Deep Purple - Live in Montreux 1969 (Reis)
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Artist: Deep PurpleEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-09-18
Music Label: Deep Purple Records
Soundtracks:
- Speed King/Kneel & Pray
- Hush
- Child In Time
- Wring That Neck
- Paint It Black
- Mandrake Root
- Kentucky Woman
Music reviews of Live in Montreux 1969 (Reis)
Music Review: Looks can be deceiving
Rating: 2 Stars
If you're of the opinion that Deep Purple functioned best as a jam band you may have already been drawn to this like a moth to an Insectocutor. Those who haven't - you have been warned, this is not a very good show.
First, the very trivial complaints - Gillan doesn't know the words to "Kentucky Woman" (now there's a surprise, not!) and makes no effort at improvising lyrics in "Speed King/Kneel And Pray" (at least the BBC version was sort of coherent).
Now what are the good points? "Hush" and "Wring That Neck" feature very charming Jon Lord solos, complete with amusing musical quotations and Emersonesque distortions. "Paint It Black" reminds us that Paice had the musicality to as well as the technique (he was better at constructing a solo than Bonham or Baker), and the band manage to get the theme statement note-perfect this time. "Mandrake Root" has Gillan singing what he can remember of the original second verse, and when the jam begins, it's the only time Ritchie's excuse for a solo fits in musically. Which brings us to...
Bad points - RITCHIE. On a good night he was the best British hard-rock lead guitarist of his generation, exhibiting a harmonic sophistication way beyond Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi. But this isn't a good night - it's one where he seems to be waiting in vain for a good idea. And to cover himself, he wibbles (i.e trills aimlessly) and sploshes (i.e plays distorted, atonal glissandos that don't have a context) - and that's all he EVER does!
Which is why, not only does this album not come within hailing distance of the magnificent STOCKHOLM 1970/SCANDINAVIAN NIGHTS, it's even inferior to the 1970 BBC In Concert performance.
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