Always great to hear again - nearly 43 years later!!

[KiOgon]

Especially when that bass comes in on SOTW still my best rock album in the world - ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mR-oI0lyck

[Happy Jack]

Sorry mate, but I have to disagree.

I'm a [i][b]Machine Head [/b][/i]purist, and the [i][b]Made In Japan[/b][/i] version remains a complete abomination.

[Bassman Steve]

Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks'

[3below]

I seem to note that Mr Glover was using a BC 'banned' bass rather a lot. One of the greatest live albums - I also rate Free Live, \the Who Live at Leeds and Dr Feelgood Stupidity as being amongst the best. Each to their own though

[RhysP]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427390363' post='2729839']
Sorry mate, but I have to disagree.

I'm a [i][b]Machine Head [/b][/i]purist, and the [i][b]Made In Japan[/b][/i] version remains a complete abomination.


[/quote]

I've always thought this as well.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1427390762' post='2729851']
Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks'
[/quote]

Wrong album.

[Mickeyboro]

Playing Highway Star with an organ-augmented blues band a couple of years ago was the highlight of my musical career.

And I am afraid I am with jack on this one.

[spectoremg]

A classic! And incidentally, for every Made in Japan lover there's a Machine Head purist. Yawn.

[ras52]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1427403696' post='2730081']
A classic! And incidentally, for every Made in Japan lover there's a Machine Head purist. Yawn.
[/quote]

...and they're both wrong, as it's Fireball all the way

[Bassman Steve]

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1427399943' post='2730011']
Wrong album.
[/quote]

Gosh, I had no idea.

[gary mac]

Happy memories of listening to this album when it was first released.

This and Humble Pie, Rocking the Filmore are amongst my fave live albums.

[White Cloud]

Awesome album from a classic era of rock music.

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1427390762' post='2729851']
Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks'
[/quote]

From the wonderfully titled "On The Wings of a Russian Foxbat"

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0[/url]

Edited March 26, 2015 by Mykesbass

[RhysP]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1427405055' post='2730107']
...and they're both wrong, as it's Fireball all the way
[/quote]

Fireball is my favourite album of theirs though it rarely gets mentioned for some strange reason, it's always "In Rock" & "Machinehead" that get all the glory.

[tonybassplayer]

Was never off my turntable back in the days ( apart from to turn it over or swap discs of course )

Never quite got in to Space Truckin quite as much as the other songs though.

[dadofsix]

That's back when I was fronting for my band. Lots of Deep Purple. Space Truckin may not have been much of a song, but damn, it was fun to sing! lol

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1427408089' post='2730159']
This and Humble Pie, Rocking the Filmore are amongst my fave live albums.
[/quote]

In one of my bands, I sing Natural Born Bugle ... Well there she is again, stepping out of the limousine.

Love that track.

[gary mac]

[quote name='dadofsix' timestamp='1427419598' post='2730285']
That's back when I was fronting for my band. Lots of Deep Purple. Space Truckin may not have been much of a song, but damn, it was fun to sing! lol
[/quote]

Space Truckin was in the set on my very first bass gig back in 73/74. Midway through the number, the pick up on my Epiphone parted company with the bass, the noise it made was truly horrid, even worse than my playing

[gary mac]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427439868' post='2730311']
In one of my bands, I sing Natural Born Bugle ... Well there she is again, stepping out of the limousine.

Love that track.
[/quote]

I must get along to a Happy Jack gig

[JapanAxe]

IMO the MIJ version of [i]Smoke on the Water[/i] has one of the best live guitar sounds ever committed to vinyl (or aluminium and optical-quality polycarbonate), and the entrance of the bass just racks it up a gear.

[leroydiamond]

Remember "Made in Japan" cost $3000 dollars to record, no overdubs and represents this line up at their very best IMO. Easily my favourite live rock album.
It sounds at its best on vinyl IMO. For whatever reason the CD version just does not do it for me.

[ubit]

I never thought I would be able to say this but, I am actually a bit young to have experienced the Purple era. I started listening to rock when they became Rainbow. Obviously I've heard the albums, but I haven't listened to them for years and I tend to think of Purple by vocalist, just the same as Rainbow . My favourite was always Gillan, but I also love Whitesnake, so I suppose it's all good for me.

Oh and let's not forget the God that was Ronnie James Dio!

[skidder652003]

love made in Japan!
Come taste the band is very under rated IMO though, prob my favourite Purp album!

[Bilbo]

Made In Japan was one of the first rock cassettes ( ) I ever heard (a friend had it when we went on holiday) and I love it but Machine head is right up there alongside it. But I have to say, the one ! go back to again and again, even now that I am a Jazz nazi, is 'Burn', one of the best rock anthems in the canon. (Rainbow Rising remains a favourite as well, for Airey and Powell as much as the rest)

[Lord Sausage]

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1427390762' post='2729851']
Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks'
[/quote]I actually like Bolin, maybe not the live album. plus his solo album is great!