Deep Purple - Made In Japan (1972) (Remaster Edit 1998) 25th Anniversary Edition Includes a Remastered Double CD Set

which Feature Three Bonus Tracks which Were Not on the Original. Judging by the thick chugging that Deep Purple pull off as they enter "Highway S tar" on this classic 1972 set, this band was of an era that appreciated size in sound. Ritchie Blackmore's guitar and Jon Lord's keyboards owned the evenings on the quintet's Japanese tour, giving the band a front-end density that kept drum mer Ian Paice's snap heavy and loud. On tour in support of the album Machine Hea d, Deep Purple indulged in some great long-form jams, reaching into the 10-minut e range for most of the main set and closing with the now-famed live read of "Sp ace Truckin'." There's a reason this is regarded by many as one of hard rock's c ornerstone live recordings. It's a boiler. This gold version of the title offers superior sound quality for a higher price than the standard-issue CD...Andrew B artlett This is the only live document of Mark 2 Deep Purple you'll ever need. The super b improvisational skills of each member of the band are constantly on display; t hese are long sprawling jams travelling at breakneck speed. I can't even begin t o describe how enjoyable this record is to listen to. Sure, these songs are incr edibly long but excess was what hard rock in the 1970s was all about. Each band member shines here. There is one thing about this package that is a little bit c onfusing, though. Even though I do own the 25th Anniversary Edition, the edition I own contains remastered versions of the studio tracks played here live. I hav e looked but I can't seem to find it. That's a good thing, however. I felt the s tudio tracks were somewhat unnecessary and detracted from the whole experience, anyway. Buy this set now, especially because it doesn't have the annoying and so mewhat superfluous remastered studio tracks. What's the long and the short of all this, I hear you ask? It is that no self-re specting hard rock fan or Deep Purple fan should be without this set. 100% class ic!..Stuart Hartley Codec: mp3 Bitrate: 320 kB/s Size: 224 MB Genre : Hard Rock Cover: Front Tracklist: CD 1 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. Highway Star 6.43 Child In Time 12.18 Smoke On The Water 7.37 The Mule 9.28 Strange Kind Of Woman 9.52 Lazy 10.27 Space Truckin' 19.54

CD 2 - The Encores 01. Black Night 6.18 02 . Speed King 7.25 03 . Lucille 8.03