Deep Purple - New Zealand Tour (1975)

Deep Purple Mark IV on the road in New Zealand 1975. Following the release of the critically acclaimed 1975 album, 'Come Taste The Band', DP MkIV (Paice/Lord/Hughes/Coverdale/Bolin) hit the road to promote the album with 2 big shows in New Zealand...Cool interviews with the band and their road crew and finishes with amazing live version of Smoke on the Water.
©Deep Purple (Overseas)

[@opencurtin]

I love the raw feel to these 70s documentaries no bull shit very raw and to the point .

[@arthurbishop3173]

Agreed!! Most are drinking and smoking, casual as be, and it's all good :)

[@kiwidaz2139]

It was an Excellent Concert Experience. Deep Purple were at there very best. It was the best concert, that I have ever attended.

[@Chazv4u]

Jon Lord what a class act.

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

17:31 Jon Lord sure didn't foresee the rise of rap culture and music.

[@tsaxondale2499]

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo 18.10 he did

[@garyunsworth726]

Jon is an absolute dream talker I could listen to him for hours a true true beautiful soul : ) The rest of the band are cool as fuck God I would give my right arm to look like Coverdale he still looks great even today! I love all four of the line ups from 68 to 76 I loved the reunion in 84 and the JLT fronted Purple in 1990 but I have no time at all for the Morse line up utter bollocks

[@carolbeasley5742]

Hi, Gary! I love them and would be happiest to see them. Thanks for the food video. It has hard raising a son alone, but if I did one thing right, it was to good to to let choose his own music.

[@BlackPurpleFish]

Cheers my friend, enjoyed watching this because I was there all those years ago. Great interviews, especialy with Jon. I love Ritchie and the Mrk2 line up but Tommy and the boys put out an awesome album with "Come Taste the Band". I remember them playing some tracks off it that night.

[@michaelbowe8324]

I was there and saw this great gig at Western Springs stadium in Auckland. I remember I had just turned 21 !!

[@drone6337]

Jon rocking an Elf shirt, classic!

[@guillermo3564]

David calling him "little Ronnie". I'm sure everyone here knows Elf opened for Purple occasionally.

[@wabankik]

Lol, obviously a Jab at Ritchie's current vocalist and project...

[@mccloysong]

Jon Lord 16:20 in 1974 "people still come to see The Stones". Here we are 50 years later and STILL people come to see The Stones! I loved this video. This was the line up of my first concert ever, Budokan, Tokyo, Dec 1975. But then they cut to the New Zealand gig but 20:02 play Made In Japan's "Somke on the Water" with Mk.II instead of Mk.IV?

[@dockaiser]

Tommy Bolin - God of guitar - R.I.P.

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

Gods don't play guitar, he's a man

[@volpeverde6441]

@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 no such thing as God or Gods....

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

@@volpeverde6441 freaks, monster, great old ones, call it whatever. It's not my problem your unaware

[@volpeverde6441]

@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 there are NEPHILIM/WATCHERS/FALLEN ONES.... inter-dimensional beings PRETENDING to be our Gods.... .....they TRAP IDIOTS like you - with a thing they invented called RELIGION.... you're the one that's UNAWARE....

[@user-ti3ks4lt4s]

​@@volpeverde6441shut up atheist

[@harrynewiss4630]

Jon Lord, what a gent RIP

[@larsnilsson8949]

Listen to the great Jon Lord, that¨s so wonderful. Miss you Jon Lord, R.I.P. you were the greatest organ player of all time. You really knew how to handle that Hammond. This was not the greatest period of their career, but Lord and Ian Paice, really rocked like always. It was a fantastic feeling, then they decided to go back together again in ´84, the REAL and TRUE Deep Purple. Saw them several times, great memories!

[@billpierce3506]

Once again, thanx Mr Nim for supplying the You Tube link for the New Zealand tour 75. Hey Michael A no problem guy, they all loved Robert, especially the Press, Zeppelin never had to fight for anything.

[@prunepurple]

Did nobody notice the Smoke on the Water version at the end of the film is sung by Ian Gillan ?

[@arthurbishop3173]

Yes. It's stupid, really. Footage of one version of a band shown with audio of a previous (and later) version. Even if one doesn't look at it as insulting, it's dumb, esp considering this band and its fans.

[@bvalentineself812]

what was that about? Made no sense

[@marcdewey3848]

prunepurple ...Yes that is the 1973 made in japan version when purple were at the top of they're game,it was also played at the beginning of this.

[@guillermo3564]

you think 'Owed to G' or 'You Keep on Moving' would have served that ending well. Especially for Tommy, as it were.

[@mikotanko]

made in japan

[@CustomNameHere]

"Smoke on the Water" performed at the end.... Ian Gillan singing and Ritchie Blackmore on guitar on the audio track, but David Coverdale and Tommy Bolin on stage. This is 1975 and as far as I recall Gillan and Blackmore had already left the band.

[@peteyoung7665]

Yes.At first i thought"wow Tommy has a great sound"and then i realised it was Blackmore and Gillan.Which really is the real deal.

[@robsondomingues6444]

Sou e sempre fui fã desse grupo.

[@Riazor1370]

Along this 1975 world tour, they had been in Jakarta before (previous month), same year. First supergroup concert ever held at Jakarta.

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

18:00 - "But on the musical level, there's no reason why it shouldn't happen again, where something incredibly different might not sweep out of nowhere. I don't think there's any reason why that shouldn't happen." - And like three years later, rap was born.

[@schwoissfuass8180]

18:48 In the background , you can listen to the song "Visionary Mountains" by the group Manfred Mann's Earth Band from their Nightingales & Bombers Album from 1975.

[@guillermo3564]

DAMN! I thought I was good.Spot on. Well done!

[@hon1kings]

Come taste the band still is and will be their greatest effort!! I love the older stuff but that line up was sent from heaven (or hell..)

[@paulhawkins9187]

***** It is an awesome record. I thought it would be shit because Blackmore isn't on it, but man I was wrong. Been right into it lately.

[@cornucopia8591]

hon1kings So true

[@guillermo3564]

back when it was ready to come out, the radio ads were all about it being the best Purple since 'Machine Head'. In the studio Tommy was brilliant. His solo work and 'Miami' from the James Gang are 3 great records.

[@fattwat1]

Still prefer MK2 and machine head was and still is the best deep purple album

[@cgraugaard]

You've gotta love Jon Lord. RIP

[@marcdewey3848]

Jon Lord and Ian Paice both told during interviews years later that Bolin and Hughes were both high on coke alot and could barely perform on stage which lead to Purples downfall.

[@flyingburritobro68]

🙈It wasn’t just Tommy and Glenn. All of them were using coke and alcohol and other drugs. Glenn got out of control with coke and Tommy had an opiate addiction

[@mikenelson1009]

The interviewer calls them 'the older generation' and Jon seems to go along with that description. He was 34, Paice 27, Coverdale and Bolin both 24 and Hughes 23. Average age just over 26. 'The older generation'? You have to laugh.

[@mityaypolov6118]

Боже, как давно это было?!? Пурпурных в любом составе приятно смотреть и слушать, профи высочайшего класса. Лорду царствие небесное, остальным здоровья и благополучия! Я люблю их.

[@notgadot]

Spasiba

[@timpenfield5]

ALL PURPLE IS AWESOME

[@Nelman_beer]

my like is number 1000😎

[@musicaantigua869]

Muchas gracias Deep purple

[@richsleyster2656]

I want Jon Lord’s outfit!!

[@RecalibratedAxe]

Went to that concert at Western Springs. Was still at school.

[@MishaHendrix]

Great footage!

[@sirfrancisdrake4285]

No more Ian.......No more me, man. Like Hughes solo records and have those and saw him with Keith Emerson on 1998 tour in S.F. Talked to Ian from London one morning the BBC in late nineties Top of Pops called me after I responded to there inquiries on there Web site weeks before. At 6:30 a.m. I got a phone call from BBC Top of the Pops show with Ian on the line. One Hell of a Wake Up Call as I had no idea they were going to call. Saw Deep Purple around that time period also at Warfield in S.F.

[@javierleonardo57]

Q buen video q linda epoca ❤

[@SalvoVecchioGuitar]

Amazing stuff!!

[@Olegzyan]

The Lonely Rocker loves this band!

[@volpeverde6441]

Mark 4 could have been amazing.... Come Taste....hasn't aged.... Jon Lord + Ian Paice were at their peak.... David Coverdale had found his feet.... Glenn and Tommy played well when they weren't fucking wrecked (sadly....they were....most of the time....)

[@SuperStrik9]

Deep Purple MkIV are awesome. I rate Come Taste The Band over Stormbringer. Tommy was playing great with Deep Purple live till he fucked up his arm shooting dope. The King Biscuit Long Beach release is awesome and shows Bolin at his best with the band live.

[@petergoddard1960]

great footage! A slight shame there was a Gillan/Blackmore sound overlay as it's obviously the wrong era, but a brilliant watch. Cheers ! :-)

[@mircea1910]

the smoke on the water audio at the end is taken right from Made In Japan, that's Ian Gillan's voice

[@CB-xr1eg]

+mircea1910 True, shame the uploader couldn't find any Mk4 music to put on a video about mk4.

[@journeyintothebible]

Good film footage, but the audio at the end is about as stupid as watching a documentary of Mob Rules and playing some footage from Never Say Die.

[@taylorpegues5871]

Love davids look ❤

[@davidwolfe9391]

OH WOW!!! this documentary has MKII Gillan and Ritchey B sound on Coverdale - Bolin live footage at the end. A documentary about the Coverdale - Bolins -and Hughes line-up, one would expect them to have showed what they sound like live. Or was the sound that bad ???

[@Luna-wg7il]

Divota🎉❤

[@redsunrises8086]

Duuuude, Tommy is so high, as aways...

[@lstarrtna4288]

Western Springs still looks like that. Trees in background

[@timpenfield5]

love to DP

[@ncsd98]

not sure if anyone has mentioned it. Jon Is wearing an "elf" shirt... Ronnie James Dio band, the one that Richie just joined( then) to rename it Rainbow.. interesting...

[@bobquack1]

Chauffeur-driven Impalas!

[@markgordon2260]

Smoke on the Water from Made in Japan at the end....

[@PlaYourSelF]

Magnet! 🔝

[@gborden99]

Yeah hearing Ian Gillian and Richie on the soundtrack from made in Japan album it sounds like mixed in with come taste album cuts - I wonder what the crew was doing about 6 months later ?

[@recordsmanukrnet]

Bolin's appearance one year before he died

[@eddiemuniz443]

Ritchie Blackmore used Ronnie James dios band Elf to record Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow in 1975.

[@paulcowart3174]

Jon Lord had an Elf T shirt n in the interview

[@user-bk7dw2gu3q]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@KJB484]

Love how the band drove around in 1960s American cars in a country where those cars were not the norm at the time!!

[@ralphmckenzie8802]

Actually they were the norm at the time. Chev, Dodge, Mustangs, Pontiac's to name but a few are what we all used to drive here in NZ unless you opted for British vehicles, and no self respecting rock lover wanted to be seen in a Brit car :)

[@rksguit]

Very cool to hear Tommy Bolin speak,and David Coverdale[before he layer cut his hair,regrew it to absolute coolness-early whitesnake] be so confident and utterly professional,brilliant stuff. BUT playing MKII Ian gillan/Blackmore music instead of the Bolin,Hughes,Coverdale tunes was a HUGELY naff mistake,otherwise great!

[@robwales8016]

Yeah. I picked that up straight away. Not good. Better to have overdubbed Last Concert in Japan

[@DokktorDeth]

Agreed about the track RS. But, Coverdale didn't take very long to get into "rock poseur" mode, an affectation he perfected with Whitesnake.

[@SlavaOsipov]

Да уж, кто додумался включить запись с Гилланом в конце???

[@holmeed]

jon lord interview I hear Outlaws in the background!

[@billpierce3506]

Days may come and days may go, everybody loves someone don't they? That's what life is all about!! Mr Nim, I do love an Intelligent disagreement, no problem. Robert doesn't have to worry about any of that anymore! and yes your right about Page, now I've deleted half this post, because now I must go and work on my grass, so it's all good.

[@mateusromanp]

10:50 Journalist: Just one final thing, I haven't asked you any questions about drugs, groupies, hypodermical needles... what've you gotta say about'em? Covardale: Love it all. Love it all.

[@1stSaintsFan]

Those large American Made Sedans were the Limos of Australia at the time. lol

[@darrylmarable9329]

I was about to say " what limos"?

[@mprto68]

Thought I was watching "This Is Spinal Tap for a moment"

[@guillermo3564]

this one goes to 11. . .

[@modeljetjuggernaut4864]

The heck!... audio from 1972 - Made in Japan at the every end. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@klaustheduck7703]

"Little Ronnie (Dio) and me get on really well" Coverdale.

[@217789jimbo]

TOMMY BOLIN !

[@guillermo3564]

James-Tommy Bolin indeed. I was a senior in h.s. the December he passed. I was heartbroken. I had seen Purple earlier that year in February w/Tommy. He had been hit or miss that whole tour but on Feb. 24th 1976 in El Paso, Tx. he was spot on. For one that grew up all things Blackmore, I was thoroughly satisfied w/the Purple that I saw. Godspeed, Tommy.

[@trishjohn6050]

He couldn't turn down the money they waved in front of him. You heard him here, 6 months previous he was starving. I love the CTTB album but wished he'd stayed solo and promoted the better album he made that year-Teaser.

[@freestate6200]

Yeah, Britain is in trouble, long live the Lord

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Magnet worked for Zep too.

[@eddiemuniz443]

It's interesting that john lord is wearing an Elf shirt which was Ronnie James dios first band in 1975.Maybe they played some shows with D.P.

[@signsmusic1]

Elf supported DP on several tours 1972-74 in US and Europe.

[@guillermo3564]

Eddie- Ronnie Padanova had his 1st singles back in 1958 with Ronnie and the Redcaps, he played bass also. In 1960 he 1st used Dio with the Redcaps and in '61 they became Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, with more regional singles out. In 1967 the Prophets became the Electric Elves until 1972 when they were just Elf, and released their 1st album as such. Then came 1975 and well, we all know the rest of that story. This has been your professor of knowledge from the Rock and Roll college. You're welcome.

[@JaminJim2010]

Great video! Too bad the people who put it together doesn't know their Deep Purple music well.

[@tajina22]

Smoke on the water!!!!!!!! Well, sorry 4 that, butm I'm Swiss & when it started to burn here in Montreux Jazz Festival, He wrote that famous song : smoke on the water!!!!! I'm an author myself, songwriter, playing several instruments &m love Deep Purple, Led Zepp Status Quo.....& so many TAJINA 22

[@barryrammer7906]

I'd love to have John Lord's ELF shirt you know that's Ronnie Dio band very cool lol

[@hughjorgen9424]

don't get me wrong for I am a huge tommy bolin fan since seeing him live @ mile high stadium in 1976 but he has Got to do something about his stage presence. no more prancing!! cmon tommy!!

[@jerryjohnson28]

Hey Phil knew Tommy Bolin when he moved to Denver Colorado from Sioux city Iowa in the late 60s and he never felt himself in DP kinda nervous about it and felt he had to prove something

[@jerryjohnson28]

Plus it's long ago and far away dead way before its time sad sad sad

[@hughjorgen9424]

Jerry Johnson TB was a much different person as the leader of his own band at least on stage!! I remember it like it was yesterday.. a beachball hit a bandmember while performing, tommy let the crowd know dont be fucking aruond or they " the band" would pack up and leave!! no nervousness that day.. much respect for the man

[@rleecrossett705]

it was 1976 they most all did that except zz and bl sab

[@twofiveone68]

Now that's a look that needs to make a come back (2:19)!

[@signsmusic1]

Why has this the soundtrack to Smoke overdubbed from MIJ at 20min.?

[@lisajones6790]

Did Jon Lord say punky young band at 17:03? Ahead of his time.

[@hmsdefiant]

Haha, they used the Classic Mk 2 Ian Gillian for the audio at the end.

[@marguskiis7711]

Paice looks balding here but 43 years later he still has strong hair.

[@rexcarroll]

Haha, "little Ronnie"

[@user-ib6yd1xj5s]

Deep Purple- sehr jakschi!!!

[@trishjohn6050]

Teaser was way better than Come Taste the Band

[@ricksmith2206]

Both classic

[@starquant]

So I checked with the kiwi inflation calculator and the cost of the Limousines in 1975 was $500, in 2020 that same cost is $5,203.00. I will tip my hat to bands that came out to New Zealand. It must have been a logistical nightmare and I imagine there was little or no profit to be had. There really wasn't much for young Kiwis to do in the Seventies either, so a rock band was always a welcome distraction.

[@mattia7556]

The only track from Mark IV is "Lady Luck" - 12:15

[@hemi969]

Denim everywhere.

[@davidpollard4051]

That's the 'Made in Japan' version of SOTW not footage from the concert in NZ.

[@Zanderlehn]

David sounds exactly as Gillan ... : )

[@jonesthecat00]

just because the singer IS gillan..

[@Zanderlehn]

But not on this NZ tour : )

[@jonesthecat00]

Karri Zanderléhn OMG! I mean, just in the song in this clip!!! smoke on the water at the end of the clip is from made in japan lol

[@arthurbishop3173]

It IS Gillan. jonesthecat00 has it right, I believe.

[@Zanderlehn]

Arthur Bishop If you know ya DP you hear that it is Gillan from made in japan in the end of the film ... It had nothing to do with DP in New Zeeland. : )

[@Goran_Varbanov]

Hahahahahahaha! David, spoke bullshit! Little Ronnie! Ahahahahah!!! The giant voice of Ronnie James Dio, and these three albums of Rainbow with Ritchie, Dio, and other members of Rainbow by that time, are among the greatest things in music history!

[@sex6cult9revolution]

Maybe so, but at the time of these interviews, only the first Rainbow LP was out. And David wasn't saying it wasn't good, he's just saying that it's like Purple. Like maybe he could have just stayed with them and pretty much made the same record.

[@user-ou7kb8rh2e]

Why Gillan voice?

[@MikeJones-mr8cn]

Where I come from those were called cars not Limos.

[@1stSaintsFan]

Ronald Biggs I guess those were New Zealand's finest at the time. Hey they saved some money on the rides and they put it toward making a good show. I saw the MK3 Lineup for the "Stormbringer" tour and they kicked ass!!!

[@TheSteveSteele]

+1stSaintsFan I saw the Burn tour in the Houston Astrodome. Where did you see the Stormbringer tour? They didn't tour the states for Stormbringer I thought. I saw a great show. I'm sure you did too!

[@1stSaintsFan]

***** I saw them in Shreveport La.

[@jacquesbisaillon8347]

What, they couldn't use the actual soundtrack?

[@brunomdn]

You can tell Bolin's reputation for drugs in his short interview here. He's slurring his words and spacing out here and there.

[@vaneipontes3824]

Jonathan Douglas Lord 😢 Thomas Richard Bolin 😢

[@mistorlazy4366]

I don't understand why the documentary videos use Gillan's voice? This is just outrageous and annoying!

David Coverdale looks like actor/comedian Russel Brand :)

[@CB-xr1eg]

+Gösta Hare I was thinking he looked like Ken Hensley from Uriah Heep.

[@newworldwarrior8385]

Time/Warp

[@guillermo3564]

or does Russell Brand look like David Coverdale. . .

[@vivoserious8357]

Gösta Hare this is one more of the lie 👌

[@leonormachucasanchez3257]

12:23 her is the wife of Ian Paice?

[@hon1kings]

Don´t say Hughes should have sung it!! He was great too but nowhere near Coverdale!!!!

[@markrago5024]

Hughes voice has aged better than Coverdales. Glenn hit his peak in the 90s and 2000s, Coverdale in the 80s. Hughes is the better singer once he cleaned up imo

[@faxekondi969]

That guy at 2:11 what has he smoked!?

[@fattwat1]

Although I love Coverdale and Hughes this is not my favourite version of deep purple I prefer the mk2 version

[@GreenerHill]

Jon Lord and Boz Burrell could be brothers.

[@BilboBaggins63]

I wanted to ask: why "Deep Purple" 75th g appears on the video, but the composition" Smoke on the Water "sounds in the classical composition of the group? Shame on the author!

[@alofislide]

7:15 mark gray

[@davidfinnie9467]

What an annoying mix-up. The interviews are good, but showing Coverdale, Bolin & Hughes, and playing Gillan, Blackmore & Glover does my head in. Did they think no one would notice?

[@cliffbungalow9373]

Why are they playing Made In Japan?