Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)
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| Live album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | December 1972 (UK) April 1973 (US) |
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| Recorded |
Festival Hall, Osaka, 15 and 16 August 1972 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 17 August 1972 |
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| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 76:44 (Original 2LP) 98:06 (1998 2CD edition) |
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Purple (UK and Europe) Warner Bros. (US, Canada and Japan) |
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| Producer | Deep Purple Martin Birch (engineering) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
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Made in Japan is a double live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was originally released in December 1972, with a US release in April 1973, and became a commercial and critical success.
The band were well known for their strong stage act, and had privately recorded several shows, or broadcast them on radio, but were unenthusiastic about recording a live album until their Japanese record company decided it would be good for publicity. They insisted on supervising the live production, including using Martin Birch, who had previously collaborated with the band, as engineer, and were not particularly interested in the album's release, even after recording. The tour was successful, with strong media interest and a positive response from fans.
The album was an immediate commercial success, particularly in the US, where it was accompanied by the top five hit "Smoke on the Water", and became a steady seller throughout the 1970s. A three-CD set of most of the tour's performances was released in 1993, while a remastered edition of the album with a CD of extra tracks was released in 1998. In 2014, a deluxe edition was announced with further bonus material. The album had a strong critical reception and continues to attract praise. A Rolling Stone readers' poll in 2012 ranked Made in Japan the sixth best live album of all time.
Deep Purple "Mk II" formed in July 1969 when founding members, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, organist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice recruited singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover to progress from their earlier pop and psychedelic rock sound towards hard rock. They began touring extensively, becoming a well received live band, and had recorded several shows either to broadcast on the radio or listen to privately. However, they had rejected the idea of releasing a live album commercially as they believed it would be impossible to reproduce the quality and experience of their stage act on an LP.
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