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I think you have to make a distinction between the new material and the old material played live at KB85.
Apart from HS (of which the speed solo was only half-rendered on the model of the 1971 BBC session), I was not astonished by their performance of the old material. "Smoke on the Water" was OK, because of the energy and the enthusiasm of the band (and of the audience), but, just like others here, I had the feeling of listening to a cover band. To some extent, I prefered the versions on Nobody's Perfect (maybe because of the better quality of the sound).
When it comes to the new material, "A Gypsy's Kiss" and "Perfect Strangers" are really blowing. "Knocking at your back door" is clearly established as a new classic live number of the band. As far as "Nobody's Home" is concerned, I never really enjoyed the song, so...
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but Blackers and it hurts me to say this was sh#t as he was during many of the solo instrumental parts of the show
Why, was he missing notes or something? I suspect he was playing exactly what he wanted to play in which case you can't say he was ****. You don't have to like his sound or what he was playing, but claiming he was **** at what he was doing is prejudicial.
In all honesty it is impossible to tell if he was missing notes or not! what he played during the ST solo especially defied description it was basically noise if that is indeed what he intended to play then fine he nailed it but as far as i am concerned that was not TMIB i grew up listening to but a poor poor shadow of his former self(and future self for that matter from around 91 onwards) sh~t in fact describes his performance very well for me but hey its only my opinion you obviously enjoyed the performance I didnt and was dissapointed
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Btw, were there anyt plans to release the remastered version of concert? The 1991 vsn sounds awful. I'm sure we'd have more respect for it had it sounded better. Still, not a great performance.
I'm not sure whether it's possible to get a better sound out of the tapes the BBC provided for the 1991 release.
If someone has the bootleg LP (the one from FM, not from audience) or bootleg CD of that show, perhaps he could compare it sound wise to the official release? Perhaps the bootleg source has better sound ...
You can compare it for yourself. Lazy was taken from the bootleg.
Yes, you're right, I forgot. However, Lazy was taken from the bootleg LP, not from the bootleg CD. (Simon Robinson wrote in the DPAS magazine that they didn't get the CD early enough to use it.) I had the chance to listen to the bootleg CD when it was released, and I thought the sound was quite good, much better than Lazy on the official release. Sadly I don't have the bootleg CD.
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Strange Kind of Woman
When looking again at the 87 tour, I must admit that I was glad to be a Purple fan before seeing them on stage. You know, the enthusiasm of the youth...
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When looking again at the 87 tour, I must admit that I was glad to be a Purple fan before seeing them on stage. You know, the enthusiasm of the youth...
Anyone else think JL looks like Mr Potatoe Head with those glasses on
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and Gillan looks like Michael Landon's poodle...
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but Blackers and it hurts me to say this was sh#t as he was during many of the solo instrumental parts of the show
Why, was he missing notes or something? I suspect he was playing exactly what he wanted to play in which case you can't say he was ****. You don't have to like his sound or what he was playing, but claiming he was **** at what he was doing is prejudicial.
In all honesty it is impossible to tell if he was missing notes or not! what he played during the ST solo especially defied description it was basically noise if that is indeed what he intended to play then fine he nailed it but as far as i am concerned that was not TMIB i grew up listening to but a poor poor shadow of his former self(and future self for that matter from around 91 onwards) sh~t in fact describes his performance very well for me but hey its only my opinion you obviously enjoyed the performance I didnt and was dissapointed
Following this logic you could as well say Steve Morse is **** because he always plays too many notes too fast when soloing, no matter what the circumstances. Not that I'd expect you to say that seeing as you're one of his biggest admirers.
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When looking again at the 87 tour, I must admit that I was glad to be a Purple fan before seeing them on stage. You know, the enthusiasm of the youth...
That was in fact a very good version of the song. Blackmore' solo is fantastic!
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Yes Al it was on the radio certainly in the uk anyway i had my wife tape it for me as i was at the show (with the legendary Tommy Vance doing the intros)but not the whole show if i remember correctly I think Dp got about 4 or 5 tracks including PS,Lazy and KAYBD in fact im sure the radio show ended with KAYBD with TV saying "who else could it be?"
The BBC did a Radio 1 'special' on the concert saturday, and did indeedy air the 4 tracks mentioned. However, soon after ( couple of weeks ?) they did a Friday Rock Show special- 'Knebworth through the night' where they broadcast all the support sets ( except the scorpions who had a live LP out at the time) & finished with the full DP set (apart from 'Under the Gun' for some reason). I stayed up until 3 in the morning to tape the damn thing!!
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Strange Kind of Woman
When looking again at the 87 tour, I must admit that I was glad to be a Purple fan before seeing them on stage. You know, the enthusiasm of the youth...
That was in fact a very good version of the song. Blackmore' solo is fantastic!
Frankly, to me, this is not a good version of the song. Actually, the only live version of SKoW I like is the one on MiJ.
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