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Deep Purple - Live at Inglewood (1968) (Remaster 2009)
2009 archive live release from the British rockers' Mk 1 line-up. So little evidence of this line-up's live act remains that this tape, the only surviving recording of the first incarnation of Deep Purple on stage, is of great interest, with the band exhibiting a brash confidence in front of 16,000 Cream fans. As a support act, Deep Purple's set was a little shorter than normal but despite the passing of over 40 years, it's still an exciting experience. The sound, taken from an original Sony open reel, isn't bad at all once you get used to the ambience, with just a little distortion in the second number and someone in the audience heard near the microphone at one or two quiet moments. It was first released officially several years ago by Sonic Zoom but has been long out of print. Due to many requests it has now been added to the immensely popular Official Archive Collection, with a new cover, and a 12 page booklet.
This is the only known live recording of the Rod Evans Era Deep Purple.It was recorded during their supporting slot on the 1968 Cream Farewell Tour. As far as sound quality goes,this is a bootleg; it is easily the least listenable of the archival live Deep Purple releases so far. But it is worth having simply because it is a decent companion to the first three Purple LPs that feature Rod Evans as lead singer. Musically,it is easy to see why Blackmore sacked Evans from the band: he sounded great on the band's psychedelic/prog studio albums but was unable to properly front the live sonic aggressive/metal assault that they were fast becoming.This concert is only an hour long.All of the songs are,(by Deep Purple standards,)fairly short with the exception of Mandrake Root and River Deep Mountain High which run almost 10 minutes each. The best players here are Jon Lord,Ian Paice and Nick Simper; Evans sings well and Ritchie Blackmore simply sucks.He has always been a hot or cold player and here he is simply frozen.He sounds like he has no idea where to take this music; his only moment of redemption is the soloing in Wring That Neck. Jon Lord sounds like a true revelation,his classical training is upfront on several of his solos,especially during Mandrake Root and in the 2001 Space Odyssey opening to River Deep Mountain High. Ian Paice is always a joy and seems totally unable to play badly. Indeed,if you can get past the boiler room sound quality of this disk there is much here to be enjoyed. The Mark 1 Deep Purple has always been my favourite and it's nice to see that they could cut it in concert even at this embryonic stage in their career...P. Roubuy
Codec: flac
Size: 176 MB
Genre : Rock
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Line-up
Rod Evans (vocals) [Captain Beyond]
Nick Simper (bass) [Warhorse, Fandango, The Flower Pot Men]
Ian Paice (drums)
Jon Lord (keyboards)
Ritchie Blackmore (guitars)
Tracklist:
01 Hush 4:44
02 Kentucky Woman 4:42
03 Mandrake Root 9:36
04 Help 5:33
05 Wring That Neck 6:00
06 River Deep, Mountain High 9:18
07 Hey Joe 7:57
