Don't know much on the specifics of this, but EMI UK is releasing a 2 cd edition on Sept 3 of what I think is Mark 3's best album (well either this or the identical Ontario show). It adds Lay Down Stay Down which was missing from previolus editions & now has the same track list as Ontario (which was reissued in 2003 as Just Might Take Your Life).

It appears they are releasing both 1 cd & 2 cd editions. Don't know if the 2 cd will be limited.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000SSGULM/?tag=imwan-21

Linda, please feel free to change the link to an Ama-wan.

Here we go:



>> Live In London was recorded in 1974 on what turned out to be Deep Purple Mk 3's only British tour. It was a pivotal year for the band, coming as it did after difficult line-up changes. They were anxious to both continue and build on their previous popularity and, while Mk 3 had been going down well in Europe and America, there was still a lot of importance attached to the reception the new line-up would get back home in Britain: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, and new bassist Glenn Hughes and singer David Coverdale. Having recorded new album, Burn, and after road-testing their new line up around Europe, the band discovered to their relief that most of the fans accepted the new incarnation wholeheartedly. Deep Purple played 3 London dates on this tour, it was the show, at the enormous Gaumont State, Kilburn, on May 22nd 1974, which was recorded. Until now 'Live In London' has never been issued on CD in Europe. The band's studio albums took precedence in the early transfer to CD and by the time it came to 'Live In London', it was felt that it would be better to wait and restore the full show. The result is a 2CD set, with extensive sleevenotes and slipcase, and is a Deep Purple collector's dream. Pack.Details: 20 page 4 colour booklet, 2 x 2 colour labels, 1 x double sided 4 colour inlay, Brilliant box. EMI. 2007. <<

Disc: 1
1. Burn
2. Might Just Take Your Life
3. Lay Down, Stay Down
4. Mistreated
5. Smoke On The Water

Disc: 2
1. You Fool No One
2. Space Truckin'

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SSGULM/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000SSGULM/?tag=imwan-21

CD Universe:
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.a ... m=lk_imwan

(Geff, I put the American importation date in the thread title rather than the UK release.)


Well, there are two separate listings for this album at Amazon USA, Amazon UK and CD Universe ~ both of the ones at Amazon say 2 CDs, both of the ones at CDU say 1 CD, and all have the same description which mentions 2 CDs. So I just listed the less expensive pre-order links under the assumption that the others are duplicate listings for the same release.

I believe that the statement "Until now 'Live In London' has never been issued on CD in Europe" isn't true. I'm pretty sure that I once owned an officvial 1 disc European edition of this. I upgraded to a collector's 2 disc edition a couple years back.

Amazon UK showed both a 6 track 1 cd edition & a 7 track 2 cd. That's the only place I looked. I actually heard about it on a wholesale prerelease solicitation, they only showed the 2 cd edition.

Both of the Amazon UK listings say "Number of discs: 2", though. Given Amazon's tendency to show tracklists for multi-CD sets as one long list without showing which songs are on which discs, I just assumed they're both the same release.