Deep Purple Album: “Live in Aachen 1970”

Nicely assembled legit release of a vintage Deep Purple concert, that was originally put in circulation as a bootleg (I assume). Show took place on July 10, 1970 in Aachen, Germany. Only four songs here. I get the idea this gig is incomplete. That's okay. Major upside is that Jon Lord's keyboard playing (for this show,anyway) is phenomenal. My favorite cuts here are their Stones cover "Paint It Black" and the thirty-minute closer "Mandrake Root". A should-have.

Recorded live in Aachen, Germany in July 1970 when Deep Purple's album "In Rock" was the hottest album in the land and everyone knew they were the band to see live.

This long overdue disc of the classic bootleg H-BOOM, is an overpowering and strange Fellini like mad dark dream which has been obtained via bootleg sources. Basically what we have here is a taping from the second half of the concert, which meant their lead singer Ian Gillan disappeared for the most part, because it was time to emphasize the instrumental side of Deep Purple. There are only four tracks here, but they are lengthy, with Mandrake Root being over thirty minutes long. Gillan does sing at the start and then moves over to the congas for the remainder. He also sings on the encore Black Night, but the vocals throughout are pretty overloaded, but the instruments aren't. If you are into ROCK JAZZ, with heavy emphasis on instrumental, you are in for the ride of your life. Keyboardist Jon Lord is the main star here, but Blackmore isn't far behind and also drummer Ian Paice is on fire, including a good drum solo, which coming from somebody who gets bored with drum solos, so that`s saying a lot.

Again, this is an overpowering strange Fellini like mad dark dream of a recording and should be heard to believed. Highly recommended.

this is a classic example why bootlegs should exist. the band on their own probably would not release this due to some mudane reason, such as the vocals sound distorted. we would have all missed out on some mighty fine playing and nice long musical improvisions which no longer exists with deep purple. the liner notes believe this was taken off a sound board, and probably so. personally, i like mk I version of deep purple as i like the longer songs. even with only four songs, there is enough hard charging, rockin' music to appeal to any deep purple fan. long live good quality bootlegs!!!

I bought this CD about a year ago and quickly decided that it wasn't very good. Long instrumentals, overblown vocals (of which there is), same songs as on the original Live and Rare but not as good. I put it away and forgot about it. Just the other day, I pulled it out and had a listen and was blown away. Wow! what a difference a year makes. Sure it is a bootleg but a very good one. The sound is amazing as is the playing. You will not hear Blackmore and Lord sound much better than this. They are on the same wavelength. The whole band improvises so well. You get lost in the music. Nobody does it like early Purple. If you are a Purple fan buy this CD. It is in the top 7 or 8 of Purple live CDs.