Title: A Keeper From the Long List
Product review: The Deep Purple concert from the April 6, 1974, California Jam at Ontario Motor Speedway has been released in a number of "bootleg" versions since the mid-1970s, and has only received solid remastering on the 2003 authorized releases on Purple Records and this import from Japan.Technical problems marred the show, with Ritchie Blackmore's frustration shown by throwing a number of guitars into the crowd and using a guitar to smash into a video camera that blocked his view of the crowd. A pyrotechnic effect also malfunctioned, which briefly set a portion of the stage on fire.A track omitted on the prior releases - Lay Down, Stay Down - is included, with the sound quality as clean as possible. This album has emerged from oftentimes very sloppy bootlegs to one that kicks out the jams as well as possible.
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