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spotlight dad wrote:

saw this when in New York earlier in the week, at first thought a bootleg but is an official release. didn't procure as I can't play US discs on my player. Having searched the internet may be a US only release for now going by the ads/reviews.

Anyone viewed yet, gives hope that perhaps the other DP show which was filmed might see the light of day sometime.

Cheers

Peter

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purpletemple wrote:

Gillan sounds as good as he could sound back in 85

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purpletemple wrote:

I have a Paris 85 gig on audio cd, and if the sound is good bootleg quality, the performance is quite good. Gillan sounds as good as he could sound back in 85, and Blackmore's sound is loud and clear.
I think there are many sources available for that Paris gig.

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purpletemple wrote:

I have a Paris 85 gig on audio cd, and if the sound is good bootleg quality, the performance is quite good. Gillan sounds as good as he could sound back in 85, and Blackmore's sound is loud and clear.
I think there are many sources available for that Paris gig.

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The Paris gig in question was filmed for TV. They did a sloppy job both sound- and picturewise.

But...It wasn't just the TV guys who did a sloppy job that night. Blackmore was far from what we were used to (and far from what he bacame after Gillan's return in '92), and his guitarsound at the time was bloody awful. Gillan had a cold (surprise!!), and his performance that night was far from his usual standards. Jon Lord was good, but his hammondsound in the eighties was just as awful as the guitarsound Blackmore had. Lord said in interviews later that, during the eighties, he tried to make his Hammond sound like a synth. He couldn't explain why, but admitted that it was a stupid move. When Morse joined, he got Lord to move closer to his 70's sound. A very wise move!

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