DEEP PURPLE - Made in Japan Live 12" Vinyl 2LP Album

"Made In Japan" is a double LP live album by the British Rock band "Deep Purple" recorded during their first tour of Japan. Despite the lack of enthusiasm of releasing this record by Deep Purple themselves, it was a worldwide commercial success.

Album Front Cover Photo of DEEP PURPLE - Made in Japan Live

Product Information and Collector Notes

Album Packaging:

This double LP album comes in a "golden" gatefold (fold open) cover

Album Front Cover:

How can the album cover be distinguished from other versions of this album

Near the top center is the band-name "Deep Purple"
In the center of the album front cover is a photo of Deep Purple performing live on a stage.
Near the bottom center is the album-title: "Made in Japan"
There is no catalognr printed on the front cover

Album Back Cover

In top right corner of the album back cover is the catalognr: 5C 188-93915/6
There is NO barcode

Record Label

Record label information:

The record label's are purple with a large white "P" in the bottom center. The lettering is in black print.
There is NO Label Code on the lables.
The Rights Society "STEMRA" is printed near the bottom center of the label.
The catalognr "5C 188-93915" is the same as on the album's back cover and is printed on the right-hand side near 3 o'clock on the label.
The rim-text run from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock to 4 o'clock and is printed in the English Language.

Production & Recording Information

This 12" LP black vinyl music record comes comes in a Fold Open Cover (FOC), which is also also known as a Gatefold cover. The inner pages of this album cover contains photos, artwork, album production details and lyrics of all the songs.

The album: "DEEP PURPLE - Made in Japan Live" was produced by: Deep Purple

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Martin Birch, K. Flegg

This album was recorded at: Osaka 15 & 16 August 1972 and Tokyo 17 August 1972

Album cover design: Roger Glover

Album cover photography: Fin Costello

Music Genre:

Classic Rock, Hard Rock

Label & Catalognr:

Purple Records 5C 188-93915/16

Media Format:

Record Format: Double 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 460 gram

Year & Country:

1972 Netherlands

Musicians:

Ian Gillan - Lead Vocals
Ian Gillan is a British singer from London and best known as Lead Singer of the British Hard Rock Band / Heavy Metal band "Deep Purple" , during 1983 and 1984 he was also lead singer in "Black Sabbath" .
Ritchie Blackmore - Lead Guitar
Roger Glover - Bass
Ian Paice - Drums
Jon Lord - Keyboards