Last Concert in Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Professional reviews
Last Concert in Japan

Live album by Deep Purple
Released	March 16, 1977
Recorded	December 15, 1975 (Budokan Hall)
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	43:57
Label	Purple Records
Producer(s)	Deep Purple & Martin Birch
All Music Guide link
Deep Purple chronology
Made in Europe (1975)	Last Concert in Japan (1977)	Perfect Strangers (1984)

Last Concert in Japan is an album by Deep Purple released in March 1977. It records the last Japanese concert of the Mark IV-lineup with Tommy Bolin. This album recorded on December 15, 1975 at the Tokyo Budokan, and parts were also shot on 16mm film that were included in the video "Rises Over Japan " released only Japan in 1985. A restored, extended audio version was released as a double CD in 2001 as This Time Around: Live in Tokyo. This performance set an attendance record for the Budokan Hall, about 14.000 attended.

[edit] Track listing

"Burn" (Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord/Ian Paice/David Coverdale) -7:05
"Love Child" (Tommy Bolin/David Coverdale) -4:46
"You Keep On Moving" (David Coverdale/Glenn Hughes) -6:16
"Wild Dogs" (Tommy Bolin/John Tessar) -6:06
"Lady Luck" (Jeff Cook/David Coverdale) 3:11
"Smoke on the Water" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ian Gillan/Roger Glover/Jon Lord/Ian Paice) -6:24
"Soldier of Fortune" (Ritchie Blackmore/David Coverdale)-2:22
"Organ Solo" (Jon Lord) -4:01
"Highway Star (Ritchie Blackmore/Ian Gillan/Roger Glover/Jon Lord/Ian Paice) -6:50

[edit] Personnel

Deep Purple

Jon Lord: Keyboards, organ, vocals.
Glenn Hughes: Bass guitar, vocals.
Tommy Bolin: Guitars, vocals.
David Coverdale: Vocals.
Ian Paice: Drums, percussion.

Production

Deep Purple: Producers.
Martin Birch: Producer, engineer.
Lee Herschberg: Digital Design.
Masa Ito: Liner Notes.

Discography
v • d • e Deep Purple
Ian Gillan \| Steve Morse \| Roger Glover \| Don Airey \| Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore \| Jon Lord \| David Coverdale \| Joe Lynn Turner \| Tommy Bolin \| Glenn Hughes \| Rod Evans \| Nick Simper \| Joe Satriani
Albums : Shades of Deep Purple \| The Book of Taliesyn \| Deep Purple \| Deep Purple in Rock \| Fireball \| Machine Head \| Who Do We Think We Are \| Burn \| Stormbringer \| Come Taste the Band \| Perfect Strangers \| The House of Blue Light \| Slaves & Masters \| The Battle Rages On \| Purpendicular \| Abandon \| Bananas \| Rapture of the Deep
Live albums: Live in Inglewood \| Concerto for Group and Orchestra \| Kneel & Pray \| Scandinavian Nights \| Space Vol 1 & 2 \| Made in Japan \| Deep Purple In Concert \| Denmark 1972 \| Made in Europe \| Live in London \| California Jamming: Live at the California Jam \| Just Might Take Your Life \| Perks And Tit \| Mk III: The Final Concerts \| Last Concert in Japan \| King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert \| This Time Around: Live in Tokyo \| Nobody's Perfect \| In The Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85 \| Come Hell or High Water \| Live In Europe 1993 \| Live at the Olympia '96 \| Total Abandon: Live in Australia \| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra \| Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy \| The Soundboard Series
Videos and DVDs: Concerto for Group and Orchestra \| Special Edition EP \| Live in California 74 \| Come Hell Or High Water \| Bombay Calling \| Live at Montreaux \| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra \| Live in Australia: Total Abandon \| Perihelion \| Live Encounters
Compilation Albums: Purple Passages \| 24 Carat Purple \| When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll \| The Mark II Purple Singles \| Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple \| The Anthology \| 30: Very Best of Deep Purple \| Listen, Learn, Read On \| Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow \| Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection
Related articles
Rainbow \| Blackmore's Night \| Trapeze \| Black Sabbath \| Garth Rockett & the Moonshiners \| The Javelins \| Edel Records