Deep Purple
Richfield Coliseum
Richfield, OH USA
February 20, 1985
vg+ to ex- low gen audience
Uncirculated concert ??

I dedicate this post again to a wonderful
triumvirate: duttka, KRW CO and luciferburns.
These three fans have added an amazing amount
of Deep Purple to Dime in a short time in honor
of Jon Lord. I thank you gentlemen and hope that
you really enjoy this new concert ! Keep up the
good work !

A heartfelt farewell to Jon Lord, master of the
organ & piano. Your music will live forever. Rest
In Peace, my friend...

Setlist & Fingerprints -

Track 01 - Highway Star.flac:75dcae7d6cd4461e6cf5046d729257da
Track 02 - Nobody Home.flac:c30b07dd35b574142eaa8d0f05fd663f
Track 03 - Strange Kind Of Woman.flac:64aef9c24311e301f79eac95c5eaf34b
Track 04 - A Gypsy's Kiss.flac:f9709d0f17813fdc109329c573c4169f
Track 05 - Perfect Strangers.flac:bccb39cb05537c63becf0341d7f2ac25
Track 06 - Under The Gun.flac:be01b959db312cfc2e991ba51fb3f8b7
Track 07 - Lazy.flac:10fe6997639d34097f352cdbc4244e30
Track 08 - Drum Solo - Ian Paice.flac:a2a5b12a76c5b42c57f381a27cd51a61
Track 09 - Child In Time.flac:d14d2d3ea9dedfb074eba7995e395e13
Track 10 - Knockin' At Your Back Door.flac:8ea68855ff37ee800a9eb2a71081cfe2
Track 11 - Difficult To Cure.flac:5f878edd13afee1beec984d7a0973608
Track 12 - Space Truckin' (includes Ritchie Blackmore guitar
solo).flac:875ea390e3d96a171cdc70e5c23bf58a
Track 13 - Woman From Tokyo.flac:989c11cf077b6eb4d1cfc1987a31c41b
Track 14 - Introduction Of The Band.flac:1c3fe2a74e190635522f6e96686dfb34
Track 15 - Speed King.flac:567ded69257e542c411ab77d40c04720
Track 16 - Smoke On The Water.flac:b669c729df5b3f9a781ad51261ad3fc3

Lineage:

Maxell UR 60 normal bias cassettes, low gen >
JVC TD-W505 Stereo Double Cassette Deck >
ZOOM H2 Handy Recorder >
SanDisk SD 2GB sound card (tracked songs here) >
transferred wav files to HD >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (edited wav files here) >
Trader's Little Helper (wav files to flac, encode level 8,
aligned on sector boundaries)

CD one - 9 tracks, 54:30
CD two - 7 tracks, 50:41
TT: 105:11
This is the COMPLETE concert IMHO.
SQ - vg+ to ex-, 8.5-9/10 IMHO as always.

Mark ?? LINE UP:

Ritchie Blackmore
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Ian Paice

I did not record or attend this concert. Thanks to whoever DID record
it ! I bought this concert at a record show for ~ $ 12US. Herewith
some random observations about the recording : Sounds like it was
taped very close to the stage. Vocals & stage banter are very clear.
Instruments ditto. No distortion, no speed problems, no audience
talking problems but there IS some mild hiss and rare brief amounts
of quiet rumble. You can only hear the latter on headphones. I edited
out several long boring interludes of audience screaming for your
benefit. There are IIRC two brief spots of channel dropout ;if these
minor blemishes were not present I would've rated the tape as a straight
ex-. Recording device unknown but very well-placed. Taper found the
"sweet spot". The band seemed to be enjoying themselves on stage and
the audience loved the show without a doubt. Listen to Ian's stage
banter ; some of it is nonsense and he sounds pretty high. DP played
two nights at Richfield ; this is the first night. Anybody have the
second night ? Wellllllll, that's about all that I have to report so
let's get this jewel on the golden road to spiritual enlightenment.
Awright ?? Sawright !!

Finally, no buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can.
If you're a DP fan, you NEED this tape. A very high-energy show in which
everybody shines. I will post samples shortly for those of you still
undecided, but I think you'll find that this is a pretty good-sounding
recording and a fine addition to any Deep Purple fan's collection. Well,
thanks for reading this and Mr. Natural would like to add these few
comments: have fun, don't give Ian any more marijuana and by all means,
enjoy the concert!!!

jojogunne 8/13/2012

PS - Love him or hate him, Ted Nugent played in concert @ the House Of Blues,
North Myrtle Beach, SC on August 4, 2012. I had been planning to go & record
him for quite some time but unexpected foot surgery made that impossible. If
you taped that show, would you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE up it on Dime so I (and
all the other fans) could hear what we missed ??? SQ is not important ; I just
want to hear the show. I will make it well worth the while of whoever uploads
that show. Thanks a lot for reading this and I hope that that show sees the
light of day here sooner or later. Wish me luck and here's hoping !!!

Update - Here it is August 13th & I'm still waiting. I hope somebody taped
that show !?!?!?