Deep Purple/MO,USA 08.29.1974

This is an audience album of the third DEEP PURPLE’s “August 29, 1974 Kansas City performance”. It is a pattern of a US mini-tour with only four performances before the full-scale European tour starting in September. This work is the only known sound source of this tour, and when it first appeared in 2009, it was “August 28th”, and it was also written as such on the original artwork of this work, but recent research has revealed that it was “August 29th”, so we will correct it accordingly. Let’s check the dates here. ・August 24, 1974 Miami performance ・August 26, 1974 Hartford performance ・August 29, 1974 Kansas City performance [This work] ・August 30, 1974 Houston performance In this way, this mini-tour was organized in the latter half of August. This “August 1974” is the timing when “STORMBRINGER” was produced. I don’t know the exact date of the album’s production, but it was recorded in Germany in August and mixed in LA in September, so it may be that the members finished recording the album and went to the US with the master. This work is full of the atmosphere of that era. Although there are cuts at the beginning of “Burn” and the first half of “Space Truckin'”, when it first appeared, it became a hot topic because it was the first time that the unknown territory of “August 1974” appeared. It was a surprise just to hear a live performance that I had never heard before, but even more than that, the sound was shocking. The sound is a little distorted, so I can’t say it’s the “best audience of the tour!”, but it’s full of directness and the subtleties of the performance are vividly conveyed. It was a sound that I couldn’t believe had been sleeping in secret for 35 years. The performance that jumps out with such a sound is also wonderful. Just because it was right after the recording of “STORMBRINGER”, they didn’t play “Lady Double Dealer” or “Stormbringer”, but the performance is full of the enthusiasm of having just created a new work. Jon Lord plays a good-humored improvisation with Stephen Foster’s “Oh! Susanna” in the intro of “Lay Down Stay Down”, Coverdale plays a superb ad-lib in “Mistreated”, and Glenn’s high tone blows soulfully in “Highway Star”. Richie, who is said to have lost motivation during the production of the album, also plays a lot of crazy solos in the second half of “Space Truckin'”. The guitar tone unique to the third period is also the best. It is no wonder that many people are particular about the tone of the early RAINBOW from this period, and the sound of this work is so good that you can understand that. The third period of DEEP PURPLE is once again in the spotlight. That charm that still captures my heart and won’t let go. Why not just pull out your old albums, but also reminisce freshly with a live performance you haven’t heard before? Live at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 29th August 1974 TRULY AMAZING SOUND 1. Intro. 2. Burn 3. Might Just Take Your Life 4. Lay Down Stay Down 5. Mistreated 6. Smoke On The Water 7. Space Truckin’ 8. Going Down 9. Highway Star Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar David Coverdale – Vocal Glenn Hughes – Bass & Vocal Jon Lord – Keyboards Ian Paice – Drums