Sep 12, 2014
59 min
Full-HD

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II (2014)

Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100 million album sales worldwide to their name. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Deep Purple's groundbreaking double live album Made in Japan, this documentary explores these recordings and Deep Purple Mark 2, the line-up between 1969 and 1973.

Category

Music Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC Four Universal Music

Ian Gillan

Self

Roger Glover

Self

Ritchie Blackmore

Self

Jon Lord

Self

Ian Paice

Self

Glenn Hughes

Self

Martin Birch

Self

Michael Bradford

Self

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