Deep Purple/Osaka,Japan 10.29.1996

After Richie left the band, Steve Morse became an official member and performed in Japan for the first time in 1996. The fourth performance was held at Osaka Festival Hall on October 29th, and was recorded over two hours from the original DAT master released by taper in recent years. The sound is so clear and direct that it’s strange that it hasn’t been available until now, and the quality is so high that you’ll think it’s a sound board at first listen. And since it was the middle of the 10-performance tour in Japan with high expectations for the new Purple, the performance was quite stable, and the rest of the album is made up of representative numbers from the 1970s, including six songs from “Purple Proof.” This is a masterpiece that can be said to be “MADE IN JAPAN” from the Morse era. Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan 29th October 1996 : from Original DAT Masters Disc 1 : 1. Intro. 2. Fireball 3. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 4. Pictures Of Home 5. Black Night 6. Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover 7. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 8. Woman From Tokyo 9. The Aviator 10. Rosa’s Cantina Disc 2 : 1. No One Came 2. Smoke On The Water 3. Keyboard Solo 4. When A Blind Man Cries 5. Speed ​​King 6. Perfect Strangers 7. Hey Cisco 8. Highway Star Ian Gillan – Vocal / Steve Morse – Guitar / Jon Lord – Keyboards / Roger Glover – Bass / Ian Paice – Drums