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This
superb live recording was made at the Stockholm Konserthaus on
November 12th 1970. Deep Purple had just started touring their
huge hit album "In Rock" round Europe and the show includes three
extended versions of tracks from that, along with two instrumental
showcase numbers (which together run for over half an hour) and
their then newly release chart single "Black Night".
The
show later surfaced on bootlegs but it wasn't until 1988 that
the recording was issued officially under the title "Scandinavian
Nights" (now deleted).
Recently
however the original four track masters were rediscovered and
the sound was so good that it was decided to reissue the entire
show in a fully remixed version on Purple Records, taking advantage
of the latest digital equipment to bring out the best from this
archive recording, and also putting the tracks back into their
correct running order.
For
many Deep Purple fans, this era - the Mk 2 line-up fronted by
singer Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore - represents
the absolute apex of the band, and this is a stunning reminder
of just how powerful a band they were at the time.
The
disc comes with the usual high quality packaging and an extensive
booklet.
The
Deep Purple Appreciation Society recently posted a first reaction
to the CD:
"It's
just astonishingly intense in places. The balance takes a little
while to settle down at the start of 'Speed King' but once they're
over that hurdle, the band members just seem to be pushing all
the time. I found myself totally wrapped up in the first verse
of 'Child In Time', trying to take it all in. It was like being
at a live gig. Instrumentally it just pulls the listener in as
they get harder and heavier. I began asking myself whether this
was the best section of live Deep Purple I'd ever heard on disc.
Were I to try and decide between this and 'Made In Japan', well
- I just hope I never have to!"
'Live
In Stockholm' can be ordered from the dpas
online store.
purple
records catalogue
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