A marathon pounding of ‘Space Truckin’ closes their set. A masterclass drum solo from Ian highlights why he is revered by so many. A breathtaking lengthy keys intro is followed by Ritchie dishing out some lengthy warp speed runs up the neck of his Strat, climaxing in a sumptuous blues midsection. ‘You Fool No One’ and ‘The Mule’ are introduced as “Two songs in one” as the instrumental wizardry of the band is put to the test. The verses are shared but there is an annoying, seemingly improvised Glenn vocal near the end before David takes over to bellow the finish. A few teasing licks from Ritchie lead to the crowd going wild when he hits that main riff. An early showing of ‘Smoke On The Water’ follows a poignant spoken intro from Jon introducing David and Glenn to the audience. Ritchie’s solo precedes Ian driving the song to a shattering close with a shared Glenn/David emotional outro vocal. David’s tour de force lead vocal and facial expressions see him lost in the song. The big hitters arrive with a gargantuan ‘Mistreated’ as the camera annoyingly is behind Ritchie during his intro solo. The heavy dynamics of ‘Lay Down, Stay Down’ sees Ian covering every inch of his kit with Ritchie peeling off a seemingly effortless solo. ![]() Glenn once again provides glass shattering backing vocals. The pace is brought down by the heavy blues of ‘Might Just Take Your Life’ which sounds like it could of been the catalyst for ‘Lie Down’ by Whitesnake. Ritchie actually smiles before ripping into his solo with Jon dishing out some gbh on his keys. David owns the song, belting it out with gusto and holding long notes for the refrain of “Burn” but the higher notes hit by Glenn draw huge audience cheers. An estimated attendance of two hundred and fifty thousand were treated to a ninety minute set of Purple classics with a rampant ‘Burn’ kicking proceedings off with a rainbow backdrop which may have given Ritchie the inspiration for the one he used a few years later when he formed Rainbow. To be honest I was never a fan of the David Coverdale/Glenn Hughes era of Deep Purple back in the day but my blinkered youthful naivety from well over thirty five years ago has been changed by this recent DVD release from The previous line up with Ian Gillan at the vocal helm always ticked the right boxes but the bluesier tones from Coverdale backed by the banshee screams of Hughes never seemed to gel but their headlining set from the California Jam on April 6th 1974 shows that onstage, they were a formidable force to be reckoned with.Īdd to that the jaw dropping drumming from Ian Paice, the over the top assault on the Hammond organ from Jon Lord and the six string heroics from Ritchie Blackmore, it is an almost a perfect gig.
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