Deep Purple Deep Purple/Germany 2.11.1987

From the European tour accompanying the release of “HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT” in 1987, the performance in Eppelheim, Germany on February 11th was recorded in the best quality by matrix editing two types of sound sources, the audience master newly excavated in recent years and the audience source that was distributed in a small part. First, it starts with the classic “Highway Star” of this time, and Gillan’s performance of “Strange Kind Of Woman” featuring “Jesus Christ Superstar” unique to this tour, and “Black Night” featuring “Running Bear” is also full throttle. And Richie also showed off a good performance throughout the whole story, starting with a fresh play like a smooth slide in “Unwritten Law”, playing with a high degree of freedom in “Child In Time”. In addition, the solid and hard “Hard Lovin’ Woman” is rare because it is not played much. And at the end, everyone gathered around the drum riser to play Space Truckin’, which ended with a wonderful and enthusiastic mood of Smoke On The Water. Richie later said that this 1987 tour was the best, so it’s a must-listen item for fans. disc one : 1. INTRO/2. HIGHWAY STAR/3. STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN (incl. JESUS ​​CHRIST SUPERSTAR)/4. THE UNWRITTEN LAW (incl. DRUM SOLO)/5. BLUES/6. DEAD OR ALIVE/7. PERFECT STRANGERS/8. HARD LOVIN’ WOMAN/9. CHILD IN TIME disc two : 1. DIFFICULT TO CURE/ 2. KEYBOARD SOLO/3. KNOCKIN’ AT YOUR BACK DOOR/4. LAZY/5. SPACE TRUCKIN’/6. BLACK NIGHT/7. SMOKE ON THE WATER [Live at Rhein Neckar Halle, Eppelheim, Germany 11th February, 1987] Ian Gillan – Vocal / Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar / Roger Glover – Bass / Jon Lord – Keyboards / Ian Paice – Drums