A Deep Purple concert. There's always that special atmosphere. You're waiting for the show to begin and the venue is packed with anticipation. The floor is already damp with spilt beer, and watching the stage crew prepare the equipment, you wonder just how exciting the show is going to be tonight. Countless Deep Purple shows have come and gone. They have all had something going for them, whether it was the blinding drum solo from Ian Paice, Jon Lord rocking his Hammond back and forth with such fervour you thought it was going to break down, the intricate and stunningly quiet guitar solo from Ritchie Blackmore which seemed to hold the entire audience in awe - or perhaps Ian Gillan's weird and wonderful stream-of-consciousness between-song banter which never stops baffling, with its unexpected twists and hilarious observations. Roger Glover was always there, steady as a rock, bobbing back and forth and never straying from that very neat place right in the pocket, as musicians put it. Steve Morse has lead the band from strength to strength for the past seven years (hey, Mark 2 spent only four years together from 69 to 73) and the live shows have had a somewhat different taste to them, but the excitement has always been there.
HIGHWAY STARS Adelaide, Victoria, Australia. November 30th 1984
THIRD NIGHT Stockholm JohannesHov Isstadion, June 16th 1985
HUNGARY DAYS Budapest, Hungary, January 26/27/28th 1987
IN YOUR TROUSERS Stockholm, November 13th 1993
PURPLE SUNSHINE Fort Lauderdale, March 4th1995.
MADE IN JAPAN 2000 Osaka, January 4th 2000
Deep Purple
Mark IIb 1984–1989
Ian Gillan – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Mark IIc 1992–1993
Ian Gillan – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Mark VII 1994–2002
Ian Gillan – vocals
Steve Morse – guitar
Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
HIGHWAY STARS Adelaide, Victoria, Australia. November 30th 1984
CD1 (55:36)
1-1 Highway Star
1-2 Nobodys Home
1-3 Strange Kind Of Woman
1-4 A Gypsy's Kiss
1-5 Perfect Strangers
1-6 Under The Gun
1-7 Knocking At Your Back Door
1-8 Lazy
CD2(54:36)
2-1 Child In Time
2-2 Difficult To Cure
2-3 Space Truckin'
2-4 Black Night
2-5 Speed King
2-6 Smoke On The Water.
THIRD NIGHT Stockholm JohannesHov Isstadion, June 16th 1985
CD1(58:34)
3-1 Highway Star
3-2 Nobody's Home
3-3 Strange Kind Of Woman
3-4 Gypsy's Kiss
3-5 Perfect Strangers
3-6 Under The Gun
3-7 Lazy
3-8 Child In Time
CD2 (53:51)
4-1 Knocking At Your Back Door
4-2 Difficult To Cure
4-3 Space Truckin
4-4 Woman From Tokyo
4-5 Black Night
4-6 Smoke On The Water
HUNGARY DAYS Budapest, Hungary, January 26/27/28th 1987
CD1(61:54)
5-1 Highway Star
5-2 Strange Kind Of Woman
5-3 The Unwritten Law ~ Blues ~ Dead Or Alive
5-4 Perfect Strangers
5-5 Hard Lovin' Woman
5-6 Bad Attitude
5-7 Child In Time
5-8 Difficult To Cure / Jon Lord Solo.
CD2(67:08)
6-1 Knocking At Your Backdoor
6-2 Lazy
6-3 Space Truckin'
6-4 Black Night
6-5 Smoke On The Water
6-6 Speed King
6-7 Call Of The Wild
6-8 Woman From Tokyo.
IN YOUR TROUSERS Stockholm, November 13th 1993
CD1(64:06)
7-1 Highway Star
7-2 Black Night
7-3 Talk About Love
7-4 A Twist In The Tale
7-5 Perfect Strangers
7-6 Difficult To Cure
7-7 Jon Lord Solo
7-8 Knocking At Your Backdoor
7-9 Anyone's Daughter
7-10 Child In Time
CD2(50:51)
8-1 Anya
8-2 The Battle Rages On
8-3 Lazy
8-4 Space Truckin'
8-5 Woman From Tokyo
8-6 Hush
8-7 Smoke On The Water.
PURPLE SUNSHINE Fort Lauderdale, March 4th1995.
CD1(68:02)
9-1 Fire Ball
9-2 Black Night
9-3 The Battle Rages On
9-4 Ken The Mechanic
9-5 Woman From Tokyo
9-6 The Perpendicular Waltz
9-7 When A Blindman Cries
9-8 Perfect Strangers
9-9 Pictures Of Home ~ Jon Lord Solo
9-10 Knocking At Your Backdoor
9-11 Anyone's Daughter
CD2(45:59)
10-1 Child In Time
10-2 Anya
10-3 Lazy ~ Ian Paice Solo
10-4 Speed King
10-5 Highway Star
10-6 Smoke On The Water
MADE IN JAPAN 2000 Osaka, January 4th 2000
CD1(62:02)
11-1 Woman From Tokyo
11-2 Fireball
11-3 Into The Fire
11-4 Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
11-5 '69
11-6 Smoke On The Water
11-7 Fools
11-8 Black Night
11-9 Watching The Sky
CD2 (61:07)
12-1 Steve's Solo / Cascades
12-2 Any Fule Kno That
12-3 Jon's Solo
12-4 Perfect Strangers
12-5 When A Blind Man Cries
12-6 Speed King / Ian's Solo
12-7 Lazy
12-8 Hush
12-9 Highway Star
