Deep Purple Album: “Live on the BBC”

Been waiting for this one to come out since the 70s, when I recorded the broadcast off the radio. The performance was made about 2 months prior to Machinehead's release. Easily the best live Deep Purple performance I've heard. The sound is CRISP and the whole band is on fire, tight as heck and groovin throughout. Blackmore in particular is brutal...especially on Highway Star and Space Truckin (both better versions than on Made in Japan). IMHO, this is the definitive Deep Purple recording. A special bonus is the treatment of some songs from Machinehead I'd not heard live before. If you like Deep Purple, buy this one...I can guarentee you that you will not be disapointed...it will be more like OMG!!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! This recording sums up the essence of the band as I will always know them and love them..

I've been a Deep Purple fan for years and someone turned me on to this new title. The sound quality is absolutely fantastic. Machine Head is one of my favorite albums and what this company has done is taken the live BBC concert and added two studio bonus tracks. Great idea, great sound. If you love Deep Purple, you have to get this album. Wow!!!! (I don't own a SACD player so I've been playing this on my CD player). Because of this SACD, I am now considering going out and buying a SACD player.

Some of the previous reviewers say this is disc 2 of an old vinyl live album with a couple of extra singles thrown in. Maybe so - I didn't own the record, but this is a hybrid SACD, and the DSD mastered CD layer sounds great. This is to be expected since it is from Audio Fidelity; Everything they do is as good as todays technology allows. If you'd like a primo sounding '72 Deep Purple concert CD, this is the ticket.