Saw all the Sydney shows, also Perth, Adelaide, Canberra & Melbourne... been a DP fan since 1970 & had the extraordinary good fortune to be photographing & interviewing during their Oz tour in 84. I'd had backstage access before & after every gig... except this one. I wasn't told why. All became clear when this happened. Unbelievable! I was told (several days later) by Jon Lord that it was Ritchie's idea to ask George if he'd like to have a play. Jon had known George a long time & didn't think he'd agree to it, but no-one had the nerve to ask him... and it fell to Ian Gillan. Much to their surprise & delight, George agreed, a song was chosen, and George was given one of Ritchie's guitars to play (another story in itself). The next day, I'd organised with their local tour manager to have my work colleagues play soccer with DP at Sydney's Centennial Park. After the match which, I was assured, was amongst the best DP had played, I went back to the hotel to pick up show passes for the players. As I waited in the hotel foyer, George & his wife wandered in from the street. Never one to balk at a cosmic opportunity of this magnitude, I walked up to them, politely introduced myself, and thanked George for making the show the night before into something truly unique & special... he thanked me in the most polite, gentle and humble manner. My one brief moment with him... I'll never forget it...
George said in an interview that Jon Lord and Ian Paice were his neighbors for 9 years (this was after Purple disbanded). He was on a visit Down Under when Jon and Ian Paice invited him to their venue. Harrison recalls how they talked him into joining them onstage. George said even though he was neighbors with Lord and Paice, he had never been to any of their shows until their reunion world tour (in Australia).
I was at this show and for years when I told people George Harrison came on as a guest, most would give a disbelieving look to me. Now I have proof. There were probably 6 cameras filming this gig, so I can't understand why they wouldn't have kept the cameras rolling to capture this. Maybe Deep Purple never thought it was such a big deal, but for me, being a life long Beatles tragic, getting to see one of the Fab Four playing live with another of my favorites was something I've never forgotten.
He's been known to use different aliases beside Spike or Nelson Wilbury. One of my favorites was when once called himself Jack Lumber, after Monty Python's Lumberjack Song
George Harrison is the guitarist with the greatest rock riffs and While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a song that any band would like to have in their repertoire. George Harrison is one of the great guitarists of Rock and is a Beatle.
@@blueshouseroberto5856 Jajjajaj you forget that John Lennon was a great politically incorrect. He sent the queen to hell and the conservatives too when he said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. that's having balls
I was there, along with a million others it seems. We had no idea it was George from the Beatles. We thought he was just some guy who won a competition to play a song onstage with deep purple. Maybe those closer to the action knew. Next day the headlines in the paper: "Beatle performed in Sydney". If I'd only known. That's my memory anyway. I thought he was introduced as George from Liverpool which seems incorrect now.
Saw this gig, but was way up the back, but recognised George instantly. My memory of the song starting was it being a bit slow, but the tempo here is just right, so it was obviously my expectation, not the song! As a regularly working musician then, the whole band had to say they were unavailable for gigs on this night, which - two weeks before xmas - is the busiest time of the year. Went went along thinking, this was the last opportunity we'd get to see the 'classic' DP - and got a Beatle for our money too!
I was at that concert ,if memory serves me correctly George Harrison was in Australia at the same time doing a book signing tour,a great tour 4 sold out nights at the Sydney entertainment center,
I was at this concert...if memory serves me correctly Harrison was living in Queensland at the time and Deep Purple visited him before the tour...Harrison turned up for this concert...sat on the side of the stage and wandered on at the end to play and was introduced as Arnold from Liverpool, Sydney...classic performance !!!
Ian Gillan here was clearly the director of them all.. he has even told Ritchie when to play the solo.. I love them so much, I 've just whatch this with one big smile while jumping on my seat
I can honestly say, I was there at this concert when the amazing George Harrison came on stage, first concert, since well before my time, so a piece of nostalgia for me. For the record I was 20 years old, at the old Syd Entertainment Centre (now gone for high rise apartments). And for the other record, I saw U2 Under a Blood Red Sky tour, same venue, about the same time, my ears were ringing more after U2 than Deep Purple, but great musos indeed.
The Thames Valley Gang - that's what the neighbors loosely called each other Alvin Lee, Jon Lord, George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, Jim Capaldi and Ron Wood 🎸
@@cinematicpassages8884 What??? DP has a cover of "Help" on Shades of Deep Purple album. I remember reading RB's interview praising PM as the best songwriter we had this century.
@@ravenbonanza1522 ah yes the help cover, right but perhaps the other guys wanted to do the cover mostly because they where so much nicer and chill than RB ever was and you have to remember that Ritchie loathed the first purple albums, he hated those records and wanted to move foward and never look back with "in rock", i know jon lord loved george and the beatles...but all these years RB Is just saying that the beatles where boring or simple, i have to search that about macca but... honestly all i've read through the years is that the beatles where doing silly music according to him (WHICH i don't agree btw), same for the rest of the bands back then UNTIL he listened to hendrix, cream, vanilla fudge, beck and early zeppelin. About the song writer interview...i have to look for that one, because i've only seem him talk like that on Bob Dylan. Edit: can't find the interview where he said that about macca. 🤥 I reccon he mellowed down these years though...he's less hostile towards his peers now.
@@cinematicpassages8884 This is a quote from an Australian Radio show, "Ritchie Blackmore said he admired Paul McCartney and stated that “The Beatles were excellent. Probably the best band ever lived, without a doubt, along with Hendrix and Jethro Tull.”
Would be great that gig..Deep Purple and Mr.Harrison being interviewed together..can see Mr.Blackmore and Mr.Glover open gensture welcoming Mr.Harrison for the show.
i had just finished year 12 and was only 12 rows back from stage. Seen a lot of bands since then, pubs, festivals etc yet I remember this concert the most. After all these years its still the best gig I have ever been to.
I cant imagined..Mr.Harrison is my fav beatle & my fav guitar hero..Mr.Blackmore is my fav guitar player..2 of them meet and face to face guitar battle with LITTLE RICHARD'S Lucille.Damn! Should made the video on the front view..seeing Mr.Harrison of the Beatle and Deep Purple co founder ex screaming lord sutch guitar player..whoaaaaa! Fantabalous!!!
I can't imagined 2 of my fav guitarist seeing each other face to face playing guitar together..i never thought 2 of them met..and boogie with rock n roll..damn! I love Mr.Harrison..i love Mr.Blackmore..
it’s funny, I came here from a George Harrison interview talking about this performance and how he was playing in the wrong key but it didn’t seem to matter and you can hear it @ 5:20 funnily enough
That Arnold is pretty good. He started to repeat the opening phrase (as is common in blues) but the band did the first change early. Guess Arnold missed rehearsal. LOL Seriously though, considering it was George's first time seeing them play... it went very well. All hail Little Richard, the father of Rock and Roll! 🤘🧙♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
This vid really brings back great, childhood memories :-) I was 15 at the time, and the re-union of Purple was like the second coming of Christ to me. We didn't have UA-cam, internet, cellphones or any other gadgets, but we did have musicmags....and a lot of patience :-D I remember reading about those Australian gigs in a mag, and it gave me goosebumps just reading about it. To able to see it on YT? Amazing!!!
Thanks for sharing this! Reading the musical news at that time, I've heard that it happened. Now I can really watch it. Pitty that feedback is so low,but still thanks! Who ever cared for great music will continue to do so!
Gillan, no comparison. George in his own self assured style was just appropriate blended well. Blackmore owned the last solo. They were smart enough to keep the lights low because George for who he was would have grabbed all the limelight.
Probably because Sony owns the rights to Deep Purple('s music publishing) but Universal owns the rights to Little Richard('s music publishing). Sony could have released this song on the cd/dvd, but they'd have to give up something like 9.1% of the revenues to Universal. It's all about money.
ジョージハリスンとリッチーブラックモア、ブリティッシュロックの伝説ギタリストの共演とかスゴすぎます‼️しかもロックンロールの古典リトルリチャードのルシールと言うのがまた凄いです😅🎉🎉
そうですね！畑違いの二人が同じステージで並んで演奏してたなんて！
これは歴史的フィルムですね！ 🔥 ジョンのオルガンもしっかり聴こえてきます！ 🙆🙆🙆
@@kyokofukuiさん、同感ですね‼️100%😅
@@kyokofukui Organ sounds great!
Saw all the Sydney shows, also Perth, Adelaide, Canberra & Melbourne... been a DP fan since 1970 & had the extraordinary good fortune to be photographing & interviewing during their Oz tour in 84. I'd had backstage access before & after every gig... except this one. I wasn't told why. All became clear when this happened. Unbelievable! I was told (several days later) by Jon Lord that it was Ritchie's idea to ask George if he'd like to have a play. Jon had known George a long time & didn't think he'd agree to it, but no-one had the nerve to ask him... and it fell to Ian Gillan. Much to their surprise & delight, George agreed, a song was chosen, and George was given one of Ritchie's guitars to play (another story in itself). The next day, I'd organised with their local tour manager to have my work colleagues play soccer with DP at Sydney's Centennial Park. After the match which, I was assured, was amongst the best DP had played, I went back to the hotel to pick up show passes for the players. As I waited in the hotel foyer, George & his wife wandered in from the street. Never one to balk at a cosmic opportunity of this magnitude, I walked up to them, politely introduced myself, and thanked George for making the show the night before into something truly unique & special... he thanked me in the most polite, gentle and humble manner. My one brief moment with him... I'll never forget it...
Wow what a thrill. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Pictures or you are a liar.
lol joking. I wish I was you.
you lucky bastard... you lucky jammy bastard...
Could Harrison play Ritchie's scalloped guitar?
Спасибо чувак
Blackmore and Harrison, two worlds collide…awesome…
George referred to himself as Arnold Grove - the street he grew up on in Liverpool.
Haha! “Arnold Grove…”
“…from Liverpool…”
how very astute of you !!
@@Paul-dw2clI Find it Funny 😆 as You do Unlike the Smart As*’s Comment Below Yours !
I heard somewhere that George would often check into hotels under the name Arnold Grove, too.
George said in an interview that Jon Lord and Ian Paice were his neighbors for 9 years (this was after Purple disbanded). He was on a visit Down Under when Jon and Ian Paice invited him to their venue. Harrison recalls how they talked him into joining them onstage. George said even though he was neighbors with Lord and Paice, he had never been to any of their shows until their reunion world tour (in Australia).
I was at this show and for years when I told people George Harrison came on as a guest, most would give a disbelieving look to me. Now I have proof. There were probably 6 cameras filming this gig, so I can't understand why they wouldn't have kept the cameras rolling to capture this. Maybe Deep Purple never thought it was such a big deal, but for me, being a life long Beatles tragic, getting to see one of the Fab Four playing live with another of my favorites was something I've never forgotten.
I was there and over the years had the same reaction when I told people.
Six cameras an not one of them in FRONT of the stage???
A Gig I will never forget!! What a night, 3 gigs in Sydney and George was on for the 2nd, the one I had a ticket to!! Fantastic!!
I was there. Handed George his guitar pick!
I was there too. I tied Georges shoes before he went on!
Which was?
George was unprepared but he did it anyway on the fly. No practice before the performance. Awesome performance.
The moment when 'Arnold', a 'prize-winner from Liverpool', got to jam onstage with Deep Purple. Priceless!
He used the name Arnold Grove a few times... lol
thats the street he grew up on in Liverpool @@bobinscotland
He's been known to use different aliases beside Spike or Nelson Wilbury. One of my favorites was when once called himself Jack Lumber, after Monty Python's Lumberjack Song
George Harrison is the guitarist with the greatest rock riffs and While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a song that any band would like to have in their repertoire. George Harrison is one of the great guitarists of Rock and is a Beatle.
Most of the iconic guitar parts of that song where done by Eric Clapton though...but YES George was KING
You' re very very correct and dreamer
@@blueshouseroberto5856 Jajjajaj you forget that John Lennon was a great politically incorrect. He sent the queen to hell and the conservatives too when he said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. that's having balls
@@cinematicpassages8884 no blackmore
Nah there are plenty other guitarrists with much better riffs but yeah, he's a great musician, great composer
Classic George solo - Understated, yet screamin' nonetheless.
"This chap won a prize to come play with us this evening ! Are you alright (Arnold) ?" - haha !
Arnold knows his rock'n roll! 😊
The crowd must've lost their collective minds, especially since Harrison was undergoing a reclusive period during the early '80s.
I was there, along with a million others it seems. We had no idea it was George from the Beatles. We thought he was just some guy who won a competition to play a song onstage with deep purple. Maybe those closer to the action knew.
Next day the headlines in the paper:
"Beatle performed in Sydney".
If I'd only known.
That's my memory anyway.
I thought he was introduced as George from Liverpool which seems incorrect now.
Without a doubt - hands down - no question - absolutely the coolest thing i've ever seen.
Ian Gillan really rises to this occasion.
should be included in the list of Rock n Rolls rarest moments
Saw this gig, but was way up the back, but recognised George instantly. My memory of the song starting was it being a bit slow, but the tempo here is just right, so it was obviously my expectation, not the song! As a regularly working musician then, the whole band had to say they were unavailable for gigs on this night, which - two weeks before xmas - is the busiest time of the year. Went went along thinking, this was the last opportunity we'd get to see the 'classic' DP - and got a Beatle for our money too!
what a treasure of footage
What a rare & magical piece of footage featuring "Arnold Grove". Thanks for posting it.
Kinda tame compared to how they use to tear thru it in the early 70s. Saw them do this song in 72 and they almost knocked the building down with it!
I was at that concert ,if memory serves me correctly George Harrison was in Australia at the same time doing a book signing tour,a great tour 4 sold out nights at the Sydney entertainment center,
Arnold Grove from Liverpool you rock!! Love you..
i love you Arnold from Liverpool lol
I was at this concert...if memory serves me correctly Harrison was living in Queensland at the time and Deep Purple visited him before the tour...Harrison turned up for this concert...sat on the side of the stage and wandered on at the end to play and was introduced as Arnold from Liverpool, Sydney...classic performance !!!
Unlike Eric Clapton...George actually liked hard rock. Crazy because Clapton kinda invented the whole thing in a way haha
@@cinematicpassages8884 Eric stopped liking it after Blackmore blew him off the stage on Creams fair well tour.
I was there for the 3 nights in Sydney. That was something special to witness 👌👍
Ian Gillan here was clearly the director of them all.. he has even told Ritchie when to play the solo.. I love them so much, I 've just whatch this with one big smile while jumping on my seat
George Harrison play a Ritchie Stratocaster , wow !
I can honestly say, I was there at this concert when the amazing George Harrison came on stage, first concert, since well before my time, so a piece of nostalgia for me.
For the record I was 20 years old, at the old Syd Entertainment Centre (now gone for high rise apartments). And for the other record, I saw U2 Under a Blood Red Sky tour, same venue, about the same time, my ears were ringing more after U2 than Deep Purple, but great musos indeed.
“Arnold Grove…”
“…from Liverpool…”
The Deep Beatle.
The Thames Valley Gang - that's what the neighbors loosely called each other Alvin Lee, Jon Lord, George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, Jim Capaldi and Ron Wood 🎸
I'd read about this in 1984. When UA-cam came out this was one of the first videos Searched for and was surprised when I found it.
Richie's seems happy GH performing with DP. I can see him & GH talking on stage while they're playing Lucille
Weird because everytime he talks about the beatles he kinda trashes their music and their image altogether.
@@cinematicpassages8884 What??? DP has a cover of "Help" on Shades of Deep Purple album. I remember reading RB's interview praising PM as the best songwriter we had this century.
@@ravenbonanza1522 ah yes the help cover, right but perhaps the other guys wanted to do the cover mostly because they where so much nicer and chill than RB ever was and you have to remember that Ritchie loathed the first purple albums, he hated those records and wanted to move foward and never look back with "in rock", i know jon lord loved george and the beatles...but all these years RB Is just saying that the beatles where boring or simple, i have to search that about macca but... honestly all i've read through the years is that the beatles where doing silly music according to him (WHICH i don't agree btw), same for the rest of the bands back then UNTIL he listened to hendrix, cream, vanilla fudge, beck and early zeppelin. About the song writer interview...i have to look for that one, because i've only seem him talk like that on Bob Dylan. Edit: can't find the interview where he said that about macca. 🤥 I reccon he mellowed down these years though...he's less hostile towards his peers now.
@@cinematicpassages8884 This is a quote from an Australian Radio show, "Ritchie Blackmore said he admired Paul McCartney and stated that “The Beatles were excellent. Probably the best band ever lived, without a doubt, along with Hendrix and Jethro Tull.”
Would be great that gig..Deep Purple and Mr.Harrison being interviewed together..can see Mr.Blackmore and Mr.Glover open gensture welcoming Mr.Harrison for the show.
wow awesome find
i had just finished year 12 and was only 12 rows back from stage. Seen a lot of bands since then, pubs, festivals etc yet I remember this concert the most. After all these years its still the best gig I have ever been to.
Oh my God...really glad to see it. I didn't think I would ever see this.Thank you
I cant imagined..Mr.Harrison is my fav beatle & my fav guitar hero..Mr.Blackmore is my fav guitar player..2 of them meet and face to face guitar battle with LITTLE RICHARD'S Lucille.Damn! Should made the video on the front view..seeing Mr.Harrison of the Beatle and Deep Purple co founder ex screaming lord sutch guitar player..whoaaaaa! Fantabalous!!!
Que interessante, George Harrison dividindo o mesmo palco com Ritchie Blackmore. Ainda bem que havia uma câmera para registrar o ocorrido.
And lucky that camera was not in front of the stage, where it ought to have been. Great shots of the back of everyone's head, though.
What a treat, real
rock N roll music.
Never heard about this unique gig ...Awsome !!
Some of the DP guys were George's neighbors & they used to get together and jam.
"Arnold G." was louder in the mix than Richie B. ! The guy at the board probably had a little talking to afterwards ;-)
Harrison & Blackmore..2 great guitarist
I can't imagined 2 of my fav guitarist seeing each other face to face playing guitar together..i never thought 2 of them met..and boogie with rock n roll..damn! I love Mr.Harrison..i love Mr.Blackmore..
UA-cam ... there are some real hidden gems
GEORGE IS THE BEST .....TANKS PURPLE !!
The only time Ritchie seemed humbled.
it’s funny, I came here from a George Harrison interview talking about this performance and how he was playing in the wrong key but it didn’t seem to matter and you can hear it @ 5:20 funnily enough
A lot of guitar soloing is just hoping you hit the right notes and playing it off as some jazzy stuff if you don’t, then modulating to the right key.
@@alfieburns9019
I can't understand！
Please explain !
@@kyokofukui unless you make it obvious that you’re messing up, it will generally come off as sounding okay.
@@alfieburns9019 Well put. And you can always make a face at the bass player, everyone will think HE screwed up.
Deep Purple MKII and George Harrison playing together , That's it..
Fun … Arnold Grove too.. xoxoxox
Lucille у DP это всегда веселуха, отрываются по полной 😊👍👍👍💜💜💜
That Arnold is pretty good. He started to repeat the opening phrase (as is common in blues) but the band did the first change early. Guess Arnold missed rehearsal. LOL
Seriously though, considering it was George's first time seeing them play... it went very well.
All hail Little Richard, the father of Rock and Roll!
🤘🧙♂️🤘
Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
SuperPurplefan
Thank you very much !
brilliant - thanks for capturing
This vid really brings back great, childhood memories :-) I was 15 at the time, and the re-union of Purple was like the second coming of Christ to me. We didn't have UA-cam, internet, cellphones or any other gadgets, but we did have musicmags....and a lot of patience :-D I remember reading about those Australian gigs in a mag, and it gave me goosebumps just reading about it. To able to see it on YT? Amazing!!!
I was there.
George the Great!
Never knew this happened but it was great
I seen this tour in Flint Michigan....damn i wish George wouldve popped up there ..lol
Das ist so geil!!!!!
Harrison e o Purple que encontro extraordinário.
Thanks for sharing this! Reading the musical news at that time, I've heard that it happened. Now I can really watch it. Pitty that feedback is so low,but still thanks! Who ever cared for great music will continue to do so!
Great DP and Harrison
Thanks for sharing this
Jon Lord and Ian Paice were good neighbours of George's in Henley-On-Thames for years back in the day.
George says he played the wrong key here..
Seen um on the reunion tour at Cleveland 2 nights it was great 🎸
Gillan, no comparison. George in his own self assured style was just appropriate blended well. Blackmore owned the last solo. They were smart enough to keep the lights low because George for who he was would have grabbed all the limelight.
Less, less....
Great cues Ian.......amazing video.
Deep Purple forever
I too was at this event, well you could really callit that!
I never knew about this. What an event. Too bad the footage stinks. The guys in DP looked very happy to share the stage with George.
I want to go back in time and shout at the cameraman, "this is history in the making, get up in there!"
PUROS GENIOS MUSICALES REUNIDOS
If u can sit still through a little richard song somethings wrong. The band was having an absolute blast.
Magnifique document video....
I just came across this today. I saw the show in Melbourne. Alas no GH. But a great show all the same.
😭🤟
I'm not sure how I just found out that this happened.
На вечеринке лучших друзей Йен танцевал как восторженный парень)))
george harrison is a bad ass
パープルとジョージが共演してたなんて 奇跡だ
chingon video
neta que no lo puedo creer
que cabrones musicos, chingon chingon chingonnnNn
I saw DP during this tour at the Cow Palace San Francisco 1985..sadly, no George Harrison..I envy you Aussies...
We just got lucky
Chicago .both shows awesome
If we summed up all the people below who claim to have been at this gig, would the figure outstrip the venue's capacity? Just wondering.
This track is not included in the CD + DVD "Perfect Strangers" Live '84...why?
Probably because Sony owns the rights to Deep Purple('s music publishing) but Universal owns the rights to Little Richard('s music publishing). Sony could have released this song on the cd/dvd, but they'd have to give up something like 9.1% of the revenues to Universal. It's all about money.
George should have introduced himself as "Lord G" ❤️
So George has jammed with Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmore....
And Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Phil Collins, Elton John, Jeff Lyne etc etc
George played sparingly at first, but perhaps influenced by Richie, he started playing a lot.
Haven't heard this before
If jimi was on stage Blackmore would have upstaged
Shouldn't surprise me he was neighbor's with jon lord and ian paice
👍👍👍
But who is now playing more guitar Blackmore or Harrison?
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow
H O L L Y ...S H I T !
Is that Ian Gillan singing?
666 likes, don't want ruin this harmony
Blackmore shows respect then blows