Behind the Scenes of the California Jam 1974 - backstage interviews with fans, organisers & stars 

Hey Deep Purple I was there, and I am still alive. I was 16, and I am 64 now. It was a totally awesome show, and I will never forget. DP Rocks!

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, and Deep Purple. Rare earth 😍 so much more wow I loved growing up in the 70's.

Deep Purple were a pure masterclass at this show

I ws there. Rare Earth, Earth, Wind and Fire, Seals and Crofts, Eagles, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and ELP. $10.00. Started at 10am to 10pm, midnight actually. Where did we park the car? Haha. Think I was 14 years old at the time. What an experience............

I watched this video the day before yesterday. I was surprised by many enthusiastic fans. I realized again that Deep Purple is a great band. Thank you🌷🌺🌷🎤👍👏👏👏

I was at Call Jam II and a great many other festivals, in the 70's and early 80's. You could spend all day hearing a bunch of headline bands for about ten or fifteen bucks. It was am amazing time to be a rock fan! They still have them in some parts of the country. Pre-Covid, that is. But none as laid back, inexpensive, and with as much talent on stage as these. It almost seems like it never could have happened, but it sure as hell did. I only wish that they had the entire shows on film. Nobody, anywhere, should be holding back on any of this footage. RU-vid is proof positive that there is an audience for it. Pony up, if you've even got home movies of these great gatherings. Open up the achieves. and preserve the past. People will dig it!

Gorgeous 70s chicks😍

HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILIA FROM BULGARIA. DEEP PURPLE IS THE BEST GROUP OF THE WORLD.

Love from Greece 🇬🇷💜 deep purple for ever and ever 👍

Ozzy: we aren't gonna blow the stage or anything Ritchie: ... 'be right back ...

As a nearly 18 year old girl who’s never been to any concert the thought of going to a Deep Purple concert makes me so emotional cuz I don’t know how my life would go without listening to them. Going to a concert, seeing your favorite artists playing your favorite jams live is a very precious thing to experience. It got even more precious when the chance of seeing them felt like it’s never gonna happen. I’m so happy that DP is coming back to Turkey. I got my tickets for their upcoming concert in istanbul.

Love from indonesia deep purple forever,,mark 2 is the best

THIS lady,s and gentleman ,is Real Hard Rock history.

I want a time machine so bad

12:25 Ozzy: "The organization is absolutely incredible" Ritchie Blackmore has left the chat.

MY GENERATION!! YES I AM VERY PROUD OF IT!!!!!!

Why isn't the entire California Jam Festival out on dvd?

an historic concert of Deep purple.... wonderful register.

Best DP live show!

I love the 70s I grew up in 70s love the decade the people the music love cali the 70s were a very special different decade I miss the 70s style of life and my friends back then I was a big Elvis Presley fan in the 70s still am today my favorite part of this is everything

Ritchie really made this show famous with his guitar smashing and fireworks.

Какие молодци, заснять, записать, а сейчас посмотреть, всему этому нет цены.

Always fun to jump in the way back machine and see this old footage!!!!! Thanks for sharing.❤️

LOVE FROM INDIA 🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏

I've got an interesting bit of trivia to add to the story. It's a little tedious, but bear with me. It's worth it. The 1974 California Jam (250k+ people) and the 1978 California Jam II (350k+ people) were held at the Ontario Motor Speedway. This could have been the beginning of a beautiful music legacy. Sadly, somewhere around 1980, the Speedway was sold off to land developers. The property exchanged hands a few times, but it largely sat vacant for a very long time - a sad state for a place with such an interesting history. Early in the 2000s, they finally started large scale building projects, along with some multi-use and residential construction. The largest and most important building of the planned development was the arena. As of last year, it was the Citizen's Business Bank Arena. It is now owned by Toyota. The arena is home to the AHL team Ontario Reign, an LA Kings affiliate, as well as an indoor soccer team. The arena hosts various conferences, as well. However, one of the most important aspects of the arena are... drumroll.... the concerts! Yep, the arena is currently situated in what was the infield of the original Ontario Motor Speedway. As luck and history would have it, the ghost of the Speedway is still making space for great music to this very day. 🤘😁

Amaze Very Loaded Audience To Watch The Deep Purple*🌠 Live Concert Show At. 1974 California Jam. Salute, ..... God Bless All, ..... Cheerio.🌠🎼🎤🎼🌠👍👍👍🌠🌠🌟🌠🌠.

The golden era of Deep Purple ☮️

Keep your head up and keep on truckin’

All those nice people are now grandparents.

Attacking an ABC-TV camera (broadcasting live) wasn't quite satisfying for Richie Blackmore - so for an encore he set his amps on fire - which had been conveniently doused with gasoline - causing a pretty dangerous explosion on stage - as the band played on. Ahhh yes ... the 70's.

that girl said it was her birthday. It was birthday also. She was probably 3 years older than me

How this whole show isn't available on Bluray I'll never know.

That kid at 3.10 is pretty much the same age I was in 1974. I had already seen DP twice by that point (one of them earlier on the same tour).

Greetings from Poland, Anna... 6.11.2020

I was there! Great memories

Les années 70 merveilleux souvenirs dans tous les domaines et surtout dans la musique. Souvenirs, souvenirs...

Never before and never again have so many gathered in one place and needed a haircut, except for Woodstock of course.

Very cool era when boys and girls loves rock music... they have good taste on music...

I like how they used railroad tracks to roll the stages. I wonder if anyone put a penny on the rails to see it get smashed. What would happen if a stage derailed? lol

Was there on 4way wimdowpane, had an amazing time, born in 1960 🤣

Let the guitar burn ❤

I was two years old at this time, but the 70s were fucking awesome.

05:50 The late Don Imus

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Love watching the pre punk youth!

Me hubiera gustado estar ahí!!!!

É tão louco lindo muito bem

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Nice...

Já fui em festival tudo de bom quando se e jovem

9:55 Jimi Hendrix joins the chat

☮

Deep Pain

There was so much rock.

I love you♥️😋❌⭕❌⭕

Looks like Narsai the cook is still around!

Занятно.

👍⭐👏💮🙏🌹

that was the size of napoleons army when he was at the peak of his power

🎉🎸🎶🤘🏼🍊🍊🍊🫶🏼🥂

Alright Alright Alright

I Black Sabbath . Oddio che bello😊😊😊. C'era ancora Ozzy 🤭🤭. Se qualche italiano c'è stato e legge questo commento che si faccia avanti e MI RACCONTI!!😡🤭

11:15 isn’t it Tony Iommi walking in the background?

Ozzy as always, snowblind...

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The I-Man back in the day! Lmao

Deep Purple Official publishing a video without Deep Purple...

Эксклюзив

Кто был на концерте в Киеве 2004г. Есть ли видео? Фото? Собираю архив для себя и друзей! Сам был там. Поделюсь своими фото.

Bummer squad XD

Is that EVH behind the black girl?

How much were the tickets for that concert.?

Этопростопраздник

who is this guy in underpants at the end of the video, could be a rockstar?

is that don imus???

Genials, Ilove you!! Ian 🎸🎸🎶💝

O Purple detonou

is it John Sinclair at 0:24 ?

1:49 El Pollo Vignolo =D

Don Imus interviewing!!

The girl at 2:00 is cute.

no controlled substances were known to be used at the show.

When Don Imus was cool.

Dont worry Ozzy.... Ritchie Blackmore will blow up the stage.

Don Imus 🤣🤣

Diparpu, Lezepilin y blacsaba las 3 bandas de rock mejores.

初見です👀

Imus

Uau... a people, a audience a very lot. But "the God in Earts (Deep Purple guys) in Festival Old Stile...

"the interviews were horrible the people that were doing the interviewing were unbelievably dumb and asked the people questions that were somewhat boring."-😆..

دة الواحد مش عارف ينام بس من المنظر وهو بيشوف الفيديوهات وبقوم مفزوعة وجسمى كله بيتنفض وأنا قاعدة أمال اللى عاشوا لحظات الرعب دة وفى قلب الحدث بيعملوا أية الواحد خلاص دماغه بتشت منه ببص للسماء وبكلم ربنا معرفش هيحاسبنى أزى على إحساسى دة بس كل اللى أعرفه أنى هو الوحيد اللى فاهم وعارف إحساسي دة وأكيد ممسوح لى أتكلم مع ربنا فى أى حاجة بدور فى دماغى أذا ما كنت هعرف أتكلم معه وأقوله على كل حاجة علشان ألقى لها جواب منه هتكلم مع مين . البشر مش بتفهم ولا هتفهم كلامى وكل واحد هيعمل فيها ملاك ومزايدات وأصلا أنا مش طايقة البشر دى ولا عايزة أتعامل معهم لأنهم أسوء مخلوق على الكرة الأرضية ومع كل دة بتكلم مع ربنا وأدعى له أنه يرحمكم ويهون عليكم ونفسي أشوف العالم بلون أبيض بدل ألون الأحمر اللى بقا فى كل مكان . اللى بيحصل حوالينا دة كتير جداً فوق طاقة البشر وعقلنا البشرى

The Beatles there🤣🤣🤣🤣

The amount of drugs consumed that day would have been enough for 10 countries. i mean look at them everyone's baked. for example her 2:29

There was Ozzy Osbourne claiming to be overawed and unable to speak. Truth is he always was inarticulate, sober, drunk or stoned. No one else had to rely on the bassist to write lyrics. That's why he married someone with brains, as he sure doesn't have any of his own.

Sława Sławianie. Dobro pandemii leży nam na sercu, no nie wytrzymam ze śmiechu. Co tam ok. 150 tyś. ponadprogramowych zgonów... Po ile teścik? A po 50, a szczepionko było? Nie było. A to po 75 😎 Dobro pandemii najlepszym dobrem narodu 😂🤣😂🤣

Столько народа. Пиво... . Кока-кола... . А туалеты? Несчастные люди.

Crayze

imus 🤮

coverdale came from nowhere and ruined the purple name with hughes

Is that EVH behind the black girl?