Deep Purple Deep Purple/Canada 1985 & more

During the 1985 North American tour, which was revived with the golden second lineup, the Canadian tour had only six shows in the spring, and the Montreal performances on March 31st and Toronto and Maple Leaf Garden performances on April 1st were recorded in full from the Best Quality Audience Master. First, the world tour began in Oceania from November to December of the previous year, and then a large-scale US tour lasted about three months from January 18th to April 9th ​​the following year. The Montreal performance is the first to be unearthed for the first time, and while the Toronto performance has been in circulation since the analog era, it is the first complete version recorded for more than 20 minutes, including songs that were not included in the analog version this time. The set list is the same, starting with the standard “Highway Star” of this tour, and Gillan’s screaming on “Nobody’s Home” and “Strange Kind Of Woman” is still alive and well at the time. And “A Gypsy’s Kiss,” which is led by Richie’s “Blues,” is speedy and hard, while John and Richie’s playing resonates with a melodious tone, and the maturity of “Perfect Strangers” and the powerful performance of “Under The Gun” are also excellent. In addition, past masterpieces have been given a new breath of life with the sound and interpretation that seems to be in the 1980s, and the members play thrillingly together in “Lazy,” “Child In Time” has become more profound, and “Difficult To Cure,” which is more classical and dynamic than RAINBOW, sparks with John’s solo and “Space Truckin'” in the second half, which is a must-listen. And at the end, the whole venue is already a festival, and “Woman From Tokyo” and “Speed ​​King” are in a tremendous excitement, and the powerful “Smoke On The Water” is the end. disc 1 : 1. INTRO/2. HIGHWAY STAR/3. NOBODY’S HOME/4. STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN/5. BLUES/6. A GYPSY’S KISS/7. PERFECT STRANGERS/8. UNDER THE GUN/9. LAZY/DRUM SOLO/10. CHILD IN TIME disc 2 : 1. KNOCKIN’ AT YOUR BACK DOOR/2. TO CURE/KEYBOARD SOLO/3. SPACE TRUCKIN’/4. WOMAN FROM TOKYO/5. SPEED KING/6. SMOKE ON THE WATER [Live at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 31th 1985] disc 3 : 1. INTRO/2. HIGHWAY STAR/3. NOBODY’S HOME/4. STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN/5. BLUES/6. A GYPSY’S KISS/7. PERFECT STRANGERS/8. UNDER THE GUN/9. LAZY/DRUM SOLO/10. CHILD IN TIME disc 4 : 1. KNOCKIN’ AT YOUR BACK DOOR/2. DIFFICULT TO CURE/KEYBOARD SOLO/3. SPACE TRUCKIN’/4. WOMAN FROM TOKYO/5. SPEED KING /6. SMOKE ON THE WATER [Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 1st 1985] Ian Gillan – Vocal / Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar / Roger Glover – Bass /Jon Lord – Keyboards / Ian Paice – Drums