''Live in Paris 1975'' is a

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by the English

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, recorded in 1975 at the

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in Paris. It was meant to be released before the 1975 ''

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'' album, but was not released until 2001 by Purple Records. In early 1975, the

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Ritchie Blackmore recorded his first album, '' Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'' with Rainbow and decided to leave Deep Purple. This made the band's show in Paris on 7 April 1975 a historic moment in their long career, marking Blackmore's final appearance with the band until the band reformed in 1984. The set took in tracks from '' Burn'', '' Stormbringer'' and ''

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''/'' Made in Japan'', and featured the band's Mk III line up for the last time. It was also the last time Deep Purple ever played the songs "The Gypsy", "Lady Double Dealer", "Mistreated" and "You Fool No One" live, though Rainbow and

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have played "Mistreated" in concert, and Whitesnake has played "Lady Double Dealer" on their early concerts. In 2012, a double CD entitled ''Paris 1975'' was released. This has the same tracks, with an added near-half-hour interview with Coverdale, Hughes and Paice, but there is an edit on the introduction of "Burn" (minus 1 minute)

Track listing

;Disc One #" Burn" ( Ritchie Blackmore,

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, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 9:46 #"Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 5:12 #" The Gypsy" (Blackmore, Coverdale,

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, Lord, Paice) – 6:11 #"Lady Double Dealer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:35 #" Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 12:49 #" Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 11:10 #"

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" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice) – 19:30 ;Disc Two #

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" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 21:21 #"Going Down" ( Don Nix) – 5:19 #" Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 11:33 ;2003 & 2008 Japanese Papersleeve Release ;;Disc One #"Introduction"　 – 1:54 #"Burn" (Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 7:50 #"Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 5:12 #"The Gypsy" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 6:11 #"Lady Double Dealer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:35 #"Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 12:49 #"Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 11:10 #"You Fool No One" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice) – 13:30 ;Disc Two #

"Space Truckin'" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 21:21 #"Going Down" (Don Nix) – 5:19 #"Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 11:33 ;2012 Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series ;;Disc One #"Burn" (Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 8:37 #"Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 5:15 #"The Gypsy" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 6:08 #"Lady Double Dealer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:26 #"Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 12:57 #"Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 10:23 #"You Fool No One" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice) – 19:27 ;;Disc Two #

"Space Truckin'" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 21:24 #"Going Down" (Don Nix) – 5:17 #"Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 11:35 #"1975 Interview With David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes & Ian Paice" – 23:19

Personnel

;Deep Purple * Ritchie Blackmore –

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–

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–

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, lead vocals,

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* Jon Lord –

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, backing vocals * Ian Paice –

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References

External links

*http://www.purplerecords.net *http://www.deep-purple.net/review-files/paris75/paris75.htm {{Deep Purple 1975 live albums Deep Purple live albums