Deep Purple – Last Concert In Japan [LP 1977]

Tracks

1. Burn (Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice) [7.05] from Burn
2. Love Child (Bolin, Coverdale) [4.44] from Come Taste The Band
3. You Keep On Moving (Coverdale, Hughes) [6.14] from Come Taste The Band
   
4. Wild Dogs (Tesar, Bolin) [6.04] from Tommy Bolin’s solo album Teaser
5. Lady Luck (Cook, Coverdale) [3.10] from Come Taste The Band
   
6. Smoke On The Water (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) [6.25] from Machine Head
7. Soldier Of Fortune (Blackmore, Coverdale) [2.21] from Stormbringer; snippet lifted from I Need Love and substituted for Georgia On My Mind
8. Woman From Tokyo instrumental (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) [4.02] from Who Do We Think We Are; actually just an excerpt from Jon Lord’s organ solo
9. Highway Star (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) [6.51] from Machine Head

Release information

LP: 1977, Purple Records (Japan), P-10370W
LP: 1978, Purple Records (South Africa), TPSJ (L) 3514 (Distributed by EMI)
CD: 1990, Warner Bros. Records, WPCP-4018

See Discogs for releases around the world.

This erratic live album, featuring Tommy Bolin was recorded on the 15th December 1975 at the Budokan in Tokyo and released in 1977. The album’s only redeeming features are the live versions of “Wild Dogs” and “Soldier Of Fortune”. I wouldn’t really recommended this album for the casual fan, rather try “On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat”, when Tommy was in much better form. The song order has been moved around for some obscure reason. See the actual set list below for comparison.

Parts of the concert were released on video as Rises Over Japan in 1985.

In September 2001 This Time Around – Live in Tokyo was released which featured the complete concert.

Rises Over Japan

Tracks

1. Burn
2. Love Child
3. Smoke On The Water
4. You Keep On Moving
5. Highway Star

Set List

1. Burn
   
2. Lady Luck
   
3. Love Child
   
4. Gettin’ Tighter
   
5. Smoke On The Water including snippet from Georgia On My Mind sung by Glenn Hughes
6. Wild Dogs
7. I Need Love
   
8. Soldier Of Fortune
9. Jon Lord Solo which included snippets from Woman From Tokyo, Bach’s Toccata in Dm and Beethoven’s Für Elise
10. Lazy including a Drum Solo from Ian Paice
11. This Time Around / Owed to G
12. Tommy Bolin Solo
13. Drifter
    
14. You Keep On Moving
    
15. Stormbringer
16. Highway Star

Musicians

• David Coverdale: vocals
• Tommy Bolin: guitar, vocals on “Wild Dogs”
• Jon Lord: keyboards
• Glenn Hughes: bass, vocals
• Ian Paice: drums