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DEEP PURPLE Graz 1975 (Sealed 2014 Japanese 8-track CD, the finalrlive concert recording of the Mk III line-up, housed in a standard jewelrcase with picture sleeve, lyrics, obi-strip and still factory sealed fromrnew VQCD-10403)
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rThe headline in Austrian newspaper Neue Zeit said it all: ‘Deep Purple in Graz: Ein lauter Abschied [a loud farewell].’
On April 3, 1975 the Mk III line-up of Purple – guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, frontman David Coverdale, bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboard player Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice – played a concert at the Liebenauer ice rink, located on the outskirts of mountaincradled Graz, Austria’s second largest city after Vienna. Enthused by Purple’s arrival in town, the local press dubbed the concert ‘das Rockereignis des Jahres [the rock event of the year]’. And it was – in more ways than one.
After Graz, Purple would play just two more shows – in Saarbrücken, Germany and Paris, France – before a disenchanted and disgruntled Blackmore left to form his new band, Rainbow. The remaining Purple members would regroup quickly with American guitarist Tommy Bolin in tow, in place of Blackmore. But that’s another story…
In order to preserve Blackmore’s final run of Mk III concerts for posterity, Purple’s managers had brought the Rolling Stones mobile recording studio over to mainland Europe It was a difficult time for the band which would seem to indicate that Purple’s Graz performance was a duffer. A dull, flaccid affair with the band going through the motions and a sense of total disconnect between the five members. Wrong of all counts. Graz 1975 is absolutely electrifying. Indeed, it has long been regarded as the holy grail of concert recordings among Mk III connoisseurs. A performance that has never been available in its
entirety until now.
As soon as you feast your ears on opening track “Burn” (surely the best version of this song, ever) you know you’re in for a wild ride. And so it proves. Blackmore plays with controlled brutality – if he’s pissed off, it doesn’t show; if he’s angry, it most certainly does. The vocal interplay between Coverdale and Hughes has never sounded so good. And, of course, stalwarts Lord and Paice give it a good kicking – and then some. The tracklisting, naturally, is weighted heavily in favour of Mk III recordings, with just two songs from Purple’s previous incarnation with Ian Gillan on vocals and Roger Glover on bass: the iconic “Smoke On The Water” and the almost-as-iconic “Space Truckin’”. Still, it’s true to say that, from beginning to end, Graz 1975 showcases Purple Mk III at the absolute top – and also, ironically, at the end – of their game.
As Neue Zeit quite rightly reported in April ’75: ‘Deep Purple gaben sich wirklich Mühe ihr „Abschiedskonzert“ zu einem grandiosen Erlebnis zu steigern [Deep Purple really did make an effort to increase their “farewell concert” to a terrific experience]’.
1 Burn
2 Stormbringer
3 The Gypsy
4 Lady Double Dealer
5 Mistreated
6 Smoke On The Water
7 You Fool No One
8 Space Truckin’
rArtist – Deep Purple (click link for complete listing)
rTitle -Graz 1975 (click link for more of the same title)
rYear of Release – 2014
rFormat – CD album (CDLP)
rRecord Label – Ward Records
rCatalogue No – VQCD-10403 (click link for more)
rCountry of Origin – Japan
rLanguage – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our .
rAdditional info – Deleted, Sealed
rGlobal Trade Item Number (GTIN) – 5053201371528
rCondition – Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed.Click here for more info.
rRareVinyl.com Ref No – DEECDGR823577
rRelated Artists – Anthem, Bernie Tormé, Black Country Communion, Blackmore’s Night, Buddy Bohn, Bullet (70’S), Captain Beyond, Carol Hunter, Curtiss Maldoon/Maldoon, Deep, Episode Six, Finders Keepers, Gillan Glover, Glenn Hughes, Graham Bonnet, Green Bullfrog, Hard Stuff, Hell Preachers Inc., Ian Gillan, Jerusalem, Joe Lynn Turner, John Lawton, John McCoy, Jon Lord, Mother’s Army, Natural Magic, Paice Ashton Lord, Pauline Gillan, Phenomena, Rainbow, Ray Fenwick, Reflections, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock Aid Armenia, Roger Glover, Strapps, Symphonic Slam, The Bumbles, The Maze (UK), The Riot Squad, The Split Knee Loons, Tommy Bolin, Tony Ashton & Jon Lord, Trapeze, Voodoo Hill, Wheels, Wizard’s Convention, Zephyr.
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rGENRES
rRock.
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