.

Choosing that Hughes would sing on the upcoming album, he wanted to fit into a lead vocal soloist in that lineup. Blackmore wanted a vocal soloist in the band with a more masculine voice than Hughes, and Lord and Paice also agreed to Blackmore's proposal to add vocal elements to the band's music. Eventually, an agreement was made that Hughes' responsibility to sing would appear in later tracks, gradually increasing over time in the band's next upcoming albums, primarily Stormbringer and Come Taste the Band.

However, despite Hughes' singing role, they are debating on continuing as a four-piece band but later dismissed on becoming a five-piece. To achieve this they needed a new lead vocalist, predominantly with a more mature tone, to replace Gillan. Lord affirmed that they had a "golden" opportunity to have two singers in the band. However, as time continued, there was no official word on the replacement, except Paul Rodgers, from Free, who was the only person asked for the job. Although having good relations with the band, Paice affirmed that Rodgers would turn down offers from "people he respects and admires". At that same time, Rodgers had just formed Bad Company, so he mutually declined on that offer. "They did ask", Rodgers recalled, "and I spoke to all of them at length about the possibility. Purple had toured Australia with Free's final lineup. I didn't do it because I was very much into the idea of forming Bad Company." Blackmore was disappointed, likely he wanted to take the band's music in the blues direction. John Lawton (who would later become the singer of Uriah Heep) was also a candidate but refused, due to a press leak that talked about getting the job offer from the band.

With no upcoming candidates for a lead single role, the band was still desperate to find the perfect man for Gillan's successor. As promotional audition posters for a replacement singer ensued, the band found themselves in countless collections of tapes from singers arriving at the band's management offices in London. Others in the audition included Jess Roden, Graham Bell, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, and Steve Parsons (Snips).

21-year-old David Coverdale from Saltburn saw an advert in Melody Maker that said the band was hiring auditions for a lead singer, considering unknowns. Coverdale, who fronted his band The Government, had opened up for Deep Purple before at the time in 1969 at Bradford University after Gillan and Glover had just joined. Coverdale and Lord met together on the road and became good friends but haven't gotten any contact recently later on until Gillan's departure. After obtaining contact info from the band, Coverdale was asked to send a demo and a photo of himself. During the recording of the demo tapes, Coverdale said that he was "very drunk" at that time while singing tunes from Harry Nilsson and Bill Withers ("Everybody's Talkin'" and "Lonely Town, Lonely Street") and Joe Cocker; he later referenced it as the worst demo tape he had recorded. (The demo tape could be heard decades later on the 2023 reissue of Whitesnake's The Purple Album.) For the photo, Coverdale obtained a younger version of himself saluting as a boy scout he sent to the band's management.

Paice received Coverdale's demo tape from the management office and was impressed with his vocal technique. Paice then told the line-up that he found the lead singer the band had envisioned. In mid-August 1973, Coverdale auditioned for the band at Scorpio Sound Studios. He then received a call a week later from Tony Edwards that he was welcomed into the band. On 23 September, a day after his 22nd birthday, the band held a press conference to announce Coverdale's recruitment as the next official lead singer of Deep Purple.

Before the new line-up was announced, however, the band's management, John Coletta told Coverdale to correct his strabismus, resulting in him wearing contact lenses instead of glasses. He was then also prescribed a course of amphetamine-based weight-loss drugs that exhausted him while recording sessions of Burn. Coverdale was also asked to shave his mustache and groom his Edgar Broughton hairstyle to a certain length. Lastly, Coletta insisted Coverdale on changing his name but lightly refused. In his experience, Coverdale told Classic Rock that he looked not as much mediocre in his style, but referred to those changes as much as close to Coletta's "paranoia" opinion.

Blackmore was very excited about the new line-up, taking it as a "blues-commercial pop" approach. On the way that he envisioned the 'Mark III' Deep Purple sound, he commented:

"'You could say a Beatles-feel with a hard rock backing is the basic thing. We expect a vocalist to take on the part of a lead instrument and that's why we're quite knocked out with matey (Coverdale) there. Who knows? After the LP, I might be saying he's a shitty vocalist as well. I'm not going to say he's the best vocalist in the world but when we heard him, we thought, 'Christ he's good'. There are now two other guys involved, so it makes it more or less a new band to me. It's not Deep Purple anymore, although it's still the same name. Really, it's a completely different band'."

Production and composition
At the beginning of 9 September 1973, the yet-incomplete 'Mark III' line-up commenced two weeks of writing material and rehearsal in Clearwell Castle at Gloucestershire. Blackmore was very satisfied with the rehearsals and eventually found most of the songwriting material mainly playable on stage. "Smoke On The Water" was also rehearsed as the band's "national anthem", which Lord recalled, found "a new way of doing it". At the end of the two-week period, around half an hour's worth of new music was ready to be recorded. At that same time, Coverdale's announcement in his introduction was made to the press.

Blackmore and Paice flew to Europe to search for a new recording location for the upcoming album. None of the studios worked out for them to record. Ultimately, they settled on recording entirely at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in Montreux, Switzerland, where the group previously recorded Machine Head.

On 3 November 1973, the Mark III line-up flew to Montreux to commence the official recording. The band worked with producer and engineer Martin Birch, who had worked with the group since the recording of Deep Purple in Rock four years earlier. Burn features performances from Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Paice and Lord. However, this time they were recording on the top floor of the new Convention Centre, giving them the advantage of recording in a soundproof room. Recordings began on 8 November. Despite Coverdale's studio experience being restricted to limited exposure in the studio while working with The Government on four songs and demos cut with The Fabulosa Brothers earlier, the recording went well, laying down the tracks at about one song per day. Five of the multi-track versions of the song "Lay Down, Stay Down", "Sail Away", "Might Just Take Your Life", and "A' 200" (at first titled "Racing Cloth") were dated 8 November, then proceeded with two multi-tracks, "Mistreated" and "What's Going On Here", recorded on 12 November, and the final two tracks, "You Fool No One" and "Burn", recorded on 14 November.

Many of the members agreed that Coverdale was very confident despite the limitations in the studio he had given before in his earlier career. "We have a good time recording that album," Lord claimed, "David had always been a very self-confident man and if he was overawed to be working with us, it only showed when we were talking between ourselves over a beer later, never during the actual recording." Birch recalled on the wonder, saying "It was a much happier recording session than 'Who Do We Think We Are', everybody wanted to get down and work together. David was very nervous because he'd never recorded before."

When the recording for the album concluded, the band flew back to London to have Birch mix the record at Gillan's studio, Kingsway Recorders. Birch made certain Paice's drums levels were normalized, while Blackmore made sure his own guitar was audible in the mix, while being aided by assistant engineer Tapani Tapanainen. However, during the mixing of "Mistreated", Coverdale and Hughes recorded a dozen vocal tracks for the final chorus towards the end of the song. In Blackmore's view the backing vocals overlapped the guitar solo, so the vocal stems were muted throughout the process. Coverdale was upset about the change and felt that the drama created by overlapping vocal tracks had been almost completely lost. EMI themselves mastered the album on 3 January 1974.

Music and lyrics
Purple's hard-rock sound incorporated elements of soul and funk, which would become much more prominent on the follow-up album, Stormbringer. There was a huge influence of boogie-oriented rock sound which is made in the same way it follows suit with soul and funk. For the first time, it features a more mainstream blues tone approach to their albums since Coverdale's introduction, although Blackmore wanted to give a new sound with different methods of genres. Lord said that the biggest difference between Burn and the previous albums is in the vocal parts, which the band did "in a completely different way". According to Lord, the song sounds much more liberated on the album than before: "”It had been rehearsed and thought about in advance, unlike those albums where we just jammed in the studio until the song was born. Now the only song like that was the instrumental (''A' 200'), and that was only because I wanted to use a synthesizer.”"

In previous albums, all members of the band were automatically entered in the composer information of the songs, but now the practice was changed under Blackmore's initiative. He was tired of dividing the royalties into five parts, even if the others had little involvement in the composition. "Everyone should get what they do," Blackmore stated. However, the new practice was followed only in the songs "Sail Away", "Mistreated" (credited to Blackmore and Coverdale) and "'A' 200" (credited to Blackmore, Lord, and Paice). Hughes participated in songwriting but was cheated out of his credits due to unexpired contractual obligations from Blackmore. However, the 30th-anniversary edition of the album included Hughes in the credits for all the tracks except "Sail Away", "Mistreated", "A' 200" and bonus track "Coronarias Redig".

Opening track "Burn" is one of the highlights of the album. Allmusic critic Eduardo Rivadavia says that it was one of the band's best opening tracks along with “Highway Star” from Machine Head. Paice's drumming is strongly featured in the song. The riff is borrowed from George Gershwin's song "Fascinating Rhythm", and the song has some influences from classical music. Paul Stanley of KISS was inspired by "Burn" to write "I Stole Your Love" (the opening track of Love Gun). Lord took the solos on the Hammond organ, closing in with more classical-influenced synthesizers. David Coverdale wrote four different lyrics for the song, as he sometimes had trouble writing lyrics that pleased Blackmore. Blackmore wanted the songs to deal with things like demonology and mythology. He also wanted to avoid traditional rock themes such as bands, hotels, and touring life. He equated his opinion to the fact that no one is interested in listening to plumbers' stories about installation work or bankers talking about the financial world. According to Coverdale, during the album recording in Montreux, he spent all night writing four-to-six different lyrics, and Blackmore would choose which finally ended up on the official recording. To add in his writing style, Coverdale viewed them as "science fiction" poems.

"Might Just Take Your Life" starts as a mid-paced song with a funky-blues tone approach with an organ chord progression Lord had played, inserted as a solo intro. Coverdale explained that the track was influenced by The Band's "Chest Fever" based on a blues-oriented sound. From its lyrical context, according to Coverdale, it was meant for a group of people who have laughed at him and Hughes at their backs when they first thought of joining the group in 1973. The arrangement sets off without a guitar solo, alongside a key change, and a tambourine was added to the percussion mix. Lord finishes it off with the Hammond organ solo arrangement nearly at the end of the track. Blackmore's guitar solo was in the mix but sounded inaudible due to an overlay of the organ solo and other instruments.

"Lay Down, Stay Down", the third track of the album, was the first to be finished in the studio. It contains influences from funk and rock and roll and features Paice's drums, cowbell, and tambourine in a prominent role. At first, the song had a slightly different arrangement and its working title was "That's Alright". Coverdale claimed that the composition had the alternate working title of "Shit Fuck Cack Wank"; according to him, "Glenn Hughes and I would wrap our golden tonsils around those swear-words throughout rehearsals until I came up with 'Lay Down, Stay Down' – wherever the fuck that came from. I suppose it was like all those Elvis lyrics, looking for trouble and stuff – that was a cracker." Paice affirmed that this was his favorite track on this album.

"Sail Away" is written with a funk-bluesier sound that is even compared with Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot" (released one year later). At first, Coverdale sang the parts so low that he wasn't satisfied with the results, but when the finished song was later listened to in the studio, with Coverdale's re-recorded vocal tracks, it sounded exceptional, getting what he wanted. It was first played on a tape of a cymbal played in reverse, in order to achieve an effect. Blackmore also uses the Synthi Hi-Fli guitar synthesizer in the song to play its "lyrical and haunting fade-out solo" with a slide guitar. Lord also plays the song with the synthesizer which is also replicated to the tone of Stevie Wonder, which the band was originally inspired on that track by its rhythm from Wonder's song, "Superstition".

"You Fool No One" was inspired by Paice's drumming pattern, initiating a compromised rhythm sequence, whereas this is the only track Coverdale and Hughes sang together, to create an effect. After Paice took about four tries to create drumming stems in the studio, he dosed off entirely in sweat and angrily told other recording members that they were apparently not able to keep up with the rhythm, threatening to walk out if the latter continued. According to Hughes, Paice's drumming pattern was partially inspired from John Bonham from Led Zeppelin.

"What's Goin' On Here" starts off with a 28-bar verse, later 32-bar in the final verse, with Lord playing piano and Blackmore playing slide guitar in the chorus. Coverdale and Hughes again sang mostly in parts equally. According to Coverdale, he affirmed that the song was merely based from Jimi Hendrix's Highway Chile.

"Mistreated" is a slow-rolling blues tone that Coverdale only sings alone featured as the longest track in the album. According to the 30th-anniversary linear booklet, the song was written by Blackmore a few years ago and was even considered one of the tracks for the Who Do We Think We Are album, but was scrapped until Coverdale brought the lyrics up for its composition.

During the studio recording for "Mistreated", most of the instrumental tracks were recorded from 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. When it was time for Coverdale to hear his own vocal parts after the first playback, he found it to be very mediocre which upset him, demanding it to be perfect for the next take. "It was so bad I just sat down and cried because I wanted it to be so good," Coverdale remembered the following night. The next night followed another session and Coverdale took a second try to attempt to get the perfect voice he wanted on the record. Coverdale admitted the pressure he was going through during the recording, although he was very timid at that time. Blackmore’s solo near the end of the song was at first layered heavily by Coverdale and Hughes’ chorus vocals, making it extremely hard to hear the solo. As a result, the stems that aided the vocals were deleted, which again upset Coverdale. Although Coverdale took the chorus vocals as nearly fantastic as it was, he admitted on Blackmore's argument that he can't have too many vocal recordings, otherwise it would disorient the guitar's sound.

"A' 200" is an instrumental composition that was played to a 'Bolero' rhythm. Originally composed by Lord, Paice, and Blackmore, this was the only instrumental without vocals, with the exception of "Coronarias Redig", to be performed by the 'Mark III' line-up. The multi-tracked digital synthesizers were all performed by Lord as the lead keyboardist. Blackmore, feeling that he was not required to be on the track chimed in on a guitar solo right before the song ended with the synths works panned across the audio channels. It was not clear where the "'A'" on the track was conceived, but fans speculated it as a work of science fiction, which Coverdale denied. However, a lice treatment shampoo product that had the name "A-200" was conceived by Lord and used as a song title, according to the 30th-anniversary booklet notes.

"Coronarias Redig" previously appeared as the non-album single B-Side of "Burn". Originally recorded on 10 December 1973 at Rosenborg Studios in Copenhagen, right after their first 'Mark III' line-up touring appearance had been concluded, it was the only track to be left out of the album. It follows as another instrumental track incorporating Lord’s organ whereabouts and vibrancy of its similar funk-tone approach. Coverdale fell asleep in the studio and lost his voice, forcing it to commend without a vocal track. So Blackmore played a long guitar solo over the melody line as the only highlight noted in its composition. Coverdale and Glenn Hughes only sang a few chorus lines that ended up as stems on the track. While in the studio, the band was unable to come up with a title, but engineer Freddy Hanssen gave them a working title, named "Skideflud", meaning pissed off, which later re-worded to "Drunk At The Revolution". The song was remixed and featured on the 30th-anniversary edition of the album.

Before the release
After the final mixes of the album were concluded, the band started to perform as a warm-up set in Europe. They set out rehearsals in early December of 1973 to come up with the show that was composed 100 minutes into the set. Six shows were scheduled, with their debut originally being planned in Aarhus, Denmark. However, when the plane carrying the group and some of their equipment unknowingly arrived late in Denmark, the Aarhus show was cancelled; around 4,000 fans who had travelled from across the country heard the announcement of the cancellation. Their next gig, at K.B. Hallen arena in Copenhagen on 9 December 1973, marked the actual first Mark III live debut. Coverdale recalled the event, describing it as "nervous" and challenging for the new line-up, given that the band had not toured for six months.

After their first gig concluded, the band celebrated at a local club until 4 a.m. They were booked to Rosenberg Studios but arrived late as Coverdale stayed back at his hotel room sleeping from the previous night. Lord reportedly led the session to lay out the tracks, while Coverdale prepared a set of lyrics. The sessions got off to a slow start, according to Lord, there was nonsense among with the previous night the band had attended a local club. On the contrary, Coverdale was still exhausted from the other night, so he preferred not to sing on that track except doing chorus lines with Glenn. There, the sessions resulted in a composition that was later named, "Coronarias Redig". The band later left the studio by 6:30 in the evening as it had already been booked for someone else.

At that following day, the group went en-route to Sweden, where they received a gold certification disc from EMI. On that same day, they played at the Scandinavium. After the concert, they returned to Copenhagen to sign records with Purple.

On 13 December 1973, a press conference was held to announce the final shows of the promotional warm-up tour. The latter went on to Brussels (Belgium), Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Germany), then concluded with the show on 17 December at Innsbruck (Austria).

Around that time, EMI is finishing up the mastering process, including an edited version of the single, "Sail Away". Later that month, the band toured only five concerts across France and Germany. The second promotional tour was abruptly cut short when Lord was hospitalized with acute appendicitis. He later recovered within three weeks from the surgery he received.

The band's planned tour was supposed to begin in the United States in February, but was pushed back until March. "Might Just Take Your Life"/"Coronarias Redig" was released as a single in the UK on 4 March. In many interviews, the band wanted to put out the appropriate tracks as singles, but in this case, took word from the record label's advice. Coverdale explained that "Sail Away" was originally envisioned to be a single but Warner Bros., the group's label distributor in the US, said that "Might Just Take Your Life" was more commercial.

Commercial performance
Burn was released on 15 February 1974 by EMI/Purple Records in Europe and Warner Bros. in North America. Some record pressings have the translated album title in some countries; in Argentina, it was named "Quemar", while in Uruguay, it was named "Arde". Burn debuted at number seventeen on 2 March, then peaked at number three the following week in their UK native, holding its spot for twenty-three weeks, and by July 1974, it had been certified gold by the BPI for sales of over 100,000 copies in the UK. In the US, the album reached number three (2 March 1974) on the Billboard 200, marking its appearance for 30 weeks, and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA in 20 March for sales of 500,000 units in the country, later would be certified platnium. Overall, the album charted in 13 countries, cracking the top spot in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Norway, while receiving gold certification levels in France, Germany, and Sweden.

Tour
Mark III embarked on a US spring tour that started in Detroit on 3 March 1974. Although the tour was sold out in record time, due to the new line-up and playing style, the audience at the first concerts was a mixed reaction. Hughes' cocaine usage started to affect his performance throughout the tour. The group later continue on to include shows at Madison Square Garden, New York, on 13 March, and Nassau Coliseum four days later. The band co-headlined (with Emerson, Lake & Palmer) the California Jam festival at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, southern California, on 6 April 1974. Attracting over 250,000 fans, the festival also included 1970s rock giants Black Sabbath, Eagles and Earth, Wind & Fire. Portions of the show were telecast on ABC Television in the US, exposing the band to a wider audience. During the show, Blackmore struck one of the cameras five times with a guitar and set off a pyrotechnic device in one of his amplifiers, creating a large fireball that was quickly extinguished. The band quickly exited the venue by helicopter, avoiding fire marshals, police officers, and ABC executives. In the end, Deep Purple only had to replace a $5,000 camera. California Jam has even been considered the highlight of Deep Purple's career, as the band has not performed for such a large audience since then. A month later, the band's 22 May performance at the Gaumont State Cinema in Kilburn, London, was recorded and later released in 1982 as Live in London. The tour ended at Coventry on 29 May 1974.

Cover art
The album cover features burning candles that resemble the faces of the band members photographed by Fin Costello. He took the photo quickly, as it was just to give the band an idea of his idea, but unbeknownst to him, it ended up being the album cover. Years later, Costello reshot the cover for Kerrang! for an article in the magazine.

On the back cover, the same candles are extinguished and partially melted, and the band members' faces are in the background. The tracklist and technical data of the disc are also marked on the cover.

The original candles have not been for sale, but another, unused set of candles has been up for auction. At the turn of the millennium, there were copies graded as low quality on the market, which were also advertised on the internet.

Reception
In 2004, Burn was remastered and released with bonus tracks. "Coronarias Redig" was recorded during the Burn recording sessions, used only as a B-side for the "Might Just Take Your Life" single in 1974. It appears as a bonus track (in remixed form) on the anniversary edition re-release. The 2004 remix version of "Burn" was later used in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

In 2005, an unauthorised documentary about the album was produced as part of "The Ultimate Critical Review" series. It featured a brand new interview with Glenn Hughes.

Legacy
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia said: "The phenomenal title track started things off at full throttle, actually challenging the seminal 'Highway Star' for the honor of best opener to any Deep Purple album, while showcasing the always impressive drumming of Ian Paice. The fantastic slow-boiling blues of 'Mistreated''s greatness qualifies it for the highest echelons of hard rock achievement, and therefore ranks as an essential item in the discography of any self-respecting music fan."

Track listings
† All writing was officially written by Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord and Paice, except as noted. Glenn Hughes had participated most of the songwriting, but was not credited on any tracks in the original 1974 pressing. This was largely made due to unexpired contractual obligations with Ritchie Blackmore, particularly with his publishing contract, which resulted Glenn being cheated out of his songwriting credits. Glenn was credited as a songwriter on the whole album except "Sail Away" and "Mistreated" based from a 2004 reissue. However, on some future pressings since 2004, Glenn's publishing credits were featured in some of the songs but was left out completely. This was made to change recently in a 2018 podcast interview that Hughes settled his dispute in royalties from his songwriting credits with the band.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

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Geno Washington

Geno Washington (born William Francis Washington; December 1943, in Evansville, Indiana) is an American R&B singer who released five albums with the Ram Jam Band between 1966 and 1969, and eight solo albums beginning in 1976.

Background
Washington was stationed in England with the United States Air Force during the early 1960s. While stationed in East Anglia, Washington became known as a frequent stand-in at gigs around London. When guitarist Pete Gage saw him at a nightclub in 1965, he asked Washington to join his new group, that was to become Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band. Gage later formed Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer. The band's name came from the Ram Jam Inn, an old coaching inn on the A1 (Great North Road) at Stretton, near Oakham, Rutland.

The group had two of the biggest selling UK albums of the 1960s, both of which were live albums. Their most commercially successful album, Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!, was in the UK Albums Chart for 38 weeks in 1966 and 1967, peaking at number 5 on the chart. The other album was Hipster Flipsters Finger Poppin' Daddies, which reached number 8 on the UK album chart. The group had a number of moderate UK Singles Chart hits during 1966–67 on the Pye label: "Water" (which reached no. 39), "Hi Hi Hazel" (no. 45), "Que Sera Sera" (no. 43) and "Michael (The Lover)" (no. 39). They managed to build up a strong following with the crowds due to their energetic tour performances. Like their Pye label mates and rivals Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, they became popular with the mod scene. The band broke up in the autumn of 1969, with the band members going their own ways while Geno Washington continued as a solo artist, prior to returning to the United States. Keyboard player Geoff Pullum became an academic linguist, and is today emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh.

1960s
It was reported by Record Mirror in the magazine's July 13, 1968 issue that Washington was writing and looking to direct a documentary about racism. With the majority of the filming to be done in London, there was to be added clips that showed racial violence in South Africa. With a budget of UK 12,000 the planned release was to be some time after January 1969. It was also announced that Washington was writing a book, One Way Ticket to the White House which was to be released in paperback form in the UK and US sometime in 1968.

1970s
Washington left the UK to return to the United States and disappeared from the music industry for a length of time. He studied hypnosis and meditation, made acquaintance with The Beach Boys and recorded some music with them that was never released. He would later record three albums for the DJM label, Geno's Back (1976), Live (1976), and That's Why Hollywood Loves Me (1979).

In May 1976, he released a single, "You Lovely Witch". Washington co-produced it with Kaplan Kaye. It was released on DJM 1011. A Single Pick for May 29, 1976, Record World predicted that a lot of plays would pick up R&B action.

1980s
He was encouraged to make a comeback in 1980 due to the rekindled interest in him resulting from the Dexys Midnight Runners hit single "Geno", but he initially declined, as he was completing his degree in hypnotism. But soon he was back in the UK touring extensively and playing many gigs, particularly in south-east London.

Washington was appearing at the Triad Leisure Centre at Bishop's Stortford on December 5, 1980.

1990s to present
Washington has been active on stage, recording and releasing new music on various labels, with titles such as "Change Your Thoughts You Change Your Life", "Live Sideways", "Loose Lips", "Put Out the Cat", "The Return of the G", "Take This Job and Stuff It" and "What's in the Pot?".

As of 2021, Washington and his band could be regularly seen touring in the UK. In January 2009 he released a single "I'm Doing 99 Years" and the proceeds from the single's sales will go to the victims of crime and child abuse. In July 2009 he headlined the Kelvedon Free Music Festival. In August 2010, Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band were one of the headline acts at Rhythm Festival, and appeared at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury in October 2010. More recently, in October 2014, they performed in the Spiegeltent at the Canterbury Festival of Arts.

Television and film career
Washington has appeared on television since the 1960s. In 1966 he appeared in Episode 11 of Ready Steady Go! This episode also featured other stars such as Françoise Hardy, Cilla Black, Wayne Fontana and the Spencer Davis Group. In 1967, along with the Ram Jam Band, he appeared on The Record Star Show and doubtless others in the 1960s. Since then he has appeared on Top Ten (1980) in 2000 and the mini series S.O.U.L.—Sounds of Underground London in 2003.

Geno appears in the movie A Bit of Tom Jones?, which had its London premiere in 2009. The film, which was made by Tred Films in Tredegar in South Wales, stars Jonny Owen and Roger Evans, with a cast including Matt Berry, John Henshaw and Denise Welch. The film won the BAFTA Cymru "Best Film" award in 2010.

He has embraced acting, taking a role in Paparazzo, a 1995 film starring Nick Berry and Fay Masterson. In 2007 he appeared as himself in an episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "The Axeman Cometh", that also featured Suzi Quatro and Mike Read.

Writing and public speaking
He is the author of The Blood Brothers, a war exploitation story. Washington has also written children's stories. He has appeared as a motivational speaker.

Hypnotism
Washington is a member of the Guild of Hypnotists. He has also included hypnotism as part of his act. In the past his show has consisted of some demonstrations of hypnotism in the first half and some "Get down soul music" in the second half.

Current and recent activities
He recently collaborated with comedian and musician Matt Berry for the track "Get Here in Time." Also in other activities involving Matt Berry, Geno is featured on a 2012 song by Berry called "Theme From Snuff Box".

Personal life
Geno met his wife Frenchie at The Bag O'Nails club in London, which is also where her sister met Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, whom she married. This is also the same club where Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman.

7" singles

 * "Alison Please"/"Each and Every Part of Me", PYE 7N 45019 – 1971
 * "Feeling So Good (Skooby Doo)"/"My Little Chickadee" – PYE 7N 45085 – 1971
 * "Dirty, Dirty"/"Give 'Em a Hand" – PYE 7N 45121
 * "End of the World"/"Tell Me Tell Me Please" – DJM DJS 10365 – 1975
 * "Hold on Momma"/"Help I'm in Love Again" – DJM DJS 10392 – 1975
 * "Love Me Love Me"/"Hold On" – DJM DJS 10642 – 1976
 * "Oh Pretty Woman"/"B.S.E. Love – DJM DJS 10669 – 1976
 * "Your Love Keeps on Haunting Me"/"La La La" – DJM DJS 10712 – 1976
 * "Soothe Me"/"My Kind of Love" – DJM DJS 10761 – 1977
 * "Boogie Queen"/"Why Did You Go Away?" – DJM DJS 10803 – 1977
 * "Proud Mary"/"Stir It Up" – DJM DJS 10825 – 1978
 * "My Money Your Money"/"Get Some Bad Tonight" – DJM DJS 10919 – 1979
 * "Baby Come Back"/"Caught in the Middle" – DJM DJS 10926 – 1979
 * "Michael (The Lover)"/"Accept My Invitation" – Soul Supply 7SS101 – 1984
 * "Rock the Car"/"Catch Me" – Mil MILS 1 – 1988
 * "Jingle Bells"/"Rock the Car" G Kap GKA 001 – 1988

12" singles

 * "Baby Come Back"/"Caught in the Middle" – DJM DJR 10926 – 1979
 * "My Money Your Money"/"Get Some Bad Tonight" – DJR 18005 – 1979
 * "Michael (The Lover)"/"Accept My Invitation" / "Emergency 999" – Soul Supply 12SS101 – 1984
 * "Rock the Car"/"Catch Me" – Mil MILST 1 – 1988

Albums

 * Geno's Back – DJM DJF 20457 – 1976
 * Geno Live – DJM DJF 20486 – 1976
 * That's Why Hollywood Loves Me – DJM DJF 20561 – 1979
 * Put Out the Cat – Teldec AP 624665 – 1981
 * Live Sideways – Ammunition GENO LP1 – 1986
 * Take That Job and Stuff It – Konnexion KOMO 788027 – 1987

CD single

 * "The Blues Walks With Me"/"Wake Me When the Morning Comes" – Thunderbird CSA 007 – 1998

CD album

 * Change Your Thoughts You Change Your Life (With the Purple Aces) – Thunderbird CSA 114 – 1998

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Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar
Apparently this once removed article has been recreated. I proposed the deletion without knowing this, and don't how to proceed from here. Anyway, what was said below about the former article still aplies. JoaoRicardo 05:47, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete according to CSD: Reposted content that was deleted according to Wikipedia deletion policy, although I don't know exactly what the deleted content was, I assume this applies to articles as well. This article looks to be less of an ad than described in the previous VfD below, but the fact is, this is a non-notable bar. There are several "locally notable" bars that I went to in my old university days, and I don't see those mentioned here. --Deathphoenix 15:01, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy deleted per CSD case 5. Content was word-for-word identical to the first paragraph of the previously deleted version.  Comment:  I suspect that it was recreated because whoever closed the discussion before forgot to check "what links here" and delete the link on Stalybridge.  Rossami (talk) 22:47, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, learned the lesson. Sorry for the mess. JoaoRicardo 03:10, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete

Advertisement for non-notable bar. RickK 19:33, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm sure it is perfectly lovely, but this is still blatant advertising. Delete. Fire Star 19:45, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, but I want a beer first. Antandrus 19:51, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Or, remove the peacock words, promotional language, and POV—and then move to Stalybridge Railway Station, because once you do that, what you are left with is a stub about the station:
 * Stalybridge Railway Station is located on the main line between Manchester and Huddersfield, about eight miles east of Manchester. It is close to the Peak District National Park. It is notable for having a CAMRA-recommended bar on Platform 1. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:29, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Being CAMRA-recommended just means they brew their own beer and don't pasteurize it. Non-notable pub.   — Gwalla | Talk 21:49, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Ah. Then if we remove that, too, the article becomes:

 * Stalybridge Railway Station is located on the main line between Manchester and Huddersfield, about eight miles east of Manchester. It is close to the Peak District National Park. It has a bar on Platform 1. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 22:24, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Probably best to remove the bit about the bar on platform 1 as well! -- Necrothesp 00:53, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Very good. Perhaps the article should be:
 * Peak District National Park is served by Stalybridge Railway Station is located on the main line between Manchester and Huddersfield, about eight miles east of Manchester. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 22:31, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Might transwiki to WikiTravel. -- Jmabel 07:36, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: 100% pure advertising. Luigi30 19:23, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, Agree with Luigi30Jongarrettuk 22:28, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable bar. anthony (see warning) 13:01, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Probably a really cosy bar and a great ale, between one cancelled train and another. But an encyclopaedic article it isn't. Dieter Simon 22:52, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Fun article, but not encyclopedic --ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 18:28, 04 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Thermus

Thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of 16S rRNA, this is one the most ancient group of bacteria Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight conserved signature indels found in proteins such as adenylate kinase and replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.

Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Between all its species, T. thermophilus has a special importance as a model organism for basic and applied research.

Species incertae sedis:
 * "T. anatoliensis" Kacagan et al. 2016
 * "T. caldophilus" Taguchi et al. 1983
 * "T. eggertssonii" Peters 2008
 * "T. murrieta" Benner et al. 2006
 * "T. nonproteolyticus" 1992
 * "T. rehai" Lin et al. 2002
 * "T. yunnanensis" Gong et al. 2005

Habitats
The strains of the genus Thermus are generally isolated from hydrothermal areas where the range of water temperature is 55–70 °C and that of pH is 5.0–10.5.

The first isolate of the genus Thermus was isolated from hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park. Later on more isolates were obtained from several hydrothermal areas worldwide, such as in Japan,  Iceland, New Zealand, New Mexico or the Australian Artesian Basin.

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Err, regarding this comment: 'LBC is one of a select group of rock bands with a non-caucasian band member, let alone a non-caucasian lead singer.' - surely this is only exceptional in very specific cultures? There are quite a lot of non-caucasian people in the world. 80.202.99.72 11:38, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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Lucky boys confusion
Is this it??? Deb 19:35, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, but cleanup considerably. It's a band with albums on a major label and national tours under its belt. The article doesn't actually say any of that, however.   — Gwalla | Talk 21:56, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete if not made notable by the end of the voting period. Is this the correct capitalization?  RickK 22:32, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Point. Move to Lucky Boys Confusion.   — Gwalla | Talk 18:46, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Several of my friends are fans.  Not a huge band but nowhere near a garage band either. Isomorphic 15:40, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Devoid of content.  User:MartinSpamer
 * Keep. Cleanup needed. --*drew 03:07, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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This article needs an update regarding the new album. GeeCee 21:03, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Also, the New Years shows are at the Metro this year, not at HOB

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Talk:Stately home

I am unsure why Country House is redirected to this page. There are many 'Stately Homes' in towns and cities: Kenwood House, Apsley House, being just two in London which spring instantly to mind, whereas there are no country houses anywhere but in the country. Stately homes (mansions)in the town, and mansions in the country often have different plans and requirements. I feel they should be treated differently and have separate pages. Giano 19:39, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Kenwood was a country house, its just that the city grew.... Justinc 11:38, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Grand city houses may even be palaces (though not in UK), but they are never "stately homes". "Stately homes" are grand country houses. Power houses. In France, you'd not find an hôtel in the country or a château in the city. --Wetman 13:11, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have a problem with this oh-so-NPOV sentence:
 * "Stately homes" is a real estate dealers' phrase, more suited to Robin Leach's enthusiastic gush on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and to the poised vocabulary of Dame Edna Everage.

Who are we to say what it's "more suited" for, or to describe the style of certain people? Morgan Wick 06:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I beleive in England at least "Stately home" only refers to those houses which are open to the public for viewing rather than all private houses which happen to be very large or have historic contents. Giano 13:04, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Stately homes
I have reverted your edits to those country houses on my watch list. "Stately home" is an unencyclopedic and very ambiguous term and in no way takes precedence over the term country house as it defines more an industry than a type of building, its use or architecture. Wentworth Woodhouse is not even open to the public - so does not even qualify as on the grounds that its available for public view. Giacomo Returned 09:31, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I have just looked at you edits to Stately home. The edits are littered with errors - for a start, stately homes are not always in the country - what about Apsley House, Spencer House or even Buckingham palace, to name but a few just in London? You seem to be confusing country house and stately home as meaning the same thing. I see you have Wetworth Woodhouse as the lead image - large + country does not equal stately. This stattement here: "Thus Belvoir Castle, Warwick Castle, etc., whilst converted to grand residences, are not true stately homes" is complete rubbish - Belvoir was almost completely rebuilt in the 19th century and literally tens of castles qualify as part of the "stately home industry"; there are numerous other such edits; I would go as far as to say the page is now so misleading that it's almost a candidate for deletion. Please research and ammend all the errors. Giacomo Returned 09:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Am grateful that a discussion has been opened on this topic. I suggest it now be continued on the Stately home talk page. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 13:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC))

Amendments to Stately home.
It should be noted firstly that the article before my edits cited no sources at all, which had rightly attracted a "cite" tag criticism. The article needs considerable work on it, and hopefully this discussion will be the start of it. There are those who are prejudiced against the term. I am not one of them. This is a valid and accurate definition to use for certain very few properties. Country house is far too broad. To place Chatsworth under the same appelation as a small cotswold manor house used by a middle-executive as his week-end retreat is not helpful. Chatsworth is in reality a palace of the grandest sort, and requires a different terminology. Royal palaces such as Buckingham Palace are in a different category: Palace, as is Hampton Court etc. Clearly it is incorrect to call Buckingham Palace a Stately Home. Perhaps this should be clarified in the article. Stately homes are renown for their setting in parkland, which is why I would suggest the term is not applicable to grand town residences such as Apsley House, or some of the others listed. These are what the Frence call Hotel de Ville, not Chateaux. There seems to be no adequate term in English, perhaps "London seat" adequately conveys the grandness of such residences. Their function was different, mainly used as bases for transacting business at court and in parliament. Country house may well be used as a term by their owners, in the noble upper-class British tradition of using the understatement, and indeed such modesty is quite seemly. But the proper term used by the objective observer is Stately Home. This is not a term used only by "Dame Edna" or other "outsiders", the sense of which I don't quite follow. The article previously said there were 500 of them. I have struggled to identify more than 30 really great houses existing in England, using the WP listings of all "Historic Houses". We need to stratify the various categories of houses and ideally list the sort of houses properly included within each, i.e. in descending order : Stately Home, Great Country House, Country Mansion, Manor House, Country House (my suggested list & ordering only). The latter is an umbrella term including most, but used most frequently of 5-6 bedroom houses, on the scale of the "Old Rectory". When a person announces "I've just bought a country house", even if that person is very wealthy, i.e. a director of a FT_SE 100 company, this is what is conveyed, not the acquisition of Castle Howard and an estate of several thousand acres. The article needs to examine the attributes of a Stately Home, i.e., size, possession of wings (generally for neo-classical forms), setting, function. It is meaningless to call Blenheim Palace a "Country House" - that does not adequately describe it, even a "Great Country House" is inadequate. I hope we are not seeing some sort of inverted snobbery creeping in here causing a rejection of the term Stately Home. It is a term of great nobility, a mot juste however haphazardly coined, which is not about to be written out of the English language because "Dame Edna" uses the term disparagingly. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 14:28, 22 March 2011 (UTC))P.S. Stately Home has nothing whatever to do with whether the house is open to the public or not, as you suggest. Neither is it a term exclusively descriptive of an industry. The practice of admitting the public to stately homes on a fully commercial basis only started in the 1950/60's with the opening of Longleat House & Safari Park. The term was in existence long before that time. To disqualify Wentworth Woodhouse on the grounds it is not open to the public is incorrect. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 14:48, 22 March 2011 (UTC))
 * There are no grounds at all for suggesting that "stately home" applies only to the "grandest houses" or houses only in parkland - I'm unsure how you have come to this conclusion - it is a meaningless, almost slang, term that conveys nothing. I have no idea what the illustrious Dame Edna says or thinks, or if it is inverted snobbery (I have never touched the page), but do you really think that the Duke of Devonshire says "come and have dinner at my stately home?" It is neither an architectural or an accepted social term. By all means have a page explaining the term, but it should not be be used in the lead in pages on such places as Chatsworth to define the house. The categories you suggest in descending order are plain wrong - a manor can be grander or smaller than a castle and a country house can have from 4 to 40 bedrooms - such terms are impossible to assess and strictly define - see Harlaxton Manor v Cothay Manor or to go one step further Scone Palace v Blenheim Palace - the terms "manor", "palace", "house" and "castle" in British architecture are often historical and as a result meaningless regarding size, and that is part of their fun, for Wikipedia to try and categorise/grade them is presumptious and silly. However, that does not mean that they should be unified under the meaningless banner, "stately home." All I am requesting, is that this page be factual and fully referenced - preferably not by Noel Coward and Edna Everage, who were not an architectural commentators. Giacomo Returned  19:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * PS:Country houses are correctly so called to distinguish them from their owners' town houses. Rectories, vicarages and small manors were not built as a country house because their occupants would have lived solely in that house. However, times change, and many houses seem to be aggrandised (is that a word?) usually for purpose of pushing up a sale price - so country house, today, is erroniously used to encompass any large old house out of town. Having said that, you will still not find an accademic talking of "stately homes" in a serious architectural or social way, books entitled "The Stately Homes of Robert Adam" or documents concerning the building of a "stately home." The term, when used, is purely a a marketing ploy or a tongue in cheek joke; unlike "country house", it has no clear origins or definitions based in fact. Even the grandest of Britains houses - Blenheim, Chatsworth, Woburn are (even today) their owners "country houses" - and that is what they are. Wikipedia cannot change that because it finds the term confusing, it is our job to explain not alter the English language. Giacomo Returned 23:06, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

You are correct to state that "a country house can have between 4-40 bedrooms". A stately home however cannot. You yourself have just clearly identified one the many differences. It must have a number at the very top end of your scale. This is why it is a term of greater precision to describe palatial country residences. I agree with you about the irrelevance of the Dame Edna reference (not my contribution). The Noel Coward reference is however useful. The term Stately Home is not "a marketing ploy or a tongue in cheek joke" as you believe. It is a proper descriptive term, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. I quote from the autobiography of John, 13th Duke of Bedford, "A Silver Plated Spoon", London 1959, p.2 of chap.1: "Woburn is one of the loveliest of England's stately homes". You are taking a purely historical usage of the term Country House which is fine, and of much interest, but this is not the way in which the term is used today. Of course to their owners who also live in London they are their "country houses", but this article is objective, looking at the subject from the observer's viewpoint. I do not agree that, as you state: "for Wikipedia to try and categorise/grade them (i.e. country houses) is presumptious and silly". I think it would be a useful and ambitious exercise, providing supporting sources can be found. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 13:08, 24 March 2011 (UTC))
 * You are correct to reference that particular Duke of Bedford; he invented the "stately home business." (ie: homes marketed to the public for various reasons) However, the term is still meaningless as many as Englands grandest houses are even today not open to the paying public. If you really want to identufy the finest, then you might like to peruse this site and its terminology  - I don't like that term much either, but at least it's one that all the owers of the finest houses open to the public can agree on. I'm afraid stately home is ambiguous and meaningless and ill-defined and smacks of the music hall. Wikipdia is a serious project - is you want to write "stately home" you may just as well write "it's a big posh/fancy house" - country house is the correct term (if you feel further adjectives are required then I suggest "important (with ref)" and the Grade I or 2*. Incidentally, both Woburn and Castle Howard have very few bedrooms - I forget the exact numbers, so I would not base too much of your arguement on bedroom numbers - only  in the 19th century with the invention of the house-party did houses begin to have numerous bedrooms for guests and staff  Giacomo Returned  18:56, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

 * I am really surprised at the vehement opposition to the term "Stately Home" that you express. I don't know if that's shared by any one else? Please speak up here! As I suggested in my earlier post a stately home is not defined by being open to the public, but you persist in stating that to be the case. Could we agree on this point to make some progress? The term "Treasure House" used by your external reference is indeed a marketing term, and I would agree with you best avoided as a formal description. The list of properties I almost agree with, but not Beaulieu, too small in comparison & Leeds Castle, still essentially a converted mediaeval castle, like Belvoir. Harewood & Hatfield certainly have the grandeur to be termed stately homes, but possibly not in the top ten in terms of sheer size, or square footage. As for your suggestion of Grade I/II, many farm cottages are grade II, so not helpful as a defining criterion, and Grade I covers a huge territory, including I believe 1960's concrete ex-council towers. As for "Important" country house, that seems to me to be somewhat pompous, a term often used by the estate agent. Surely Castle Howard would have to be termed "Very Important" to make such a term useful. Compton Wynates is an "Important Country House", certainly a "Great Country House", a Tudor manor house, but not approaching the scale or category of Blenheim.  The term Stately Home was coined in 1827, according to the existing article, which I have no reason to doubt as it is referenced to Blackwood's Magazine. That is a pedigree of 184 years in use, for most of which time the music-hall had not been invented. How can it be a "music-hall term" as you suggest?  It is a thoroughly well-established formal term. How is the term less-ambiguous than the hugely broad term "country house" favoured by you, covering houses from 4-40 bedrooms, as you define it? On the contrary it is a term which is highly exclusive as it excludes all but the palatial. Neither is it "meaningless", it is easily defined as "the very largest country residence", which also shows it is not "ill-defined". Incidentally, the Duke of Bedford referred to did not invent the business of opening houses to the public, as you suggest. I think that was the Marquess of Bath at Longleat. I quote from the same autobiog., p.177:" I had realized from the beginning that the only way of financing the re-opening of the house (disused as a family residence by his predecessor) would be to follow the tentative  example of other families in our position, and allow the public to see it in return for an entrance fee". (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 20:52, 24 March 2011 (UTC))
 * I'm sorry that you don't like the term "country house" - I did not invent it, it just happens to be what they are correctly called, whether you, me or he, she it likes it or not I don't think I will bother to debate further with you here. I shall just watch with interest what you write and the references that you use. Good evening. Giacomo Returned 21:00, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * PS: Don't bother telling me about Compton Wynyates being important - I wrote the page; Oh and Blenheim too. Giacomo Returned 21:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Top 10
Even if I agreed with the term "stately home" what is this list "largest 10" and /or "Top 10" all about? What is the criteria for this list - size Woburn should not be there) - numbers of paying public visiting (Wentworth Woodhouse should not be there) architecture (at least two are unremarkable in terms of great architecture). This list is badly thought out, unreferenced POV and needs to be removed. Giacomo Returned 18:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

 * removed it as it was "pure original research but it has since been restored. I can't support the top 10 (largest by what measure?) as it's not particularly helpful and even the list itself is unsourced. Nev1 (talk) 18:05, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well it should stay removed. I will not endorse this list by saying which are the largest, but let's just say the list is so wrong in everyway, it is just not true. Giacomo Returned 18:15, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

The list starts with "Any listing of stately homes must necessarily be subjective . The following is a possible list of the top 10 such residences in approximate descending order of size:" (underlining to emphasise the key words.). I can not think of a more blatant admission that what follows is original research. If it started, "According to xxx, the following are the most import 10 stately homes (cite)", then it might be acceptable. There is no source. What we have is just one editor's list. That is original research and the list must be deleted. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  22:22, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I have integrated the top 10 list into the rest of the "list of stately homes" for pretty mmuch all the reasons given in this thread. It wouldn't break my heart to see the whole list disappear, but the top 10 aspect was riddled with POV and without a source had to go. Nev1 (talk) 17:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Says who?
"Residences less than palatial should be referred to as "Grand Country Houses", "Mansions", or "Manor Houses". Stately homes are often referred to affectionately and informally as "country piles", perhaps suggesting the burdensome nature of their upkeep." I a removing this phrase. Who is saying this? - strictly speaking an English manor house is so called for historic reasons - and can have anything from three of four to four hundred plus rooms. Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth are as much "mansions" as any other large house - these terms are not strictly defined anywhere - if anyone doubts me, look at Harlaxton Manor - palatial by anyone's standards - and of course the nest point is what does palatial mean - has anyone ever defined what is or is not a palace? As for "country piles", let's just not go there.Giacomo Returned 18:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

British Isles only?
Per Stately homes in America from colonial times to the present day published in 1903 there have been stately homes in America for a long time. This proves the claim in article "The term is not used for large houses located elsewhere in the English-speaking world, i.e. USA, Australia etc." is false and should be removed from the article. --Marc Kupper|talk 06:25, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Redirected
With note of all the comments here, I have redirected the page to English country house, which I have expanded and begun to reference; it also contains (now) a section explaining the tern "stately home." English country house is far from perfect or complete and needs a lot more work, but it's far better than this page and the misinformation, POV and rubbish that it contained. Giacomo Returned 14:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I fully support this redirect Giacomo's plans. Thank you. --Marc Kupper|talk 17:12, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Now that the redirect has been reversed, I have formerly proposed a merge. The discussion is at Talk:English country house. Please discuss it there and do not remove the merge tags until that discussion has been closed by a neutral editor. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  22:40, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

relationship to the French logis seigneurial?
There is an article in the French Wikipedia, with no analogous English one, on the fr:logis seigneurial, which seems like a similar concept. Should this article be broadened to include such content, and the two interwiki-linked? Or is the intent of this article to discuss the British concept specifically? --Delirium (talk) 16:59, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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Executive Order 12958

Executive Order 12958 created new standards for the process of identifying and protecting classified information, and led to an unprecedented effort to declassify millions of pages from the U.S. diplomatic and national security history. In 1995, United States President Bill Clinton signed this Executive Order.

EO 12958 was amended and effectively replaced by President George W. Bush on March 25, 2003, in Executive Order 13292 (text). EO 13292 has itself since been revoked and replaced. The current EO in effect for classified information is Executive Order 13526 (text).

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George Lyttelton

George Lyttelton may be:

 * George Lyttelton (MP), member of parliament for Droitwich in 1586
 * George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), English politician
 * George Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton (1763–1828), Anglo-Irish peer and politician
 * George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817–1876), founder of Canterbury, New Zealand
 * George Lyttelton (teacher) (1883–1962), English teacher and littérateur
 * George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847–1913), English civil servant and cricketer

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Bill Clinton pardon controversy

Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his presidential pardons and acts of executive clemency. Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the Constitution to sitting U.S. presidents. Scholars describe two different models of the pardons process. In the 'agency model' of pardons the process is driven by nonpolitical legal experts in the Department of Justice. In contrast, Clinton followed the 'presidential model', viewing the pardon power as a convenient resource that could be used to advance specific policy goals.

While Clinton pardoned a far greater number (450) of people than his immediate one-term predecessor, Republican George H. W. Bush, who pardoned only 75, the number of people pardoned by Clinton was comparable to that pardoned by two-term Republican Ronald Reagan and one-term Democrat Jimmy Carter, who pardoned 393 and 534 respectively. However, Clinton chose to make nearly a third of his pardons on January 20, 2001, his last day in office. This was ridiculed as "Pardongate".

In particular, Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, a fugitive from justice whose ex-wife made substantial donations to the Clinton Presidential Center and Hillary Clinton's campaign for the U.S. Senate, was investigated by federal prosecutor Mary Jo White. She was later replaced by Republican James Comey, who found no illegality on Clinton's part.

FALN Commutation of 1999
On August 11, 1999, Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of FALN, a Puerto Rican paramilitary organization that set off 120 bombs in the United States, mostly in New York City and Chicago. There were convictions for conspiracy to commit robbery, bomb-making, and sedition, as well as firearms and explosives violations. The 16 were convicted of conspiracy and sedition and sentenced with terms ranging from 35 to 105 years in prison. Clinton offered clemency on the condition that the prisoners renounce violence, seeing as none of the 16 had been convicted of harming anyone and they had already served 19 years in prison. This action was lobbied for by ten Nobel Laureates and the Archbishop of Puerto Rico. The commutation was opposed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and was criticized by many, including former victims of FALN terrorist activities and the Fraternal Order of Police. Hillary Clinton, then campaigning for her first term in the Senate, initially supported the commutation, but withdrew her support three days later.

Congress condemned this action by President Clinton, with votes of 95–2 in the Senate and 311–41 in the House. The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform held an investigation on the matter, but the Justice Department prevented FBI officials from testifying. President Clinton cited executive privilege for his refusal to turn over some documents to Congress related to his decision to offer clemency to members of the FALN terrorist group.

Among those who accepted clemency are:
 * Edwin Cortes, sentenced to 35 years in prison.
 * Elizam Escobar, sentenced to 60 years in prison.
 * Ricardo Jimenez, sentenced to 90 years in prison.
 * Adolfo Matos, sentenced to 70 years in prison.
 * Dylcia Noemi Pagan, sentenced to 55 years in prison.
 * Alicia Rodríguez, sentenced to 55 years in prison.
 * Ida Luz Rodriguez, sentenced to 75 years in prison.
 * Luis Rosa, sentenced to 75 years in prison.
 * Carmen Valentin, sentenced to 90 years in prison.
 * Alberto Rodriguez, sentenced to 35 years in prison.
 * Alejandrina Torres, sentenced to 35 years in prison.
 * Juan Enrique Segarra-Palmer, sentenced to 55 years in prison; released on 25 January 2004.

Those who rejected clemency include:
 * Antonio Camacho-Negron, sentenced to 15 years in prison; released in 2006.
 * Oscar López Rivera, sentenced to 70 years in prison, released in 2017 after sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama

Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory pardons
In March 2000, Bill Clinton pardoned Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, owners of the carnival company United Shows International, for charges of bank fraud from a 1982 conviction. Although the couple had already been released from prison, the prior conviction prevented them from doing business in certain American states. First Lady Hillary Clinton's youngest brother, Tony Rodham, was an acquaintance of the Gregorys, and had lobbied Clinton on their behalf. In October 2006, the group Judicial Watch filed a request with the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation, alleging that Rodham had received $107,000 from the Gregorys for the pardons in the form of loans that were never repaid, as part of a quid pro quo scheme.

Pardons and commutations signed on President Clinton's final day in office
Clinton issued 140 pardons as well as several commutations on his last day of office, January 20, 2001. When a sentence is commuted, the conviction remains intact; however, the sentence can be altered in a number of ways.
 * Peter MacDonald had been sentenced to 14 years at a federal prison in Texas for fraud, extortion, inciting riots, bribery, and corruption stemming from the Navajo purchase of the Big Boquillas Ranch in Northwestern Arizona. On the day before President Clinton left office, U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy lobbied the White House to commute the sentence of the former leader of the Navajo Nation. MacDonald's sentence was commuted after he served 10 years.
 * Carlos Vignali had his sentence for cocaine trafficking commuted, after serving 6 of 15 years in federal prison.
 * Almon Glenn Braswell was pardoned of his 1983 mail fraud and perjury convictions. In 1998 he was under federal investigation for money laundering and tax evasion charges. Braswell and Carlos Vignali each paid approximately $200,000 to Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, to represent their respective cases for clemency. Hugh Rodham returned the payments after they were disclosed to the public. Braswell would later invoke the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Committee hearing in 2001, when questioned about allegations of his having systematically defrauded senior citizens of millions of dollars.
 * Linda Evans and Susan Rosenberg, members of the radical Weather Underground organization, both had sentences for weapons and explosives charges commuted: Evans served 16 years of her 40-year sentence, and Rosenberg served 16 of her 58 years.
 * Marc Rich, a fugitive who had fled the U.S. during his prosecution, was residing in Switzerland. Rich owed $48 million in taxes and was charged with 51 counts for tax fraud, was pardoned of tax evasion. He was required to pay a $1 million fine and waive any use of the pardon as a defense against any future civil charges that were filed against him in the same case. Critics complained that Denise Eisenberg Rich, his former wife, had made substantial donations to both the Clinton library and to Mrs. Clinton's senate campaign. According to Paul Volcker's independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 Moilbbl of oil. Longtime Clinton supporters and Democratic leaders such as former President Jimmy Carter, James Carville and Terry McAuliffe, were all critical of the Clinton pardon. Carter said the pardons were "disgraceful."
 * Susan McDougal, who had already completed her sentence, was pardoned for her role in the Whitewater scandal. McDougal had served the maximum possible 18 months, including eight in solitary confinement, on contempt charges for refusing to testify about Clinton's role.
 * Dan Rostenkowski, a former Democratic Congressman from Illinois and Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee, was pardoned for his role in the Congressional Post Office scandal. Rostenkowski had served 13 months of a 17-month sentence before being released in 1997. After his release from prison, Clinton granted him a pardon in December 2000.
 * Mel Reynolds, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois, was convicted of bank fraud, 12 counts of sexual assault of a child, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography. His sentence was commuted on the bank fraud charge and he was allowed to serve the final months under the auspices of a halfway house. Reynolds had served his entire sentence on child sex abuse charges before the commutation of the later convictions.
 * Patty Hearst, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974. After being isolated and threatened with death, she became supportive of their cause, making propaganda announcements for them and taking part in illegal activities. After her arrest in 1975, she was found guilty of bank robbery. The procedural correctness of her trial was upheld by the courts, although some celebrities, commentators and politicians felt it to be unjust. Hearst's sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and she was pardoned by President Bill Clinton.
 * Roger Clinton, the president's brother, was pardoned for drug charges after having served the entire sentence more than a decade earlier. Roger Clinton would be charged with drunk driving and disorderly conduct in an unrelated incident within a year of the pardon. He was also briefly alleged to have been utilized in lobbying for the Braswell pardon, among others. However, no wrongdoing was uncovered.
 * Harvey Weinig, a former Manhattan lawyer who was sentenced in 1996 to 11 years in prison for facilitating an extortion-kidnapping scheme and helping launder at least $19 million for the Cali cocaine cartel.
 * Chris Wade, an Arkansas real estate broker involved in the Whitewater land deals who had been sentenced to prison for bank fraud and false statements on a loan application.

On February 18, 2001, Bill Clinton wrote a New York Times column defending the 140 pardons.

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Distance (graph theory)

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the distance between two vertices in a graph is the number of edges in a shortest path (also called a graph geodesic) connecting them. This is also known as the geodesic distance or shortest-path distance. Notice that there may be more than one shortest path between two vertices. If there is no path connecting the two vertices, i.e., if they belong to different connected components, then conventionally the distance is defined as infinite.

In the case of a directed graph the distance $d(u,v)$ between two vertices $u$ and $v$ is defined as the length of a shortest directed path from $u$ to $v$ consisting of arcs, provided at least one such path exists. Notice that, in contrast with the case of undirected graphs, $d(u,v)$ does not necessarily coincide with $d(v,u)$—so it is just a quasi-metric, and it might be the case that one is defined while the other is not.

Related concepts
A metric space defined over a set of points in terms of distances in a graph defined over the set is called a graph metric. The vertex set (of an undirected graph) and the distance function form a metric space, if and only if the graph is connected.

The eccentricity $ϵ(v)$ of a vertex $v$ is the greatest distance between $v$ and any other vertex; in symbols,
 * $$\epsilon(v) = \max_{u \in V}d(v,u).$$

It can be thought of as how far a node is from the node most distant from it in the graph.

The radius $r$ of a graph is the minimum eccentricity of any vertex or, in symbols,
 * $$r = \min_{v \in V} \epsilon(v) = \min_{v \in V}\max_{u \in V}d(v,u).$$

The diameter $d$ of a graph is the maximum eccentricity of any vertex in the graph. That is, $d$ is the greatest distance between any pair of vertices or, alternatively,
 * $$d = \max_{v \in V}\epsilon(v) = \max_{v \in V}\max_{u \in V}d(v,u).$$

To find the diameter of a graph, first find the shortest path between each pair of vertices. The greatest length of any of these paths is the diameter of the graph.

A central vertex in a graph of radius $r$ is one whose eccentricity is $r$—that is, a vertex whose distance from its furthest vertex is equal to the radius, equivalently, a vertex $v$ such that $ϵ(v) = r$.

A peripheral vertex in a graph of diameter $d$ is one whose eccentricity is $d$—that is, a vertex whose distance from its furthest vertex is equal to the diameter. Formally, $v$ is peripheral if $ϵ(v) = d$.

A pseudo-peripheral vertex $v$ has the property that, for any vertex $u$, if $u$ is as far away from $v$ as possible, then $v$ is as far away from $u$ as possible. Formally, a vertex $v$ is pseudo-peripheral if, for each vertex $u$ with $d(u,v) = ϵ(v)$, it holds that $ϵ(u) = ϵ(v)$.

A level structure of the graph, given a starting vertex, is a partition of the graph's vertices into subsets by their distances from the starting vertex.

A geodetic graph is one for which every pair of vertices has a unique shortest path connecting them. For example, all trees are geodetic.

The weighted shortest-path distance generalises the geodesic distance to weighted graphs. In this case it is assumed that the weight of an edge represents its length or, for complex networks the cost of the interaction, and the weighted shortest-path distance $dW(u, v)$ is the minimum sum of weights across all the paths connecting $u$ and $v$. See the shortest path problem for more details and algorithms.

Algorithm for finding pseudo-peripheral vertices
Often peripheral sparse matrix algorithms need a starting vertex with a high eccentricity. A peripheral vertex would be perfect, but is often hard to calculate. In most circumstances a pseudo-peripheral vertex can be used. A pseudo-peripheral vertex can easily be found with the following algorithm:

 * 1) Choose a vertex $$u$$.
 * 2) Among all the vertices that are as far from $$u$$ as possible, let $$v$$ be one with minimal degree.
 * 3) If $$\epsilon(v) > \epsilon(u)$$ then set $$u=v$$ and repeat with step 2, else $$u$$ is a pseudo-peripheral vertex.

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Monie Captan

Monie Ralph Captan (born May 28, 1962) is the former foreign minister of Liberia from 1996 until 2003, former of Presidential Affairs 1996. During most of that time he served under President Charles Taylor. Captan's mother was a native of Liberia and his father was Lebanese. Before serving as foreign minister, he was a local businessman, owner of an independent Liberian newspaper and a professor at the University of Liberia. During the Liberian Civil War, his newspaper expressed views which sometimes came across as being sympathetic to Charles Taylor and his National Patriot Front of Liberia (NPFL). When Taylor won the elections, he was subsequently named foreign minister. He is one of several Liberian elites who were not members of Taylor's NPFL to be appointed to high level positions. During the Liberian Civil war he resided in Monrovia which was never controlled by the NPFL. Currently, Executive Chairman Comium Liberia. Captan who was overwhelmingly elected with over 70% of the votes on March 16, 2010 as President of the Liberia Chamber of Commerce.

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Marksmanship Medal

The Marksmanship Medal is a United States Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard military award and is the highest award one may receive for weapons qualification. The Marksmanship Medal is the equivalent of the Expert Marksmanship Badge in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. Additionally, select State National Guard organizations award marksmanship medals to guardsmen who achieve some of the highest aggregate scores at state-level marksmanship competitions.

The Marksmanship Medal is awarded for qualifying as an expert marksman on either the Sig Sauer M18 (Navy or Coast Guard), 9×19mm Beretta M9 (Navy or Coast Guard), .40 S&W SIG P229 DAK (Coast Guard only), or M16 rifle. To qualify at the expert level, a superior score must be obtained on an approved weapons qualification course. The standard Navy weapons qualification course for pistol normally consists of several courses of fire from strong-side supported (standing), weak-side supported (standing), and strong-side supported (kneeling) positions. For the rifle, the Navy qualification course consists of firing from a sitting and prone positions.

Those qualifying as an expert marksman are authorized to wear the Marksmanship Medal, awarded as two separate decorations for rifle or pistol qualifications. Those having qualified on both pistol and rifle may receive both medals for simultaneous wear. The Marksmanship Medal is worn as a full-sized medal on dress uniforms. On a duty uniform all successful qualifiers may wear the award as the standard Marksmanship Ribbon. Those qualifying as an expert are authorized to wear the Expert device on the ribbon and those qualifying as a sharpshooter are authorized a "S" device (Navy-bronze and Coast Guard-silver) for that ribbon.

The Navy Marksmanship Medals were first issued in 1969.

Similarly, the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs awards the Alaska Adjutant General's Marksmanship Proficiency Medals, one for rifle and one for pistol, to the top ten guardsman with the highest aggregate scores at the Alaska National Guard Adjutant General's Match. The winners of these awards are selected to join the state's marksmanship team to represent the Alaska National Guard at the Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championships for a chance to win the Chief's Fifty Marksmanship Badge. A red, white, and blue ribbon is used to represent both medals ; however, the actual rifle and pistol medals suspended by this ribbon are distinct.

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Talk:Paducah, Kentucky

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I've added some sections: I'd like to get with the appropriate Wikiproject for adapting page standards for small towns and cities. I'm working on expanding the History section to include the 1937 flood and some details of Civil War events including the unsuccesful raid on Fort Anderson by Nathan Bedford Forrest.
 * People from Paducah
 * Atractions

I'd also like to add something about the Artist Relocation Program and the Visitor's beureau (informational, not promotional) and I'm wondering if there could be a section called for Industry and Commerce where I could mention the USEC facility here, the River and Rail Industry and other key economic factors that describe Paducah a bit more fully.

I would rather do this in a uniform standardized way. Thanks in advance for your input. Quinobi 19:59, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Be bold, my fellow Q-person. City standards are still being made up. If what you do is good work, it will become standard, and if not, people will fix it. Don't forget to mention the quilt fair in Paducah -- biggest in the U.S., I believe.   – Quadell (talk) (help)   20:27, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)

Expanding the Context
What about adding the different neighborhoods of Paducah? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.114.124.87 (talk) 23:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the encouragement Quadell ! :)

 * I just went on an made Paducah the Quilt Capital of the Whole World! ;)

 * I noticed that there are links to some pretty urbane topics that don't resolve. I'm thinking that a progressive history of the US and other contries could be formed superimposed onto a global geo-historical timeline involving things like industrial development, culture, immigration, transport and so forth in a comprehensive user friendly context resolution matrix - Quinobi 17:21, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Oh, never mind Quinobi 21:32, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * A comprehensive user-friendly context resolution matrix sounds good to me. - CQ 13:57, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Questions
Just happened to be passing through, and after reading this article, I had some unanswered questions: What is a "platt"? Is this a misspelling of "plot"? What are the "many waterways" that Paducah is convenient to? -Beland 04:41, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I'm recollecting "platt", short for platter I suppose - a whole set of plots, perhaps. The term appears in the mural nearest the Flood wall at the foot of Broadway referring to the drawn plan for laying out Paducah held by Clark. Maybe it's convenient for someone to run down there and check for us right quickly.
 * (CORRECTION: I think the spelling is just plat, with one t, if you are referring to the map sections that municipalities use for deeding and other functions) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.162.164.50 (talk) 02:11, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Speaking of Convenience, the river system was very convenient for the US government through WWII, the Fifties and Sixties...

 * Paducah's two main rivers, the Ohio and the Tennessee, have their confluence at the foot of Broadway which also serves as a large public boat ramp stretching east one block to Kentucky Avenue. Somewhere between these two streets and their gates in the floodwall but out in the channel, is mile marker 0 of the Tennessee River which runs south-southeast dividing the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky from the rest of the Commonwealth. From there it curves way down through Tennessee into Mississippi, Alabama and back northeast again through Tennessee to it's headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains.

 * Up the Ohio river just a few miles from the foot of Broadway at Smithland, Kentucky, The Cumberland River which drains the Cumberland Plateau and Nashville, Tennessee spills into the Ohio. The Cumberland and Tennessee are the boundaries of a sparcly-developed tract once called Land Between the Rivers but now called Land Between the Lakes or LBL.

 * The two lakes were formed when the Corps of Engineers built hydro-electric dams to 'prime the pump' for the United States's Rural Electrification program. The Dams are built at a spot called Grand Rivers, Kentucky where the two rivers were very close together. The presence of large deposits of high-quality white limestone made building the low earthen dams a lucrative proposition for the Department of Energy. Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley are connected together by a short canal which now forms the northern boundary of LBL.

 * Downstream from Paducah about thirty miles, the Ohio flows into the Mississippi river at Cairo, Illinois. The term Four Rivers region refers to the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee and Cumberland which all converge within thirty miles of Paducah.

?? : Surprised there is no mention of the riverport here, with the rivers being such a prominent feature. I understand there is a lot of economic activity connected to the port... https://www.paducahriverport.org/about/ ...I would add but I don't know the town first hand and reluctant to stick my finger into someone else's pie! Lyn (talk) 19:42, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

 * See plat.Edison 19:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

 * a. A mispelin of plat. It's basically the formal plan of a city or subdivision.
 * b. Thoroughly covered in the article. — Llywelyn II   14:27, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Do you think that we should give less credence to the "legend" of "Chief Paduke" {generally considered fictional by local historians}, and say that Clark named Paducah for Indians of the western plains, which he may have encountered during his travels? Thank you, Joedalb (talk) 19:07, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, we should not give any credence to the Paduke story. Fixed, with cite from major authority on Ky loconyms. — Llywelyn II   14:27, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Would it not be prudent to include elevation in relationship to sea level? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.53.127.190 (talk) 03:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Elevation is always in relation to sea level, unless otherwise stated. — Llywelyn II   14:27, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

QUESTION: Why is there no section on the BBQ on the River, paducahs biggest charity bbq cookoff? Its been round for 19 years!!!! 174.50.196.41 (talk) 06:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)a citizen of paducah 174.50.196.41 (talk) 06:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Was it square before that? Seriously, though, a local event would really never be deserving of its own section.  And as I say that, I noticed that one event in this article had its own section.  I renamed the section annual events and you are welcome to add some referenced content there. Gtwfan52 (talk) 07:23, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Summer Festival
The Paducah Summer Festival has been a part of the city's history for years. If someone is very up on the history and current events of it a section about that might be nice. I personally only know a bit about the cross river swim. Sir hugo 12:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Flood Wall
The flood wall has been around since the beginning of the 20th century after the big floods. At the end of the century though murals were added to the wall to make it more glamorous. It would be nice to have information about the history of the wall including a small bit about each mural.Sir hugo 12:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

The flood wall was built over a span of years after the 1937 flood. It seems to work better than the similar ones in New Orleans.Edison 19:54, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Civil War
In the civil war section of this article there was no mention of Llyod Tilghman the last time I read it. This is of some importance since it was his wife that Augusta Tilghman high school was named after. Maybe even a section about Augusta Tilghman and Lincoln High Schools and the eventual merger into Paducah Tilghman might be warrented too. Sir hugo 12:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Dippin' Dots
Dippin' Dots is headquartered in Paducah. Shouldn't that be mentioned somewhere in the article? CrossBlade 20:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Total Solar Eclipses in 2017 and 2024
I just read that Paducah will experience two total solar eclipses in a 7-year span (in 2017 and 2024)... -- 12.116.162.162 19:58, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
How is the name of the place pronounced? Is it "pah-DOO-kah" or (I would think more likely) "padda-kah"? Not being "from around hyar" it's not necessarily obvious -- after all, from my Civil War interests I know nearby Cairo is pronounced "kay-roh", but few except regionals are going to pronounce it that way. Might be nice to add to the article. MrG4.225.208.187 (talk) 12:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It is pronounced "pah-DOO-kah," as you were first inclined. I'm not sure how to include the IPA in the article, but I hope someone who knows will. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 13:28, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems pretty obvious to me and it's nothing like as nonobvious as Cairo or Versailles. Let's leave the IPA to the Wiktionary entry. =p —  Llywelyn II   14:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Mayor
Continued contribution to William F. Paxton and, much like Louisville, a Mayer list/category, would be greatly appreciated. Hooper (talk) 21:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Millsprings Amusement Park
Hi everyone. I am currently gathering my family archives so that I can build a page about Millsprings Amusement Park. It was once located in Paducah, KY. I am the son of the founder and would like to assess whether or not this group would like to get behind me on this small project to protect it from speedy deletion, et all. The park was located near Kentucky Oaks Mall off I-24 and was open from 1996-2000. Any additional support you can lend to use as references would be appreciated.

Rekutyn (talk) 23:23, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Why no mention of the 1997 school shooting?
Why no mention of the Heath High School shooting? 00:54, 16 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.0.82 (talk)

 * I was also wondering about that. My assumption was West Paducah was west part of Paducah, but apparently West Paducah is an "unincorporated community" and thus separate from city of Paducah. (although there seems to be some overlap with Education section saying "Parts of the city and surrounding county are instead served by the McCracken County Public Schools" and mention of "Heath" "Middle School"). --EarthFurst (talk) 22:01, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Contemporary Paducah
Current version: Same problem as on VIcksburg, the contemporary Vicksburg/Paducah sections are only about murals by Herb Roe and his mentor Dafford. I actually like their work a lot, but this is seriously undue weight.24.22.208.138 (talk) 09:02, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Why not try expanding it with other contemporary material then. Do you have some kind of vendetta against the Dafford art projects in this state and other places? Your edit history is strange, and does not imply that you are a fan of their work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.101.66.220 (talk) 04:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Legacy
Once we get a section on this, worth mentioning that this is the namesake of Paducah, Texas (Texas Handbook entry). Alternatively, given how overlong the "native sons" section is, we could just include its founder R. Potts and link it that way. — Llywelyn II   14:21, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

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