Deep Purple_Motor Speedway - Ontario, CA (Complete Set) 1974-04-06

This is a First Generation copy of a Reel to Reel Soundboard recorded
with microphones placed at the stage amps. The equipment is unknown.
This is NOT from the TV Broadcast or from a soundboard that the band may
possess. It is an independant soundboard. I received this in early 1977.

This is the last tape I can find from this event. Hopfully, the other three
sets can be found. The ELP set has been released with liner notes from
Alan of Cal Jam's web site. I remember Jon Lord's playing on Spacetrukin'
being extraordinarily good. I figured it was necessary since Keith Emerson's
band would follow.

Lineage: Reel to Reel Soundboard > TDK-SA C90 >Tascam 302 > Sony PCM M-10
at 96/24 Wave files > Audacityfor volume adjustment > CD Wave Editor
V. 1.98 for tracking > 96/24and converted to FLAC using Trader's Little
Helper V2.8.3.182. Tape and conversion and editing by Michael Cariola.

01_Warm Up (1:56)
02_Burn (6:50)
03_Might Just Take Your Life (5:18)
04_Lay Down, Stay Down (5:22)
05_Mistreated (10:40)
06_Band Introductions (2:49)
07_Smoke on the Water (7:59)
08_You Fool No One* (9:43)
09_Space Truckin'** (25:53)
10_Announcement (0:22)

Total Time: (70:07)

* Includes excerpts of "Lazy" and "The Mule" (There was some tape drag during
this track being recorded. There is a cut in the track as things are fixed.
This caused a loss of about 1-2 minutes of the song in the middle.)

** Includes a jam from "Mandrake Root"

Band:

Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
David Coverdale - Vocals
Glenn Hughes - Bass
Jon Lord - Keyboards
Ian Paice - Drums

Memories of the Event:

I attended the show with my friend Kevin and another fellow who drove
us to the event. The decision to go was made around midnight and with
about 4 hours sleep, we left from San Diego. Tickets were $10 or $15
on the day of the event. I ended up getting my ticket for $10 on the
day of the show. The ticket belonged to the seller's girlfriend who was
in jail. While waiting in line, we heard Rare Earth starting their set.
When we finally made it to a position several hundred feet in front of the
center right PA. We found someone selling an ounce of hash for $10, so we
splitthat between us all. Around the time Black Oak Arkansas started their
set,it was time for a restroom break. The porta-poty's were placed along
the sides of the event field. In order to find my way back to my friends, I
needed to triangulate our area. Most people had blankets set out with flag
poles similar to a day at the beach. I memorized the flags, and left. It took
the entire Black Oak set to get back to my general location. I found my position
between the three flags and slowly scanned the ground all around me for maybe
5 to 7 minutes without finding my friends. As I was still looking, I felt Kevin
tug on my pant leg and say "Arn't you going to sit down?". I hit the exact spot
with a quater million people all around me! Amazing. It was a really hot day and
the event organizers handed out empty 1 gallon plastic jugs with the handle at
the side (similar to milk containers). Everyone needed to fill them with water
to keep hydrated. After Black Sabbath's set was over, there was a long delay
before Deep Purple took the stage. The sun was setting so without the need for
water anymore, the crowd started tossing the semi-filled water containers in the
air. This sprayed the water everywhere and watching this from the distance, the
containers all reached about the same height. Then someone came on the PA and
stated, that the show would be cancelled unless everyone stopped throwing the
containers in the air. ELP played last. I had seen them only 6 weeks earlier in
San Diego so I new the set they would play. So when the main set was done but not
the encore, our group headed to fence in front of the stage. Most people were
leaving at that point so it was pretty easy to get within arms reach of the fence.
We needed to look upwards from that position to see the band. At the end we managed
to find the car and make our way back to San Diego. What a show!!!

The scanned ticket stub is pieced together from two differant halves picked up after
the show. The scan was made on the best scanner at the time in 2001 before I sent
my origional to Allen who runs the Cal Jam web site.