Deep Purple/MN, USA 1987

From the US tour accompanying “The House Of Blue Light” in 1987, the St. Paul performance on May 15th is almost completely recorded with high-quality audience recording. As you can see in the fast-playing part in the latter half of Highway Star, Ritchie’s splendid playing is full of motivation, and it is a great opportunity to hear his best performance, which renews the recognition that “the DP of the 1987 US tour was on a different level.” can. Strange Kind Of Woman’s freaky solo play, unlike anything you’ve ever heard before, is also a must-listen. Next up are a number of new songs, including The Unwritten Law (with drum solo) from the new album, Dead Or Alive which incorporates Blues at the beginning, Hard Lovin’ Woman which incorporates the middle part of Under The Gun, and the second single Bad Attitude. Show off. The first half of the live concert focuses on promoting the new album, and you can listen to a positive performance that clearly conveys the members’ motivation. As you can see from Ritchie’s solo in the 2 minute range of The Unwritten Law, the performance of this day, which boldly repeats aggressive phrases, is still exquisite. You can fully feel his motivation and spirit from the spontane cutting play in the transition from Blues to Dead Or Alive. The interaction with John at Dead Or Alive, where you can listen to thrilling performances like acrobats, is also great. In Perfect Strangers, Gillan gives us a good vocal performance. In Hard Lovin’ Woman, you can enjoy Ritchie’s tricky solo filled with a sense of groove. In Child In Time, a long performance of 12 minutes, Richie’s long solo explodes in a frenzy (arrangements in which the band breaks in the middle of this period are also effective). This is probably the last time in his career that he played so aggressively. You can see tape deterioration when the vocals come in in the second half of the song, but the sound improves from the sound cutout at 9:37 (tape change?). The highlight of Difficult To Cure is its unusual guitar intro. Lazy also pleases the listeners with his aggressive performance as expected. The unique performance of the backing group is also effective. In Space Truckin’, Gillan calls out the title in a cool way at the beginning of the song. Space Truckin’ before being compacted has a nearly 10-minute solo time for John and Richie in the second half of the song, and it is amazing to see the passionate performance of both reach their peak. In this show, Hush will be played between the medley to Woman From Tokyo?Black Night and Smoke On The Water, which is rare for this period. It’s a standard live song from the 1988 tour, which was re-recorded as a single and included as a self-cover in “Nobody’s Perfect.” On this day, at the end of the live performance, he said, “Shall we try it?” as if it were a sideshow. It is played in a natural mood. It’s a simple performance, but it’s a valuable take, and after this song, Gillan will be MCing about the live album. This is a piece that clearly shows how wonderful Purple’s live performance on the 1987 US tour was. Although the last part ends with the tape running out, the performance is good, and although there are some minor tape deteriorations here and there, the overall sound quality is good enough, so it is definitely a must-listen for fans. Live at Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA 15th May 1987 AMAZING SOUND Disc 1 1. Into. 2. Highway Star 3. Strange Kind Of Woman 4. The Unwritten Law inc. Drum Solo 5. Blues/Dead Or Alive 6 . Perfect Strangers 7. Hard Lovin’ Woman incl. Under The Gun 8. Bad Attitude 9. Child In Time Disc 2 1. Difficult To Cure 2. Jon Lord Keyboard Solo 3. Knocking At Your Back Door 4. Lazy 5. Space Truckin ‘ 6. Woman From Tokyo 7. Black Night 8. Hush 9. Smoke On The Water Ian Gillan – Vocals Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Roger Glover – Bass Jon Lord – Keyboards Ian Paice – Drum