Deep Purple Made in Europe

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Deep Purple's 1972 album Live In Japan set the bar high for their concert albums, but its successor, Made In Europe, recorded four years later at gigs in Austria, Germany and France, was recorded in trickier circumstances – indeed, the album was released in October 1976, after the band had broken up. Founding member and lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was already in the process of leaving by the time Deep Purple hit the road, and had already started working on songs with singer Ronnie James Dio for their new band, Rainbow. However, Blackmore's playing on the three dates in April 1975 was as passionate and precise as it had been on classic studio albums such as Deep Purple In Rock.

Made In Europe, recorded using the Stones' mobile studio and produced by Deep Purple's long-term collaborator Martin Birch, frequently has the feel of an extended jam session. The 5-song affair opens with a rousing version of "Burn," which had been the band's concert-opener for the previous two years. On the nearly 12-minute version of "Mistreated," they roll in a tribute to BB King's "Rock Me Baby" and showcase the vocal skills of David Coverdale, who had joined the ever-changing line-up in 1973. A fast-paced "Lady Double Dealer" is followed by an epic 16-minute version of "You Fool No One" on which Jon Lord plays an accomplished Hammond organ solo intro. The album closes with a fiery version of "Stormbringer." Throughout Made In Europe, Deep Purple display what a tightly-rehearsed unit they were at the time.