Ranking the Live Albums: Deep Purple
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
- Join host Pete Pardo as he looks at the many live recordings available from the mighty British hard rock legends Deep Purple. #deeppurple
Made in Japan
Made in Europe
Live in Paris 1975
Live in Graz 1975
Live in Stockholm 1970
Live in London 1974
Deep Purple In Concert
Live in Long Beach 1971
Live in California 1974 (California Jam)
Concerto for Group and Orchestra
Live at Long Beach 1976
Live in Montreux 1969
Gemini Suite
LiveThis Time Around: Live in Tokyo 75 (Last Concert in Japan came from this show)
Live at Montreux 1996
Nobody's Perfect
Total Abandon Australia 99
Live at Montreux 2006
In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
With Orchestra Live at Montreux 2011
Live at Inglewood 1968
there are others, but these are the ones I have...
Greatest band in existence! Purple for life!
The Live In London recording is my favorite of the MKIII lineup. It has so much energy.
Blackmore was an advanced player for the 70s about 20 years ahead of his time.
Greatest live band second to none.
Such a brilliant rock band.
My favourite band.
THE BEST LIVE ALBUM EVER MADE.....EVER...Made in Japan
I so agree with you. Made in Japan still blows me away almost 50 years later! It’s what inspired me to become a drummer!! The bands power and virtuosity is at its apex. Paice Blackmore and Lord are on another level. Zep was a great band as well but I think Purple at this time was unmatched as a live heavy rock band. As with you absolutely my choice of favorite live album.
Just got Live In London. Blackmore's tone is huge. He was using the tape machine as an echo / preamp and such beautiful vibrato. Mistreated is insane.
Nothing beats Made In Japan but they are all worth hearing since they could never play the same way from one night to the next.
I was fortunate enough (old enough) to have this album when it was released, Christmas 1972 and it's been a massive part of my life ever since. Everything I hear I compare to this album and, to-date, nothing's come close. Great overview Pete #legend
Made in Japan. Best live Album of all time. Deep Purple the best band of all time hands down. Child in time best song. And best gutariest of all time Blackmore.
Nothing beats Made in Japan......nothing! From the Morse era Total Abandon is a brilliant live album but I also rate Olympia 96 . They were on fire 🔥
Stuttgart concert 1993 is my favorite along with made in Japan. The Anya solo is one of Ritchies best
Pure magic.Deep Purple are just out of this world.
Deep Purple in Concert has THE definitive version of “Speed King”! They kill on this.
true, and the best live version of encore Lucille.
Stockholm 1970 is my favorite Speed King, the interplay between Lord and Blackmore on that one is phenomenal
Love "live in London" the band was on fire
Great reviews and,yes,Made In Japan is the best live album ever !
Fantastic list!!! Knowing that you are a big Purple fan I have to tell you that I own 103 different titles including studio, live and compilations. It's one of my beloved collections!
Thank you for your Worst to Best Deep Purple Live.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Great rankings...many a time upsetting my dear parents playing Child in Time...!
From Australia , grew up in the S.F. bay area seen Deep Purple numerous times in the early 70s, Made in Japan is the greatest live album ever , every track is epic , Deep Purple in full flight was something simply amazing, for that hard rock sound they were top of the shelf , Peace from down under.
Thanks so much for doing the live albums Pete
Kings of Montraux!
Great collection! I have a few but they're amazing
Paice's solo in Copenhague is SICK!
Greetings Pete!
Thanks for this Pete. I was aware of probably half of these albums. Now I have more live Deep Purple to acquire and enjoy.
Love hearing someone talk about my favorite band in such detail and with a similar mindset.I have most of those Mk II recordings and a few of the Mk III recordings.I need to get Graz and Paris.I've heard enough live Bolin to deter me from purchasing any,although I really like Come Taste the Band. Had the Copenhagen and Cal Jam on VHS long before they were released on cd.Can't agree more with your assessment of Nobody's Perfect. I almost never listen to it.
Mistreated on Cal Jam was Coverdale at his best
@@stephenbrown4211 probably the best vocal performance by anyone - its titanic - that monumental roar of his - is unbelievable
@@stephenbrown4211 Can you believe that was on ABC television at 10:30pm on a Friday night?(In US) Simulcast on participating local FM radio stations.
Agreed Bruce, Pete's enthusiasm is infectious.
Do you have the Perfect Strangers Live set? Was wondering how it compared to Nobody's Perfect.
Love your vids. I to a massive purple fan. As you i was 12yrs old and heard the album The very best of Deep Purple and i was hooked. Now im 53 and still love the to this day. Seen them live 28 times over time and seeing them again this year. Keep up the great work you do 🤘
because of you I'm on a Deep Purple kick! Thank you! Love this band man!
Totally with you on Copenhagen, Graz, and Paris. And when Coverdale introduces “STORMBRINGER!” on Graz…my goodness! In Concert contains the earliest live version of “SOTW.” Of course, Made In Japan is the standard by which all live albums back in the day were measured. That said, the Copenhagen, Graz, and Paris is just amazing.
Great episode, Pete! The rare 2 disc version of Nobody's Perfect featuring Dead Or Alive and Bad Attitude is well worth the money. With these two included you get more of a full concert experience and I think that is important when it comes to a band like Deep Purple. (I found my copy by happenstance in a small record store sometime around the millennium.) A special mention should also go to the official box set Live In Europe 1993 which features the full concerts from Birmingham and Stuttgart on 4 CDs - the two shows they compiled the final live album with Ritchie Blackmore Come Hell Or High Water from.
I will say I think Deep Purple is my favorite live band. Only others that get me as hyped for live material is Cream and Rush.
There is "Come Hell Of High Water" missing. Underrated album, I think, and better than "Nobody's Perfect". Not the water-throwing video of the same name, but the live CD itself. The band's performance there is superb. My 2nd favourite live album of Mark 2, after "Made In Japan", of course.
Always loved Wild Dogs and Tommy's different intro to Smoke on the Water. I'd love to see you review Tommy's solo albums like Teaser, Private Eyes, I love them
Bolin most overlooked underated guitarist/artist hands down!"Teaser' my fav album of the 70's!!!!
And the two awesome James Gang albums Bang and Miami....the two fusion albums Billy Cobham Spectrum...Alphonse Mouzon Mind Transplant.....and killer live albums San Francisco '74....Energy Live the Radio Broadcasts.....Live at the Jet Bar....the 2 discs of studio outtakes from the expanded Teaser are mindblowin'....
@@larrynolletti4594 Yes indeed I met Cobham And Alphonse !
@@jgsrhythm100 awesome.....I had a disc of outtakes in the 90's from the Mind Transplant album called Fusion Jam....I don't see it available anymore...but it's posted....phenomenal....
@@jgsrhythm100 ua-cam.com/video/gxWu3S_g8wU/v-deo.html
Just picked up the In Concert cd. Love it, thanks for the recommendation.
I was very lucky as I know Simon Robinson through his brother and he did me a tape of the 1972 radio broadcast years before the official release!
Pete, thanks for reminding me of the 1972 Denmark /Copenhagen album. I had forgotten I had it and have been listening to it all day! It's awesome! Phil
Thank you very much for your ranking. I have three of them. Just like you, I grew up listening to Made in Europe. But the one I really love is Live in London. When I had the pleasure of listening to Coverdale alive for the first time. Awesome.
The 4cds Live in Europe from the 1993 tour is also fantastic. Blackmore is phenomenal.
I saw the concert in Copenhagen and a friend of mine, who is a guitarist, had to go outside and take a deep breath. He was that shocked by the sheer quality of Ritchie's playing.
Wring that neck on DP in concert is awesome. Blackmore and Lord at their best!
For me the best version of Wring That Neck is from the Bilzen Jazz Festival 1969. Chek it out. ua-cam.com/video/RUC3g7ga4oM/v-deo.html
Shout out Pete. Love gillans Mr.universe. glad you turned me onto it. Sounds like a deep purple album.
Did I miss Come Hell or High Water, or was it not on the list? I'd say it's really good. Fantastic performance of Anya.
Probably this album is little known in America, because The Battle Rages On album had poor sold and its tour didn't get there.
CHoHW is my third favorite live album from DP after Made in Japan & Europe.
I'd second that. I don't think there is a better DP live album apart from Made in Japan. Sure, some of the band members were at loggerheads but that seemed to inspire them on some of the shows. There were also a couple of live bootlegs from that tour with fantastic sound quality: Live at the NEC and, my favourite, Live in Stuttgart 1993. Similar set list to CHOHW but the full set played on that tour. Speed King is phenomenal. open.spotify.com/album/4ZswWl93iCHfud7yd5GIdG?si=fDrYC8ZaTD6vhCcI5WO_1g
Come Hell or High Water is pretty lame when compared to the complete Stuttgart show from the same tour. They were absolutely on fire from beginning to end. It renders Come Hell... useless. Any time Blackmore plays in Germany, he is on fire. Any live recording of Blackmore in old Deutschland is worth picking up.
@@stormbringercoming8105 I still like Come Hell or High Water a lot, but I agree that the Stuttgart Live is absolute fucking fire.
@@stormbringercoming8105 yes also Rainbow live in Munich 1977 is really good
Wonderful! Thank you.
For those who would like more from the Mark 1 band, The BBC Top Gear sessions are worth a listen. Good quality though the live recordings were made without an audience present. Most British bands have been recorded by the BBC over the decades and the quality of those live performances have been, on the whole, very good.
Forty four years ago I managed to acquire my first Deep Purple bootleg - ‘H.Bomb’. This contains my favourite version of ‘Black Night’. That album is now released as ‘Live In Aachen 1970’. Sound quality is not great and there are only four tracks, ‘Wring That Neck (20:36 min.), Black Night (6:00min.), Paint It Black (11:42min.) and Mandrake Root (33:37min).
‘In The Absence Of Pink: Knebworth 85’ is also well worth getting hold of. It contains a mixture of early Mark II greats and tracks from Perfect Strangers plus ‘Difficult To Cure’ (Beethoven’s Ninth).
For completists ‘Live In Japan’ is the expanded ‘Made In Japan’ and features three 1972 concerts (two in Osaka and one in Tokyo).
1. Made In Japan
2. In Concert 70-72
3. Made In Europe
4. Last Concert In Japan
That's my list, short because those are the only live DP I ever owned (had no idea there are so many!). I have checked out some others on youtube, DP In Hell is excellent! Though it's a compilation.
When they're on their game live, nobody can touch 'em..nobody. Most fans rave about Blackmore and that's OK, but for me it's Jon Lord. Man what a musician! It seems like he never improvised live the same way twice. Saw him on YT explaining how "some days you have it and some you don't", but most days he had it. Some standout work of his are the intros to "Lazy" from MIJ and "You Fool No One" (MIE), and who can forget the epic "Space Truckin" (MIJ) either? I know I can't.
Anyway, great channel, Pete, and keep the stuff coming...great stuff.
I love of them! However, many people might disagree with me, I would love to see an official live album of the Joe Lynn Turner era. Will we see that someday?
Same here!
I thought there was one (The Boys from Brazil) however.....the sound quality is terrible, rather surprising as it is - so it says - from an official radio broadcast. I wavered for ages about buying it but eventually succumbed. I then read that sites such as Discogs have actually banned it being traded on their sites!
I'd reccomend Live at the Olympia '96 too, it's a really energetic double CD with Morse and it also has the superb combination of Cascades and Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming!
Cascades is my favorite purple tune, I love mostly all of Deep Purple's tunes from each album but that one got something special beyond even the classics
And they play with a jazzorchestra.
agreed. it's a fantastic release. I also recommend the live sets from the 1993 European tour. Although Blackmore was (again) checked out, the shows KILL IT!!
I love most of Deep Purple's eras but my favorite has always been the Mark 3 era. My favorite albums are Burn and Stormbringer. I have at least 15 Deep Purple live albums and I love all of them. My favorite easily is the Live In Paris 1975 which is from the Stormbringer tour and it was Ritchie Blackmore's last show with Deep Purple with the Mark 3 lineup . The rest of the live albums that I have and love in no specific order.
15.Concerto For Group And Orchestra
14. Made In Europe
13. Made In Japan
12. Copenhagen 1972
11. Graz 1975
10. Long Beach 1971
9. Stockholm 1970
8. Come Hell High Water
7. Long Beach 1976
6. California Jam 74
5. Deep Purple In Concert
4. Nobody's Perfect
3. Live In London
2. Live In Stuttgart 1993
1. Live In Paris 1975 Which is my favorite. I am not a fan of the Steve Morse era at all. To me it is not Deep Purple. I just could never get into anything Deep Purple has done after Ritchie Blackmore left the band.
John Katsoudas yeah Steve Morse Live is good but the studio albums with him are so weak
For me, Total Abandon is one of the best live shows of all time. In my home town!! Morse and Lord had unreal chemistry live
Jake - Lucky you! What a bargain! 😉😉
Jake - that’s so cool!! Yeah Steve was just on top of his game at that gig. Played a good mix of old and newer stuff at the time. Jon Lord and Steve were on fire 🔥
Pete, your top five albums are some of the best live recordings ever put together. Ian Gillan is simply the best. Please if possible could you do a review of Ian's solo albums. They are treasure troves not spoken about to often.
Check out my History of Gillan show
Excellent review, I don't agree on some ranking, but I love listening to you, I share the love for this band
But why the Live at Rotterdam Ahoy is not here? The best When a blind man cries on stage, with a great Steve Morse... Give it a shot!
What happened to you my friend? you forgot one of the most glorious of all live albums, the great COME HELL OR HIGH WATER. The great battle between Gillan and Blackmore on stage ..... those tensions, those hatreds, those personal pride, those whims to show who was in control of the band ... resulted in one of the best live albums. , which they did in the entire history of the band !!
It's a real shame that you haven't talked about this fantastic gem, the last official live album of the great Mark-2 ....... IT'S A DELIGHT !!!
I still can't believe Pete ..... how you forgot about this, it's sacrilege !!! Hahaha
I still respect you my friend, you are a great human encyclopedia of this kind of musical style that we like and I hope you always keep making these great videos !!! Greetings from Paraguay !! Cheers !!
Whether its the best or not idk, but I loved that very first live album with the orchestra. Jon Lord and his organ playing is what brought me to deep purple. Grew up in a traditional church hearing a big ass pipe organ every sunday as a little kid so as a teenager hearing that type of organ in a rock album blew my mind. Any album that highlights Jon Lord's compositions and playing is aces to me.
Hi Pete. Huge fan of yours here mainly due to sharing most of musical opinions with you. Funnily enough i have like all of these albums except for three of them (Inglewood MK I - I have to get it asap; and 2 of the last MK live albums) and have also many on top of those ( mainly bootlegs from 80s era, not official releases), nevertheless, Purple are my favorite band since hearing Made in Japan for the first time as a 5 year old kid.... 34 now and still seeking new recordings.
Hey Pete, it's really refreshing to see some appreciation for the MKII live material, it's underrated and absolutely killer! While I do agree that Made In Japan is objectively the greatest Deep Purple live album and greatest of all time, my personal favourite will always be MKIII: The Final Concerts (which is a mix of recordings from Graz and Paris 1975) This album just means a lot to me personally as I bought it in a very special time in my life and therefore it brings back memories for me whenever I put it on. That's why I call this album and Graz 1975 my favourite live Purple albums.
Thanks Pete. I really enjoyed this breakdown. I am the guy you made this for because I have Made in Japan and Europe and want to expand my Deep Purple collection. I watched this to see what you think of the Live 70-72 and I obviously got my answer. Buying it off of EBay now. I will be checking out more of your videos in the future 👍
Awesome Pete...
I had no clue DP had so many live albums out.
I’ve had Made in Japan, Made in Europe, for a long time but I need a few more of those top 5 or so...
Great show.
Thanks🤘🎶🍺🔥
There's a lot more!
Long Beach 71 is surely a must have recent-ish archival release. Arguably the peak playing-wise of Mark 2. It was around as a bootleg for ages and was pencilled in for release for ages. I’d say it was worth the wait. Although I’m eagerly awaiting a 73 show mysteriously being uncovered! Sadly, a little unlikely, now.
Also, I’d rate Olympia 96 as the best Morse-era love album.
I've got the new vinyl version of Last Concert in Japan remastered and it sounds excellent and powerful
Made in Japan live in Paris 75 cal jam live at the BBC concerto from the setting sun to the rising sun total abandon and not to mention many of those remasterd ones that came out in 2000s from mark two line ups I think it was in 1970 and 1972 and Throw in Montreux 2006 too yeah I like the royal Albert hall 99 to great thanks for doing this Pete.
You left off Live at the Olympia '96, which is my favourite DP live album from the Morse era and the Mk 7 Lineup- shame it's not on here, it's a killer performance!
Impressive list Pete, I also have a few to add: 68 -70 BBC sessions, Live in concert 72 with a bonus track a soundcheck for Maybe i'm a Leo, In the Absence of Pink live at Knebworth 85 and the 4 disc box set Live in Europe, Richie's final ever shows from 93......just like in 75 he plays his ass off!
Deep purple is god , master , king or emperor of live, In my opinion.
I’ve never seen , heard of better.
Nobody Perfect has not seen the light of day since I first listened to it. Live at Montreux 1996, Deep Purple In Concert, Made in Japan, Stockholm 1970, Copenhagen 1972 and Live at the Olympia 1996( how can you leave that one out) are great.
l was front row at that show in Melbourne that was used for Total Abandon Australia '99
When you asked about changing the name of this series to Worst to Best, my comment was 'if you change it, how long until you forget and say it wrong?' And sure enough, I see your Live Deep Purple show titled Best to Worst. Hah, if that's the worst thing that happens today, still a pretty good day, LOL.
Jeez...can't believe I didn't catch that (or that nobody else did! LOL) thanks, I've made the correction.
Apart from the big two, you forgot the amazing 1970
Performance of the Mark II
line up on:
- Deep Purple: In Hell - taped live by the BBC.
It had the BEST live performance of Hard Lovin' Man !
Frosted , yes their one and only time performing Hard lovin Man. Pity it faded out, but being the BBC the Time slot . As for living wreck such a shame the band never included it into their live set! Great tack! I had read somewhere some time ago that they did play it live once on their European tour of Holland in 1970, unfortunately I can't trace where it was from.
A mention for the triple CD Concerts for Japan where the Made in Japan tracks came from?.My second lp I got Made in Japan and I still have scratched worn but still really playable after 45 years.
The In Concert double album are recorded by the BBC at their studios (if memory serves) and the second disc from 1972 has been re-released, remixed (again, if memory serves) and remastered. They couldn't do the same for the first concert from 1970 because they can't find the original master tapes. But the 1972 gig sounds amazing, you should check that out Pete. I was at the 25th Anniversary of Concerto For Group and Orchestra in 1999 at The Royal Albert Hall, it was wonderful and very moving, and I loved the fact that each member did some songs from their solo work and Ronnie James Dio sang a few tracks. I'm sure I read something about Steve Morse trying to get Satriani, Vai and possibly Eddie Van Halen to perform with them but it proved impossible to match up everyone's schedules.
Hi Pete, great feature on the DP live albums. ‘Last Concert In Japan’ was the severely edited performance from the Budokan ‘75 appearance. Tommy is struggling still at times during the gig after the ‘arm/wrist incident’.I still feel the mix on the expanded version ‘This Time Around..’ of that gig is lobsided, due to Tommy’s onstage/ offstage issues. No matter ‘Wild Dogs’ has always been the best track by a mile . I used to record myself mix tapes of MK2-4 from the official live albums.
Always going to be subjective, & there's a few I'd swap around for sure, but can't argue with the top two! My favourite two live albums ever by anyone, & Europe's Burn the best performance of one of the best rock songs of all time. Thanks for this; enjoyed it!
Its funny how things work out.I was thinking ln after watching your first DP vid that Gillan and Ritchie well exactly what you commented on here lol.I have to be honest DP for me will always be MK2,and I have never gotten into further variations,although I have attempted too.Great vid keep it up .
As the late Jon Lord would often say “there is only one singer for this band, it’s Gillan” DC trying to hit Gillan’s highs would drive Lord insane, I’ve heard him complaining quite a few times about DC being completely out of key, just shows how powerful and amazing Gillan is, nobody can copy him. Also Glover on Bass, he just slots in and along with Paice they just keep the whole thing driving along, GH was just all over the place, could never drop into a groove like Glover can, totally agree with you and Jon Lord on this issue, if it ain’t Gillan/Glover in definitely 100% ain’t Deep Purple.
@@lukethebody DP with DC/GH had its moments but once RB left it was another band. Classic DP is MK2 - Machine Head/Japan. The Peak. Every band has it.
"This Time Around - Live in Tokyo" is the full show that "Last Concert in Japan" was taken from.
Where's 'Live At The Olympia' (among so many other official and Soundboard albums)?
Any D. P. Line up. Love all of it. D. P. Rules #1 Band.
Thanks Pete, but I like to add another great live cd, recorded on the battle rages on tour in Europe. Stuttgart Germany october 1993. Just listen to Anya! Blackmore at his best! Four weeks later he called it a day.
Perfect Strangers Live and Live in Stuttgart 1993 (basically an expanded and full version of Come Hell or High Water) are two other extremely good Deep Purple live albums, as is The Infinite Recordings. I’d also love to see an official release of a Joe Lynn Turner-era live show. From what I’ve heard on UA-cam it sounded very good.
Great show! Deep Purple was my favorite band growing up. I have one live box set of Deep Purple you didn't mention. It has two concerts: 1) Live at Schleyer Halle-Stuttgart, Germany, 16th October 1993 (2 Discs) and 2) Live at the NEC-Birmingham, England, 9th November 1993 (2 Discs). It was released on Sony/BMG in 2006. Also, I have the Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series version of Long Beach 1976; don't know if it's the same as the jewel case version you showed on this episode. Also, not listed above: Live in Aachen 1970 (Purple, 2001); Live in San Diego 1974 (Purple, 2007); Mk III: The Final Concerts (Eagle, 1996, 2001) and In Concert '72-Paris Theatre, London, 9th March 1972 (2012 Mix) (Warner Bros., 2012). There's also the Days Ma y Come and Days May Go: The California Rehearsals-June 1975 with Tommy Bolin (Purple, 2000).
Nothing can touch made in japan,Perfect live album of all time in my opinion
Deep Purple..........The Infinite Live Recordings. Fantastic album!!!
Ian sounded the best in 1969, especially during the symphony orchestra performance of Child in Time. It's before he started screaming and actually sung all the way up his impressive register back then. 1970 was also killer.
His performance on Jesus Christ Superstar(1970) is just amazing. The range and versatility he showed on that was something very few rock singers could have matched.
Made In Japan is my favorite live album as well. I actually paused this video to go order the Copenhagen '72 CD. I don't have any of the Overseer releases. For some reason I didn't know that they were official! Now I have a lot to get. In Concert is amazing as well as the 90's Montreaux show. Actually, all of the Montreaux shows are pretty darn good!
Wow!!
Nothing to say more!
Agree, only Scandinavian nights (Stockholm 70 should be ranked higher)
Plus add Perfect Strangers 1984 concert in Australia
I’ve said this MANY times - In my opinion Made In Japan is the GREATEST live album EVER made. Not sure if people remember but after Made In Japan TONS of other bands made live albums strictly due to the success of MIJ. I was lucky enough to see the American leg of that tour - and to this day the BEST show I’ve ever seen. I’m a little older then Pete but the fact is - as much as I love ALL Deep Purple - if you didn’t see the band live from the beginning of the Gillan/Glover era - till the end of the Hughes /Coverdale era - ALL from 69-75 then you didn’t get to see this band at their ABSOLUTE peak. Blackmore was insane - NEVER knew what he was gonna do. Paice was at his PRIME - as was Gillan. And of course Lord and Glover too. Then when MKIII came about Hughes and Coverdale were unreal. ALL improv every show. Even when they reunited in 84/85 they never hit that same magic in their live shows - just not enough chaos on stage. STILL great - but just a notch down from the early to mid 70’s shows. And I can do without the Orchestra stuff - waters down power of the music - in MY opinion.
I still love MIJ but I've listened to it so many times I find myself gravitating to the Overseas live albums. All of those are great and I enjoy the single set continuity.
Made in Japan probably one of the best live album
One of the ones you don't have - Live In Stuttgart, 1993 has a fun track selection and it sounds amazing! I recommend it.
Love me some Purple! Made in Japan has to be #1. Any plans to do a show on Trapeze? Obviously Glenn Hughes roots, but continued to release live and studio material post Hughes and has a reunion of sorts.
Dear friend you forget three fantastic live album: live in Stuttgart 93 (the best performance of the band with Blackmore and Gillan after the reformation - Come hell or high water is just a part of this one), live at the Olympia 96 and live Rotterdam Ahoy 2000.
I have an early Live album like the one from Inglewood 68, but in Montreux 1969. Gillan does 'Kentucky Woman' and other early cuts. They do early versions of 'Child in time' and 'Kneel And Pray (Speed King)' . 'Child in Time' from 'Nobodys Perfect' features the best Live performance of 'Child In Time' from the 80s, Gillan hits the highest notes. Mine version of it has bonus tracks 'Bad Attitude' and 'Dear or Alive' from 'House of Blue Light' as well. I think only 'Hard Lovin Woman' is on the original version. Should have included 'The Unwritten Law' and Ian Paice's amazing drumsolo in it as well. I have a factory pressed bootleg from the 1987 tour, which has it in soundboard quality. Amazing song Live.
I really like This time around. And it IS an extended version of Last concert in Japan, but way better mixed. On LCIJ Bolin's guitar is barely audioable on many tracks, but on TTA he's right up in front of the mix.
Hard to choose sometimes among the live albums.Honestly half of those albums was unknown to me.
Pete, if you haven't got it, you really need "Live at Olympia '96". Recorded on the Purpendicular tour and has Steve Morse pulling out all the stops to prove he is a worthy successor to Blackers, and on Cascades (I'm Not Your Lover) he clearly wins the audience over (saw them twice on this tour in UK and same scenario).
The absolute stand out track for me though is When A Blind Man Cries which quite simply is breathtaking. The whole album is solid throughout and would certainly make my top 10 (MIJ undoubtedly number one)..
Definitely would recommend.
I would rate In Concert as my #1. I had an LP on japanese import called "New Live and Rare. Had a cool version of MK2 doing Hush.
Completely agree re Mk 3 playing Mk 2 songs. Also agree with those last Mk 3 concerts being up there. I want to know when we get Saarbrucken in full!
I love Tommy Bolin!!! "Come Taste Band" so tasty.Love Blackmore era as well of course. Personally can relate to Boiln's greasy funky tone more than any other guitarist from the era.
I'm with ya.....I'm a die hard Tommy fan......
I agree with you
On the 1968 opening for Cream, there is video of that floating around UA-cam. Check it out. Quality as bad as the audio lol, but it gets the point across. Consider that Hendrix is in the front row watching, they are opening for Cream…. and Ritchie proceeds to burn down the house in a style that neither Clapton nor Hendrix can touch, then gives a full “between the legs” theatrical show. Just stunning audacity! And the rest of the band is great. Love it. As for 1974’s Live In London: by far the best MkIII item in the catalog. With one exception: if you can find the original BOOTLEG version of that, with all the natural reverb of the Gaumont still in the mix, it’s even better than the ‘official’ release.
Also Paice hit his stride around 1974-1976.
No one ever played better rockdrums than Ian around this time.
Of the ones I have ( 4 including your top 2) I think ‘In Concert’ is the stand out. It is fantastic. The thing that seals it is their best ever extended jam in ‘Wring that Neck’ it is amazing and far superior to Space Trucking off ..In Japan. Plus having the two concerts from different ears makes an excellent package. Obviously ..in Japan is also superb.
Cream's Headline performance to that Purple show is available.
1.Made In Japan (Best rock live album all time)
2.M.I.J.
3.MIJ
4.Live In Stockhom (1970)
5.Made In Europe (1976)
6.Live In London (1974)
I particulary like final concerts '75 (MkIII) and live California '76 (best gig with Tommy) from the '70...and montreux 96 (Gillan in great shape) and that Nec 2002 dvd with that Speed king version. I love house of blues 98' video stuff and more in general '98 and 2005 tours. The best post PS ones imo.
MIJ is tied for me as best ever live album with James Brown live at the Apollo.
BOTH albums that are still played plenty by me,Highway Star on MIJ is so fine,i STILL get chills when blackmore goes off on one.
Tremendous.
Made in Europe has also been a long time favorite. Then Japan of course. Real Rock. Real Deal.
I'm a rational person except when it comes to discussing the best live album ever !! Made in Japan is the best live album ever made !
I like the LSO show from 1999. Mostly because it is so different than any of their other live albums. A lot of variety on it.
I was there, so I'm on that recording singing along and clapping with the rest of the audience. Also can spot myself on the DVD!
My favourite all time gig and I can re-live it any time I want (and frequently do). A truly magical night perfectly summed up by Gillan's closing remarks after SOTW.
20 live Purple albums? Hell yes, the crappy ones make the good ones seem even better.