Performed live in England 1970/72 by:
- Ritchie Blackmore guitar
- Ian Gillan vocals
- Roger Glover bass
- Jon Lord keyboards
- Ian Paice drums
Contains two BBC shows. The first was recorded on 19th February 1970 at the BBC Studios for The Sunday Show (engineered by Tony Wilson). The second show was recorded on 9th March 1972 at the Paris Theatre in London for BBC Sounds Of The Seventies (engineered by Adrian Revill). Mono reproduced for stereo (1970), remixed from 8 track (1972) and editing by Nick Tauber.
Produced by Jeff Griffin (1970) and Pete Dauncey (1972).
All pre-1992 releases lack two tracks from the second gig, while most releases from 1992 onwards contain complete gigs.
TRACK LIST -- original album and some Japanese CDs
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.20
- Wring that neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 18.30
- Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.15
- Mandrake root (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) 17.20
Tracks 1-4 recorded during February 1970.
- Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.29
- Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.34
- Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.57
- Never before (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.48
- Space truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 22.14
- Lucille (Collins/Penniman) 6.20
Tracks 5-10 recorded during March 1972.
TRACK LIST -- CD issues with two extra tracks
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.20
- Wring that neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 18.30
- Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.15
- Mandrake root (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) 17.20
Tracks 1-4 recorded during February 1970.
- Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.29
- Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.34
- Maybe I'm a Leo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.55
- Never before (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.48
- Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.57
- Space truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 22.14
- Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.27
- Lucille (Collins/Penniman) 6.20
Tracks 5-12 recorded during March 1972.
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