Deep Purple
Made in Japan


Tracks:

1. Highway Star
2. Child in Time
3. Smoke on the Water
4. The Mule
5. Strange Kind of Woman
6. Lazy
7. Space Truckin'

Line up:

Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
Ian Gillan – Vocals
Jon Lord – Organ, Keyboards
Roger Glover – Bass
Ian Paice – Drums

Record Label / Year of Release:

Purple Records (UK) 1972 / Warner Bros (US) 1973

Notes:

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 U.S. release in April 1973.

The album was recorded live over three nights during 15-17 August 1972 at Ko-sei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka and at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, hence the name of the album. The tracks mostly come from their studio effort, Machine Head.

The three concerts recorded were later released as Live in Japan 3-CD box set (1993). According to the liner notes for that set, unlike many live albums, there are no overdubs or studio additions to the original album.

The release in the US was delayed because Warner Bros. wanted to release Who Do We Think We Are first.

The remastered anniversary edition, issued in 1998, came with an extra CD of encores played on the tour in Japan and came with the colour scheme of the cover reversed so it had a black cover with gold print. There was also a numbered limted edition purple vinyl release. The stage banter of tracks 1-6 was edited in order to allocate 3 songs a side to Sides 1 and 2 and Space Truckin' was placed on Side 3 in order to allocate The Encores to Side 4.

Remastered anniversary edition 1998 second bonus cd:

1. Black Night
2. Speed King
3. Lucille