"Made in Japan" is only one of the best albums ever, even 50 years after. The band was totally relaxed and did not consider their Japanese tour and its recording as important. That behavior turned the live recordings into the most perfect back then, even if they were supposedly produced cheaply. The band did not believe it would be a great album. So the title "Made in Japan" originally intended to be a reference to the cheap products made in the East. Back in 1972, Japan was only starting to spread its very good products into Europe, the Japanese industry would conquer and save some of the British labels only 8 years after, like it happened to Austin Rover Group and its cars designed by Honda. This double live album was intended to be produced only for the Japanese market but, somehow, it ended up being sold in the UK but very cheap, the same price as one LP. However, it became a big success and it was released worldwide.
This amazing and historical album was recorded on 15, 16 and 17 of August 1972 and it starts with these two songs: "Highway Star" and "Child in Time".
Unfortunately, only the sound is related to Japan. There are no good video recordings from these concerts in Japan and this footage came from the Danish tour five months before. Though Ian Gillan wears the same shirt with triangles he would use in Japan sometimes :)
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