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A cool story, Doggone!
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I was blown away by LCIJ (especially Wild Dogs!), and much later, by MkIII Final Concerts. The latter sounded almost like a different band. Not because of the weaker sound than MIE, but all the stuff that was going on during the set. Not least Highway Star and that driving instrumental part with Blackmore's guitar howling in feedback.



Totally agree about LCIJ and especially Wild Dogs, still one of my all time favorite versions of one of my all time favorite songs. That strange, hollow sound and the gloomy front cover photo just made the album more mysterious and enigmatic to me as an 11 year old, and the fact that I picked up the Japanese pressing on import with that glorious print quality and Japanese lyric sheet just made it even better.

I'll never forget when I found it, browsing through the Deep Purple section at a local record store for the umpteenth time, and hardly believing my eyes when I saw it. I took it home on the bus, and listened to with that insane concentration you can only muster at that age, looking at those tiny live photos on the lyric sheet and trying to picture what they actually were like live (and wondering what the PAL album pictured on the obi strip sounded like, and dreaming about the "Live In Japan" album also shown on the obi, being totally convinced it was a double live album I've never heard, totally different from MIJ).

Those were the days...

Regarding MkIII The Final Concert, it was awesome to finally be able to hear all those tracks that were left off MIE, but I was a little disappointed that it didn't have the same monumental sound that MIE had - still one of my favorite productions ever.

I can't figure out Martin Birch's productions, some albums sound fantastic and just right for the music (like Fireball, MIE, CTTB), and some just sound strangely flat and thin, with no bass or dynamics whatsoever (first Rainbow album, Stormbringer, and actually most other Birch productions that I've heard).

The production on LCIJ just sounds vindictive towards Bolin, especially with the liner notes on the back and the choice of photo of Tommy where he looks so druggy, bloated and swollen.


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Ah, the times. Sigh. I miss the mystique!

Another fantastic production from Birch is On Stage. That album sounds simply magical.
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Another fantastic production from Birch is On Stage. That album sounds simply magical.



Agreed! And the Deluxe Edition blasting in the car? Amazing!

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Another fantastic production from Birch is On Stage. That album sounds simply magical.



Agreed! And the Deluxe Edition blasting in the car? Amazing!




That's what I did with it, not being able to listen to music at home, go for a ride and turn it up as loud as possible!
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That's what I did with it, not being able to listen to music at home, go for a ride and turn it up as loud as possible!



Ha ha, that sounds familiar! I once spent a Swedish midwinter night driving really fast from Stockholm to Malmö with Rainbow (Mr. Peach bootlegs) at full blast all the way, worked perfectly!

I also like On Stage a lot, just like on MIE, Birch has really created a magnificent atmosphere on that album.
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That's what I did with it, not being able to listen to music at home, go for a ride and turn it up as loud as possible!



Ha ha, that sounds familiar! I once spent a Swedish midwinter night driving really fast from Stockholm to Malmö with Rainbow (Mr. Peach bootlegs) at full blast all the way, worked perfectly!

I also like On Stage a lot, just like on MIE, Birch has really created a magnificent atmosphere on that album.



That's so cool, it's like being at the gig. But not actually being there! emoticon
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That's so cool, it's like being at the gig. But not actually being there! emoticon



I wish I had been...

I love both On Stage and the Mr. Peach recordings, On Stage for the majestic power, and Mr. Peach's for the sense of being there.
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That's so cool, it's like being at the gig. But not actually being there! emoticon



I wish I had been...

I love both On Stage and the Mr. Peach recordings, On Stage for the majestic power, and Mr. Peach's for the sense of being there.



Mr. Peach, where ever you are, I salute you. You nailed it.
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Slightly off-topic, but speaking of GH's bass playing, check out the studio version of Muscle & Blood from Hughes/Thrall. If I would pick one track to highlight his bass playing it would probably be this. Great guitar riff full of swagger to start with, but the bass makes that track. His speciality is the notes he doesn't play, imo. So groovy.

Mk 3 would have sounded very different without Glenn's bass that's for sure.

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