Deep Purple Live in Concert 72/73

I find it irritating how some reviewers complain about things like the facts that the video is black & white or has some lines at times, or that Blackmore is not on camera during some solos, or that the second video was edited. These reviewers show a lack of perspective. These videos were made in an age before MTV and were neither filmed by music video specialists nor meant for posterity. Instead of grumbling about all the imperfections, Deep Purple fans who buy this DVD should be glad to be able to see any video footage of the Mk 2 Deep Purple band at their peak. I know I am. The videos on this DVD certainly gave me a much better sense of what it would have been like to attend a Deep Purple concert during this period. Think of it as a very cheap time machine. At $13.50, it costs the same as a movie ticket and a soda do today, so it's a real bargain.Rather than make the same observations that other reviewers have already made, I'd like to comment on some of the things I found interesting in the videos:1) Ian Gillan looks completely different in the 1973 color video than he does in the 1972 B&W video or in B&W photos I've seen. In fact, I never realized that he has brown hair and fairly light (maybe even blue) eyes until I saw this DVD.2) There are some young kids on the side near Blackmore at the Copenhagen concert. I wish my parents had taken me to hard rock concerts at that age. You can see them almost up on the stage near the beginnings of Fireball and Lucille. I guess Blackmore's not so scary after all.3) It's interesting to compare the call-and-response interactions between Gillan and Blackmore in the two versions of "Strange Kind of Woman". About 5 minutes, 40 seconds into the Denmark version, Blackmore actually smiles at Gillan who seems to be imitating Blackmore's guitar riffs as a form of flattery. In contrast, in the New York video, I got the sense that he's mocking Blackmore, maybe even suggesting that his voice could replace Blackmore's guitar. He even sticks his tongue out at him. But Blackmore doesn't seem angry about it. The tension between them actually enhances the performance.4) It was a revelation that Gillan plays harmonica on "Lazy"; I had always heard his harmonica as coming from Lord's organ. I just checked that you can hear his harmonica on the studio recording of "Lazy"; in retrospect, it does sound much more like a harmonica than an organ.5) Gillan addresses the audience as "you mothers" several times. I think he means "mother" in the sense of "mother of all battles" -- a way of saying "you guys are the best fans".6) I read somewhere that the large painted rainbow on the stage of the 1974 California Jam concert was where Blackmore got the idea for the huge electronic rainbow that was featured onstage during the first few years of Rainbow's concerts.Regarding the sound, I agree that it is very good in the primary videos; you can clearly hear all the instruments (most of the time). However, I would have liked more separation between the left and right sides of the sound image. I imagine that the original tapes were mono and that it was impossible to separate out the different instruments. The 5.0 Dolby soundtrack does give the concert more presence and makes me feel like I'm onstage with the band especially after increasing the volume of my surround/side speakers.Anyway, if you love or even just like Deep Purple and approach this DVD with reasonable expectations, keeping in mind when the videos were filmed, then I think you'll enjoy this DVD a lot.

If you are a true Deep Purple fan from the late `60s and early `70s, from the era of "In Rock", "Fireball" and "Machine Head", and if are looking for a live concert performance from that era, then you have found it. This is it, and unbelievable and unlikely as it may seem that no other live performances of Deep Purple from that era were recorded and kept, this is apparently the case.The DVD consists of one complete MK2 concert performed in Copenhagen in '72, plus a portion of a concert performed in New York early the following year, and a small amount of "bonus footage" of the MK3 lineup recorded at California Jam in '94. The Copenhagen recording is the only known complete video recording of a MK2 live performance. That alone is saying a lot. It includes a performance of "Child in Time", although that is certainly not the best performance on the DVD. The New York concert is the only known video recording of the MK2 lineup performing "Smoke on the Water". Unfortunately, it is edited for length, but it is still excellent, and certainly better than nothing at all. The video of the Copenhagen concert is in B&W, and it isn't great technical video by any stretch, but it nevertheless captures the MK2 lineup at their peak, putting on an excellent performance. The New York concert is in color and the technical quality is much better.Being a true Deep Purple fan from those days, this DVD literally brought tears to my eyes, and a lump to my throat. When I do the math, the number I come up with is thirty-five. Can it really have been that long since the days when I put on the headphones and listened to three of my favorite albums of all time? How could so much time have passed?One final thought to share ... one of the reviewers here, a fellow named Francois Grenier, slammed this DVD, calling it "one for the garbage can", and used vulgarities within his review. He evidently bought it because he is a fan of Blackmore's later stuff and was interested in seeing some of his earlier stuff. Francois Grenier is no Deep Purple fan, and in all likelihood, has never owned a Deep Purple album, notwithstanding what he claims in his review. There is simply no way that a true Deep Purple fan from those days could not appreciate this DVD ... no way ... no how. It is unfortunate that he saw fit to display his ignorance in such a public manner.

マシンヘッドツアーとにかく好きです❗DVD担っているとは、知らなかったよ‼️

中学生の時に憧れたままでした。

ＢＵＲＮが最高傑作だと思っている私にはちょっといまいちな内容でした。パープルの凄さがあまり伝わってこない感じで途中で観るのを止めてしまいました・・・・

以前にも申し上げましたが ディープ・パープルは私の青春時代バンドでコピー演奏していたもので大変気に入って鑑賞させて頂いております。

デンマークのコンサートが大半を占める。白黒だ。なぜ白黒なのか理解できない。ビッグなバンドなのにこの製作者はわかっているのか。カメラマンも本当に無能で、リッチーブラックモアをほとんど映していない。リッチーのギターの見せ場でもほかを映している。ブラックモアだけを映していればいいんだよと思わず言葉に出た。演奏は１００点、映像は３０点というところですな。ニューヨークのコンサートはすばらしい。でもどうして３曲だけなの。どうせならすべてニューヨークコンサートだけのＤＶＤを作って欲しかったですな。Ｐ,Ｓ ロジャーは格好よかったです。ブラックモアも大ギタリストとしてのオーラがあります。でも毎回毎回ブラックモアのコンサートでギターを振り回したり、足でギターを弾いたりというパフォーマンスに関しては閉口します。