Live in Japan (Deep Purple album)

Infobox Album | Name = Live in Japan
Type = Live Album
Artist = Deep Purple

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Released = November, 1993
Recorded = August 15 - 17, 1972
Osaka and Tokyo
Genre = Hard rock
Heavy metal
Length = 230:53 ( 3CD )
(76:22 + 78:35 + 75:52)
Label = EMI
Producer = Deep Purple
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifyxqthldje link] | Last album = "Nobody's Perfect"
(1988)
This album = "Live in Japan"
(1993)
Next album = "Come Hell or High Water"
(1994)

"Live in Japan" is a triple live album by English rock group Deep Purple, released on CD in November 1993. The album was recorded over three nights in August 1972 in Japan. It's a "Twenty-first anniversary collectors 3CD set" of "Made in Japan". All 21 tracks were mixed in 1993.

The tracks on the album are mostly from their studio album "Machine Head", which was released a few months earlier. According to the liner notes, unlike many live albums, there were "No studio overdubs, no splicing in of solos from other shows, and no fake applause." Recorded live 15, 16 and 17 August 1972 in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice

CD 1: "Good Morning"

*Recorded in Osaka on 15 August 1972
#"Highway Star" - 7:37
#"Child in Time" - 11:51
#"The Mule" - 9:36
#"Strange Kind of Woman" - 8:50
#"Lazy" - 10:26
#"Space Truckin'" - 21:35
#"Black Night" (Encore) - 6:25

CD 2: "Next week, we're turning professional"

*Recorded in Osaka on 16 August 1972
#"Highway Star" - 7:07
#"Smoke on the Water" - 7:25
#"Child in Time" - 12:30
#"The Mule" - 10:21
#"Strange Kind of Woman" - 10:35
#"Lazy" - 10:21
#"Space Truckin'" - 20:13

CD 3: "Can we have everything louder than everything else?"

*Recorded in Tokyo on 17 August 1972
#"Highway Star" - 7:15
#"Smoke on the Water" - 7:06
#"Child in Time" - 11:32
#"Strange Kind of Woman" - 11:26
#"Lazy" - 11:16
#"Space Truckin'" - 19:19
#"Speed King" (Encore) - 7:55
* This encore was recorded on the 15th

* "Smoke on the Water" from the 15th and "The Mule" from the 17th are not included. Both are available on "Made in Japan"
* Also missing are the encores from the 16th; "Black Night" is available on the "Listen, Learn, Read On" box set, and "Lucille" is available on "Made in Japan" CD 2: ""
* The encores from the 17th; "Black Night" and "Speed King" are available on "Made in Japan" CD 2: "The Encores"

* The tracks in bold letters were released on "Made in Japan" in 1972.

Personnel

* Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
* Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Roger Glover - bass
* Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
* Ian Paice - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

* Produced by Deep Purple
* Engineer - Martin Birch
* Equipment - Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart, Ron Quinton

* Mixed by Darron Godwin; assisted by Simon Robinson at Abbey Road Studios, July 1993
* Tapes edited, cleaned and mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road in London, September 1993

* Compiled and researched by Simon Robinson
* Co-ordination by Tim Chacksfield