▁in ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁( histor ic ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Child ▁in ▁Time ▁is ▁the ▁debut ▁album ▁by ▁British ▁jazz ▁rock ▁band ▁Ian ▁Gill an ▁Band , ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁The ▁album ▁took ▁its ▁title ▁from ▁the ▁Deep ▁Pur ple ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁song ▁" Child ▁in ▁Time ", ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁which ▁appears ▁on ▁side ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁LP . ▁The ▁album ▁reached ▁No . ▁ 3 6 ▁on ▁Swedish ▁charts ▁and ▁No . ▁ 5 5 ▁in ▁UK . ▁▁ ▁This ▁was ▁Ian ▁Gill an ' s ▁first ▁release ▁after ▁leaving ▁Deep ▁Pur ple , ▁and ▁also ▁features ▁his ▁former ▁Deep ▁Pur ple ▁colle ague ▁bass ist ▁Roger ▁Glo ver ▁as ▁album ' s ▁producer . ▁Before ▁Ian ▁returned ▁full - time ▁to ▁the ▁rock ▁music ▁industry , ▁he ▁made ▁one ▁brief , ▁but ▁significant , ▁live ▁appearance ▁on ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁Roger ▁Glo ver ' s ▁" The ▁But ter fly ▁Ball ", ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁at ▁Royal ▁Albert ▁Hall , ▁London . ▁Ian ▁sang ▁" S itting ▁in ▁a ▁Dream ". ▁A ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁event ▁was ▁originally ▁shown ▁in ▁UK ▁cin emas ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁Later ▁released ▁on ▁video , ▁it ▁was ▁quickly ▁deleted . ▁▁ ▁Although ▁Ian ▁Gill an ▁Band ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁produce ▁material ▁more ▁su ited ▁to ▁their ▁jazz - rock ▁label , ▁this ▁first ▁album ▁has ▁much ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁harder ▁rh ythm ▁and ▁bl ues ▁style