Deep Purple To Release Live Graz 1975

Deep Purple Mk III will release a 1975 live album.

On April 3, 1975 the Mk III line-up of Deep 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 mountain-cradled 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. Previously unreleased in its entirety, Graz 1975, the fourth part of earMUSIC’s successful reissues series, will be released on September 15th, 2014 on earMUSIC.

After Graz, Purple would play just two more shows, in Saarbracken, Germany and Paris, France, before 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. And what a show it was! Graz 1975 is absolutely electrifying and exhilarating. 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.

After almost 40 years the concert still captivates people. It is the perfect example that for Purple there is no need for extravagant video projections or expensive fire shows to play a unique and fascinating gig. All they need is the music.

Track List:
Burn
Stormbringer
The Gypsy
Lady Double Dealer
Mistreated
Smoke On The Water
You Fool No One
Space Truckin’

Deep Purple To Release Live Graz 1975

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