Deep Purple
Live in Japan


Tracks:

CD 1: Good Morning

Recorded in Osaka on 15 August 1972

1. Highway Star
2. Child in Time
3. The Mule
4. Strange Kind of Woman
5. Lazy
6. Space Truckin'
7. Black Night (Encore)

CD 2: Next week, we're turning professional

Recorded in Osaka on 16 August 1972

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

CD 3: Can we have everything louder than everything else?

Recorded in Tokyo on 17 August 1972

1. Highway Star
2. Smoke on the Water
3. Child in Time
4. Strange Kind of Woman
5. Lazy
6. Space Truckin'
7. Speed King (Encore)

Line up:

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

Record Label / Year of Release:

EMI 1993

Notes:

Live in Japan is a triple live album by English rock group Deep Purple, released on CD in November 1993. The album was recorded over three nights in August 1972 in Japan. It's a "Twenty-first anniversary collectors 3CD set" of Made in Japan. All 21 tracks were mixed in 1993.

The tracks on the album are mostly from their studio album Machine Head, which was released a few months earlier. According to the liner notes, unlike many live albums, there were "No studio overdubs, no splicing in of solos from other shows, and no fake applause." Recorded live 15, 16 and 17 August 1972 in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.

Speed King (Encore) on cd3 was recorded on August 15th in Osaka.

"Smoke on the Water" from the 15th and "The Mule" from the 17th are not included. Both are available on Made in Japan

Also missing are the encores from the 16th; "Black Night" is available on the Listen, Learn, Read On box set, and "Lucille" is available on Made in Japan CD 2: The Encores

The encores from the 17th; "Black Night" and "Speed King" are available on Made in Japan CD 2

The tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 on CD 2 and 5 on CD 3 were released on Made in Japan in 1972.