Fully agree. Remember in my early teens, I recorded it on a cassette tape, listening to it on my cassette player when tenting in the summer. Always getting a nostalgic twinge when I hear the Made in Japan opening of Highway Star.
MIJ is the best live album ever, period. I first listened to it when I was 15 and now I am 56: back then it was hard to understand how a bunch of guys onstage could be so loud and, above all, so powerful; 40+ years later it is not only that, it's the musicianship and the taste behind everything they do I've listened to many, many live albums, many of them really good and joy to listen to. Also, I've been lucky enough to see many of my favourite bands play live, DP among them. It doesn't matter: MIJ remains unsurpassed, no other live recording comes even close. Not even other DP live albums, by the way. Some people talk about, for example, California Jam in '74, with MkIII: great gig, no doubt about it, but no match for MIJ Thanks a bunch for your comments and insights, Doug!! We all learn to appreciate more the music we love thanks to things like this
@@themactigers1609 DEAR SIR FOR ME IT WAS STARTED WITH HUSH 9IN 1968 AND BACK THEN WAS EARNED THE TITLE " BRITISH ROCK BAND TOOK USA BY STORM " THOUGH IT WAS ONLY THE STARTING .
Love how Deep Purple could be so loose and yet so tight at the same time. That ending of Child in Time is like a runaway train and then they stop on a dime. So good.
Purple were such a great live band. You don't see rock bands improvising with their songs like that anymore, and even at the time they were pretty unusual in that respect. So much energy and pace, and playing on the edge. I'm so glad it was immortalised in this brilliant recording.
The solo from child in time is a masterpiece. It could be analyzed over and over for a long time And to think when the song started it didn’t exhist because Blackmore played it from the top of his head and never to be duplicated again. Brilliant.
When listening to The Mule remember that Ian Paice didn’t have two bass drums and he didn’t have two pedals to one bass drum. What he had was one very fast left foot (being a lefty).
A bit of history: Deep Purple started in 1968, MiJ was recorded 1972, and here today, 2024, they are still touring (and recording), they will be here in Australia a few weeks from now. Three of the five from MiJ are still there: * Ian Gillan - vocals * Roger Glover - bass * Ian Paice - drums * Jon Lord - keyboards - retired 2002, died 2012 * Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar - quit 1993 * Don Airey - keyboards - replaced Jon Lord in 2002 (22 years ago). * After Blackmore quit mid tour in 1993, Joe Satriani stepped in as a ‘touring’ member for about a year. * Steve Morse was the full time lead guitar replacement and was in the band from 1994 to 2022 (longer than Blackmore), Steve retired to look after his wife who has cancer. * Simon McBride - lead guitar - replaced Morse in 2022 It’s now 56 years since Deep Purple started, and they’re still going strong! Cheers,
I don't know about you but I think it's time we had a Deep Purple album with Simon McBride on guitar. From what I've seen/heard on concert videos, he could be the nearest to Ritchie Blackmore we've heard since..well, Ritchie Blackmore. I hope they're working on a new album and we get one this year.
On German radio at the time Smoke on the water was played each hour for weeks. 5 guys actually playing their instruments/voice to perfection in a „jam Session“. Every live concert was different in exhibite the same songs.
Richie's guitar work in there I think is technically his best, the way he goes up and down the fretboard is amazing, especially for the time, although IMO it doesn't beat the Child In Time solo for excitement
In 53 years, I wonder how many times I've listened to this. I used to run long distances and on long runs I'd listen to this whole album. It kept me motivated. I would imagine them performing each song as I ran.
Got this album for my 8th birthday, and I grew up worshiping these guys. A decade, saw them on the Perfect Strangers tour. For me it was like seeing the Beatles. DP might be the most underrated band in history.
It's in my opinion one of the greatest hard rock live albums of all time. The band was on fire! Almost as great as this album is "Raninbow - On Stage".
As is often the case with these things, I'd argue that the following night in Japan (that The Mule and Lazy on the live album is taken from) is actually a better show. same goes for rainbow on Stage as well- the Germany 76 shows are better.
Oh the energy, the rock, the fun, the jazz, the aligning of planets happened right there. I seem to remember the sound engineer wasn’t even in the auditorium but given a back room but produced a sound engineered masterpiece. Don’t forget him.
"There are moments on this album that have never been surpassed in the history of rock and roll." Rolling Stone magazine And that, you will experience on side two with "Smoke on the water"
Rolling Stone got it wrong. This whole album has never been surpassed! My top 5 Live Made In Japan - Deep Purple Live In the Heart Of The City - Whitesnake Alchemy Live - Dire Straits Quo Live - Status Quo Live - 1975 - 85 - Bruce Springsteen Honorary Mentions Live Killers - Queen Made In Europe - Deep Purple Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
"Child in time" is without a doubt one of the best songs ever written. And this live version is just magic! I owned "Made in Japan" in all variants, cassette, vinyl, cd, mp4... It never gets old, incredible record
Thanks for covering this Dr. Doug)) The keyboard solo in Highway Star per Jon Lord is based on a Bach progression. The guitar solo for Highway Star was one of the rare solos that Ritchie worked out ahead of time. As he said, he fancied putting a bit of Mozart over it. Child In Time is my favorite Deep Purple song. You should definitely check out the Live In Stockholm 1970 version. The musicianship in the Mark 2 Purple was astounding. Paice does not get the due and respect he deserves - a phenomenal drummer. Same for Glover. Very underrated bassist but a damn good one. He lays down solid lines for Jon and Ritchie to work off of, can play riffs note for note with Ritchie and Jon (Bloodsucker from In Rock is an example). Made In Japan and ELP's Welcome Back are, IMO, the 2 best live albums ever. Can't wait for more Made In Japan)) BTW, Paice has said this is his favorite Purple record. No wonder. His playing is superb throughout.
An absolute staple of my music listening since it came out. Ian Paice is a still-active beast on the drums. His off hand, which in his case is his right, is dancing on the snare like a good jazz player, and always serving the song with his amazing rock fills. And then there is the fantastic speed. And he's just one of the five virtuosos in the same band.
This is Deep Purple, one night doesn't sound like the other, always improvising. This is the best Rock live album ever! even in todays masters of the electric guitar time no one can recreate this kind of energy.
I heard "Made In Japan" before "Machine Head" And because the live versions are so definitive I could never really get my head around the studio versions which sounded just too tame for me ...
It's very difficult to say what the highlight of the first two songs on Made in Japan is. More honestly I would say that each of them did a great job... Paice, a drum machine🥁... Glover, a powerful metronome 🧭... Lord, the flesh-and-blood Hammond organ 🎹... Blackmore, Paganini 🎻wearing the rock guitarist's clothes 🎸... Gillan, the golden uvula of the rock 🎤
Interesting Highway Star was created upon an interview when the journalist asked how they come up with songs. Ritchie grabbed an acoustic and started riffing on G with a rhythm and Ian made up words on the spot. They responded "like that." The song ended up in their set that night and ever since became a staple opening from that point on. Of course they even opened with it when I saw them just a few years ago in Bethel Woods (Woodstock site) on their Long Farewell Tour. Classic.
exactly the same for me too. I went to my dad after listening to highway star and I said: I wanna play guitar like that guy. He is a god. Ritchie changed my life. He is the one that made me pick up a guitar. The band is so underrated. they run circles around Zeppelin.
Child in Time is in fact based on the It's A Beautiful Day song "Bombay Calling". It's A Beautiful Day in turn borrowed Wring That Neck which became Don and Dewey.... An exchange from which Deep Purple came out a big winner
The tracks are very different with a massively different feel. Saying "based on" is leaving out a chasm of difference to focus on a part that has a similar progression.
I first saw Deep Purple Live in Perth, West Aussie in 1971 when they played at Beatty Park Aquatic Centre (the only venue suitable for touring international bands at the time) and they blew me away with their raw power. I was only 16 at the time was hooked ever since . I still have their original Vinyl Albums in my collection - such memories of this iconic band
Thanks for sharing that live performance. When I was young, I went for my weekly guitar lesson with my father. Every month, he bought me one album of my choice. Deep Purple in Rock was one of those albums. At the time, I didn't appreciate the lyrics, just the music. Still, those lyrics etched themselves into who I was to become. What amazing emotive storytelling!
When we were kids, early teens around 1973, I shared a bedroom with my older brother. He had "Made In Japan" and we played that endlessly. In the next room over, separated only by a wall was our little brother who endlessly played ABB's "Fillmore East". What a fantastic time for music!
Ritchie Blackmore!!! There is no substitute. I still have my copy of this album 50+ years later, skips and all. What is so amazing about this album is how good it sounds considering the recording equipment back then. Cheers!!
I love the ON-BEAT drummimg of Ian Paice. I think it's a standard for everything that came after it. I think it was even before Bonham. ALL right HOLD tigh I'm A HIghWay STARRRRRRRRRRRR
Rainbow rehearsed for the Down to Earth tour at the studio I managed on LI.(Hempstead, SRS Studios) Great guys, Ritchie, Roger, Cozy, and Don. I played Ritchie's scalloped fretboard Strat for a few minutes. Most time was spent in the lounge watching football on the TV. All I have left is the Down to Earth LP signed to me by all the guys....and lots of great memories....
Still one of my top three live albums - the sound is incredible. I don't think Roger Glover gets enough credit, endlessly inventive and even here, funky. It is no wonder he became a top poducer after this - he was all about making everyone else sound good.
One of the best ever live albums. It was released as recorded, without any studio overdubs. Also made more incredible by the fact Ian Gillian and Ritchie Blackmore weren't on speaking terms at the time, They wouldn't even travel in the same car or even do sound checks together. Great review, can't wait for the rest of the album.
The amusing thing about that album: they thought it was a throwaway and "Made in Japan" was a disparaging term denoting poor quality products at that point in the early 70s. Turns out it's their best album and one of the best live albums ever recorded! The song reflects Gillan's penchant for playing with innuendo (he sometimes got a bit less subtle and sang "big fat knockers" instead of "tyres"). Roger Glover's bass playing is exceptional on that album.
And they did'nt want to do a live album. And when they were told they were going to record, the band did'nt want it released outside Japan. But, once they heard the playback, they were happy with the sound and agreed releasing it worldwide. Blackmore did'nt want it filmed either. Does'nt that suck. That would of been awesome. Peace
@@edmonddp Question of taste I agree. But best band live does not mean anything. There's no such thing as that. What about Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler ?
@@adladl4276 i talking about the best "live" band ever, not the best band ever. And some of the bests live albums ever were record for Deep Purple. IMO.
I'd only heard two songs by Deep Purple. I asked a friend about them, particularly their Made In Japan album. He had it and put it on. There was 3 of us in the room. My self, my 50 year old friend, and a professional bass player. They knew the album, yet we were all silent listening to it. I became a DP fan that day.
Great review Doug. One of my all-time favourite albums from my all time favourite band 👍 One small correction though. "Child in Time" is actually an anti-cold war/anti-nuclear song, which was much more of a concern in the UK at the time than the Vietnam war. Made the above comment before I saw your discussion at the end, where you talk about Gillan's explanation of the lyrics - so no real need for the correction 😉
Funny. Just the other day I was talking with my dad about the Machine Head album. 52 years later amd its still one of the greatest albums ever recorded
Can't wait for you to get to Space Truckin'! Everybody, especially Jon Lord is insane on that track (legit one of the craziest performances I've ever heard)
I found a used copy in my local store for ten dollars. Never heard the album but remembered hearing it was special. I look at the back and it's all their best songs easiest buy, then hearing their live version of these epic songs just blew my mind further..
This album was a genius move . Machine head was a monster then soon after they brought out made in Japan. Almost the exact album. Brilliant. Cashed in huge. But my favorite is made in Europe. Ya gotta do that one . Much love.
It’s a Beautiful Day’s big hit was a song called White Bird, which came out just earlier in 1969. Kind of a late-60s hippie band out of SF that got a lot of air play in the early days of FM radio.
Best live album of all time in my view. Spent half my late teens listening to this.
Agreed, together with Supertramp's Paris
Fully agree. Remember in my early teens, I recorded it on a cassette tape, listening to it on my cassette player when tenting in the summer. Always getting a nostalgic twinge when I hear the Made in Japan opening of Highway Star.
Me too brother, always thought so. Definitely best DP album in my opinion.
I agree 🤘
I agree. 😊 But I spent my late childhood and teenage years listening to it. And only the first Lp.
MIJ is the best live album ever, period. I first listened to it when I was 15 and now I am 56: back then it was hard to understand how a bunch of guys onstage could be so loud and, above all, so powerful; 40+ years later it is not only that, it's the musicianship and the taste behind everything they do
I've listened to many, many live albums, many of them really good and joy to listen to. Also, I've been lucky enough to see many of my favourite bands play live, DP among them. It doesn't matter: MIJ remains unsurpassed, no other live recording comes even close. Not even other DP live albums, by the way. Some people talk about, for example, California Jam in '74, with MkIII: great gig, no doubt about it, but no match for MIJ
Thanks a bunch for your comments and insights, Doug!! We all learn to appreciate more the music we love thanks to things like this
Vocal duel with guitar onstrange kind of woman one of best!!
I've been listening to Deep Purple for over 50 years, and I'm still not tired of them.
me too, but after Who do we think we are that was no more DP
I’ve been listening to them since 1973
Me2.
@@themactigers1609 DEAR SIR FOR ME IT WAS STARTED WITH HUSH 9IN 1968 AND BACK THEN WAS EARNED THE TITLE " BRITISH ROCK BAND TOOK USA BY STORM " THOUGH IT WAS ONLY THE STARTING .
Blackmore and Lord were outrageous together.
Don't forget Ian Paice, great drummer.
Love how Deep Purple could be so loose and yet so tight at the same time. That ending of Child in Time is like a runaway train and then they stop on a dime. So good.
Ian Paice, experienced live - a force. The best energy of a rock drummer I’ve ever heard. Crisp, subtle, strong. Moves the room.
And all with a basic drum kit.
The guy manages to turn decent songs into good ones, good songs into excellent ones and excellent songs in extraordinarily fantastiwastic ones.
I got to see him three times, two of them with DP, the third one in a small venue (a pub) with a tribute band named Hush. What a force of nature.
So much Buddy Rich influences in his playing. Great stuff.
Um baterista muito técnico, realmente um gênio dos tambores.
Bought this album when it first came out in 1973 when I was only 9 years old. The best live album ever made by any band ever!!
Purple were such a great live band. You don't see rock bands improvising with their songs like that anymore, and even at the time they were pretty unusual in that respect. So much energy and pace, and playing on the edge. I'm so glad it was immortalised in this brilliant recording.
Yeah, Richie kept everybody on their toes to follow his kicks
The band that improvided like Deep Purple, was Cream back in the late 60s
The album who turned me into a Deep Purple fan. Life has never been the same.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Jon, Lord of the Hammond!
I am so pleased that now in my sixties, I had such great music in my youth! And Deep Purple still brings a smile to my face. Thanks Doug😊
The high A that Gillan hits still gives me chills every time I hear it, and it's been five decades now...
The solo from child in time is a masterpiece. It could be analyzed over and over for a long time
And to think when the song started it didn’t exhist because Blackmore played it from the top of his head and never to be duplicated again. Brilliant.
Child In Time: one of the best guitar solos in rock history.
One of the best songs ever
When listening to The Mule remember that Ian Paice didn’t have two bass drums and he didn’t have two pedals to one bass drum. What he had was one very fast left foot (being a lefty).
Lefty’s aren’t handicapped
A bit of history:
Deep Purple started in 1968, MiJ was recorded 1972, and here today, 2024, they are still touring (and recording), they will be here in Australia a few weeks from now.
Three of the five from MiJ are still there:
* Ian Gillan - vocals
* Roger Glover - bass
* Ian Paice - drums
* Jon Lord - keyboards - retired 2002, died 2012
* Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar - quit 1993
* Don Airey - keyboards - replaced Jon Lord in 2002 (22 years ago).
* After Blackmore quit mid tour in 1993, Joe Satriani stepped in as a ‘touring’ member for about a year.
* Steve Morse was the full time lead guitar replacement and was in the band from 1994 to 2022 (longer than Blackmore), Steve retired to look after his wife who has cancer.
* Simon McBride - lead guitar - replaced Morse in 2022
It’s now 56 years since Deep Purple started, and they’re still going strong!
Cheers,
I don't know about you but I think it's time we had a Deep Purple album with Simon McBride on guitar. From what I've seen/heard on concert videos, he could be the nearest to Ritchie Blackmore we've heard since..well, Ritchie Blackmore. I hope they're working on a new album and we get one this year.
greatest live album ever made. period.
Yep
Brilliant performance, my all time favourite DP album. Roger Glover absolutely stellar on the bass.
Yeah Rog gets rarely mentioned but he was (is) an absolute force.
On German radio at the time Smoke on the water was played each hour for weeks. 5 guys actually playing their instruments/voice to perfection in a „jam Session“. Every live concert was different in exhibite the same songs.
“Strange Kind of Woman” is an excellent song and one of my favorite DP songs.
Richie's guitar work in there I think is technically his best, the way he goes up and down the fretboard is amazing, especially for the time, although IMO it doesn't beat the Child In Time solo for excitement
Followed by "Lazy" which is maybe the most underrated song on the album - and my favourite after all these years (bought it in 1973).
One of the greatest live albums of all time, no doubt about it.
One of ? It’s the fucking benchmark !
In 53 years, I wonder how many times I've listened to this. I used to run long distances and on long runs I'd listen to this whole album. It kept me motivated. I would imagine them performing each song as I ran.
and in the background Glover and Paice are just chugging along doing their thing. The notes that glover hits are amazing
Got this album for my 8th birthday, and I grew up worshiping these guys. A decade, saw them on the Perfect Strangers tour. For me it was like seeing the Beatles.
DP might be the most underrated band in history.
I am so looking forward to your reaction to Side 4, Doug!!
It's in my opinion one of the greatest hard rock live albums of all time. The band was on fire! Almost as great as this album is "Raninbow - On Stage".
Honest music
As is often the case with these things, I'd argue that the following night in Japan (that The Mule and Lazy on the live album is taken from) is actually a better show. same goes for rainbow on Stage as well- the Germany 76 shows are better.
Child in Time gets me every time with Ian's classic high A5 register. One of the highest in rock history.
He could go higher than that...for example the ending screams on the fab "Fighting man"...his highest scream is D6.
It takes a concerted effort not to exceed the speed limit when listening to Highway Star while driving.
Oh the energy, the rock, the fun, the jazz, the aligning of planets happened right there. I seem to remember the sound engineer wasn’t even in the auditorium but given a back room but produced a sound engineered masterpiece. Don’t forget him.
O melhor disco ao vivo de todos os tempos, da maior banda de hard rock de todos os tempos.
"There are moments on this album that have never been surpassed in the history of rock and roll."
Rolling Stone magazine
And that, you will experience on side two with "Smoke on the water"
And Paice’s drum solo in The Mule. Unreal.
Rolling Stone got it wrong. This whole album has never been surpassed!
My top 5 Live
Made In Japan - Deep Purple
Live In the Heart Of The City - Whitesnake
Alchemy Live - Dire Straits
Quo Live - Status Quo
Live - 1975 - 85 - Bruce Springsteen
Honorary Mentions
Live Killers - Queen
Made In Europe - Deep Purple
Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
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@@thebigwool What about it?
@CB-xr1eg it's great that's what idiot 🙄
"Child in time" is without a doubt one of the best songs ever written. And this live version is just magic! I owned "Made in Japan" in all variants, cassette, vinyl, cd, mp4... It never gets old, incredible record
It is the best cover song ever :)
THIS is the album that got me into heavy rock, around about 1977 when I first heard it.
Thanks for covering this Dr. Doug)) The keyboard solo in Highway Star per Jon Lord is based on a Bach progression. The guitar solo for Highway Star was one of the rare solos that Ritchie worked out ahead of time. As he said, he fancied putting a bit of Mozart over it.
Child In Time is my favorite Deep Purple song. You should definitely check out the Live In Stockholm 1970 version.
The musicianship in the Mark 2 Purple was astounding. Paice does not get the due and respect he deserves - a phenomenal drummer. Same for Glover. Very underrated bassist but a damn good one. He lays down solid lines for Jon and Ritchie to work off of, can play riffs note for note with Ritchie and Jon (Bloodsucker from In Rock is an example).
Made In Japan and ELP's Welcome Back are, IMO, the 2 best live albums ever.
Can't wait for more Made In Japan)) BTW, Paice has said this is his favorite Purple record. No wonder. His playing is superb throughout.
My first album. I got it for christmas 1973 I was 7 years old and I still got it and I still listen to it frequently 😊
An absolute staple of my music listening since it came out. Ian Paice is a still-active beast on the drums. His off hand, which in his case is his right, is dancing on the snare like a good jazz player, and always serving the song with his amazing rock fills. And then there is the fantastic speed. And he's just one of the five virtuosos in the same band.
Don't know how you can wait 'months' to follow this...
The rest of the album needs to be heard
These versions blow away the studio versions!!!
Yes! Easily, so much more life and energy
Yeah never could capture that live sound of theres in the studio
This is Deep Purple, one night doesn't sound like the other, always improvising.
This is the best Rock live album ever! even in todays masters of the electric guitar time no one can recreate this kind of energy.
They shine live. I simply don't listen the studio versions.
I heard "Made In Japan" before "Machine Head" And because the live versions are so definitive I could never really get my head around the studio versions which sounded just too tame for me ...
Used to be my favourite live album, then I got Live In Japan 3cd. Absolutely brilliant!
It's very difficult to say what the highlight of the first two songs on Made in Japan is. More honestly I would say that each of them did a great job... Paice, a drum machine🥁... Glover, a powerful metronome 🧭... Lord, the flesh-and-blood Hammond organ 🎹... Blackmore, Paganini 🎻wearing the rock guitarist's clothes 🎸... Gillan, the golden uvula of the rock 🎤
IMO Made in Japan, along with Yessongs, are the two greatest live albums of all time. Purple at his peak of talent!
I can barely wait for Space Truckin', side 4.
Interesting Highway Star was created upon an interview when the journalist asked how they come up with songs. Ritchie grabbed an acoustic and started riffing on G with a rhythm and Ian made up words on the spot. They responded "like that." The song ended up in their set that night and ever since became a staple opening from that point on. Of course they even opened with it when I saw them just a few years ago in Bethel Woods (Woodstock site) on their Long Farewell Tour. Classic.
マーティン・バーチは、日本の2人のエンジニアが素晴らしい録音をしたので、自分はどの日のどの曲を入れるか選ぶかだけだったと言っていた。
Can't wait side 4. It's gonna blow your mind! 😁
oh boi)) for sure
Blackmore, Lord,Glover,Gillan, Pacie # 1 Deep Purple #1 Purple Rules!😊😊😊
The made in Japan versions are better than the studio originals.
Absolutely. Studio Highway Star sounds straight-up wrong to me.
Absolutely!
Purple were always better live than in the studio. Just five absolutely outstanding musicians.
Truth!!
Mejor disco en vivo de Rock en toda la historia!!! ❤
Jon Douglas Lord of the Organ
This was my first Rock Moment, when my father showed me this record. I was nine and it changed my life! The beginning of "Highway Star", unforgetable!
Exact same for me. I recognized smoke in the water from some school mates playing it. This kickstarted my love for hardrock and metal!
Same for me gentlemen, I was around 10 and since then started understand what the real music is...
exactly the same for me too. I went to my dad after listening to highway star and I said: I wanna play guitar like that guy. He is a god. Ritchie changed my life. He is the one that made me pick up a guitar. The band is so underrated. they run circles around Zeppelin.
Same for me, this was one of the first albums my older brother bought when I was 10, almost 49 years ago!
My first rock moment too! 👍
Child in Time is in fact based on the It's A Beautiful Day song "Bombay Calling". It's A Beautiful Day in turn borrowed Wring That Neck which became Don and Dewey.... An exchange from which Deep Purple came out a big winner
The tracks are very different with a massively different feel. Saying "based on" is leaving out a chasm of difference to focus on a part that has a similar progression.
Doug mentions the relationship in his discussion at the end, via Ian Gillan's quotes.
One of the best albums ever!
My dads favourite album, glad I was able to grow up with this music. Child in Time is my favourite Deep Purple song ever.
I first saw Deep Purple Live in Perth, West Aussie in 1971 when they played at Beatty Park Aquatic Centre (the only venue suitable for touring international bands at the time) and they blew me away with their raw power. I was only 16 at the time was hooked ever since . I still have their original Vinyl Albums in my collection - such memories of this iconic band
Thanks for sharing that live performance. When I was young, I went for my weekly guitar lesson with my father. Every month, he bought me one album of my choice. Deep Purple in Rock was one of those albums. At the time, I didn't appreciate the lyrics, just the music. Still, those lyrics etched themselves into who I was to become. What amazing emotive storytelling!
this album and Allman Bros live at Fillmore East are by far the best live albums ever in my view
When we were kids, early teens around 1973, I shared a bedroom with my older brother. He had "Made In Japan" and we played that endlessly. In the next room over, separated only by a wall was our little brother who endlessly played ABB's "Fillmore East". What a fantastic time for music!
Ritchie Blackmore!!! There is no substitute. I still have my copy of this album 50+ years later, skips and all. What is so amazing about this album is how good it sounds considering the recording equipment back then. Cheers!!
I love the ON-BEAT drummimg of Ian Paice. I think it's a standard for everything that came after it. I think it was even before Bonham. ALL right HOLD tigh I'm A HIghWay STARRRRRRRRRRRR
Rainbow rehearsed for the Down to Earth tour at the studio I managed on LI.(Hempstead, SRS Studios)
Great guys, Ritchie, Roger, Cozy, and Don.
I played Ritchie's scalloped fretboard Strat for a few minutes.
Most time was spent in the lounge watching football on the TV.
All I have left is the Down to Earth LP signed to me by all the guys....and lots of great memories....
Still one of my top three live albums - the sound is incredible. I don't think Roger Glover gets enough credit, endlessly inventive and even here, funky. It is no wonder he became a top poducer after this - he was all about making everyone else sound good.
Heya
Interested in your other two live album's
Greetings from Melbourne Victoria Australia Monday April 1st, time now 04:29p.m.
the bit when johns organ solo comes in on child in time is pure bliss then ritchi
one of the greatest live albums of all time and this song is one of the greatest live songs of all time. perfection
One of the best ever live albums. It was released as recorded, without any studio overdubs. Also made more incredible by the fact Ian Gillian and Ritchie Blackmore weren't on speaking terms at the time, They wouldn't even travel in the same car or even do sound checks together. Great review, can't wait for the rest of the album.
wore out a millions of medium enjoying this classic, Thank You, Doug-Boy,Namaste.
The amusing thing about that album: they thought it was a throwaway and "Made in Japan" was a disparaging term denoting poor quality products at that point in the early 70s.
Turns out it's their best album and one of the best live albums ever recorded!
The song reflects Gillan's penchant for playing with innuendo (he sometimes got a bit less subtle and sang "big fat knockers" instead of "tyres").
Roger Glover's bass playing is exceptional on that album.
And they did'nt want to do a live album. And when they were told they were going to record, the band did'nt want it released outside Japan. But, once they heard the playback, they were happy with the sound and agreed releasing it worldwide. Blackmore did'nt want it filmed either. Does'nt that suck. That would of been awesome. Peace
I love this story of the MIJ album. Goes to prove you can't keep a great thing down.
Don't forget Lazy and Space Trucking (The Mule is possibly one of the best drum solos you will ever hear).
It's coming. To me "Lazy" on Made In Japan was Deep Purple's pinnacle. Doug should appreciate Jon Lord's opening organ solo.
Highway star in this live Is absolutely the best performance ever made
sorry just have to add. That guitar solo in Child still gives me the chills
Best live band ever, where every musicians were a totally genius in their instruments.
Do you mean Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert are just a pile of crap ?
Just an example.
@@adladl4276 No, i mean Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan...question of tastes.
@@edmonddp Question of taste I agree. But best band live does not mean anything. There's no such thing as that. What about Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler ?
@@adladl4276 Second best live band ever
@@adladl4276 i talking about the best "live" band ever, not the best band ever. And some of the bests live albums ever were record for Deep Purple. IMO.
Still have my original vinyl of this from 1975
I'd only heard two songs by Deep Purple. I asked a friend about them, particularly their Made In Japan album. He had it and put it on. There was 3 of us in the room. My self, my 50 year old friend, and a professional bass player. They knew the album, yet we were all silent listening to it. I became a DP fan that day.
The best live opening track of all time !!!!!!!
I love this live album! they were my first concert in 1973... pretty much the same concert
Ritchie loves his arpeggios. I always loved Jon Lords organsolo on 'Space truckin'.
Great review Doug. One of my all-time favourite albums from my all time favourite band 👍 One small correction though. "Child in Time" is actually an anti-cold war/anti-nuclear song, which was much more of a concern in the UK at the time than the Vietnam war.
Made the above comment before I saw your discussion at the end, where you talk about Gillan's explanation of the lyrics - so no real need for the correction 😉
Funny. Just the other day I was talking with my dad about the Machine Head album. 52 years later amd its still one of the greatest albums ever recorded
Even fireball
Bravo!! I have listened to and loved this band for 50 plus years.
This is a great analysis Doug , my favourite band of all , the impression they had on me at this time when only 12 years old was immense 😊
one of the greatest hard rock live albums, I've been listening to it since 1974 and I'm not tired of it, on the contrary
If you only ever buy one Deep Purple album, THIS is the one to get. It's truly superb, and possibly the best live album EVER!
What a time to be alive. Im 62 and still remember seeing them live in Birmingham (uk) in 1972. Couldn't hear a thing for a week 😂
Dp. Made in japan.
Teach how to play the music rock with passion and desire.
One the best albums have ever made.
Two thumb up❤
I don't understand how anyone can have an album for over a year and not listen to it.
Wow, it's been a long while since I heard this. I used to play this (on CD) a lot when I was a teenager. Good times.
This album is my first musical memory. I'm born in '91, but my father played this a lot! Can't wait to listen to the rest of this with you Doug!
Can't wait for you to get to Space Truckin'! Everybody, especially Jon Lord is insane on that track (legit one of the craziest performances I've ever heard)
Only the greatest rock performance ever recorded, don't know how many hundreds of times I've listened to it. But yeah, it is mega crazy.
Listened to this album hundreds of times. One badass album of all time. Hell ya!
Lars Ulrich of Metallica was a huge Deep Purple fan. Especially the Mark II line up that we are hearing here.
Love your air drums!!
Not only excellent performances but I've never heard a better recorded and produced live album. It's outstanding.
Agree, love how they improvise their sound. Making their live shows more exciting and rememberable .
I found a used copy in my local store for ten dollars. Never heard the album but remembered hearing it was special. I look at the back and it's all their best songs easiest buy, then hearing their live version of these epic songs just blew my mind further..
Yes it is "Overwhelmingly Good". That's you Doug, rockin us out. Always great reactions
Strange Kind of Woman is a favourite of mine but what an album I still have my vinyl,unfortunately never saw them live.
One of the best live albums ever.. Deep Purple were jamming ¬!!!! still listening after 54 years
I have owned that album since it came out. Love it.
Whole lp is a time capsule. Great stuff. Love it .
This album was a genius move . Machine head was a monster then soon after they brought out made in Japan. Almost the exact album. Brilliant.
Cashed in huge. But my favorite is made in Europe. Ya gotta do that one . Much love.
It’s a Beautiful Day’s big hit was a song called White Bird, which came out just earlier in 1969. Kind of a late-60s hippie band out of SF that got a lot of air play in the early days of FM radio.