A spectacular live double album from British hard rock icons Deep Purple. It includes some of their most famous tracks, recorded during concerts at Osaka, 15th-16th, and Tokyo, 17th of August, 1972. Highlights include guitarist Ritchie Blackmore launching into an insane and lengthy guitar solo during the middle of Child in Time, hearing a live version of the band's anthem Smoke on the Water, and Ian Paice's ecstatic drum solo in The Mule. The twenty minute epic, Space Truckin' provides a fitting finale to the album, taking up a whole side of vinyl.
At this time, the band's almost constantly changing line up was:
Track Listings:
Side one.- Highway Star. Osaka - 16th
- Child in Time. Osaka - 16th
Side two.
Smoke on the Water. Osaka - 15th
The Mule. Tokyo
Side three.
Strange Kind of Woman. Osaka - 16th
Lazy. Tokyo.
Side four.
Space Truckin'. Osaka - 15th.
This is a great album for fans of early Metal, or just Rock in particular. The band are all on top form. Gillan had one of the most powerful voices in Rock during that period (second perhaps only to Paul Rodgers of Free). When listening to this album you should follow the band's wishes and ensure that you have "everything louder than everything else."