最初叫 The Elves, 乐队在70年代初改名为ELF. 在当地的俱乐部表演过, 深紫乐队的Roger Glover 和Ian Paice 1972年1月份发现关注, 愿意为他们制作专辑. Only in April that year the debut was produced in Atlanta, GA, followed by support appearances for Deep Purple. Guitarist David Feinstein left in early 1973. Elf rearranged with a new guitarist plus a bassist and signed new record deals with MGM Records (for the US) and Purple Records (for the UK) in summer that year, where the second album was published: Carolina County Ball (which hit the US market as L.A./59). Due to their close affiliations with Deep Purple, Dio and Mickey Lee Soule also appeared on the 1974 solo album of Roger Glover, The Butterfly Ball. Ronnie sang on three of the tracks. In late 1974, it happened that musicians of Elf supported Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore to record a song called "Black Sheep of the Family" which was originally composed for a band called Quatermass. As...