''Live in California 74'' is a live

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of the first

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concert performance from

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released in 2005. It was recorded and aired live by ABC-TV on 6 April 1974 at the

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near Los Angeles, California. This concert was one of the first ever music concerts issued on videotape and laser disc in 1981 under the title ''

'' in

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and

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. This is the first official release on DVD of the complete concert. "Lay Down, Stay Down" was not included on the original video release. The camera angles are also different from the original 1981 release, from which two songs are provided as bonus items. The first four songs are from the newly released album ''

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''. Other songs are from the '' Made in Japan'' setlist. "

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" and also " Lazy" and " The Mule", which are played as intro and outro during "You Fool No One". Deep Purple continued to perform concerts worldwide, including an appearance at the 1974 'California Jam', a televised concert festival that also included many other prominent bands. At the moment Deep Purple were due to appear,

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locked himself in his dressing room and refused to go onstage. Previous performers had finished early, and it was still not

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, the time at which the band had originally been scheduled to start. Blackmore felt this would dull the effect of the band's light show. After

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brought in a sheriff to arrest him, Blackmore agreed to perform. At the culmination of the performance, he destroyed several of his

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and threw one of his

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stacks off the edge of the stage. He also struck one of the ABC cameras five times with a guitar and, in recorded footage, can be seen arranging for his road crew to set off a

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device in one of his amplifiers, creating a large fireball that was quickly extinguished. The band quickly exited the venue by

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, avoiding fire marshals,

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and ABC executives.

Track listing

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" - 1:27 #"

" (

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Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only member ...

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) - 7:30 #"

Might Just Take Your Life Might may refer to: * ''might'', one of the English modal verbs * "Might", a song by Modest Mouse from their 1996 album ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About'' * ''Might'' magazine, a magazine founded by American author D ...

" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) - 5:54 #" Lay Down, Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) - 5:11 #" Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) - 12:12 #"

" (Blackmore,

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, Lord, Paice) - 8:54 #" You Fool No One" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) - 19:07 #"

" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 25:39

Bonus tracks

#"Burn" - 8:21 #"Might Just Take Your Life" - 5:02

Archive preview

Live in Concert 72/73 #" Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:27

Personnel

;Deep Purple *

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* Glenn Hughes: bass,

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: organ,

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Accolades

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Certifications

References

External links

Live At The California Jam 1974 Review
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