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Made in Europe is a 1976 live album released by Deep Purple, recorded on the final dates in April 1975 before Ritchie Blackmore left the group. It was released in November 1976, after the group had broken up. It is the band's third live album. They tried to gain the same success as they did with 1972's 'Made In Japan', hence the title, but it didn't perform as well commercially.
| Made in Europe | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | November 1976[1] | |||
| Recorded | 4 April 1975 in Graz, Austria, 5 April 1975 in Saarbrücken, Germany and 7 April 1975 in Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 45:47 | |||
| Label | EMI/Purple (UK) Warner Bros. (US) | |||
| Producer | Deep Purple & Martin Birch | |||
| Deep Purple live albums chronology | ||||
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Recording edit
Made in Europe features songs recorded in concert 4 April in Graz, Austria, 5 April in Saarbrücken, Germany, and 7 April 1975 at Palais des Sports in Paris, France with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. According to the liner notes included on Mk III: The Final Concerts, though, the material featured on Made in Europe came, for the most part, from the Saarbrücken show.[2] The album is said to have experienced extensive studio editing and/or overdubbing of crowd noise and applause.[citation needed] Certainly there is a tape-loop of applause, given away by a whistling fan during the last recording of Stormbringer.[original research?]
The songs featured on the album are from Deep Purple's Burn and Stormbringer albums.
In 1990, the album was remastered and re-released in the US by Metal Blade Records with distribution by Warner Bros.
This record, which had been out of print in the US, was re-released by Friday Music label on 31 July 2007 (along with Stormbringer and Come Taste the Band). While the label's website claims that the album has been digitally remastered, it is unclear which tapes were used as a source for this release.
The Graz and Paris concerts, of which some of the content for this release is sourced, have been released in full (for unexplained reasons, the drum solo from the Graz concert is missing) by Deep Purple (Overseas) Limited and Ear Music.[3][4]
In 2014, a "super deluxe" boxset of the album was announced, promising to contain the entire Saarbrücken show for the first time, as well as a new MK 3 documentary movie. However, as of July 2023, no news or updates have been made about its release.[5]
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Select |   [7] |
Track listing edit
All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale except where noted.
| No. | Title | Studio alb. | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Burn" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) | Burn (1974) | 7:32 |
| 2. | "Mistreated" (interpolating "Rock Me Baby)" (Joe Josea, B.B. King) | Burn (1974) | 11:32 |
| 3. | "Lady Double Dealer" | Stormbringer (1974) | 4:15 |
| No. | Title | Studio alb. | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "You Fool No One" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) | Burn (1974) | 16:42 |
| 5. | "Stormbringer" | Stormbringer (1974) | 5:38 |
Personnel edit
- Deep Purple
- Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
- David Coverdale – lead vocals
- Glenn Hughes – bass and vocals
- Jon Lord – Hammond organ and keyboards
- Ian Paice – drums
- Additional Personnel
- Produced by Deep Purple and Martin Birch
- Engineered by Mick Mckenna, Tapani Tapanainen and Martin Birch
- Mixed by Ian Paice and Martin Birch
Charts edit
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 10 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[9] | 12 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 19 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] | 32 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 25 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 12 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 148 |
References edit
- ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 210.
- ^ "Deep Purple live albums".
- ^ "Deep Purple – Live in Graz 1975". Amazon. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "DEEP PURPLE – Paris 1975". Amazon.
- ^ "Deep Purple / "Made in Europe" box – SuperDeluxeEdition".
- ^ Raiteri, Stephen. Made in Europe at AllMusic
- ^ Perry, Neil (October 1990). "The Original Purple Power". Select. No. 4. p. 129.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Deep Purple – Made in Europe" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Deep Purple".
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Deep Purple – Made in Europe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Deep Purple – Made in Europe". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Deep Purple Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2021.