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Deep Purple - Live at Inglewood 1968 Audio CD

A fair review of the Deep Purple "Live at Inglewood 1968" 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: Live at Inglewood 1968
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Release Date: 2009-05-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hush 2: Kentucky Woman 3: Mandrake Root 4: Help 5: Wring That Neck 6: River Deep, Mountain High 7: Hey Joe

I Liked It Very Much
I don't understand putting Blackmore down as his playing is really quite good. This is a great CD. The sound isn't fantastic but performance is very good. This is the only live Mark I there is and I recommend getting it as it is really good. Everyone sounds good remember this is 1968. And the audience reaction to each song is tremendous. Why would they cheer and clap so loud if they didn't like them? Buy it.


Deep Purple/Live at Inglewood 1968
Richie B. A great effort by Rod Evens & Mk1 line up. at his best, love it. Must have had sound troubles ay the time of recording.


A Nice Companion To The First Three LPs
It was recorded during their supporting slot on the 1968 Cream Farewell Tour. This is the only known live recording of the Rod Evans Era Deep Purple. As far as sound quality goes,this is a bootleg; it is easily the least listenable of the archival live Deep Purple releases so far. But it is worth having simply because it is a decent companion to the first three Purple LPs that feature Rod Evans as lead singer. Musically,it is easy to see why Blackmore sacked Evans from the band: he sounded great on the band's psychedelic/prog studio albums but was unable to properly front the live sonic aggressive/metal assault that they were fast becoming. This concert is only an hour long. All of the songs are,(by Deep Purple standards,)fairly short with the exception of Mandrake Root and River Deep Mountain High which run almost 10 minutes each. The best players here are Jon Lord,Ian Paice and Nick Simper; Evans sings well and Ritchie Blackmore simply sucks. He has always been a hot or cold player and here he is simply frozen. He sounds like he has no idea where to take this music; his only moment of redemption is the soloing in Wring That Neck. Jon Lord sounds like a true revelation,his classical training is upfront on several of his solos,especially during Mandrake Root and in the 2001 Space Odyssey opening to River Deep Mountain High. Ian Paice is always a joy and seems totally unable to play badly. Indeed,if you can get past the boiler room sound quality of this disk there is much here to be enjoyed. The Mark 1 Deep Purple has always been my favourite and it's nice to see that they could cut it in concert even at this embryonic stage in their career.


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