Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Highway Star 2. Child in Time 3. Smoke on the Water 4. Mule, The - (drum solo) 5. Strange Kind of Woman 6. Lazy 7. Space Truckin'
DISC 2: 1. Black Night 2. Speed King 3. Lucille
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Deep Purple: Ian Gilan (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (organ, piano); Roger Glover (bass); Ian Paice (drums). Recorded live in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan from August 15-17, 1972. This package contains the original MADE IN JAPAN on one disc, plus one disc of previously unreleased songs from the same shows. Recorded on the Japanese tour of 1972, Deep Purple created the most effortless of great live albums. Labouring under the Machine Head tour and with inter-band relationships that saw both Gillan and Glover feuding with the sometimes difficult Blackmore and quitting the band early the following year, the record, for its part, does not suffer from the personnel inconsistencies, the band playing what would become, in retrospect, a greatest hits set. The consistency of the material - 'Child In Time', 'Strange Kind Of Woman', 'Space Truckin'' - was, and still is, astounding, matched only by the arch standards of Purple's live performance.
Editorial Reviews ..Purple's definitive metal monster, a spark-filled execution of the typical Purple style...volatile stage personalities...technically superior.. Rolling Stone (05/24/1973)
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