Bootleg che riporta il penultimo concerto della Mark II anni ’70. Purtroppo la registrazione non è impeccabile, anzi, in alcuni momenti è decisamente scarsa, ma l’energia che fuoriesce dalle casse dello stereo è incredibile.
Si parte con una “Highway Star” potentissima: peccato che per tutta la prima strofa non si senta la voce di Gillan, ma all’inizio dell’assolo di Blackmore l’audio si sistema. Clamoroso buco di Ritchie verso la fine dell’assolo che comunque nel resto del concerto si farà perdonare… “Smoke On The Water” è un po’ senza tiro: la band non sembra convintissima e il pezzo passa via senza infamia e senza lode. Comunque si continua con un’ottima versione di “Strange Kind Of Woman”, con la band che sembra divertirsi mentre suona uno dei pezzi che secondo me incarna al meglio il lato cazzone dei purple.
Quello che colpisce è la voce di Gillan, che esce in maniera davvero portentosa: la sua interpretazione di “Child In Time” ha una tale potenza drammatica da mettere realmente a disagio l’ascoltatore. Sarà stata la tristezza per l’avvicinarsi della “separazione” (i Purple avevano già deciso che alla fine di quel tour giapponese Gillan e Glover se ne sarebbero andati), fatto sta che il risultato lascia letteralmente a bocca aperta. Per quanto riguarda “Child In Time” è obbligatorio citare la parte centrale, tiratissima, con Blackmore e Lord che suonano davvero alla grande.
"Lazy", introdotta come al solito a quei tempi da un intro un po' pischedelico di Jon Lord è fantastica: il fraseggio tra organo e chitarra ti comunica immediatamente allegria, impossibile non battere il tempo con il piede... quando poi entra la fender di Ritchie è davvero una goduria! Si continua poi con l'asolo di batteria di Ian Paice e a "Space Truckin", un pezzo che più passa il tempo e più si lascia ascoltare volentieri!
Questa volta c'è spazio anche per un assolo di Roger Glover, ma il delirio vero e proprio comincia quando con Blackmore e Lord maltrattano i loro strumenti alla follia per arrivare ad un'orgia finale in cui suoni e rumori si fondono.
Si chiude con "Black Night", peccato per la chitarra di Ritchie che si sente poco...
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Highway Star (00:00)
Yeah---
Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, it's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything
I love it, and I need it, I feed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my girl, I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl, she stays close on every bend
Ooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth, body control and everything
I love her, I need her, I seed her
Yeah she turns me on
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my head, I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head now that I'm on the road again
Ooh I'm in heaven again
I've got everything
Like a moving ground, an open road and everything
I love it, I need it, I feed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, it's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything
I love it, and I need it, I feed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
02 Smoke On The Water (00:00)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place in town
When some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Dragging kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
And with the rolling truck stones thing just outside
We made our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
03 Strange Kind Of Woman (00:00)
There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery
I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said, I ain't for takin' won't you ever learn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman, yes I have
She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday mornings boy you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better, she said
Saturday nights from now on, baby, you're my star
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
Ooh, my soul, I love you
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman, yes I have
She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glow with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, ha ha ha
Ooh, I had a strange kind of woman, yeah
She was so fat
She was the worst thing you've ever seen
Ooh, my soul, I love you, baby
04 Child In Time (00:00)
Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the BLIND man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet
06 Space Truckin' (00:00)
Well we had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovy people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealis
We're space truckin' 'round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on
Space Truckin'
Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And every 'naut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They've danced around the Borealis
They're Space Truckin' everyday
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Space truckin'
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Space truckin'
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Space truckin'
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Space truckin'
07 Black Night (00:00)
Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark night
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
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