straight from Ian Paice. Ian got the inspiration for his drum track on the Mule from Ringo Starr on Tomorrow Never Knows and just added his rolls which is on the studio version. Ringo is one of Ian's favorite drummers. cheers
You can hear how much Ian respects the classic jazz drummers like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa - this is not a 'typical' rock drum solo, but far more complex and rich. The absolute master.
The greatest live album ever and no overdubs at all, recorded by Martin Birch just as it happened. Five outstanding musicians at the top of their game all at the same time.
This live version from "Made in Japan" was the first time I ever heard "Smoke on the Water" back in the 1970s and for me it is still THE definitive and very best version of the song. Absolutely superb!. And as for "The Mule" -what a drummer Ian Paice is! Enough said.
Agree re Smoke on the Water. I am no fan of most drum solos, and I confess I prefer the Fireball original of The Mule. But, that said, Ian's solo here is about as brilliant as they come in the heavy rock genre - it showcases how great a drummer he is.
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The end of "Smoke....." is a great battle between Blackmore and Lord. More than 50 years have passed and it is still the best live album in the history of hard-rock.
Fireball, one of the most underrated albums. Fools is on that album one of the best songs ever written and recorded by Deep Purple. Highly recommended for a first listen.
@@CB-xr1eg he does but in the background, before Ian speaks Ritchie says the words. Sequence: Ian Gillan: "yeah everything up here....please.. and a bit more monitor if you've got it?..........Ah" Ritchie Blackmore (low in mix) "can we have everything louder than everything else?" Ian Gillan "yeah, can he have everything louder than everything else........ right.... ha ha..."
You can hear it first just before Jimi Hendrix comes on stage at the Isle of Wight festival, that might have been Lemmy, he did roadie for Jimi for a while!👍
Jon Lord is why I became a Purple fan over heavier metal or say Zep. That combination of rock and Hammond organ just spoke to me like nothing else in the genre.
In my opinion what made Deep Purple work so well was the heavy sound that Lord got out of that organ and his ability to use it to make the rhythm section cook and matching Ritchie solo for solo.
With how many times I have heard the song, the hi hats are almost the only reason I don't skip it. Just so great and dynamic. Roger's bass tone here also helps.
Never Metal! English Hard Rock with a drummer who 'Swings' the beat at every opportunity. Melodic, dynamic, blues, classical and experimental but never Metal!
@vladimirvelikov8115 I guess chilli was part of a salad before curry was invented. To me, the definitive Deep Purple track is Lazy (MIJ), so I focus on how far from Metal that is
Yeah, “Swiss time was running out”, my favourite line. “The Mule” is one of my favourite drum solos. Ian Pace is absolutely relentless, effectively he’s soloing from the get go!
Fun facts! Jon Lord played his Hammond organ through Hi-Watt amps and his RMI electric piano through Leslies. It certainly gave him a unique sound! Also, Ian Paice is a left-handed drummer. So technically, all of your air drumming was going in the wrong direction this time! 😉 Great fun, Doug. Thanks! Hope you get your shaker back in working order soon!
All the big bands of the seventies had very long drum solos. It was indeed the smoking, drinking part of the show for the rest of the band. This also worked for radio DJs. John Bonham's Moby Dick was famous for this.
First, if you’re going to play along with Deep Purple on keyboards, grab a B3 patch and play parallel fifths. Second, analyze the syncopation of the melody. The first phase is on the beat, the second is syncopated, 3rd is on, and the final phrase is syncopated again. It’s almost like a Latin rhythm in that way. And yes, this is THE version of the song.
Being an old git, I've both "Made in Japan" and the "Machine Head" on vinyl. The gatefold of "Machine Head" has photographs of the fire, the set up in the closed Grand Hotel where they recorded and Claude Nobs ("aka Funky Claude"). As well as "pulling kids out of the ground" Claude walked the casino's owner's elderly mother out. She was the last one out and hadn't been aware of the fire until Claude came and got her.
Really glad you're gradually doing the whole album Doug. My favourite side (3) is coming next! I don't think they're are many live albums that give a genuine impression of just how ridiculously loud it would've been. This one does. This was Deep Purple at their best. Now if only I could get a time machine...
A lot of people don't realise that at the time this was recorded , August 1972 in Japan , the band regarded it just as an album track . It was not until FM DJs in America started playing both versions on radio that it became a hit . Guitar shop owners hate it . 🙂 Ritchie had the last laugh .
Seen mark 4 version of them in Pittsburgh mid 70s. They rocked with Tommy Bolin whowasdefinitelyon topofhisgame. Ian Paice drum solo lit up the place. Jon Lord was rockin' the organ. Epic show.
Same sentiments here. I love great musicianship in all shapes and forms but certain expressions of it don't always grab my attention. That's the time to head to the loo or a quick breather outside. Also to avoid hearing the obligatory "woooh! from someone in the crowd, just because it's a drum/guitar solo... 🙂 But yes, Paice's work on his drum kit is something I do sit through with pleasure.
Thanx Doug for reacting and analyzing side two of Made In Japan by Deep Purple!!!! One of my fave live albums along with Yessongs and Frampton Comes Alive. This great album showed that Deep Purple were not just very loud and noisy ruffians but were very talented musicians.
Made a pilgrimage to Montreaux from Geneva by train just to see the Casino , the Grand Hotel and the lake shoreline where this iconic song conceptualized 😇
With all due respect to all the fine musicians who have gone through DP through the years, DP mark 2 is the one who set my teenage loins aflame. And still does, though the song "Burn" scorches as well. God, listen to Ian's interpolations; he's what David Lee Roth wanted to be (IMHO).
Yeeeeiiiii Deep Purple... and masterpiece Made in Japan.... very good reactions and comments... I want to see the reaction on space trucking.... Last Part, maybe 4th
Of course “Smoke on the Water” is a great and famous song - especially this live version 👍"The Mule" is a long drum solo. I usually skip this track unless I'm in the mood for it.
Back when I was a young album collector, it wasn't unusual for bands to release songs with drum solos, or at least the types of bands I listen to. I set out one day, being ambitious, to listen to all the drum solos I had and decide which was the best. John Bonham was in the mix, and Clive Bunker who only the really old farts will remember. But Ian's solo on this live album beat them all, by out-beating them all. Like other keen commenters here, I have to point out Ian's jazz influence, which he used to great effect for the band. But he was a rock drummer, and really, really good at it. Still is, I hear.
As I mention I don't have much tolerance for drum solos, but my favorite is in In-a-Gadda-da-Vida mainly because it is melodic and effectively transitions to the quiet section of organ & guitar solos.
I got my copy of this album from my older brothers, it came pre loaded with a couple minor scratches that caused skips in a couple places. Even the cassette tape copies I had, had a few skips on it. It's always disturbed me to hear those parts without the skip. "Everything a little louder than everything else" is something I would always say to sound guys when my band was doing checks. To let them know I wasn't really with these guys (the hair metal band I was in at the time). As a drummer, listening to The Mule is a religious experience. I've always thought of Asimov's Foundation when I hear it. 🤘🧙♂🤘
Ah, so I'm not the only one associating it to the Foundation! I never checked up the lyrics but has always wondered if it actually was referring to Foundation.
19:23 Ian Gillan tends to tell stories like that from the early days, when Ian, Ritch and Jon all had solo spots (we'll talk about that again after Side4) - like when he nearly wasn’t let back in again into a venue, or that he supposedly would meet *cough* some girls during the performance, supposedly one time without leaving the stage (that had a covered up grand piano)..... For the full band instrumentals, he always had a pair of (un-mic'ed) congas on stage... But sure, drum solos without the rest of the band on stage happen in every rock concert, or not?
Nice to see with some one with musical education taking in and appreciating classic music from some of rocks beginnings. Hard to believe that all people have not heard all of what you have been reacting to. Im a 59 year old having been born in '65 who, as long as i can remember has never not heard any of this. Glad to see you discovering all of this. Gives me a very emotional feeling seeing people find and love it just as i and many others do. Whats amazing even more is that alot of the musicians you react to have had little or no training and some cant read or write music properly like a schooled person such as yourself.
Paicey always had a small drum kit. Fireball was the seecond album I bought back in 1971, of course the studio version doesn't have the drum solo. It's a brilliant solo from such a small kit. One of the best drum solos ever, yes there are other brilliant solos of the time until Neil Peart took things in a whole different direction
Still brilliant. I bought the album on release and still have it. I also bought a 180g release a few years ago but the original still sounds great. Look after your vinyl folks!
Are you aware that every time you use the shaker, the volume on the song goes down? Then it goes back up when stop using the shaker. BTW, Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands when I was a teenager. I am 73 now and I still listen to Deep Purple.
"The Mule" is my favourite early Deep Purple Song. The Studio version (without the drum solo) i prefer even more, because it is more concentrated on tha great proggy-psychedelic harmonies. But anyway that song (maybe the entire album album fireball) shows the huge variety of Deep Purple. They are not just hard rock. They are like Led Zeppelin or Jethro Tull so much more than that, maybe concentrated on hard rock. But when you listen to songs like "The Mule", or "Fools" or "Anyone's Daughter" you have three different styles of music and all great. To say something about "Smoke on the Water" in these early times: It is quite interesting wich role that song played in the setlists. It is included not as a final song, not as the geratest hit, wich is everyone waiting for like nowadays. It is played just somewere in the show! I have another record from 1972 (from Denmark) at home. I think "Machine Head" was not out at that time, but they played "Highway Star" as opener and they also included "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'", so they definitely wanted to promote the album. But the one track that's missing... yeah "Smoke On The Water". They didn't even include it to the setlist! So it's interesting how Deep Purple didn't believe in that song.
Interesting to see what Doug is gonna like about space truckin on that Made in Japan album, it’s nearly a 20min long. Drum solos are almost always included in Deep Purple concert. Nor for sure was there drum solos in 1968 but at least 1969 it was and probably since then it’s been included almost every concert.
Deep Purple's Jon Lord developed The Beast! a Hammond organ played through Marshal stacks, so that it had as fast and aggressive an attack as a guitar. So with DP it is not so easy to know who is actually playing what. I have seen a video about that.
Ever since custom ringtones became possible I made this my default. I have never had anything other than smiles at all of my business meetings for about 20 years. Everyone knows it and everyone likes it.
Oh this brings back memories of buying this in the early 80's, one of the best live albums of all time. There playing this autumn and if I can afford it I will be going to the Manchester gig. Seeing Nick Mason next month and saw Mr R Plant last month so turning into a year of grates still going. A band I hoped you would come back to are Babymetal but I'm going to suggest something up to date, Monochrome live at the PIA and BxMxC (live). There all grown up now. Love the stuff you've done on Zappa as well, if you don't know it try Joe's Garage (have to listen to it all in order for even a semblance of sense to come out of it but a true master piece).
If you want to do the DP album Fireball, please include the song "Anyone's Daughter", which is an atypical song for the band. I was lucky enough to see their live performance of this song during Ritchie Blackmore's last tour with the band.
Another great review Doug! If you can review Rare Earth Get Ready long version you won’t be disappointed especially with the drum solo at the end of the track, it’s my favorite solo of All Time!!!🥁 I think the Mule’s drummer was inspired by it!
I'm just catching up on Doug's EPL of "Tommy", which I missed on Tuesday as we were out, while I wait. As so often, I can only thank Doug for a great reaction, and for reminding me about yet another superb work I have not listened to for far too long. I confess, as a long-time Quadrophenia devotee, I do tend to forget just how good Tommy also is. I'll NEVER forget just how superb Smoke on the Water is, though! Over a decade ago, I remember my then-14 year old super-talented Godson showing me how you play Smoke on the Water. By pinching the strings, NOT by strumming the chords! My favourite rock anthem ever. Looking forward to this!
And it was great. I always LOVE hearing Doug's thoughts, but the best part here was when he picked up the tune on his keyboard - perfectly, of course. And added his own variation. This is why Doug has nearly 400k followers now (chuffing heck! I was here when he had around 10k!) - because he is a professional and totally knows what he is talking about. And why this is my favourite RUclips channel. Thanks again, Doug!
@@Silber7 I recall That is precisely what my Godson showed me, playing the riff on two parallel strings. And it sounded SO much more like the original.
Hi Doug I'm 1 of your biggest fans and your insights and priceless analysis' of music is Off the Chain. I'm a Diehard R a ndy Rhaods fan because of his Classical background is also Priceless but I've never seen anyone do a Reaction to Deep Purple's 1st album with David Coverdale (Whitesnake fame) Stormbringer. Doug this is some of the very best upbeat bringing music so if you do decide to do it yourself break the notes down like you are the greatest at doing. Jon Lord RULES.❤❤❤😂🎉😂🎉❤
This may have been mentioned by someone else, but Ian Paice won the National Snare Drum Championship several years in a row as a teenager. Great hands....AND feet!
This is the definite version of Smoke on the Water indeed. However both the studio version of The Mule and the live version recorded in Copenhagen a few months before are superior. Specifically Roger Glover's antics on bass are way better audible. But yeah - it was Deep Purple who set the standards for what a live album should be. To get a full understanding how they managed it you'll have to listen to previous live recordings.
As I said before, you must react to the album "Fireball" from Deep Purple. There are more surprising titles than "The mule". For me, it's nearly the best album from Deep Purple Mark II.
The drum solo has some heavy Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich style solo with a little Max Roach thrown in. A quick drum teacher comment on your 'air drumming" Almost everyone has the tendency to tighten up their muscles as they play faster. When in reality the faster you play the more relaxed your muscle should be. This will give you greater speed and more control. Carl Palmer is probably the best example of this principle. Also, spend the big bucks and get an LP shaker I've had one for over 30 years and it has never lost a bead. Keep up the great work.
Hey Doug, I've always wondered who it was that played the shaker half-way through Purple's track "Fools" off of the Fireball album! Absolutely perfect rendition!!
Quite sure that variation right at the beginning of Smoke on the Water was a honest mistake by Ritchie - he never did that again. Also 08:30 😅 And on both other Japanese nights, he made different (more obvious) mistakes during this song - so they weren't used on the live album. I guess it was fairly new in the setlist (they didn't do it on the filmed concert in March '72 in Denmark) Makes one wonder if he still had difficulty starting that simple but incredibly precise riff all on his own with the necessary heaviness on stage. In 1973-75 he started it in a lower key on the thicker guitar strings...
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straight from Ian Paice. Ian got the inspiration for his drum track on the Mule from Ringo Starr on Tomorrow Never Knows and just added his rolls which is on the studio version. Ringo is one of Ian's favorite drummers. cheers
You can hear how much Ian respects the classic jazz drummers like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa - this is not a 'typical' rock drum solo, but far more complex and rich. The absolute master.
The greatest live album ever and no overdubs at all, recorded by Martin Birch just as it happened. Five outstanding musicians at the top of their game all at the same time.
The best LP ever. All Songs are great. The Mule is a masterpiece by Ian Paice. Great
This live version from "Made in Japan" was the first time I ever heard "Smoke on the Water" back in the 1970s and for me it is still THE definitive and very best version of the song. Absolutely superb!. And as for "The Mule" -what a drummer Ian Paice is! Enough said.
Agree re Smoke on the Water. I am no fan of most drum solos, and I confess I prefer the Fireball original of The Mule. But, that said, Ian's solo here is about as brilliant as they come in the heavy rock genre - it showcases how great a drummer he is.
@@adriangoodrich4306 Agree 100% on all counts mate 👍
Agreed! 👍
The absolute best version of this song. Jon Lord is amazing here.
Ian such a great drummer!! Always thought he was underrated big time!
Who under-rated him?
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Made in Japan quite possibly the best live album of all time
Bruce Dickinson said that. "And it was recorded on an 8 track or something"
Definitely in my top 4
@@FuturePast2019Yes it was! Just on small, portable device. 👍
Absolutely!
Overrated
The end of "Smoke....." is a great battle between Blackmore and Lord. More than 50 years have passed and it is still the best live album in the history of hard-rock.
I love Ritchie's savage guitar sound on this.😃
Fireball, one of the most underrated albums.
Fools is on that album one of the best songs ever written and recorded by Deep Purple.
Highly recommended for a first listen.
"Everything louder than everything else."
That bit of banter between Ian and his sound tech later became the name of a Motörhead album.
It's Ritchie who says it first in the background
@@Dibbdroid Ian Gillan also says, "A bit more monitor if ya got it".
@@CB-xr1eg he does but in the background, before Ian speaks Ritchie says the words.
Sequence:
Ian Gillan: "yeah everything up here....please.. and a bit more monitor if you've got it?..........Ah"
Ritchie Blackmore (low in mix) "can we have everything louder than everything else?"
Ian Gillan "yeah, can he have everything louder than everything else........ right.... ha ha..."
You can hear it first just before Jimi Hendrix comes on stage at the Isle of Wight festival, that might have been Lemmy, he did roadie for Jimi for a while!👍
@@ThinPicks no. "A bit more volume on this one Charlie, he's going to need it", and it wasn't Lemmy
Jon Lord is why I became a Purple fan over heavier metal or say Zep.
That combination of rock and Hammond organ just spoke to me like nothing else in the genre.
Same here. Absolutely addicted to that glorious hammon organ. That's also why I prefer Uriah Heep to Zep as well.
I'd dare to say Lord is 'better' than any and all 70s guitar heros you could name...
In my opinion what made Deep Purple work so well was the heavy sound that Lord got out of that organ and his ability to use it to make the rhythm section cook and matching Ritchie solo for solo.
Ian Paice is extremely rudimental. He is very jazzy in his approach. But full of power. Plenty of single and double paradiddles, double stroke rolls,
I can’t believe it took so outrageously long for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame to induct Deep People.
Have you ever been to the Rock Hall? Who is in and who is not is very confusing to me as a follower of rock.
I think Alex Lifeson summed it up pretty well when Rush was inducted… “Blah blah blah? Blah blah blah blah!!!”
That HoF is a complete joke
No Iron Maiden, nuff said
@@JosesAmazingWorlds Exactly.
IMO, there is no contest. This live version blows away the studio album version. It’s the greatest live song ever recorded!
You’ve just got to love Ian Paice’s work on the hi hat, on Smoke on the Water
Not bad for a left - hander!
With how many times I have heard the song, the hi hats are almost the only reason I don't skip it. Just so great and dynamic. Roger's bass tone here also helps.
Thx for playing part 2. one of best rock albums ever. Greetings from Maastricht, NL
Shout out to the legend Claude Nobs.
My best mate & I listen & listened AND listened again..... on cassette - we were around 14/15 - fabulous!
“Can we have everything louder than everything else” is also really funny.
I don't think Doug heard that because he was yapping.
I always loved that
I sometimes say that when at work and everybody wants something done first!
There has only been one consistent member of the band, through all the iterations. It is Ian's band. That's why they're so fucking metal.
Which Ian?
I guess he means Ian Paice who along with the late Jon Lord were the only permanent members.
Never Metal!
English Hard Rock with a drummer who 'Swings' the beat at every opportunity.
Melodic, dynamic, blues, classical and experimental but never Metal!
@@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414 They were proto-metal. A lot of metal bands have been influenced. Just listen to In Rock for example.
@vladimirvelikov8115
I guess chilli was part of a salad before curry was invented.
To me, the definitive Deep Purple track is Lazy (MIJ), so I focus on how far from Metal that is
I remember hearing this version on FM stations in the early 70’s. Smoke on the water is best represented on this live album.
Listen to " Strange Kind of Woman" and at the end how Ian sings along with the guitar perfectly.
Agreed. Seems like he's trying to get through the album.
Yeah, “Swiss time was running out”, my favourite line. “The Mule” is one of my favourite drum solos. Ian Pace is absolutely relentless, effectively he’s soloing from the get go!
Fun facts! Jon Lord played his Hammond organ through Hi-Watt amps and his RMI electric piano through Leslies. It certainly gave him a unique sound! Also, Ian Paice is a left-handed drummer. So technically, all of your air drumming was going in the wrong direction this time! 😉 Great fun, Doug. Thanks! Hope you get your shaker back in working order soon!
my first concert was deep purple in 1972 prior to recording this in Japan... have seen them 12 times since, never without Ian Gillian
I love that intro to "The Mule". It's so symphonic, it seems almost like an overture.
All the big bands of the seventies had very long drum solos. It was indeed the smoking, drinking part of the show for the rest of the band. This also worked for radio DJs. John Bonham's Moby Dick was famous for this.
Fireball is also a classic album, it's position between In Rock & Machine Head means it's often overlooked.
A simple guitar intro but nobody does it better than Ritchie
I like how he plays the chords without merely strumming all 6 strings.
First, if you’re going to play along with Deep Purple on keyboards, grab a B3 patch and play parallel fifths.
Second, analyze the syncopation of the melody. The first phase is on the beat, the second is syncopated, 3rd is on, and the final phrase is syncopated again. It’s almost like a Latin rhythm in that way.
And yes, this is THE version of the song.
One of the most primal rock'n'roll riffs! I wore out Machine Head.
Great recording.. That drum sound. Rock Forever
Being an old git, I've both "Made in Japan" and the "Machine Head" on vinyl. The gatefold of "Machine Head" has photographs of the fire, the set up in the closed Grand Hotel where they recorded and Claude Nobs ("aka Funky Claude"). As well as "pulling kids out of the ground" Claude walked the casino's owner's elderly mother out. She was the last one out and hadn't been aware of the fire until Claude came and got her.
yeah I like how Blackmore teases the riff in the beginning. Also like your reaction. And yes, Glover's bass is phenomenal as usual.
Really glad you're gradually doing the whole album Doug. My favourite side (3) is coming next! I don't think they're are many live albums that give a genuine impression of just how ridiculously loud it would've been. This one does. This was Deep Purple at their best. Now if only I could get a time machine...
If you love organ Doug Lazy and Spacetruckin will send you into space.
I really hope he does a breakdown of the 19 minute Space Trucking, greatest Rock recording EVER.
@@JohnSmith-mx8wp He is halfway into The Made in Japan breakdown.
Just Strange Kind of Woman, Lazy and Spacetruckin to go. 👍
The best drum solo in history from the greatest drummer of all time. His drumming throughout this recording was not matched yet.
A lot of people don't realise that at the time this was recorded , August 1972 in Japan , the band regarded it
just as an album track . It was not until FM DJs in America started playing both versions on radio that
it became a hit . Guitar shop owners hate it . 🙂 Ritchie had the last laugh .
Seen mark 4 version of them in Pittsburgh mid 70s. They rocked with Tommy Bolin whowasdefinitelyon topofhisgame. Ian Paice drum solo lit up the place. Jon Lord was rockin' the organ. Epic show.
For me best drum solo ever!
Drum solo's get boring pretty fast. This one doesn't.
Same sentiments here. I love great musicianship in all shapes and forms but certain expressions of it don't always grab my attention. That's the time to head to the loo or a quick breather outside. Also to avoid hearing the obligatory "woooh! from someone in the crowd, just because it's a drum/guitar solo... 🙂 But yes, Paice's work on his drum kit is something I do sit through with pleasure.
Indeed!
Thanx Doug for reacting and analyzing side two of Made In Japan by Deep Purple!!!! One of my fave live albums along with Yessongs and Frampton Comes Alive. This great album showed that Deep Purple were not just very loud and noisy ruffians but were very talented musicians.
Amazing album.
Made a pilgrimage to Montreaux from Geneva by train just to see the Casino , the Grand Hotel and the lake shoreline where this iconic song conceptualized 😇
This is such a simple song, and what really makes it is the raw vocals and the great story.
Ian Gillan was actually suffering from a heavy cold at the time.
I had the opportunity to see deep purple in the mid 80's in Sacramento Cali. I was awed by the performance
SOTW best end ever. Paice is the king of crash with kick extra punch!
Can't wait for "Strange kind of Woman"...
With all due respect to all the fine musicians who have gone through DP through the years, DP mark 2 is the one who set my teenage loins aflame. And still does, though the song "Burn" scorches as well. God, listen to Ian's interpolations; he's what David Lee Roth wanted to be (IMHO).
Yeeeeiiiii Deep Purple... and masterpiece Made in Japan.... very good reactions and comments... I want to see the reaction on space trucking.... Last Part, maybe 4th
Of course “Smoke on the Water” is a great and famous song - especially this live version 👍"The Mule" is a long drum solo. I usually skip this track unless I'm in the mood for it.
I usually skip drum solos myself, but no this one. I like the song too.
Back when I was a young album collector, it wasn't unusual for bands to release songs with drum solos, or at least the types of bands I listen to. I set out one day, being ambitious, to listen to all the drum solos I had and decide which was the best. John Bonham was in the mix, and Clive Bunker who only the really old farts will remember. But Ian's solo on this live album beat them all, by out-beating them all. Like other keen commenters here, I have to point out Ian's jazz influence, which he used to great effect for the band. But he was a rock drummer, and really, really good at it. Still is, I hear.
As I mention I don't have much tolerance for drum solos, but my favorite is in In-a-Gadda-da-Vida mainly because it is melodic and effectively transitions to the quiet section of organ & guitar solos.
As I said previously, Ian Paice and The Mule is just plane amazing!
I got my copy of this album from my older brothers, it came pre loaded with a couple minor scratches that caused skips in a couple places. Even the cassette tape copies I had, had a few skips on it. It's always disturbed me to hear those parts without the skip.
"Everything a little louder than everything else" is something I would always say to sound guys when my band was doing checks. To let them know I wasn't really with these guys (the hair metal band I was in at the time).
As a drummer, listening to The Mule is a religious experience. I've always thought of Asimov's Foundation when I hear it.
🤘🧙♂🤘
Funny I think the same thing. I really liked the Foundation trilogy and had just read it when I first heard this album.
Ah, so I'm not the only one associating it to the Foundation! I never checked up the lyrics but has always wondered if it actually was referring to Foundation.
Asimov's Foundation was incredibly popular at the time. It's hard to believe it was about anything else.
The CD released later has the encores on it and you should react to them as well. It's incredible, especially Black Night and Speed King.
19:23 Ian Gillan tends to tell stories like that from the early days, when Ian, Ritch and Jon all had solo spots (we'll talk about that again after Side4) - like when he nearly wasn’t let back in again into a venue, or that he supposedly would meet *cough* some girls during the performance, supposedly one time without leaving the stage (that had a covered up grand piano).....
For the full band instrumentals, he always had a pair of (un-mic'ed) congas on stage...
But sure, drum solos without the rest of the band on stage happen in every rock concert, or not?
Nice to see with some one with musical education taking in and appreciating classic music from some of rocks beginnings. Hard to believe that all people have not heard all of what you have been reacting to. Im a 59 year old having been born in '65 who, as long as i can remember has never not heard any of this. Glad to see you discovering all of this. Gives me a very emotional feeling seeing people find and love it just as i and many others do. Whats amazing even more is that alot of the musicians you react to have had little or no training and some cant read or write music properly like a schooled person such as yourself.
Paicey always had a small drum kit. Fireball was the seecond album I bought back in 1971, of course the studio version doesn't have the drum solo. It's a brilliant solo from such a small kit. One of the best drum solos ever, yes there are other brilliant solos of the time until Neil Peart took things in a whole different direction
Yes, great point. His drum kit is a basic one and he plays the hell out of it.
I took LSD in the 70s and listened to this, what a wild ride!!!
One of the best live albums ever
To play a Strat through a 200-watt cranked Marshall takes a lot of control over the instrument. Not many can achieve that.
You said it!
I have VIP, and backstage passes, and front row center for their DFW show in August. Yes is also playing (my favorite). I. CANNOT. WAIT!
Best version of Black Night also on this also !
No it isn't, not on the original album.
@@asharmstrong6730 I know, but it appeared later on a re-released version as one of the bonus tracks. Same versio also on 24 Carat Purple.
Still brilliant. I bought the album on release and still have it. I also bought a 180g release a few years ago but the original still sounds great. Look after your vinyl folks!
I’ll be seeing them AGAIN for a second time in September. Of course only 3 original members, but still a great band.
Actually only one original member - Roger Glover and Ian Gillan replaced Nick Simper and Rod Evans, who recorded the first three albums.
I love Deep Purple. I am a huge fan of Ian Paice. I enjoy playing drums. But my tolerance of drum solos is only about 15-30 seconds.
Doug I think that when you are so outclassed as with these guys - don't play just listen!
Are you aware that every time you use the shaker, the volume on the song goes down? Then it goes back up when stop using the shaker. BTW, Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands when I was a teenager. I am 73 now and I still listen to Deep Purple.
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"The Mule" is my favourite early Deep Purple Song. The Studio version (without the drum solo) i prefer even more, because it is more concentrated on tha great proggy-psychedelic harmonies. But anyway that song (maybe the entire album album fireball) shows the huge variety of Deep Purple. They are not just hard rock. They are like Led Zeppelin or Jethro Tull so much more than that, maybe concentrated on hard rock. But when you listen to songs like "The Mule", or "Fools" or "Anyone's Daughter" you have three different styles of music and all great.
To say something about "Smoke on the Water" in these early times: It is quite interesting wich role that song played in the setlists. It is included not as a final song, not as the geratest hit, wich is everyone waiting for like nowadays. It is played just somewere in the show!
I have another record from 1972 (from Denmark) at home. I think "Machine Head" was not out at that time, but they played "Highway Star" as opener and they also included "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'", so they definitely wanted to promote the album. But the one track that's missing... yeah "Smoke On The Water". They didn't even include it to the setlist!
So it's interesting how Deep Purple didn't believe in that song.
After sitting through the Eurovision Song Contest last night. It's good to get back into the grove with Deep Purple. Cheers Doug. :)
Ian Paice is one of the most tragically underrated percussionists in Rock and Roll.
He's not underrated at all. That word is tragically *over* rated
@@CB-xr1eg By whom? You?
@@ltgray2780 By anyone who reads comments and sees how many times it's used in the wrong way.
We need Side 1 and Side 2 of Fireball eventually. That's a really fun album to explore.
I can still enjoy a drum solo, but they have to be few and far between. This one is really good.
Yes, they have Dennys in Japan. Yes, they’re amazing and they serve alcohol!
You need to listen to the studio version of the mule, from FIREBALL
Ian Paice is the only band member to appear on every Deep Purple album/CD.
There's a reason for that.
You could totally dub in Money for Nothing for about the first 2-3 minutes and keep it rolling! Love your stuff, Doug!
Interesting to see what Doug is gonna like about space truckin on that Made in Japan album, it’s nearly a 20min long. Drum solos are almost always included in Deep Purple concert. Nor for sure was there drum solos in 1968 but at least 1969 it was and probably since then it’s been included almost every concert.
The dtum. Solo is to show how great drummerhee is
Deep Purple's Jon Lord developed The Beast! a Hammond organ played through Marshal stacks, so that it had as fast and aggressive an attack as a guitar. So with DP it is not so easy to know who is actually playing what. I have seen a video about that.
Ever since custom ringtones became possible I made this my default. I have never had anything other than smiles at all of my business meetings for about 20 years. Everyone knows it and everyone likes it.
Oh this brings back memories of buying this in the early 80's, one of the best live albums of all time. There playing this autumn and if I can afford it I will be going to the Manchester gig. Seeing Nick Mason next month and saw Mr R Plant last month so turning into a year of grates still going. A band I hoped you would come back to are Babymetal but I'm going to suggest something up to date, Monochrome live at the PIA and BxMxC (live). There all grown up now. Love the stuff you've done on Zappa as well, if you don't know it try Joe's Garage (have to listen to it all in order for even a semblance of sense to come out of it but a true master piece).
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If you want to do the DP album Fireball, please include the song "Anyone's Daughter", which is an atypical song for the band. I was lucky enough to see their live performance of this song during Ritchie Blackmore's last tour with the band.
Great reaction video as always Doug. I also think that this version of Smoke is the best I've heard. Cheers
Another great review Doug! If you can review Rare Earth Get Ready long version you won’t be disappointed especially with the drum solo at the end of the track, it’s my favorite solo of All Time!!!🥁 I think the Mule’s drummer was inspired by it!
Love your Air drumming Doug🤘
I'm just catching up on Doug's EPL of "Tommy", which I missed on Tuesday as we were out, while I wait. As so often, I can only thank Doug for a great reaction, and for reminding me about yet another superb work I have not listened to for far too long. I confess, as a long-time Quadrophenia devotee, I do tend to forget just how good Tommy also is. I'll NEVER forget just how superb Smoke on the Water is, though! Over a decade ago, I remember my then-14 year old super-talented Godson showing me how you play Smoke on the Water. By pinching the strings, NOT by strumming the chords! My favourite rock anthem ever. Looking forward to this!
And it was great. I always LOVE hearing Doug's thoughts, but the best part here was when he picked up the tune on his keyboard - perfectly, of course. And added his own variation. This is why Doug has nearly 400k followers now (chuffing heck! I was here when he had around 10k!) - because he is a professional and totally knows what he is talking about. And why this is my favourite RUclips channel. Thanks again, Doug!
Ritchie insists that Smoke on the Water is played in 4ths - just two parallel strings, not chords...
@@Silber7 I recall That is precisely what my Godson showed me, playing the riff on two parallel strings. And it sounded SO much more like the original.
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What most guitarists miss is that Richie is playing 4ths for the riff. He does it fairly often
This may have been mentioned by someone else, but Ian Paice won the National Snare Drum Championship several years in a row as a teenager. Great hands....AND feet!
This is the definite version of Smoke on the Water indeed. However both the studio version of The Mule and the live version recorded in Copenhagen a few months before are superior. Specifically Roger Glover's antics on bass are way better audible.
But yeah - it was Deep Purple who set the standards for what a live album should be. To get a full understanding how they managed it you'll have to listen to previous live recordings.
9:00 "kind of bluesie" about the guitar solo? Whole song is blusie! 😁
As I said before, you must react to the album "Fireball" from Deep Purple. There are more surprising titles than "The mule". For me, it's nearly the best album from Deep Purple Mark II.
The drum solo has some heavy Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich style solo with a little Max Roach thrown in. A quick drum teacher comment on your 'air drumming" Almost everyone has the tendency to tighten up their muscles as they play faster. When in reality the faster you play the more relaxed your muscle should be. This will give you greater speed and more control. Carl Palmer is probably the best example of this principle. Also, spend the big bucks and get an LP shaker I've had one for over 30 years and it has never lost a bead. Keep up the great work.
Hey Doug, I've always wondered who it was that played the shaker half-way through Purple's track "Fools" off of the Fireball album! Absolutely perfect rendition!!
Quite sure that variation right at the beginning of Smoke on the Water was a honest mistake by Ritchie - he never did that again.
Also 08:30 😅
And on both other Japanese nights, he made different (more obvious) mistakes during this song - so they weren't used on the live album.
I guess it was fairly new in the setlist (they didn't do it on the filmed concert in March '72 in Denmark)
Makes one wonder if he still had difficulty starting that simple but incredibly precise riff all on his own with the necessary heaviness on stage. In 1973-75 he started it in a lower key on the thicker guitar strings...
You talked over the most important words in The Mule *Lets have everything louder than everything else" right at the start.
And you misquoted it...."can we have everything louder than everything else?" is what he said.
I'm envious of your keyboard skills