Deep Purple の GRAZ 1975 が発売になった。
1975年4月3日のオーストリアのGRAZ公演が発売された。
過去にも、MarkⅢ Ｔhe Final Concerts にも何曲かが収録されていたが、今回は、全曲収録で発売された。
Burnは、MarkⅢのベストテイクといえるかもしれない。
GypsyとLady Double Dealerは、初登場である。
驚くべきは、Glennが曲間で素晴らしいMCを巻き舌気味で披露していることである。
これだけでも、十分聴く価値がある。
Ritchieも脱退を決意していたとは思えない程の出来である。
Made in Europe （ザールブリュッゲン公演）に比べると、ボーカルなんかは雑な部分があるが、これがかえって生々しいのだ。カバーデイルとグレンのコンビも中々決まっている。
まあ、Made in Eurpeは、良い演奏の部分を編集しているのが、このCDを聞くとよくわかる。
ブート好きなら、楽しめること間違いない。
無理に1枚組に纏めた為、You fool no one のドラムソロがカットされたのは、ご愛嬌。
まさに、コンサート会場にいるような雰囲気が楽しめる好盤である。
Amazon UKより。
Product Description
The headline in Austrian newspaper Neue Zeit said it all: ‘Deep Purple in Graz: Ein lauter Abschied [a loud farewell].’On April 3, 1975 the Mk III line-up of Purple – guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, frontman David Coverdale, bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboard player Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice – played a concert at the Liebenauer ice rink, located on the outskirts of mountaincradled Graz, Austria’s second largest city after Vienna. Enthused by Purple’s arrival in town, the local press dubbed the concert ‘das Rockereignis des Jahres [the rock event of the year]’. And it was – in more ways than one.
After Graz, Purple would play just two more shows – in Saarbrücken, Germany and Paris, France – before a disenchanted and disgruntled Blackmore left to form his new band, Rainbow. The remaining Purple members would regroup quickly with American guitarist Tommy Bolin in tow, in place of Blackmore. But that’s another story...
In order to preserve Blackmore’s final run of Mk III concerts for posterity, Purple’s managers had brought the Rolling Stones mobile recording studio over to mainland Europe It was a difficult time for the band which would seem to indicate that Purple’s Graz performance was a duffer. A dull, flaccid affair with the band going through the motions and a sense of total disconnect between the five members. Wrong of all counts. Graz 1975 is absolutely electrifying. Indeed, it has long been regarded as the holy grail of concert recordings among Mk III connoisseurs. A performance that has never been available in its entirety until now.
As soon as you feast your ears on opening track “Burn” (surely the best version of this song, ever) you know you’re in for a wild ride. And so it proves. Blackmore plays with controlled brutality – if he’s pissed off, it doesn’t show; if he’s angry, it most certainly does. The vocal interplay between Coverdale and Hughes has never sounded so good. And, of course, stalwarts Lord and Paice give it a good kicking – and then some. The tracklisting, naturally, is weighted heavily in favour of Mk III recordings, with just two songs from Purple’s previous incarnation with Ian Gillan on vocals and Roger Glover on bass: the iconic “Smoke On The Water” and the almost-as-iconic “Space Truckin’”. Still, it’s true to say that, from beginning to end, Graz 1975 showcases Purple Mk III at the absolute top – and also, ironically, at the end – of their game.
As Neue Zeit quite rightly reported in April ’75: ‘Deep Purple gaben sich wirklich Mühe ihr „Abschiedskonzert“ zu einem grandiosen Erlebnis zu steigern [Deep Purple really did make an effort to increase their “farewell concert” to a terrific experience]’.
After Graz, Purple would play just two more shows – in Saarbrücken, Germany and Paris, France – before a disenchanted and disgruntled Blackmore left to form his new band, Rainbow. The remaining Purple members would regroup quickly with American guitarist Tommy Bolin in tow, in place of Blackmore. But that’s another story...
In order to preserve Blackmore’s final run of Mk III concerts for posterity, Purple’s managers had brought the Rolling Stones mobile recording studio over to mainland Europe It was a difficult time for the band which would seem to indicate that Purple’s Graz performance was a duffer. A dull, flaccid affair with the band going through the motions and a sense of total disconnect between the five members. Wrong of all counts. Graz 1975 is absolutely electrifying. Indeed, it has long been regarded as the holy grail of concert recordings among Mk III connoisseurs. A performance that has never been available in its entirety until now.
As soon as you feast your ears on opening track “Burn” (surely the best version of this song, ever) you know you’re in for a wild ride. And so it proves. Blackmore plays with controlled brutality – if he’s pissed off, it doesn’t show; if he’s angry, it most certainly does. The vocal interplay between Coverdale and Hughes has never sounded so good. And, of course, stalwarts Lord and Paice give it a good kicking – and then some. The tracklisting, naturally, is weighted heavily in favour of Mk III recordings, with just two songs from Purple’s previous incarnation with Ian Gillan on vocals and Roger Glover on bass: the iconic “Smoke On The Water” and the almost-as-iconic “Space Truckin’”. Still, it’s true to say that, from beginning to end, Graz 1975 showcases Purple Mk III at the absolute top – and also, ironically, at the end – of their game.
As Neue Zeit quite rightly reported in April ’75: ‘Deep Purple gaben sich wirklich Mühe ihr „Abschiedskonzert“ zu einem grandiosen Erlebnis zu steigern [Deep Purple really did make an effort to increase their “farewell concert” to a terrific experience]’.
Oh dear Glenn, 28 Sep 2014
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Old Timer (Dundee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Graz 1975 (MP3 Download)
4/5 of the band are on blistering form at this gig. Blackmore plays out of his skin on Gypsy and Mistreated. Burn and Stormbringer are incredible. However, Glenn Hughes is simply embarrassing here. His vocal 'tour de force' at the end of Smoke On The Water is painful to listen to and not content with that, he whoops his way through not one but two dreadful vocal solo sections in Space Trucking. Glenn is a great singer and musician, but at this time in his life he was on another planet. It's a great shame as this gig would have had 5 stars from me if it wasn't for his cringeworthy screaming and whooping- and of course the 'cut' drum solo on You Fool No One.
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Almost Perfect Strangers, 28 Sep 2014
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This review is from: Graz 1975 (Audio CD)
Although these were the last gigs by the band in their Mk3 incarnation and they were strangers to each other by that point, it's a great gig. Hughes bass playing along with Paice's drumming is superb, Blackmore while good isn't quite as good as other gigs on this last tour, but Lord, as ever, is faultless and Coverdale holds it together. However, not for the first time, I disagree with the sleeve notes on a Deep Purple by Geoff Barton. This CD does not have the best version ever of 'Burn', That title goes to the version on the originally released version on 'Made in Europe'
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What I do not like is the fact this is a SINGLE CD (so ..., 27 Sep 2014
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MB "Mutha" (Genova, Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Graz 1975 (Audio CD)
Hello, all opinions are worthwhile and all add value ... it just puzzles me that some longtime fans of MK III rated this Austrian gig so low (1 star...) - As far as I am concerned, it's truly a hell of a performance, especially Ian Paice's tight drumming as dictating the "night rules" ... and keeping all together ... in some moments, all the band is coming out truly well, and just for the version of Burn (top notching!) the CD is worth buying.
What I do not like is the fact this is a SINGLE CD (so the show is NOT complete...) & surely enough cutting Paice's drum solo out from "You Fool no One" was a deed not to be done ... Then, the sound is very good and the feeling of an untouched live performance (as it came out ... with lights and shades) is something to be appreciated ...
What I do not like is the fact this is a SINGLE CD (so the show is NOT complete...) & surely enough cutting Paice's drum solo out from "You Fool no One" was a deed not to be done ... Then, the sound is very good and the feeling of an untouched live performance (as it came out ... with lights and shades) is something to be appreciated ...
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