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Connoisseur : UK : September 2001 4CD The track list in full: Disc 1 - 1 HUSH, 2 CHILD IN TIME, 3 INTO THE FIRE, 4 BLACK NIGHT, 5 HIGHWAY STAR, 6 WRING THAT NECK, 7 NO NO NO. Origins : (1) "Powerhouse", recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, 1969; (2, 6) "Deep Purple In Concert 1970/1972"; (3, 4) "Scandinavian Nights", Stockholm Konserthus, Nov 12. 1970; (5,7) German TV 1971, first released on "Ritchie Blackmore Rock Profile Vol 1". Disc 2 - 1 SPEED KING, 2 STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN, 3 LAZY, 4 FIREBALL, 5 PERFECT STRANGERS, 6 BAD ATTITUDE, 7 SPACE TRUCKIN', 8 DEAD OR ALIVE, 9 ANYA. Origins : (1) from album "Scandinavian Nights", Stockholm Konserthus, Nov 12. 1970. (2, 3, 4) from the video "Scandinavian Nights", recorded at KB Hallen, Copenhagen, March 1. 1972. First time on CD (the fully restored version on audio will be on Sonic Zoom shortly). (5, 6, 7, 8) From "Nobody's Perfect"; (9) From the CD "Come Hell Or High Water", Stuttgart, Germany, October 16. 1993 Disc 3 - 1 BURN, 2 MISTREATED, 3 SMOKE ON THE WATER, 4 GOING DOWN / HIGHWAY STAR, 5 YOU FOOL NO ONE. Origins : (1,2) From "Live In London". Previously unissued on CD in Europe. Recorded at Kilburn, London, May 22. 1974. EMI will be issuing the fully restored version of this show next year. (3, 4, 5) From "Mk 3 The Final Concerts", recorded on tour, April 1975. Disc 4 - 1 LADY LUCK, 2 LOVE CHILD, 3 GETTIN TIGHTER, 4 YOU KEEP ON MOVING, 5 THIS TIME AROUND, 6 WILD DOGS, 7 STORMBRINGER. Origins : (1,2,3, 5, 7) from "Live In California 1976". Recorded at the Long Beach Arena, February 27. 1976. (4, 6) from "Last Concert In Japan", recorded Tokyo, Japan, Dec 15. 1975. Now available in full via Purple Records.

So, does the box have a purpose at all? Well if you know someone who needs converting to Deep Purple live then this could be just the thing. At what is in effect a budget price, it makes an ideal introduction, combined with the thorough 16 page overview of the band's entire live output which comes with the box. As well as this, each disc has a four page inlay, and there's a set of 12 CD sized collectors cards. Everything is housed inside a tough slipcase, and as one DPAS member said "at least it's all there in one place when I want to indulge".

There's an extended review is in DTB Issue 54.

Simon Robinson

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