Beethoven's Ninth - Deep Purple, Beethoven, Ludwig v
Knocking at Your Back Door
Anyone's Daughter
Child in Time
Anya
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
The Battle Rages On
Lazy
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Deep Purple, Grieg, Edvard
Space Truckin'
Woman from Tokyo
Paint It Black - Deep Purple, Jagger, Mick
Speed King
Hush - Deep Purple, South, Joe
Smoke on the Water
Track Listings (9) - Disc #3
Highway Star
Black Night
Talk About Love
A Twist in the Tale
Perfect Strangers
Beethoven - Deep Purple, Beethoven, Ludwig v
Jon's Keyboard Solo - Deep Purple, Lord, Jon
Knocking at Your Back Door
Anyone's Daughter
Track Listings (9) - Disc #4
Child in Time
Anya
The Battle Rages On
Lazy & Drum Solo
Space Truckin'
Woman from Tokyo
Paint It Black - Deep Purple, Jagger, Mick
Hush [*] - Deep Purple, South, Joe
Smoke on the Water [*]
Deep Purple Live In Europe 1993 is 4 CD set featuring a collection of live tracks recorded at the Birmingham NEC & in Stuttgart during the 1993 'Mark II' line-up 25th Anniversary Tour which due to tensions led to the t... more »our being dissolved before they even made it out of Europe! Includes the song's 'Knockin? At Your Back Door', 'Talk About Love' and 'Smoke On The Water'. BMG. 2005.« less
Deep Purple Live In Europe 1993 is 4 CD set featuring a collection of live tracks recorded at the Birmingham NEC & in Stuttgart during the 1993 'Mark II' line-up 25th Anniversary Tour which due to tensions led to the tour being dissolved before they even made it out of Europe! Includes the song's 'Knockin? At Your Back Door', 'Talk About Love' and 'Smoke On The Water'. BMG. 2005.
CD Reviews
Purple at their Best!
J. Bartek | Ohio, USA | 03/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Here it is, finally after all these years someone took the inicative to properly released one of the greatest live Deep Purple sets! Two complete shows from their 25th anniversay tour, and it was as if the classic line up of Gillan, Glover, Blackmore,Lord, and Paice had never been apart...The sound is crisp and clear, and they never miss a beat! The Stuttgart show is the real gem here with Blackmore on fire! the entire band is right on for this show from the opening of 'Highway Star' to the closing of 'Smoke on the Water'the band is tight, never miss a beat! the solo's in Anya stand out as one of Ritchie's greatest performances. The band run through a number of classics, a few from the 84 reunion, as well as the then latest release, 'The Battle Rages On'. The second show from the NEC in Birmingham, picks up where the Stuttart show finishes...another great show. If there is a gripe about this show is, this is the show with the infamous water tossing incident, where Ritchie didn't show up on stage till just about his solo in 'Highway Star'...Jon Lord does an outstanding job on the keyboards keeping the enthusiasm while Ritchie is 'missing in action'. Once he appears, the band is tight and sound great. It is a pleasure to hear 'Anyone's Daughter' live, as this was never done live in their heydays in the 70's. If there is one gripe about the setlist its that 'Strange Kind of Woman' is missing from both shows, and the booklet explains why....No matter how much internal fighting there was offstage, it is pure magic onstage! This set is a must for Deep Purple fans, and even the casual Purple fan. BUY this set, you WON'T be disappointed!!!!!"
The Stuttgart Show is worth the price alone!!!
Jeremy A. Davito | Sugar Grove, Illinois | 06/28/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'll admit it; I'm narrow-minded. I am a HUGE Deep Purple fan, and have collected music and video from Mk. 1 to Mk......what version are we on now? I lost track....anyway, to me, Deep Purple is the Mk. 2 version...to me, Deep Purple isn't the same without Ritchie Blackmore & Ian Gillan.
That being said, and being a huge Rainbow/Blackmore's night fan as well, I was royally pissed when I listened to the NEC show first. Both of the Ian's, Jon & Roger were kicking butt, but Ritchie must have been asleep....he played what he had to to keep the show going, but nothing more. It was a below-average Deep Purple show. Sound is great, songs are great, but don't expect anything from Ritchie you haven't heard before better.
Then I put on the Stuttgart show.
I am contemplating replacing my entire stereo system because 130 watts per channel isn't enough to do justice to the Stuttgart show. It's the complete opposite of the NEC show....everyone is in absolute top form, and Ritchie & Jon absolutely SHRED. There are moments where Blackmore just goes off into space, and the band follows as usual...and then comes back roaring and tearing, but so intensely that you think you're listening to them in 1972, not 1993. Actually, I'd say even MORE than the old days, particularly on "Anya". The Stuttgart show is an excellent swan song for the Blackmore era Purple. And the liner notes are great, too. This is NOT a redone version of "Come Hell Or High Water"....THAT CD is a brutally chopped up version of this disc. The guitar passage before "Smoke" is way longer, and I'm not gonna get into the rest.....if you are a Purple /Rainbow/Blackmore fan, this is a MUST-HAVE set. Forget the NEC show....Put the Stuttgart show on and make the volume so loud your ears bleed!"
Stuttgart '93...a magical night.
Micaloneus | the Cosmos | 03/12/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The 16th of October 1993 will go down in Deep Purple history as the "classic" lineups last GREAT live recording. It's all there. The magical performance, the great sound quality and the amazing crowd. These two discs from Stuttgart, Germany are worth the price alone, which is a good thing because the other concert (discs 3 & 4) from Birmingham, England is already out in DVD form. What a waste. Even though it's a solid show, the taped concert from Munich just prior to Stuttgart was a much, much better concert. Oh well. It still gets a big 5 stars for Stuttgart alone. If you're a DP fan you must hear this magical night in Germany.
DEEP PURPLE:
Ian Gillan - Vocal
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Jon Lord - Keyboards
Roger Glover - Bass
Ian Paice - Drums
Long live Deep Purple!
"
Like night and day...
Isaac Salapa | Harrisburg | 08/30/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"That's what I thought of this set. The NEC show is definitely not up to standards, mostly because of Ritchie. He sounds uninterested and occasionally just stops playing in parts of songs. Doesn't even start playing until his Highway Star solo. Parts are pretty good, particulary Knocking at Your Back Door and Perfect Strangers, but overall the show suffers from Ritchie's lack of interest.
But then there's the Stuttgart show. Something must have gotten into everybody for this one, because it just rocks. Even Gillan's screaming on Child in Time is pretty decent, considering that this is 1993, not 1973. The soloing is fantastic from everyone, especially Ritchie, and the crowd is more into it for the Stuttgart show. Funny side note: during Speed King, Ritchie starts to fool around with the Burn riff, and he and Jon go into a neat 30 second jam that gets a good reaction from the crowd, but probably not Gillan. Another funny side note: Jon does something really weird and discordant (intentional?) during the second verse of Smoke on the Water that prompts Gillan to sing "...funky Claude was running in an'--that was pretty awful!..." before going back into the rest of the verse.
The NEC show is worth a listen or two, but Stuttgart is what really makes the set worth owning."
Historic Recording
Arnoldo Mendes Neto | Curitiba, Paraná Brazil | 08/09/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This CD does not show anything different from 'Come Hell and High Water` - the only difference is Ritchie Blackmore's participation which is better. On Come Hell... we feel his lack of enthusiasm and here on 'Live in Europe` he is still on the mood for playing with Deep Purple.
The songs are great and it is a must have for any hard core fan."
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1