Record of the day-007: Made In Japan

Just the other day, the 10-album box set of Deep Purple’s classic: Made In Japan was released. This one features the main album remixed by Steven Wilson, and if you like what he’s done with classic Yes and King Crimson, there’s a great chance you’ll enjoy this rendition as well.

I’m usually not a fan of making 10 albums out of one, but there is so much cool bonus content here, I’m gonna have to listen to this for a week to get through it all! Recorded during their first tour of Japan in summer of 1972, it was released in the Japan on December 8 of 1972, and March 30 in the US.

It’s a killer record, containing one of the most recognizable songs/opening riffs ever – “Smoke on the Water,” and continues to endure.

I would not encounter Deep Purple live until their Stormbringer tour, back in my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin nearly a year later. But it was an incredible first concert experience. What was your first show?

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