California Jamming
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California Jamming | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | June 1996[1] | |||
Recorded | 6 April 1974 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, Heavy metal | |||
Length | 73:26 (Original edition) 78:48 (Remastered edition) | |||
Label | Purple | |||
Producer | Deep Purple | |||
Deep Purple live albums chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
California Jamming is a
The album is a live recording of Deep Purple's infamous appearance at the California Jam Festival on 6 April 1974, which was televised by ABC-TV in prime time. It was one of the first to feature their third line-up, which included vocalist
Most of this concert was broadcast over 4 weekends in April 1974 on
Releases
Deep Purple's performance at the California Jam has been available over the years in several different releases with various names, among them: "California Jamming", Live at the Ontario Speedway '74, Live at the California Jam and finally California Jam 1974 (not counting successive re-releases, mostly Japanese). While all of these releases are culled from the same performance, most of them don't feature the full show, with edits and most importantly, missing a full song: "Lay Down, Stay Down."
The first release of this concert was on
Track listing
No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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1. | " | 6:21 | |
2. | "Might Just Take Your Life" | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice | 4:41 |
3. | "Mistreated" | Blackmore, Coverdale | 10:13 |
4. | "Smoke on the Water" | Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice | 8:26 |
5. | "You Fool No One" "The Mule" | Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice | 18:42 |
6. | "Space Truckin'" | Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice | 25:13 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Burn" | 6:20 |
2. | "Might Just Take Your Life" | 4:49 |
3. | " Lay Down, Stay Down " (Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) | 4:45 |
4. | "Mistreated" | 10:24 |
5. | "Smoke on the Water" | 8:55 |
6. | "You Fool No One/The Mule" | 19:08 |
7. | "Space Truckin'" | 25:12 |
Personnel
- Deep Purple
- Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
- Jon Lord – organ, synthesizer
- Ian Paice – drums
- lead vocals
- vocals