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Live in Japan
UK/Holland 1993 EMI Records 7243-8-27726-2-0 [3CD]
France November 1993 EMI Records 8277262 [3CD]
Japan 1993 Warner Bros WPCR-677/8/9 [3CD]
Japan April 1996 Warner Bros WPCR-677/8/9 [3CD]



Performed live in Japan 1972 by:

  • Ritchie Blackmore guitar
  • Ian Gillan vocals
  • Roger Glover bass guitar
  • Jon Lord organ, keyboards
  • Ian Paice drums

Recorded live during 15-17 August 1972 in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. Original recording engineered by Martin Birch. Mixed at Abbey Road in London by Darron Godwin; assisted by Simon Robinson during July 1993. Tapes edited, cleaned and mastered at Abbey Road in London by Peter Mew during September 1993.

Album co-ordinated by Tim Chacksfield and compiled/researched by Simon Robinson.

This 3CD set contains almost three full concerts; the same three gigs that supplied the contents to the classic Made in Japan 1972. Two of the tracks included there ("Smoke on the Water" from the 15th and "The Mule" from the 17th) have not been included on this release. In addition, neither encore from the 16th ("Black Night" & "Lucille") is included, nor are the encores from the 17th ("Black Night" & "Speed King"); the first of which is available on a variety of singles, EPs and compilations. Both encores from the 15th are included.

TRACK LIST CD 1 : "Good Morning"
Recorded in Osaka on 15 August 1972

  1. Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.37
  2. Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 11.51
  3. The mule (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 9.35
  4. Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.51
  5. Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.26
  6. Space truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 21.35
  7. Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.25
    This is the first encore of the evening. The other one appears at the end of the third CD.

TRACK LIST CD 2 : "Next week, we're turning professional"
Recorded in Osaka on 16 August 1972

  1. Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.07
    This is the same version as the one on Made in Japan 1972.
  2. Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.25
  3. Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 12.30
    This is the same version as the one on Made in Japan 1972.
  4. The mule (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.22
  5. Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.35
    This is the same version as the one on Made in Japan 1972.
  6. Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.21
  7. Space truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 20.13
    This is the same version as the one on Made in Japan 1972.

TRACK LIST CD 3 : "Can we have evrything louder than everything else?"
Recorded in Tokyo on 17 August 1972

  1. Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.14
  2. Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.06
  3. Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 11.32
  4. Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 11.26
  5. Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 11.16
    This is the same version as the one on Made in Japan 1972.
  6. Space truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 19.19
  7. Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.55
    This encore was recorded on the 15th, but stacked here due to space reasons.