Deep Purple: Ian Gilan (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (organ, piano); Roger Glover (bass); Ian Paice (drums).

2 LPs on 1 CD.

2 LPs on 1 CD.

Deep Purple: Ian Gilan (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (piano, organ); Roger Glover (bass); Ian Paice (drums).

Recorded live Japan from August 15-17, 1972.

Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman.

Recorded on the Japanese tour of 1972, Deep Purple created the most effortless of great live albums. Labouring under the Machine Head tour and with inter-band relationships that saw both Gillan and Glover feuding with the sometimes difficult Blackmore and quitting the band early the following year, the record, for its part, does not suffer from the personnel inconsistencies, the band playing what would become, in retrospect, a greatest hits set. The consistency of the material - 'Child In Time', 'Strange Kind Of Woman', 'Space Truckin'' - was, and still is, astounding, matched only by the arch standards of Purple's live performance.

Recorded on the Japanese tour of 1972, Deep Purple created the most effortless of great live albums. Labouring under the Machine Head tour and with inter-band relationships that saw both Gillan and Glover feuding with the sometimes difficult Blackmore and quitting the band early the following year, the record, for its part, does not suffer from the personnel inconsistencies, the band playing what would become, in retrospect, a greatest hits set. The consistency of the material - 'Child In Time', 'Strange Kind Of Woman', 'Space Truckin'' - was, and still is, astounding, matched only by the arch standards of Purple's live performance.

Rolling Stone (5/24/73, p.58) - "..Purple's definitive metal monster, a spark-filled execution of the typical Purple style...volatile stage personalities...technically superior.."

Rolling Stone (5/24/73, p.58) - "..Purple's definitive metal monster, a spark-filled execution of the typical Purple style...volatile stage personalities...technically superior.."