Deep Purple - Live in Belgium (August 1969)
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- Catch Deep Purple Live at the Bilzen Jazz Festival on 22nd August 1969. The band performed on the second day, "Pop And Beat", of the four day festival: This 25-minute edit of Purple's performance on 16mm film was recorded by Belgian TV.
Interestingly, being one of the first recordings of the then new Mark 2 line up of the band, the recording includes only instrumentals and instrumental passages - "Wring That Neck", "Paint It Black" and "Mandrake Root".
Blackmore sweep picking in 1969
LEGEND
I need to learn that for the solo in April, finally got a good shot of him playing it
A great job keeping the office today 1970
Yngwie J Malmsteen says that Blackmore was better than Hendrix and YJM's top mentor.
3:25
Les Paul sweep picking in 51 =)
Blackmore is the greatest. i was 13 in 1975 and got my first 2 albums as a gift Machine Head and Made in Japan. I will never tire of Blackmore.
I think same way so fantstic band
...an impossibility...
I got my first album Machine Head from my mate he was older than I and I ask what means the text on his jeans Iommi I think it was Lommi he laughing to me and say's it is hard rock band Black Sabbath and after that I learn more ofcourse he show me the real rock fanx to that man 🇫🇮🏴😇😆👊
Blackmore was never a mediocre player. On was not only famous for smoke on the water. He was a trail blazer. Obviously you don't know much. He was playing guitar in the 70s like no oneself did.
Top 3 in the world in his day
The pentatonic minor blues and major scales are the perfect simple framework for improvisation. Ritchie uses them as his structural template on the neck from which he can stretch out into the Aeolian mode, the Major Scale, the Dorian Mode, the Mixolydian and more, and then back again, intermingling all the way. The basis is the blues but he stretches it to the limit. So does John Lord, he does precisely the same but because of the layout of keyboards he is able to utilise chromatics in his lines much more readily so there is more fluidity to his phrasing. The juxtaposition and interplay between Ritchie and John is what made Deep Purple such an incredible force on stage. All held together in time and space by the most inventive drummer of his generation, Ian Paice, who swings and rocks as easily as moving water. You won’t hear anything like this today. It’s rock with a jazz mentality.
I must say to you Jon Lord what a Master of hammonds, Ritchie Blackmore is manguitar and Ian Paice do what Metallica 's drummer Ulrich try to find same sound but he never do it better than Ian Paice do 🏴🇫🇮👊😆
Ritchie Blackmore is mesmorising here. He is playing rock, blues and jazz all-in-one solo. Probably the greatest guitar player since Hendrix, Clapton, beck and the rest. Honestly? They cannot touch him, not even Hendrix. This is a master class of muscle talent and should be savoured for All people who love music and genius. All of the band members are master's of there instruments
yes maybe because he was classically trained
Hendrix is better. His songs are the Best songs that no one has Heard before
@@cristianjavier500 Blackmore is bridge between Hendrix and VanHalen
I only put Yngwie above Ritchie, because the dude is not from this planet. But from the mortals Ritchie is the greatest no doubt.
I do think hendrix is the greatest ever and without equal but I agree with you on the whole. Ritchie was definitely a tremendous musician and I have to disagree with the comment stating that yngwie is better. I also think Ritchie was far greater than Jimmy page who I always thought was over rated. I also think as a drummer John Bonham was over rated but that's another argument.
I am Albertus Heru W. I'm come from Indonesia.
I am very diehard to Deep Purple.
I like the band from Mark-1 to Mark-3..
Heru Widodo. I agree.Specialy Mark-1💝! 1 is 1. From Ukraine💙💛✌
Heru Widodo No Gillan no Deep Purple.
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@@NeptuneReturnz I say: another DP (or another some kind group...😉😞).Yes, DP - Mark-1. Best quality. 💙💛✌
That was a sweet piece of Purple footage. Reading some comments, Blackmore certainly is highlighted, but don’t overlook Ian Paice or Jon Lord. Technique, speed and musical quality also inhabit them. It’s unusual to see Ian Gillan take a back seat, Roger Glover keeps a solid baseline, but this overall 24+ minute instrumental is great to watch for anyone who likes Deep Purple and all the move impressive since it’s over 50 years old and when MK II lineup was relatively new. Back to Blackmore, his playing is terrific and one can see he’s enjoying it.
Well said my friend😊
yes
Good comment. Ian Gillian wasn’t featured as much on that first tour as he was on the next tour and beyond. That first tour was mostly the original three playing extended jams.Ian Paice has got to be the most underrated drummer of all time. He’s every bit Bonham’s equal..Page’s production really brought Bonham to the forefront, (not that he wasn’t an amazing drummer to begin with), but recordings like “When the Levy Breaks”, Paice never really got featured like that. Although I’d argue that “You Fool No One” from Burn is a drumming highlight.
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@@TheSteveSteele I see what you mean. Yet Ian's playing was so special thruought every song he kinda featured himself all the time.
Blackmore, Lord and Paice are three of the finest musicians to ever be recorded.
thank blackmooooore
The three first records without Gillan and what??? Nothing!!!
those 3 are the founders of Deep Purple.
Yes deep Purple is a awesome group very talented
Thank you.
Thanks for posting 🎉
That ES-335 plus treble booster and an AC30 is one of the best rock tones ever. His clean playing even at shredding speeds is unbeatable. There was no-one doing anything like this. Malmsteen, Van halen, Vai, McLaughlin and et al. can all pack their bags as far as I am concerned!
I can imagine them all just saying "I'll get my coat."
There's not much to what you say, Tony Iommi, Rory Gallagher, Martin Barre, Brain May, they also used it and Blackmore didn't use AC30. Mclaughlin, Van Halen, Malmsteen are geniuses who don't need a treble booster.
Blackmore used an AC30 - it is well documented. There is even a photo of him playing one during a gig in pub during the Perfect Strangers era. Look at Vinyl cover of Perfect Strangers.. His early Marshall were modded to sound Vox like.
I just checked. There are two photos on the LP sleeve of Blackmore playing a VOX.
Indeed. Mick Barker said that in RB's session days before Purple, he would sometimes set the mains on the AC30 to 240 so the wall supplied 220 (what EVH did with his Marshall using a variac) and sometimes ran more than 1 treble booster into the front end. It was a non-top boost model and at least by 1971 it had ceramic speakers not alnico.
AGREE! STILL HVE TO MENTION ONE PHENOMENAL, ALSO FROM 70TIES AND LATER, PLAYING GIBSON (NOW I KNOW WHY IT OUNDED SO GOOD), PLEASE CHECK IT OUT, MAYBE)- HE PUT UP A LOT OF WORK IN IT TO REINCARNATE HIS INSTRUMENT INTO "THE PIECE" BY HIMSELF - MR. FRANK MARINO FROM CANADA! ONE OF THE FEW! C. SANTANA- IBNEZ, EXPENSIVE GUITAR! JACK WHITE- ONE PIECE OF WOOD, COCA-COLA BOTTLE, PIECE OF WIRE AND SOME ELECTRICITY?!! IT COULD BE ONLY FOR THE MOVIE PURPOSES??? ME, DON`T KNOW -"IT MIGHT GET LOUD". REGARDS, THOMAS (POLAND-CHICAGO) JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, PACO DE LUCIA AND ALDI MEOLA-"FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO" STILL ALIVE, WHAT AN ALBUM-1982? CLOSE
Дякую автору!💝 такі відео неоціненні! Здається,ВСІ живі,але нажаль...- ...JON R.I.P ♥. DP THE BEST!!!💜 From 2020 💙💛✌
Jon, потому что это сокращение от Джонатан, имени, данного родителями, но которого Лорд не любил. Впрочем, это не суть важно. С остальным полностью согласна.
@@С.Ш-г8р Спасибо за коррект. ♥Джонатан Дуглас Лорд.♥(малеха подзабыла😕,старость....😉) Ну,ничего, поживем-послушаем! 💙💛✌
Deep purple best live band ever
totally agree
Gosh! 50 years ago! Still masterpiece.
These guys are the best thing to walk the planet in terms of their live performances 🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🎤🎤🎤
Absolutely spot on!!!
Check out ZEP in 69 sometime ok?
I grew up with dp I knew he was great thanks to my older brother, thanks to u tube I really didn't know how good Richie and John lord we're so good together, they were amazing
Seriously we need a time- machine to go back to these concerts 🤘✌️🎸
I love this band and have for 50 years. I listen to the Machine Head CD often while driving. Each member is amongst the best in the world. John Lord, Rest In Peace.....He is what gave them their distinctive sound....
Jon
One man take care of Jon Lord his good friend Ritchie Blackmore to the end so RIP Master of hammonds Jon Lord 🏴🇫🇮😜🤪🤕
In just over a month from this, Deep Purple would record the live "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" at Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. That was Ian Gillan and Roger Glover's debut on a Deep Purple album (Their only earlier recorded contribution had been vocals/bass for the single "Hallelujah", released a few weeks before this footage was shot). Their first studio album with this line-up was "In Rock", released in June of 1970.
The general public only thinks of Clapton, Beck and Page when talking of the greats of that era. They rarely mention Blackmore's name. Same with Alvin Lee and Rory G.
For some reason anything Clapton did after Cream does absolutely nothing for me. I'm not knocking his skill or ability in any way, it is what it is, it's like he lost his edge and played it safe. That being said, one thing all of the above mentioned have in common is the support of top notch fellow musicians playing alongside. Without that it's all just noise.
@@kayakfish9912 I'm more a fan of his acoustic blues than his electric stuff after Blind Faith.
Lazy Clapton living off the past. Three brilliant musicians, but after Cream it was all downhill. Lazy player, even when you saw him live depends on how he feels. Will he play or be lazy, let his sideKick play. Yes, other guitarists could be just as good if not better. The lazy master who stopped delivering.
Blackmore was a master of unpredictability ... it's hard to explain. He made sense out of chaos and had a knack for speeding toward the wall at 100 mph and at the last second veering off on another tangent altogether. Sometimes it didn't work, most of the time it did. He was truly one of the pioneers and one of the very few with an instantly recognizable sound/tone all his own.
They had rock and swing both. Fantastic.
I'm so glad to see this masterpiece just published. It's awesome look those genius play like angels. Blackmore is the best guitar in the world and Jon Lord, ¡oh Lord! Resumiendo que me encanta Deep Purple y este video es maravilloso, un Mark II recién extrenado y haciendo virguerías. :-) Ian Paice is the most trusted baterist ever. I love them.
I would like to play this in church!!!?
Yes I agree a awesome group very talented
Даже если отключить звук, огромное удовольствие смо треть на этих парней, любят то, что делают, наслаждаются каждым звуком, а какая сыгранность! Восторг, восторг.и ещё раз восторг!
Точно!
Совершенно согласен!
Blacmore always looks like he can't remember if he left the iron on E.g. 1:06 onwards
MARK II BEST LINEUP of all. Totally together, tight as, Gillan superb vocalist, didn't get any better. Excellent video footage!
Ritchie Blackmore el mejor guitarrista k he escuchado nadie lo supera
Overrated guitar player
3:27 thats so crazy to see in 1969
Музыка это тот случай, когда нет границ. Люблю вас всех, братцы.)
The best guitatist Clapton is not even close in this one. IMHO
Не согласен.
Blackmore, here, showed in reality, why he is one of the most great rock guitar's genious. He created play guitar's rock style who influenced the news greats guitars like Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Satriani, Steve Morse, etc... And, in fact, many, many more.
Here we can see what it mean when we talk about to play the instruments without tricks effects or mixing the records.
The band would not have been complete without Roger on bass and Ian on vocals. Together, those five were the true godfathers of heavy metal.
Yes, only mkII was a True DP.
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@@arkadiuszkowalik6016 MK II and MK I !!!
@@lucalone Yeah, don't know why I never could stand that Mark III. I like Glenn Hughes in Trapeze also on Seventh Star Black Sabbath album but he just overdoes that screaming bullshit with DP. Also that Stormbinger album, only thing good about it is the cover.
@@mikek8553
Soldier of fortune!!
The greed of TH-cam has no limits, one work was interrupted 3 times with its stupid advertising!!😢
Get the Brave browser, fuck Chrome.
Сегодня в передаче где логика Иванушек Инт_шнл назвали легендой ,где логика?((( Вот Deepы это ЛЕГЕНДА!!!!!!!!
👍
потому они и иванушки.
Ritchie Blackmore hacia hablar a la Guitarra ❤!! Tocaba Estupendo!!🇦🇷 Saludos Cordiales.
Si señor, así es ... 👋👋👋👋👍😎🇦🇷
Ritchie during his precision days'
Good grief..a TV editor who actually knew which instrument was making which noise...a rare thing indeed...the purps at their best
Mandrake Root is one of my favorite Deep Purple numbers. Jon Lord's, Ritchie Blackmore's and Ian Paice's overall performance and solos on this recording are simply MIND BLOWING.
It's Wring that Neck
@@chrisboon35 Well, if you want to be precise, it's "Wring That Neck" and "Mandrake Root" combined in one number. Watch the whole video, if you haven't already.
@@ivanterekhov5369 Yes! I stand corrected indeed ;)
@@chrisboon35 Cool. We all make mistakes sometimes👍.
В этой композиции я услышал все будущие хиты, он еще не знает, что это будет ин рок и машин хэд.
Да здесь и реверанс Хендриксу изо всех щелей прёт))
Questi sono i Deep Purple!!! La miglior live-band della storia del rock!
The best guitarist ever!!!!!!!
Боже, как давно это было, помнит только мутной реки вода. Время когда радость меня любила больше не вернуть ни за что, никогда. Кайфую от Пэпл! Это мастера своего дела и настоящие люди, которые любят музыку и живут ею и для неё! Одни из лучших. Царствие небесное Джону Лорду. Остальным здоровья и благополучия!
Полностью разделяю ваше мнение! Самые любимые!❤
@@Tatyana-j6r Я бы сказала, просто Лучшие, без одни из... 👍💜🤭
@@olgak_9932 Ты ,как всегда, права. Им нет равных и в ближайшее время не предвидится. Их можно слушать бесконечно!
@@Tatyana-j6r Согласна, любимые и непревзойдённые!
Ritchie Blackmore !!!
Takes Jimmy Page to the cleaners any day.
Don't be stupid. Try since i've been loving you - led zeppelin madison sq. garden 1973.
Two of the all-time greats. Why down one in order to raise the other? Both equally deserving of praise.
@@DS-yg4qs still doesn't come close to RB, dude. Come on. (It's not even a fair comparison, as JP is a VERY different type of guitarist than RB is.)
there's tons of guitarists technically better than blackmore, but there's not many who could write and produce songs and pieces like page. blackmore could write very good riffs, but his songs are always one dimensional.
@@dumpygoodness4086 "different" does not automatically mean better. It means different. If you want to go down that road, JP is far more diverse a player, utilizing far more styles, far more different guitar-type instruments, etc. For some, that gives him an edge over Blackmore who was seriously limited -- one assumes by his own choice as he clearly had the requisite skill. Regardless, people always going on about this musician being better than that musician is childish. Both are great virtuosos.
And by the way: For what it's worth, Led Zeppelin's first two albums in 1969 were massively influential on Blackmore, leading to pressure by him for Purple to get heavier starting with In Rock in '70. So even if it were possible to objectively prove that Blackmore is a superior guitar talent (which it isn't, in my view), the fact that one's music was greatly influenced by the others, and not the other way around, needs to be considered.
Unbelievable what a band.
Mk2 in its best! Thanks for the video!
THE HISTORY OF
ROCK ☆☆☆☆☆
Even in 1969 they were so damn good!
Wow I’m speechless as I haven’t seen this record before! Master class! Thanks for sharing!
Mark2 в начале славных дел!). Процесс пошёл!) Браво!!!👍💜
Perseverantes músicos extraordinarios
Ritchie Guitar God Blackmore 🎸😎❤
Song..
JON LORD EL MEJOR CON EL ORGANO HAMMOND YO EL MEJOR CON EL ORGANO FEMENINO 😜🎸🤘
😍😍😍💋👢💙❣
Perfect blend of free jamming and dynamic heaviness
DP were far more wild and ferocious than a Zep or Sabbath!
@@dumpygoodness4086: Only Mott the Hoople were as wild as Purple then!
Гиллан в начале шлангует, а потом решил постучать.
Каждый из них уникален и бесподобен!
Being a Strat/Tele guy I kinda hate to admit that I love that 335/Vox tone Blackmore has going here. Perfect rock tone really. So clean and loud but with a lot of clarity. Nothing fuzzy, or too compressed. Oh DAMN, check out that tone at 17:15 and 18:00.
Легенда.
Ух ты, класс,спасибо за видео.Ритчик великолепен, играет так, что сам балдеет,Лорд,Пейс, браво !Такие молодые, такие красавцы, талантищи!!!!! Жизнь не справедлива, они должны быть вечно молодыми и творить свои шедевры, приносить людям радость.Как жаль,все в прошлом!
Недавно Блэкмору исполнилось 75.
Да Ириша, стареем с каждым вздохом. Мне55, а кажется, что только вчера услышал их в первый раз. Здоровья им, здоровья вам и вашему семейству! Больше хорошей музыки вам по жизни!
I like the way he sounds through that 335. Classic!
yeah! here, it sounds better than anything I ever heard him play on the strats! Wowza! (He seems more comfortable on the 335 too.)
Fuck yeah he should have kept the Gibson i think they sound so much better than Fenders. End of the day though he still sounds like Ritchie Blackmore regardless of what he plays. But he probably wanted to have a tremolo bar and those Gibson vibrolas if you breathe too hard go out of tune.
@@mikek8553 Fender has wider range of dynamics, its more responsive and touch sensitive, which is important for Blackmore's style. But yeah what a tasty sound those Gibson has!))
@@cornucopia8591 Pretty sweeping statement, don't you think? I think the tuning stability with the vibrato is a more likely explanation. and then he just might have preferred the Strat sound?
@@mikek8553 the Strats bounce better
Ritchie Blackmore, 1969, basically inventing modern shredding and sweep picking
🎸Blackmore is the king of rock n roll improvisation... one of a kind!
or rather, Deep Purple was the king of improvisation.🎸🥁🎹🎼
LEGENDS
Richie was really on his game here. And that sound, can't beat it!
Wring That Neck: 0:13
Ian Paice's drum solo/Paint It Black: 10:19
Mandrake Root: 14:13
Ritchie Blackmore is one of the greatest guitarists ever.
Deep purple el Dios del rock and Roll...🔥 Y del metal.. 🔥 🖤
Muy buen video, los primeros meses del DP MK 2
Ritchie usando una guitarra distinta a la que luego usó por siempre, Fender Stratocaster creo.
Por cierto
Ahora, mayo 2020, está la noticia de que DP está por publicar nuevo álbum, estando activos tres integrantes del DP de este video: Gillan, Glover y Paice, siento ya 51 años desde esta presentación.
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Супер💜👍
Ritchie Blackmore super
Amazing! Brazil loves Deep Purple!
Brazil has a very good taste
See the transition of Ritchie Blackmore guitars from Gibson ES to Stratocaster, he found the advantage of strat to bend the notes by tremolos he exploit there, after he switch to strat.
He also said he had to work a bit harder when he played the strat and said his gibson was much easier to play
AMAZING!! Thanks so much, I will be watching this a lot.🍻✌
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Very beginning of the DP MKII. Incredible! 100% improvisations and fantastic experiments, highest harmony, passion and virtuosity, the process of giving birth to new music in action. They speak on Universe language. DP MKII - Best band in music's history!
One of the best😁
Sooo good!!!😍💋👢💙❣
Incredibilmente fantastici
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I would like to know what Hendrix thought when he heard Ritchie play this
Ritchie Blackmore is Blackmore, no clon of another great guitarist
- It would be fun to jam with this guy.
Hendrix would have been too stoned to think dude 😔
Patrick Michels I read an article way back that said Hendrix was very influenced in Ritchie Blackmore as was Blackmore with Hendrix...Blackmore was doing this kind of stuff and toying around with a lot of feed back in which many people didn’t quite know what feed back was at that time.. Which was in 1962.... He was considered a guitar god in the U.K. Germany and other European countries and that people would come from miles around just to see Ritchie perform.. That was said by Nick Simper the original bass player for deep purple way before he ever met any of the band members of the band deep purple....
Patrick Michels Early 1960’s where was Jimmy Hendrix?
This must be one of the very first gigs of the Mk 2 line up .
Blackmore smiling and laughing ! They were having the
time of their lives .
clean-shaven Glover is the clear sign it's FRESH Mk 2
I would like to read comments posted by people who chose
negative appreciations. They must be jealous led zep fans because J Page never played guitar like R Blackmore could do....
Both are top players in Rock history. Why the need to down one to raise the other? I've never understood that. They are both phenomenal. Just enjoy them!
@@Dirgnimai7 It was a joke of course. Both are fantastic but one is overrated than the other.
@@Fifipurple That's a opinion, of course, and you're entitled to it. Bottom line: Two great players. In my view, that's all that need be said.
Eni A melhor banda de todos os tempos! Grande J Lord
C mon. All you gotta hear is any version of Wring That Neck to know why Dep Purple is beyond anyone else for that time, even Mach 1, they just needed a different vocal feel, which they got
This song (Hard Road) was on the B-Side of their Kentucky Woman 45. Listened to it many times over. Great to see and hear this live version - most excellent!
貴重な映像と音源の公開ありがとうございます。楽しませて頂きました。
My love Ian Gilan
IAN😍😍😍💋👢💙❣
Да! Уже в 69 и году зарождался неповторимый стиль музыки DP. Это были готовые музыканты,хотя ещё совсем молодые. Не мудрено, что в 69 м они уже пробовали играть с симфонический оркестром!Я с их музыкой познакомился только в 1972 году и слушаю до сих пор! Всем привет и наилучшие пожелания! Юрий. РОССИЯ! Великий Новгород!
Such a brilliant guitarist with a brilliant tone. He attacks the guitar:) Ritchie Blackmore is an icon of 70s classic rock music.
I've got ya this clip from another channel, one of the first gigs recorded in video with Mark II. PURE PSYCHEDELIC HARD ROCK.
They are all fantstic players this is like proge music so fantstic band 😁😃😀🇫🇮
Браво, Браво, Браво! Отличники!!!
Listening to Mandrake Root,it sounds like they were influenced by Foxy lady by Hendrix.Richie Blackmore says Jimi Hendrix invented Metal. Hendrix is the Greatest!
Spot on Hendrix is the greatest guitar player universal guitar player he can take it anywhere with the guitar
First time ever I've seen Ian Paice use traditionel grip - 7:53 - cool, and he plays jazz and it swings!
Дизлайк ставят любители Бузовой.
poor IAN GILLAN.... standing there thinking "this is the band I joined? I don't want to stand around for half the concert!"
И рэпперов-коекакеров!
In the beginning many different guitarists and bands were pushing the realm of rock to a new dimension. Some heavy, progressive, free flow, jazzy, whatever... But it took true musicians to explore the unknown. Deep Purple were one ☝️ of those many musical innovators and explorers. Thank You for capturing that moment in history and sharing!!! Oh what a musical joy...
I feel the FUTURE here...
Good Times
блин так много русскоязычных, всё таки Пёрпл самая русская группа на западе☺️
Took the Rock world too long until after John Lord had passed to honor DP in the Rock n Roll HOF
Sad still love their music🥲❤️
Happy birthday Mr Blackmore !
Jon Lord is GOD
Yes!!!!😍😍😍
this is the time of hendrix. mclaughlin. beck. clapton. page. none of them at this time cold approach what blackmore just did. i am sorry that is just a fact. amazing!
Watching this, it's hard to understand why Ian Gillan didn't jump at the chance to reprise his title role in the theatrical version of "Jesus Christ Superstar," based on the "original concept album" that had proved to be such a huge hit in the UK and USA. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice reportedly wanted Gillan badly, but the frontman felt his first loyalty was to the band. But all that standing back by the amps, twiddling his thumbs while Ritchie Blackmore, John Lord, and Ian Paice soloed their asses off, would eventually get old. (Indeed, Ian Gillan doesn't sing a note during this entire clip (!?) One would be forgiven for concluding he was just the conga player in the band.
Very good night for Blackmore. This is very instructional.
One of the first taped performances of Ritchie with the 69 Strat (midway point) on which he'd write SOTW.....legend has it that Strat met its end as a RB 'smashed' guitar in Boston on a night RB had too much JB in his gut..... great guitar~/Greater Guitarist!
Gillan doesn't look very happy.........LOL