The band has announced a new Super Deluxe Edition of the landmark release, due out August 15 – exactly 53 years after the first performance was recorded.
Originally intended as a Japan-only release, this double live album became a surprise global phenomenon: released in the U.K. in December 1972 and in the U.S. the following March, “Made in Japan” went platinum in America and several European countries.
Singer Ian Gillan, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, bassist Roger Glover, and drummer Ian Paice – Deep Purple’s famed Mk II lineup – turned studio staples like “Smoke On The Water,” “Highway Star,” and “Space Truckin’” into explosive live statements.
“We came halfway around the world and found the audience singing every word. It was magical,” Glover recalls in the collection’s liner notes.
The band enlisted engineer Martin Birch – who had worked on several of their best-known studio albums – to record the shows to eight-track tape at Festival Hall in Osaka and the Budokan in Tokyo. The performances on “Made in Japan (Super Deluxe Edition)” capture Deep Purple at full throttle, powering through songs from their then-new album “Machine Head”, along with fan favorites like “Child In Time,” “Strange Kind Of Woman,” and “Speed King.”
“Made in Japan (Super Deluxe Edition)” features new stereo and Dolby ATMOS mixes of the original by acclaimed producer Steven Wilson, all three concerts newly remixed by Richard Digby Smith, and several rare single edits – including the German version of “Black Night” and the Mexican edit of “Space Truckin’.”
Wilson harnesses the raw energy of the original tapes in his new stereo and Atmos mixes.
“It’s all completely as it happened on the night,” he says. “The album has a power and sense of abandon that they never quite captured in the studio. Hopefully this new mix makes it feel even more like you’re there.”
A 2LP black vinyl version of Steven Wilson remixes will be available on August 15 and October 3 in the U.S., Canada, and Japan at select independent record stores; the digital companion will be available everywhere on August 15.
“Made in Japan (Super Deluxe Edition)” will be released as a 5CD/Blu-ray set, while a 10LP black vinyl edition will be available exclusively from deeppurple.com and Rhino.com.
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