Thanks to Tangmo from Perfect Purple for the rip!
I converted the wav-files into flac and rearranged tracks a bit in a more convenient pack (renaming, moving into CD1-2 folders).

Final show of classic MKII lineup. One of the best shows in terms of guitar with lots of extended solos and guitar intros. Also 3 last songs are bonuses from the SBD source.

Sound quality is very good. Last 3 bonus tracks are excellent.

Title: Helsinki 1993 - Ritchie's Last Gig
Label: Shades (2534)
Date: 1993-11-17
Venue: Jaahalli, Helsinki, Finland

Lineage:

PRO CD-R's -> .wav -> TLH (encode to flac) -> .flac (level 8)

Tracklist:

CD1
01 Intro - Highway Star
02 Black Night
03 Talk About Love
04 A Twist In The Tale
05 Perfect Strangers
06 Difficult To Cure - Jon Lord Solo
07 Knocking At Your Back Door
08 Anyone's Daughter
09 Child In Time
10 Anya

CD2
01 The Battle Rages On
02 Lazy
03 Space Truckin' (Incl. Woman From Tokyo)
04 Hush
05 Speed King
06 Ritchie Blackmore Solo
07 Smoke On The Water
08 Speed King
09 Ritchie Blackmore Solo
10 Smoke On The Water

Total duration: 138:07

The band:

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Ian Gillan - vocals
Ian Paice - drums
Jon Lord - keyboards
Roger Glover - bass

Cheers,

Martin Stein

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DEEP PURPLE - HELSINKI 1993: RITCHIE'S LAST GIG(2CDR)shades 2534
The Isshallen, Helsinki, Finland 17th November 1993 TRULY PERFECT SOUND

?Deep Purple founder and musical giant Ritchie Blackmore. This new masterpiece allows you to fully experience the final performance of this hero.

?This work includes the "November 17, 1993 Helsinki Performance." This is the definitive edition, featuring the finest audience recording and a bonus stereo soundboard recording. While Richie's sudden departure from the band, which occurred just before his arrival in Japan, is still a tale to this day, this Helsinki performance was the final concert just before the incident. First, let's take a look back at the events of the time, including the three official performances.

{"Purple Holy War" released on July 2nd}
September 21st - October 15th (18 shows)
*October 16th "LIVE IN EUROPE 1993 (Stuttgart)"
October 18th - November 8th (14 shows)
*November 9th "LIVE IN EUROPE 1993 (Birmingham)" November 12th
- 15th (3 shows)
*November 13th "THE BOOTLEG SERIES (Stockholm)" November 12th -
15th (3 shows)
*November 17th: Helsinki show ??This work?
{Blackmore leaves the band ? Satriani joins}
December 2nd - 8th: Japan (6 shows)

[Main: A superbly beautiful recording that is completely different from previous releases]
?Richie's final performance has long been known as an audience recording, and
previously released groups such as "FINNISH IN FINLAND" and "BATTLE OVER EUROPE" have been popular. This work is a different recording from them. It is a beautiful, top-of-the-line update board that cannot be compared to the previously released groups.

?In fact, the sound is both powerful and beautiful. While the timbre is not what you would mistake for a soundboard, each instrument has a strong core and clear contours. The sense of separation is vivid, and even when each note is intertwined, it doesn't blend together. The bass and guitar are particularly impressive. For 90s audiences, the bass tends to be either spoiled or crushed by the roar, but this work has no such worries. The attack of each note is vivid, and it is clear right up to the moment of silence. You can clearly enjoy the lines that are born from these connections.

?And the most important thing is the guitar! All the instruments, including the vocals, are beautiful, but the guitar is especially intense and dense. The vibrato and choking are meticulously detailed, and even the slightest nuance of the picking is easily visualized. Unlike previous albums, the main character is undisturbed by the audience's voices, dominating everything as if he knew this was Richie's last guitar album.

[Bonus: The legendary SBD that will imprint the final scene in your mind]
?This full audience recording alone is enough to fill your heart, but this work also includes bonus tracks to make you even more full. It is also a stereo soundboard recording born from Richie's final performance.

?This is the original master excavated by our shop, which was once known as "RITCHIE'S LAST (Darker Than Blue 002)." Although it's a short soundboard with only two songs, "Speed ??King" and "Smoke On The Water," and Ritchie's solo (about 18 minutes), it's nice that it's the last part of the full show. After all, the biggest point of this show is "Ritchie's final performance." The final two songs are the very end. It's a direct soundboard that will imprint that live performance in your brain.

?After this show, Richie and Deep Purple parted ways, and they will likely never meet again. This is a new masterpiece that allows you to experience this final full show with unprecedented, superb sound. The legendary sound board has also been meticulously reproduced. Please enjoy it to your heart's content.

?Superb audience recording + stereo soundboard recording of "November 17, 1993 Helsinki performance." The main full recording is a different recording from the conventional one, and is incomparably beautiful. Furthermore, the bonus stereo soundboard reproduces the original master that dominated the world as the legendary album "RITCHIE'S LAST." This is a major decision board that sets the best master of "The Last Night of the Ritchie Era."

Disc 1(72:39)
1. Intro/Highway Star
2. Black Night
3. Talk About Love
4. A Twist In The Tale
5. Perfect Strangers
6. Difficult To Cure/Jon Lord Solo
7. Knocking At Your Back Door
8. Anyone's Daughter
9. Child In Time
10. Anya

Disc 2(65:32)
1. The Battle Rages On
2. Lazy
3. Space Truckin' (incl. Woman From Tokyo/Paint It Black)
4. Hush
5. Speed ??King
6. Smoke On The Water
7. Ritchie Blackmore Solo

STEREO SOUNDBOARD TRACKS
?18 minutes of ultra-high quality original soundboard
8. Speed ??King
9. Ritchie Blackmore Solo
10. Smoke On The Water

Ian Gillan - Vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Roger Glover - Bass
Ian Paice - Drums
Jon Lord - Keyboards

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