japan album japan double live album english rock band recorded tour japan august originally released december release april commercial critical success band known strong stage act privately recorded shows broadcast radio recording live album japanese record company decided good publicity insisted supervising live production including previously collaborated band engineer particularly interested album release recording tour successful strong media interest positive response fans album immediate commercial success particularly accompanied hit smoke water steady seller 1970s set tour performances released remastered edition album extra tracks released deluxe edition announced bonus material album strong critical reception continues attract praise rolling_stone readers poll ranked japan sixth best live album time background live formed july founding members guitarist drummer recruited singer bassist progress earlier pop psychedelic rock sound hard rock began touring extensively received live band recorded shows broadcast radio listen privately rejected idea releasing live album commercially believed impossible reproduce quality experience stage act consequently demand recordings band notorious entitled bomb recorded july led subsequent court case prosecuted selling article examined phenomenon claimed best selling time success albums artists live leeds convinced band official live album commercially successful time told sounds magazine going live set kill market tour recording achieved considerable commercial success japan including hit singles sense tour dates booked festival hall osaka tokyo august later changed august august respectively earlier tour rescheduled dates sold immediately consequently japanese arm band label wanted record tour live album released country band eventually agreed idea insisted going released wanted properly recalled said equipment wanted use engineer tapes released band enlisted producer worked previous studio albums record shows track recorder subsequently mixed band live setlist revamped start year immediately recording album album substantial proportion new material setlist remained year opening highway star closing lazy space band musical skill structure meant sufficient improvisation songs things fresh original intention stage act year dropped resigned band june line reformed setlist significant material performed concert band arrived japan august week tour started strong reception greeted gifts flowers birch confident recording quality satisfactory equipment supplied balance control recorder size appear big sight capture commercial quality recording band end result concentrating simply able deliver good lord later noticed felt attitude meant performances band members captured second gig osaka considered stronger bulk released song smoke water august simply gig played song opening riff studio album band considered gig tokyo august best tour remembered thirteen thousand japanese kids singing child time considered career highlight venue row manned stage smashed guitar end space threw audience past fans try retrieve annoyed rest band found incident amusing gig recorded osaka shows lazy considered sufficient quality final release overdubs album lord claimed magazine interview line strange kind woman different microphone cable direct evidence found tapes examined according lord total budget recording equivalent release band consider album important showed mix according birch heard finished album band want album released outside japan wanted rights tapes released worldwide album released december special offer price typical single period reached number charts cover designed featured colour photo band rear covers black white photos inside release delayed april wanted release think motivated releasing steady flow imports purchased immediate commercial success reaching number charts released smoke water single live recording japan studio version reached number billboard charts recording black night tokyo gig album released single woman tokyo europe single right japan japanese release titled live japan featured unique sleeve design overhead stage shot band selection photographs gig rainbow theatre london insert lyrics hand written message band member pressing came film negative photos band buyers develop prints sleeve notes claimed recording contained tokyo gig fact musically identical version released rest world later play audience rainbow gig captured sleeve album released single sides simplistic sleeve design unlike release rising sun cover reception band mixed feelings album critical performance impressed quality live recording gave positive impression suggesting shows best group performed album captured spirit lord listed favourite album saying band height powers album stood days response critics favourable writing rolling_stone said japan purple definitive metal monster spark filled execution cut concert subsequently readers poll magazine declared album sixth best live album time adding band performed countless shows countless sounded perfect recent reviews equally positive allmusic considered album definitive treatment band catalog impressive album rock author claimed album widely acknowledged greatest live albums time magazine said album defined concept live album deep purple author wrote standing finest live album scarcely diminished quarter century release original steady seller 1970s remained print reissue contained complete double single track tapes shows carefully storage japan future use album 21st anniversary author decided band management tapes located discovered entire recorded including july robinson remixed tapes abbey road studios expanded edition mastered september compromise including shows possible setting realistic price fans accept decided release box set titled live japan included main shows tracks available original album place previously unreleased robinson subsequently oversaw new reissue original album remastered version contained extra tracks left set colour scheme cover reversed gold text black background remastered japan edits performance making shorter original release time limited edition double released purple vinyl spain emi added studio versions tracks making original album second announced album reissued number formats deluxe option set cds containing new remix concerts dvd containing previously unseen video footage book memorabilia original reissued vinyl original release original mix audio available digital download popular providers cover version january progressive metal band played original album entirety tokyo 15th hall osaka performances recorded shows released band label mixed release track listing songs written indicated original release vinyl live japan set titles released japan bold disc good morning recorded osaka august smoke water 15th included available original album encore speed king 15th included available disc week turning professional recorded osaka august black night 16th included black night released compilations available reissue japan disc recorded tokyo august 17th included available main album black night speed king 17th included available reissue disc speed king 15th 25th anniversary remastered edition disc japan disc box set edition disc good morning osaka august disc week turning professional osaka august disc tokyo august disc good night disc japan documentary dvd disc japanese promo edition disc disc personnel taken sleeve notes lead guitar vocals harmonica uncredited percussion uncredited bass jon lord organ piano drums martin birch equipment marshall engineer promoters universal orient promotions produced cover design fin remastered charts accolades
Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)