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Deep Purple - Made in Europe Audio CD

A fair review of the Deep Purple "Made in Europe" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Deep Purple reviews here, or go back to the Deep Purple tabs.

Deep Purple Band: Deep Purple
Title: Made in Europe
Rating:
Release Date: 2007-07-31
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Burn 2: Mistreated 3: Lady Double Dealer 4: You Fool No One 5: Stormbringer

A Long Underrated Live Album
I certainly do. If you are in a certain age group you can probably remember what it felt like to buy a live album by your favorite band because it contained nearly all of their best songs on one (sometimes 2 records/cds). But I also remember the ones who didn't let me down from that era. This is one of them along with Robin Trower Live, Mahogany Rush LIve, Unleashed In The East, One More From The Road & Live Bullet, Other live albums of the day sounded like butchered versions of your favorite songs with extended, boring, sloppy solos, or no solos at all, nearly inaudible vocals, and of course all the usual chants to and from the audience while disregarding the audience that heard this in somebody's car stereo on the way to the mall.
If you're a DP fan then you already know the songs and you don't need me to explain that each and every song here is as good as the studio version and that's what other live albums lacked.
This one is a classic that sounds great and it just gets better with age. .


American DP Fan for Decades
Unquestionably, Made in Europe is yet another shining example of Deep Purple's superb live musicianship. I remember buying this album back in 1979-80, and the new remastered edition is a welcome improvement to the original vinyl recording. All of the songs on this album (Burn, Mistreated, You Fool No One, Lady Doubledealer, and Stormbringer) are infused with an electricity and emotion that I feel make them more enjoyable than the studio versions, especially the live renditions of Burn, Mistreated, and You Fool No one. Each member of the band is firing on all cylinders with his respective instrumental or vocal contribution, making this album an overlooked treasure for both fanatics and casual listeners alike.

I have read in other Amazon reviews a certain bias against Glenn Hughes, which I feel is unwarranted. After listening to his bass playing on this album, I am more impressed with his improvisational skills and his crisp, decisive note playing than before. Actually, and no disrespect intended to Roger Glover, if you listen carefully to this album and compare it to Made in Japan, Glenn Hughes far outshines his Mark II counterpart in a live performance. I do have one small critical remark about the album, and that is the muted guitar on Lady Doubledealer. You really have to crank up the volume to enjoy Blackmore's guitar genius because it is audibly hemmed in by Paice's drums and Lord's keyboards. Otherwise, this live offering is a five-star tour-de-force and well worth the investment. David Coverdale sums it up succintly in his vocal intro to Burn when he says "Rock and Roll. " Made in Europe epitomizes the very best of hard rock music in the 1970s. .


Excellent reissue of a classic hard-rock album
I literally wore out the vinyl version when it was released back in 1976, and it's good to see a CD mix that does the original some justice. Alright! I knew that one of these days "Made in Europe" would finally be issued in a remastered format, and I'm glad that it finally happened.

Chronicling the final concerts of the Mark III Purple era, "Made In Europe" showcases surprisingly tight performances from all of the members of the band. I say surprising because Ritchie Blackmore was reportedly very disinterested at the time, as he was planning to leave the band in short order. His playing on this record belies none of that, however. His shredding solo during "You Fool No One" certainly doesn't seem tossed-off or mailed-in in any way.

"Made in Europe" also proves that Purple still had quite the proto-metal edge to it's style. Glenn Hughes added some funk elements to the Purple sound, but little of that can be heard on this disk. The band instead focuses on giving the head-on hard rock treatment to all of these songs. "Stormbringer" for example,is far heavier than it was in it's studio incarnation, proving that the band still regarded itself primarily as a heavy rock vehicle.

All in all, this is a tremendous 70's-era hard rock live recording. Gotta get it if you're a Deep Purple fan.


Sound was never this good before.
But this remaster, well, I used to have the old LP and the 1990 cd and I'm throwing both away. I'm not telling you about the music, you sure know about it. This remaster is THE REAL THING. Kudos to these guys, great job!.


4.5 Stars for one of the most underrated rock albums ever
The remastered sound is punchy and crisp, with Ian Paice's drumming thrashing about in all its glory. Great remaster of this fantastic live album. One little nitpick, Blackmore's guitar seems to be pushed a little bit back in the mix here and there, but it's never inaudible. It's a great CD, although there are no bonus tracks. And bassist Glenn Hughes' high-pitched shrieking doesn't occur much here. Only on the break in "Burn," and a spot or two elsewhere, which is great. Glenn is a fantastic bassist and a great singer when he sings in his natural range, but his shrieking is hit and miss. Thankfully, there's little of his squealing here. Glenn's bass sounds great on this remaster, too. I never owned this LP or the original CD, so I don't know what to compare it to, but to these ears, this jewel sounds great. I only wish there was a little bit more artwork and essays in the CD booklet (like the Gillan-Glover reissues), but the remastering is really great.


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