Deep Purple - Come Hell Or High Water
by Hugh Symonds
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Actor: Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger GloverDirector: Hugh Symonds
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bmg Special Product
Movie Reviews of Deep Purple - Come Hell Or High Water
Movie Review: Strange Concert, but good!
Summary: 5 Stars
Besides Blackmore acting like a Weirdo, I really enjoyed this DVD. It gave some insight into what was going on with the band. If you liked Deep Purple back in the day, I would buy this DVD. Getting Steve Morse into the band later, must have been like a breath of fresh air for the guys!
Summary of Deep Purple - Come Hell Or High Water
"It works extremely well or it doesn't work at all," says Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice on this concert DVD, reflecting on DP's 25th anniversary reunion tour. This great-sounding disc (filmed in Birmingham, England, on November 9, 1993) finds the band working extremely well indeed. Legendary lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left the band after the tour's European leg, so the Birmingham concert has, in retrospect, the sense of capturing lightning in a bottle, providing (in keyboardist Jon Lord's words) "a wonderful combination of improvisation and discipline." Blackmore is conspicuously absent in the interview clips, but the remaining "Mark II" lineup (vocalist Ian Gillan, bassist Roger Glover, Paice, and Lord) speaks eloquently on the band's behalf, never masking their resentment toward Blackmore's sullen decision to quit. It's no wonder, because this is no withering nostalgia act. With Blackmore in top form (eyes down, emotionless, fully involved), the band is tight and mighty, and despite a few faltering moments (particularly in Gillan's otherwise laudable vocals), this DVD never disappoints.Lord's blues-rock wizardry is consistently astounding, and with a set list that spans the band's illustrious history, everyone gets a chance to shine. Gillan can't reach the highest highs like he did in the early '70s, but he never hits a sour note, either. Paice cuts loose with a "Space Truckin'" solo (don't you dare call these guys dinosaurs), and, surprisingly, the show's highlight turns the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" into a transcendent jam. So what of their post-Blackmore era with replacement axman Steve Morse? This DVD offers ample proof that DP would thrive, come hell or high water. --Jeff Shannon
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