Deep Purple live in Osaka & Tokyo, Japan August 15th, 16th & 17th 1972. Deep Purple at the height of their powers, LIVE !!!!!!!Jon Lord on Made In Japan :"Deep Purple was at the height of its powers. That double album was the epitome of what we stood for in those days. It wasn't meant to be released outside of Japan. The Japanese said, 'Will you please make a live album?' We said, 'We don't make live albums; we don't believe in them.' We finally said okay, but said we wanted the rights to the tapes because we didn't want the album to be released outside of Japan. That album only cost about $3,000 to make. It sounded pretty good, so we said to Warner Bros., 'Do you want this?' They said, 'No, live albums don't happen.' They wound up putting it out anyway and it went platinum in about two weeksReview of the 3 cds :Wow! in triplicate as well, this was the first time I had heard any form of rock music and as soon as my cousin played me the original Made In Japan back in Christmas 1972, I was instantly hooked..... From the energy of Highway Star to the mid solo's of Child in Time, down to the atmosphere of Space Truckin' this album is quite simply THE album to buy. To now enjoy this with all the Japanese concerts with all the mistakes thrown is an absolute must and definitely a real bargain. As the definitive DP line up Messr's Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice and Blackmore have never sounded better and indeed it is the sponteneity and brilliance of their playing which makes this a real stand out. I know this phase is over used but this is "quite simply The best live album ever" if you are a true rock fan then you should already have the original but to miss this bargain is a real tragedy!..Enjoy and turn it up....."We alllll went down to Montreaux....."Tracklisting : Osaka 15th August 19721-1 Highway Star 7:37 1-2 Child In Time 11:51 1-3 The Mule (Drum Solo) 9:36 1-4 Strange Kind Of Woman 8:50 1-5 Lazy 10:26 1-6 Space Truckin' 21:35 1-7 Black Night - Encore 6:25 Osaka 16th August 19722-1 Highway Star 7:08 2-2 Smoke On The Water 7:25 2-3 Child In Time 12:30 2-4 The Mule (Drum Solo) 10:21 2-5 Strange Kind Of Woman 10:35 2-6 Lazy 10:21 2-7 Space Truckin' 20:13 Tokyo 17th August 19723-1 Highway Star 7:15 3-2 Smoke On The Water 7:06 3-3 Child In Time 11:32 3-4 Strange Kind Of Woman 11:26 3-5 Lazy 11:16 3-6 Space Truckin' 19:19 Osaka 15th August 19723-7 Speed King - Encore 7:55Concerts mixed at: Abbey Road, London, July 1993Tapes edited, cleaned and mastered at Abbey Road, London, September 1993CD1 Good Morning CD2 Next week, we're turning professional CD3 Can we have everything louder than everything else?