DEEP PURPLE 'LIVE IN JAPAN' ORIG DBL JAP PRESSING OF 'MADE IN...' ARCHIVE MINT
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Deep Purple
'Made In Japan'
Purple, Japan, 1972
TPS 3511
IN 1973 very few sixth form students would have been caught without a copy of this seminal double live album tucked solemnly under their arm. As a monolithic representation of the early seventies rock scene few other albums, both live and studio, even come close to capturing the sheer enormity of its impact. Pushing all known musical boundaries Purple rode their mega decibel behemoth triumphantly into the very heart of the sun.
Blackmore, for all his detached indifference, was truly a pivotal component. The golden riff to ‘Smoke On The Water’ remains possibly rocks most authentic and memorable refrain spawning a hundred thousand student guitar players in the space of just four short minutes. His soloing in ‘Child In Time’, a weed smokers favourite, is unquestionably among the top ten greatest achievements in modern musical history.
The same accolades can be bestowed upon Jon Lord, the grand gentleman of the Hammond Organ, whose intuitive, unselfish playing cleverly positions the band away from mere generators of sludge. With Lord opting to challenge Blackmore’s guitar supremacy at every opportunity the scene is set for some spectacular dog fights- the two raging war atop some of the most moving and implausible music ever recorded.
Containing just seven (long) songs the album showcases at least four of the bands most popular recordings: ‘Smoke On The Water’, ‘Child In Time’, ‘Highway Star’ (show opener) and ‘Space Truckin’. Fronted by Ian Gillan and his trouser tightening banshee wail the band accelerates out of the starting gate driven by what surely must be demons and dragons. Wonderful and still sounds amazing.
Super original Japanese copy - where it was released under the unadventurous title of 'Live In Japan'.
This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.
Pressing: Warner Bros, Japan, 1972
Vinyl: Beautiful clean and shiny condition. No spindle marks and no signs of any other use. Grades as MINT/MINT/MINT/MINT
Cover: Only minor signs of use. Heavy duty thick gate fold cover. Sharp corners (slightly rubbed),no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Straight and stiff uncrushed spine lightly faded. Tough one to score. Grades as Ex+
Inserts: Double sided lyric insert
Matrix:
Side One: P-5066 W1
Side Two: P-5066 W2
Side Three: P-5067 W1
Side Four: P-5067 W2
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