Artist: Deep Purple | Title: Australasian Tour 2001: The Soundboard Series (6 Double CD Box Set) | Year Of Release: 2001 | Label: Thames Thompso | Genre: Hard Rock
Deep Purple survived a seemingly endless series of lineup changes and a dramatic mid-career shift from grandiose progressive rock to ear-shattering heavy metal to emerge as a true institution of the British hard rock community. Once credited in The Guinness Book of World Records as the globe’s loudest band, their revolving-door roster launched the careers of performers including Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, and Ian Gillan.
Shades of Deep PurpleDeep Purple were formed in Hertford, England, in 1968, with an inaugural lineup that featured guitarist Blackmore, vocalist Rod Evans, bassist Nick Simper, keyboardist Jon Lord, and drummer Ian Paice. Initially dubbed Roundabout, the group was first assembled as a session band for ex-Searchers drummer Chris Curtis but quickly went their own way, touring Scandinavia before beginning work on their debut LP, Shades of Deep Purple. The most pop-oriented release of their career, the album generated a Top Five American hit with its reading of Joe South’s “Hush” but otherwise went unnoticed at home. The Book of Taliesyn followed (in the U.S. only) in 1969, again cracking the U.S. Top 40 with a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Kentucky Woman.”
Tracklist:
9th March Melbourne Rod Laver Arena (02:03:50)
CD 1
01 Woman From Tokyo
02 Ted The Mechanic
03 Mary Long
04 Lazy
05 No One Came
06 Black Night
07 Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
08 ’69
09 Smoke On The Water.
10 Perfect Strangers
CD 2
01 Hey Cisco
02 When A Blind Man Cries
03 Fools
04 Speed King
05 Hush
06 Highway Star
The Masters Of Rock – Wollongong March 13th, 2001 (01:55:29)
CD 1
01 Woman From Tokyo
02 Ted The Mechanic
03 Mary Long
04 Lazy
05 No One Came
06 Black Night
07 Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
08 Fools
09 Perfect Strangers
10 Hey Cisco
CD 2
01 When A Blind Man Cries
02 Smoke On The Water
03 Speed King
Featuring 
Category:Hard Rock
Main catalog
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