Perks and Tit

Perks & Tit is a live album released by Deep Purple, recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena on 9 April 1974 during the band's U.S tour in support of Burn. It was released in 2004 in celebration of its 30th anniversary and 29 years after this incarnation of the group (Mark III) dissolved. The album was made officially available (via mail order) by Purple Records and the Deep Purple Appreciation Society (DPAS)[1] for a limited time through its Sonic Zoom imprint, although many bootlegs of the show had circulated for years.

Perks and Tit
Live album by
Deep Purple
Released2004
Recorded9 April 1974, San Diego Sports Arena
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length50:00
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Space Vol 1 & 2
(2004)		 Perks and Tit
(2004)		 Live in Europe 1993
(2006)

This album was recorded at the final show of a highly successful American tour, the first to feature new members David Coverdale (lead vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals) replacing Ian Gillan and Roger Glover respectively, and just three days after Deep Purple's performance at the California Jam. This was the third US concert tour for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.

The resulting album failed to capture the whole show: indeed, while it wasn't intended to be "officially" recorded (a fact stated by Hughes himself during the performance), soundboard recordings (essentially a sort of "sound log" done by the sound engineers on a regular basis to fine-tune their settings) were rolling along, and they are the source for this release. But those recordings are in fact incomplete, missing "You Fool No One" and encore number "Space Truckin". The final running time of the record is roughly 50 minutes, while the actual show was about 80 minutes long.

This recording was re-released by Purple Records via Sonic Zoom on 3 September 2007, now simply titled "Live in San Diego 1974". While it has been fully restored and cleaned up from the original tape sources (restoring some between song patter previously edited), it still features the same, incomplete track list as the original release.

Track listing

All songs written by David Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where noted.

  1. "Burn"
  2. "Might Just Take Your Life"
  3. "Lay Down, Stay Down"
  4. "Mistreated" (Coverdale, Blackmore)
  5. "Smoke on the Water" (Ian Gillan, Blackmore, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice)
  6. "Keyboard Solo" (Lord)

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References
  1. www.Deep-Purple.net. The website of The Deep Purple Appreciation Society
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