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Purple aiming for #1 – with your help
Made In Japan is currently #2 in a new Greatest Live Albums Of All Time poll at British music magazine NME.
Why don’t we all pull together to make it #1 – and bump Muse off that spot?
Worth a try while we wait for the new one… Cast your vote now.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
How the hell did Muse reach number 1 in the first place? Made In Japan was, is and will always be the best live album ever recorded!
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:12So vote for it! 🙂
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:14I have! And shared this so all my friends who love Deep Purple can vote too!
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:17MIJ =#1, Live at Leeds = #2
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:21Made In Japan, o melhor album ao vivo… demais !!!
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:29Done, and I also put it on Facebook for at least my friends to see.
April 23rd, 2013 at 21:30made in japan gets ny vote every time. nothing has come even close since. 5 guys at the top of their game. simple.
April 23rd, 2013 at 23:38When “That Metal Show” did the same, Made in Japan didn’t even make the list–in favor of the usual triteness. That is to be expected from the co-hosts, but Eddie Trunk usually has more sense.
April 24th, 2013 at 02:38Let’s see, we care where MIJ places in a pole where the MUZE holds 2 of the top 3 positions, while at the same time we don’t care whether or not they are inducted into the RRHOF?????
Man how wide spread and fickle can folks be on what is and isn’t important regarding Purple recognition?
Ch-BeerZ?!
April 24th, 2013 at 02:57Vote early…and vote often…
April 24th, 2013 at 03:00Whilst you’re there scoring MIJ as a 10, rating the two Muse albums as a 1 or a 2 would help bring down their average.
April 24th, 2013 at 07:59MIJ is completely 100% live…you’d be surprised to learn how many of the so called great “Live” albums have been repaired and overdubbed.
Voted and shared, lets make sure it makes No 1
April 24th, 2013 at 08:09I voted for Made In Japan with gusto but had the Olympia show from 96 been up there I would have voted that ahead of MIJ, for all its rawness and power MIJ is brilliant but the 96 official bootleg just sounds better.
April 24th, 2013 at 08:57I love “made in Europe” too…Muse…can’t stand the singer! Blah!
April 24th, 2013 at 09:09…….. I am also of the opinion that “Made in Japan” is the best live album ever in the category of rock music. But also I love Rainbows “On Stage”.
April 24th, 2013 at 12:34Who and what is “Muse?” Must be something special to be above MIJ. MIJ with no doubt should be #1 and MIE a close #2!
April 24th, 2013 at 14:19Done my bit and voted. Surprised that Uriah Heep’s live in ’73, Skynyrds One From The Road and Lizzy’s Live (well almost) and Dangerous aren’t in there.
April 24th, 2013 at 18:32Jim #13
April 24th, 2013 at 18:35Olympia is a great album but it doesn’t compare to MIJ (not for me anyway) although I must admit that Cascades and WABMC are worthy of inclusion on any DP live album.
Hmmm. Let’s start our own pole about live albums. I did vote for MiJ, which is indeed one of my favorite all time live albums. That era was a gold mine for live albums. I’ve commented on MIJ in past threads (you’ll have to root through the archives) – just an amazing no-holds-barred balls-out take-no-prisoners monster of a live album.
So Just believe me when I say its my fave live album of all time – and Nobody’s Perfect isn’t. (A SOTW singalong is fun when I’m in the audience, but not so much on an album. And I’d rather see them kick ass than have a singalong. Nuff said.)
But! Even though DP has the #1 spot, there are some very deserving live albums not considerd in the survey. Probably because the bands involved aren’t popular or accessable to most of today’s audience. These albums all have a “reserved” space on my ipad.
So, in the name of diversity, I offer the following:
– Yes “Yessongs”. Talented, musical, interesting, sophisticated. Try as i might, I can find nothing weak about this album.
– ELP “Welcome Back My Friends to theshow that never ends…”. Pretentious. Yes! Questionable sound quality. Yes! Overdubs. No! Impressive because of the talent and their daring to just do what they wanted to do. At their best the music is powerful (end of Tarkus), at their worst just boring twiddle (take a pebble).
– Genesis “Seconds Out”. Yes, its Genesis without Gabriel. But Hacket is still there, the sound quality is excellent and the music spans almost all of the interesting genesis material. Supper’s ready is my fave.
– Gentle Giant. “Playing the Fool”. A great document of the band at their peak – daunting, interesting and fun. Imagine if Blackmore could have a band this good – they might be interesting. (Apologies in advance for those of you that like his current stuff. Afraid it just bores me. Sigh.)
– Humble Pie. Side 4 of “Eat it”. Love it for this version of Up My Sleeve.
– Pink Floyd “Meddler”. A boot. Great sound. Great playing. Great tone.
So, yes, this is a DP forum. And we often discuss/argue the finer points of life. This is an attempt to ‘out’ our other vices.
April 25th, 2013 at 00:18Perhaps this will do to pass the time until Now What?! hits my ipad.
Deep Purple deserves Rock n’ Roll HOF status on the basis of Made in Japan alone!
April 25th, 2013 at 02:17Also no On Your Feet Or On Your Knees and Some Enchanted Evening by Blue Öyster Cult or UFO’s Stranger in the Night.
April 25th, 2013 at 04:12To me these are the Beast/Best
April 26th, 2013 at 08:571 Deep Purple-Made In Japan
2 UFO Strangers In The Night
3 Humble Pies-Rockin’ The Filmore
4 Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More For/From The Road
5 Ten Years After- Recorded Live
6 Iron Maiden Live After Death
7 Rush, is it worth considering some of their live material?
MADE IN JAPAN #1 Now and until the end of eternity. Enough Said.
April 29th, 2013 at 02:23@23. Not really. Come on. Share.
April 29th, 2013 at 12:44Muse disappeared. MIJ now top.
September 21st, 2013 at 16:261. Deep Purple – Made In Japan Current Rating: 9.95
2. Pink Floyd – Pulse Current Rating: 7.52
3. The Who – Live At Leeds Current Rating: 7.25
4. Iron Maiden – Live After Death Current Rating: 7.04
5. Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same Current Rating: 6.89
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd – One More From The Road Current Rating: 6.88
7. Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous Current Rating: 6.77
8. Tom Waits – Glitter And Doom Live Current Rating: 6.47
9. Motorhead – No Sleep Til Hammersmith Current Rating: 6.39
10. Queen – Live At Wembley Stadium Current Rating: 6.21