Deep Purple/Belgium 1969 Upgrade

An incredible, incredible master is newly discovered! The multi-camera pro shot known as the birth of the glorious II DEEP PURPLE has been updated to its highest peak. It is decided to be released urgently!! The shock master that makes the entire body stand out is recorded as “Bilzen performance on August 22, 1969”. This is a monochrome professional shot taken when he appeared at Belgium’s legendary music festival “JAZZ BILZEN”. This festival started in 1965, and is an early music event that is said to be the “mother of European festivals” as it was the first in continental Europe to fuse jazz and pop music. In 1969, it was held for four days from August 21st to 24th, and DEEP PURPLE appeared on the second day. You can imagine the early days just by saying “1969”, but this work belongs to the earliest period. To help you realize this, let’s look back at the schedule at that time. [June 16: Agreed to join Gillan and Glover] [July 4: Evans and Simper fired] ・July 10-20: UK #1 (3 performances) ・August 20: London performance ・August 22nd – 24th: Europe #1 (3 performances) ←★Coco★・August 26th – September 7th: UK #2/Northern Europe (9 performances)・September 12th – 28th: ​​UK # 3 (7 performances) ← *“CONCERTO FOR GROUP AND ORCHESTRA” ・October 4th-14th: Europe #2 (6 performances) ← *“LIVE IN MONTREUX 69”《“IN ROCK” production started on October 14th》・October 22nd – December 28th: ​​UK #4 (36 performances) *Note: Media appearances on TV, radio, etc. are omitted. This is the schedule from the birth of Phase II until the end of 1969. Rod Evans and Nick Simper’s final performance was on the 4th of July, and about a week later they were on stage with Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. After that, they performed a few performances in England to get used to it, and then expanded overseas. “JAZZ BILZEN” of this work was the first day of such continental Europe. Speaking of 1969, there is also the traditional work “CONCERTO FOR GROUP AND ORCHESTRA” and the excavated live album “LIVE IN MONTREUX 69”, but this work is more than a month earlier than those. It was the stage that was the 5th performance of the II period itself. In this work, you can witness such a scene with multi-camera professional shots, but in fact, the existence of this footage has been known to enthusiasts for a long time. In the mid-2000s, a large amount of footage of “JAZZ BILZEN” was unearthed, and professional shots of TASTE, THE MOODY BLUES, SOFT MACHINE, Brian Auger & THE TRINITY, etc. appeared from the same second day as this work. At that time, DEEP PUPRLE failed to explode, giving rise to various speculations such as “Maybe it exists” and “Maybe it has been lost.” After that, the DEEP PURPLE edition was successfully discovered, but this time it is remastered again. . . . Not. It is a new master with the highest update quality that is considered to be the original. After all, this video was released officially. It was released on an official channel run by the company that manages Purple’s music. Therefore, the quality is the best possible. It was shot on 16mm film for television broadcasting, and although the number of cameras is not so good, the master’s freshness is tremendous. There are no signs of wrinkling or deterioration over time, and it is over a minute longer than the previous version, and the screen is brighter. You can enjoy the extremely valuable performance for about 24 minutes. And what’s inside is amazing. The set consists of two songs, “Wring That Neck” and “Mandrake Root,” connected by Ian Paice’s drum solo, and both songs are over 10 minutes long. For the instrumental, Gillan sometimes just hits the conga without singing, but the three original members exchange intense improvisation. What’s more, it’s interesting because the mood changes between just two songs + drum solo. In the opening song “Wring That Neck,” Ritchie Blackmore also has a Gibson ES-335 in his hands, and the phrases he spins while playing are humorous. Although you can see Gillan in the video, it feels like you are watching a professional shot of the first season. However, “Mandrake Root”, which starts with Pace’s solo in between, is intense all at once! Richie also switched to a Fender and, along with Jon Lord, played and played with ferocious excitement! The first song, “Wring That Neck,” is also full of excitement, but “Mandrake Root” hits with a broken performance that seems to have been shaken off all at once. During this work, which is just under 30 minutes long, it is as if his consciousness has shifted from stage I to stage II. The glorious second stage of DEEP PURPLE, which left a huge footprint in rock history, was born. This is a piece where you can witness the very early stage of the 5th performance with a multi-camera professional shot of the highest quality ever. Official excavation version of extremely valuable and shocking footage. Begijnhof, Bilzen, Belgium 22nd August 1969 PRO-SHOT(UPGRADE!!!) Recorded by Belgium TV “Tienerklanken”. The band performed on the second day, “Pop And Beat”, of the four day festival 1. Wring That Neck 2 Drum Solo (Paint It Black) 3. Mandrake Root Ian Gillan – Vocal Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Roger Glover – Bass Jon Lord – Keyboards Ian Paice – Drums PRO-SHOT B&W NTSC Approx. 24min.