Product Overview
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series – Long Beach 1976 / Bolin, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice / Deep Purple / Ear Music 2x Audio CD 2016 / 0210940EMU
UPC 4029759109402
Product Details:
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Intro | 2:01 |
| 1-2 | Burn | 7:37 |
| 1-3 | Lady Luck | 3:06 |
| 1-4 | Getting Tighter | 14:10 |
| 1-5 | Love Child | 5:50 |
| 1-6 | Smoke On The Water / Georgia On My Mind | 8:58 |
| 1-7 | Lazy | 16:43 |
| 1-8 | Homeward Strut | 5:56 |
| 2-1 | This Time Around | 4:25 |
| 2-2 | Owed To G | 2:53 |
| 2-3 | Guitar Solo Tommy Bolin | 10:33 |
| 2-4 | Stormbringer | 11:37 |
| 2-5 |
Highway Star | 7:19 |
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Bonus - Live Springfield 1976 |
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| 2-6 | Smoke On The Water / Georgia On My Mind |
9:41 |
| 2-7 | Going Down | 7:44 |
| 2-8 | Highway Star | 6:26 |
Review:
It's been a long time waiting for these archive releases to come to fruition, but it's been well worth the wait, as this 6th installment rates as more than a worthy companion with the others released thus far...
This 2-disc-set sees the Mk-IV line-up in pretty good form, & well worthy of the name Deep Purple. Everyone's performance is excellent, & the spotlight gets to shine more than once on everyone on these discs. Long-time fans will know about the difficulties & challenges that this Mk-IV faced within its short time together, but the performance(s) recorded here do showcase the band in great ( if not spectacular ) form, & leaves one feeling quite satisfied.
Ian Paice & his drumming throughout is truly remarkable...Jon Lord is as always, displaying his incredible ability on the keyboards, keeping the flow of the show right on time...David Coverdale sings as well as ever, & seems to be enjoying himself throughout, being now well settled in...Glen Hughes is as rock-solid as ever driving the bass-lines, & thankfully, his singing is quite good too, but without the bull-s*** that often leaves his lips unnecessarily...And Tommy Bolin, if ever there was a live performance to solidify his rightful place in the band, you'll hear it on these discs. His playing & in particular his ability to find his own time & space when soloing really shines through here. There's even a tune titled "guitar solo" that has him playing both at extreme volume levels, & subtle quietness, that then even engages the crowd to join in supporting him clapping for a few too-brief minutes, while he entertains us like we were all sitting around a camp-fire joining in with his playing...Amazing entertainment ( if not virtuoso showing off ), that I've never recalled Mr.Blackmore being able to do.
More Details:
- Bass – Glenn Hughes
- Drums – Ian Paice
- Guitar – Tommy Bolin
- Layout, Artwork – Alexander Mertsch
- Liner Notes – Geoff Barton
- Organ – Jon Lord
- Photography By, Cover [Cover Picture] – Fin Costello
- Remastered By – Nick Watson
- Vocals – David Coverdale
- Written-By – David Coverdale (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-4), Don Nix (tracks: 2-7), Glenn Hughes (tracks: 1-4, 2-1, 2-2), Hoagy Carmichael (tracks: 1-6 [Georgia On My Mind], 2-6 [Georgia On My Mind]), Ian Gillan (tracks: 1-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-5, 2-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-8), Ian Paice (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6 [Smoke On The Water], 1-7, 2-5, 2-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-8), Jeffrey Cook* (tracks: 1-3), Jon Lord (tracks: 1-2, 1-6 [Smoke On The Water], 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-8), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-6 [Smoke On The Water], 1-7, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-8), Roger Glover (tracks: 1-6 [Smoke On The Water], 1-7, , 2-5, 2-6 [Smoke On The Water], 2-8), Stuart Gorell* (tracks: 1-6 [Georgia On My Mind], 2-6 [Georgia On My Mind]), Tommy Bolin (tracks: 1-3 to 1-5, 1-8, 2-1, 2-2)
About the Band:
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.
Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up consisted of Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973 and was revived from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 with the line-up including David Coverdale (lead vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals) (and Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner (vocals). The band's line-up (currently including Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although keyboardist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002 (being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the only original Deep Purple member still in the band.
Deep Purple were ranked number 22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, and a poll on radio station Planet Rock ranked them 5th among the "most influential bands ever". The band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple (specifically Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan, Glover, Coverdale, Evans, and Hughes) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
