''Phoenix Rising'' (subtitled "''Coverdale • Hughes • Bolin • Paice • Lord''") is a combo CD/DVD live album by the Mark IV line-up of

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, released in May 2011. It includes rare live tracks from Mk IV history, '' Rises Over Japan'', a (30 minute) concert film directed by Tony Klinger, ''Gettin' Tighter'', an 80-minute new music documentary about the band's 1975/1976 tour, and some extras.

Overview

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'' in 1977 and the whole concert was issued in 2001 as '' This Time Around: Live in Tokyo''. The footage was shot professionally with multiple cameras on

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film. Despite this, for many years only very poor quality bootleg copies from an obscure Japanese VHS release circulated among fans and collectors. Finally, after over 36 years the concert was restored from the original 31 minute print and released as a bonus feature on the "''Deep Purple: Phoenix Rising''"

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in 2011, complete with the original stereo sound mix and a new 5.1 surround sound mix. In May 2012, "''Phoenix Rising''" won German Leserwahl award as the Best Music Blu-ray.

Track listing

CD and 2LP

;''The Official Soundtrack and More – Rare Live Tracks from MKIV History'' (digitally remastered in 2011) # "Burn" – 8:09 (Longbeach) # "Getting Tighter" – 15:04 (Japan) # "Love Child" – 4:23 (Japan) # " Smoke on the Water" (including " Georgia") – 9:29 (Japan) #

" Lazy" (includes drum solo) – 11:41 (Japan) # " Homeward Strut" – 5:44 (Longbeach) # "You Keep on Moving" – 5:44 (Japan) # "Stormbringer" – 9:49 (Longbeach) * Tracks recorded in Japan are taken from the album '' This Time Around: Live in Tokyo'' * Tracks recorded in Longbeach are taken from the album '' King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert''

DVD and Blu-Ray

;''Deep Purple Rises Over Japan'' (30 minute concert) # " Burn" ( Ritchie Blackmore,

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, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) # "Love Child" ( Tommy Bolin, Coverdale) # " Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) # " You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Hughes) # " Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) ;''Gettin' Tighter'' (The untold story of the 1975/1976 MKIV World Tour) (80 minute music documentary) ;''Extras'' ;;

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, December 1975 – Interview with Jon Lord & Glenn Hughes ;;

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– Electronic Press Kit

Personnel

;Deep Purple * Tommy Bolin - Guitar, vocals *

- Lead vocals *

- Bass, vocals * Jon Lord - Keyboards, organ, backing vocals * Ian Paice - Drums, percussion

Charts

External links

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