Live in London (Deep Purple album)

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Live in London
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Released23 August 1982 [1]
Recorded22 May 1974
Venue Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length57:25
Label Harvest
Producer Deep Purple
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Deep Purple in Concert
(1980)
Live in London
(1982)
Nobody's Perfect
(1988)
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Live in London is a live album from Deep Purple. It was recorded on 22 May 1974 at Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn, London by the BBC for radio broadcast, but was unreleased on vinyl until 1982. It features the Mk 3 lineup of Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/ Lord/Paice during the tour for their album Burn .

Contents

At one point during the album, keyboardist Jon Lord jokingly refers to himself as "Rick Emerson" while introducing the band. This is a combination of the first and last name of the keyboardists for progressive rock bands Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, which are Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson, respectively. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes*, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where indicated. (*) Glenn Hughes is credited on the 2007 release.

Original release on vinyl

No.TitleLength
1."Burn"6:58
2."Might Just Take Your Life"4:51
3."Lay Down, Stay Down"5:11
4."Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale)11:34
5."Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice)10:33
6."You Fool No One"18:14

The 2003 CD Reissue

The reissued CD edition was released by Purple Records on 30 December 2003 in Japan. This 2 CD reissue included the whole show, with the addition of previously unreleased 30-minute "Space Truckin'"

No.TitleLength
1."Burn"6:58
2."Might Just Take Your Life"4:51
3."Lay Down, Stay Down"5:10
4."Mistreated"13:18
5."Smoke on the Water"8:46
6."You Fool No One"18:18
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
1."Space Truckin'"31:16

The 2007 2CD Remaster

The remastered CD edition with the whole show was released by EMI on 3 September 2007 in Europe and some other markets. There is no word yet on an American release.

Disc One
No.TitleLength
1."Burn"7:46
2."Might Just Take Your Life"5:17
3."Lay Down, Stay Down"5:29
4."Mistreated"15:28
5."Smoke on the Water"9:14
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
1."You Fool No One"20:23
2."Space Truckin'" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice)31:03

Personnel

Deep Purple
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [5] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 23
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 74
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 182

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