Deep Purple in Concert - Wring That Neck (1970-1972) Voice: Ian Gillan Electric guitar: Ritchie Blackmore Bass guitar: Roger Glover Hammond organ: Jon Lord Drums: Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord are simply unsurpassed geniuses on their instruments. This theme makes clear the virtuosity of these two British musicians and their mastery of the guitar and keyboard. This is a theme for immortality. Deep Purple at its best stage of creation. Here is jazz, rock, perfect performance, mastery, talent. Deep Purple clear sample of the great era of the 70s.
I found this record in a used record shop in about 1980 1981 and loved it. Made in Japan was Awesome but This is Awesome Too.. Loved hearing the different solos.. Awesome Band
Yes, this is just exuberant and so funky! 💗I've been a fan of Purple all my life, but first heard this one (and Mandrake Root from the same show) around 2006 - I downloaded quality sound files of them at a minimal rate from a Russian mp3 site (much like the later Spotify at the time - Spotify also began with the formally hazy and borderline legal collections of tracks of its founding team). Loved both tracks so much, and two years later bought a copy of this magnificent live album. 🎶🎹💗 The cut-loose and jam qualities here leap to the eye. Purple Mk 2 had the jamming skills of a great jazz band and the raw energy of a railway locomotive.
As a 12 year old, I still remember buying this double album from Sound Odyssey in the Cherry Hill Mall. I had an acoustic guitar (lucky at any time to have 3-4 strings on it) & knew a handful of chords/riffs. This track & Lazy convinced me I NEEDED an electric guitar. Probably sent my life down a much less lucrative path but I don't regret it for a minute. Still as powerful and influential now as it was nearly 40 years ago for me. This is a straight up masterpiece. This version, in my opinion, is still possibly the most perfect fusion of blues, classical & improv ever recorded/performed. Thank you, especially to Richie Blackmore & Jon Lord.
Love that story, I'm 15 years old and I m learning since last year now I can play most of that solos I play like 4 hours a day when I'm not in class or studying
@@kevwoods6827 I play the bass but I'm no Roger Glover and this is about as close as classic rock ever came to co-optimg jazz fusion. An utterly brilliant number the likes of which has not been equaled in rock since
The guitar and the keyboard in this theme are a sample of what is true music for those who know music. Deep Purple an undeniable contribution to talent, to the world classic rock culture. Deep Purple, a style of deep color and purple color that stayed in the history of world music. Thank you very much for your total dedication in those years.
Maybe the perfect combination of psychedelic and hard rock that there ever can be. The psychedelic-ness comes from Jon Lord and we all know where the hard rock comes from. Ian Paice stitches it all together.
Ritchie and Jon at their best! Unbelievable performance and improvisational ability. It's so true no other band can do this type of show including the other big names at the time. DP were superior to their counterparts technically and musically. What would they have done if they hadn't broken up later!?
A combination of blackmores fast blues arpeggio playing and lords classic hammond style... driving rythm behind them, glover and paice... amazing talented.... blackmores guitar es 335 vs a vox ac 30 and overdrive sound that also lord uses plugging his hammond through a special produced wall of marshalls...never again somebody's will or play vs a sound like this... its a great history of rock
To all the bass players, I was always fascinated by the way Glover changes up the bass line at 3:45 and again a little later in the song. I was told that he is switching to a "triplet". Is that right? Anyway, it's a great sound and really throws this INCREDIBLE JAM into overdrive. Good stuff.
Me, I'm just a drummer, but when swinging the beat, you're already in triplet territory. Glover is such a great player because he allowed Blackmore & Lord to duet so wonderfully by not overdoing his part. As a pro drummer for the last 30 years, the "secret of my success" (haha) depends on my relationship with the bass guy (or girl)... There's a thin line between great playing & over-playing!
@Rick Anderton - My cousin was a professional bass player and he always told me that the superior rhythm sections of any band were the ones who would keep perfect time with each other and that it took a lot of experience, discipline, skill and practice to get it that way. He said that was the job of the rhythm section and it makes all the difference. Would you agree with that? I’m not a musician and I’ve always been mesmerized by what a solid bass / drum line does to a song. In fact, I love to spend hours just isolating those two instruments because there’s so much subtle yet fascinating sound happening. Thanks so much for your expert commentary! :)
@@rickanderton4406 My cousin was a professional bass player and he always told me that the superior rhythm sections of any band were the ones who would keep perfect time with each other and that it took a lot of experience, discipline, skill and practice to get it that way. He said that was the job of the rhythm section and it makes all the difference. Would you agree with that? I’m not a musician and I’ve always been mesmerized by what a solid bass / drum line does to a song. In fact, I love to spend hours just isolating those two instruments because there’s so much subtle yet fascinating sound happening. Thanks so much for your expert commentary! :)
Going to blast this on my drive to work and into the office see if anyone has anything to say about it cuz....they will have no clue who the bloody hell it is.! Heheh...this is beyond brilliant!
This is my all time favorite version and the only Purple release I don't own on vinyl. Why is this one album so hard to find?! Anytime someone asks me do you really think Deep Purple was the greatest live band of all time, I que this up, tell them there are zero overdubs on this live performance and that this lineup had only been together a few months at the time of this recording, with their debut album yet to be released. I've yet to find a fellow music enthusiast who doesn't literally wave the white flag before it's over.
Those two were joined at the hip musically. I don't think Blackmore ever found that again and might explain why he churned through so many players in rainbow.
I was just thinking that the title of this song is a bit redundant. Seems that Ritchie wrings the neck of his guitar is just about every Deep Purple song.
Grocery stores and retail outlets should blast this! not that stupid pop crap u get inundated ad nauseum with with so called stars who can't sing a damn just shouting and wailing to earplugs status.
