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Gillan: Access All Areas
[Update] It was pointed out in the comments that this material had been released previously.
A live Gillan CD/DVD was released in March, which unfortunately slipped under our radar. It came out on a Demon Music imprint called Edsel (not to be confused with Edel) as a part of their Access All Areas series. Which creates even more possibilities for confusion with Deep Purple’s documentary that came out few years back under the same title.
The show was recorded in front of an audience at the Central Television’s Nottingham studio on August 26 24, 1990.
Both CD and DVD track lists are identical:
- Gut Reaction
- Demon’s Eye
- Living For The City
- Puget Sound
- Sweet Lolita
- No More Cane On The Brazos
- I Thought No
- When A Blind Man Cries
- No Good Luck
- Lucille
- Smoke On The Water
Audio and video samples:
The album is quite reasonably priced at £8.99 / €10.89 and is available from a variety of online retailers, e.g. this one. Amazon also mentions a vinyl edition with release date of March 23, which is marked as ‘currently unavailable’.
Thanks to Yvonne for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I saw it a few days ago in a shop over here.
April 3rd, 2015 at 18:22I skipped it by, thought it was a bootleg of the TV broadcast of way back
The DP Songs of that were (together with the DP Granada 1970 snippets) on something called “Masters from the Vault”, am I right?
April 3rd, 2015 at 18:23I wonder who really holds the rights for this?
I have this since 10 years, official release. You should mention it is re-release
April 3rd, 2015 at 18:30Something actually new here? Released many years ago.
April 3rd, 2015 at 18:35CD makes it somehow news? 😀
April 3rd, 2015 at 18:36This was released on VHS way back when as Ian Gillan Live.Good concert.Well worth replacing on DVD.I wonder if the audio is enhanced or remastered ??
April 3rd, 2015 at 20:18I have this DVD, released in 2001 in the “Classic Rock Legends” series.
A great performance by Gillan and band!
April 3rd, 2015 at 20:22Looks like I’ll be getting the plastic out to order this!
April 3rd, 2015 at 20:42Garth Rocket and the Moonshiners re-release I think…
April 3rd, 2015 at 21:06Yep, great performance, a must!
April 4th, 2015 at 05:38Rob’s right its been available for an absolute age! You should mention this is a re-release! theres nothing new on here! but still a good watch!
April 4th, 2015 at 10:46Even worse than the deceptive re-titling is the fact that it’s the same edited DVD/CD version released years ago. Missing several key songs from the concert, including the rarely performed Puget Sound. I was really disappointed when I ordered what I thought would be an upgrade from my well worn VHS tape. Still, better than not having it available at all I suppose…..
April 4th, 2015 at 15:29Finally “Sweet Lolita” made its way to the DVD version, so we get the full version of the show, as presented on the original VHS cassette.
April 4th, 2015 at 15:29Oops, I retract my previous comment. It appears that they have indeed restored the missing two songs from the initial CD/DVD issue of this concert. I may have to pick this one up!
April 4th, 2015 at 15:34Hey guys, I know this is from the Classic Rock Legends DVD, but it seems that it has 2 songs on it that weren’t released on the original, “Puget Sound” and “Sweet Lolita”. It sounds like a great remaster and i’ll be looking forward to picking them up on DVD again, although I own the original versions anyway…the remastering in this one sounds great, and this concert hasn’t been on CD before. Extra points !
April 5th, 2015 at 00:19There is actually two added songs, which makes difference
April 5th, 2015 at 06:58Update – Contrary to the date stated in the folder which comes with the CD/DVD, the TV show was recorded on August 24, 1990
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ian-gillan/1990/central-studios-nottingham-england-13db8141.html
According to the Caramba tourography, on August 26 Ian actually played at Rock City in Nottingham.
April 7th, 2015 at 20:29Thanks to Perfect Purple for the info.