Deep Purple – Burn

A great sounding pressing with top highs, mids and a very nice deep bass. great details and very quiet vinyl. One of the exceptional pressings from Japan.

I'd say a must have deep purple album! Each song is solid, I see no down sides.

Flamme de boogie !

Aussi racé qu'une authentique Ferrari 250 GTO que le temps auréole d'une même patine,animé par les véloces montées en régime de chorus aux pures arabesques,cet album restera l'ultime grand disque de Deep Purple.
L'impétueux riff du titre éponyme "Burn", savamment inspiré de "Fascinting Rhytm" écrit par Gershwin en 1924 tournoie comme une tornade.Bolide finement ciselé d'ornementations classisantes qui pourfend l'espace à la manière d'un "Highway star".
Une voix rouillée,ici celle de David Coverdale apporte une teinte bluesy plus affirmée à la musique du "Pourpre",notamment dans "Mistreated",grand blues d'une céleste guitare aux notes étirées comme les lourds nuages d'une oppressante atmosphère,où le chant d'une remarquable expressivité laisse traîner son souffle exsangue.
Toujours empreint d'un certain exotisme,le phrasé de Richie Blackmore tutoie les sphères dans un "You fool no one" qui roule sur un rythme afro-cubain, non sans évoquer ici le lyrisme d'un certain Carlos Santana.
Swing jazzy sur "What's goin'on here" appuyé par le piano de jon Lord qui ajoute à la félinité du groove "Purple".
La magie du riff flambe, jusque dans les nappes d'orgue brumeux de l'énigmatique "Might just take your life" ou dans la force des irrésistibles ressorts de "Lay down stay down" surgi comme un diable de sa boîte, ou le chant fougueux slalome entre de tranchants accords qui se heurtent aux redoutables breaks de batterie, alors que plus tard,le solo de guitare en lévitation flotte et ondule comme la flamme qui consumme nos cinq musiciens dont la belle inspiration se figera ici dans cette magnifique flaque de cire.

I now always play the Burn LP (whether original or remastered) at about 1,5% slower speed (my Technics has a scale for adjustment) and this ensures the correct pitch/tuning of the instruments including the singers. Presumably the record was turned -like it was sometimes in mid-70s - a little faster (pitch) for the pressmaster, I think this brings the right original sound of the instruments back, because the bass, drums and guitar sound more natural. Try it out, I can only recommend it, because the LP finally has enough bass and not only Ian Paice´ snare sounds with 1,5% slower pitch natural again, in my opinion! For example the Led Zeppelin-LP "Houses Of The Holy has also higher speed in some of the tracks, like Page explained in interviews already. In the Seventies some more speed was used sometimes as a sound-gimmick to give more verve in a song.

My top 3 :
1 - Burn
2 - Mistreated
3 - Might Just Take Your Life

I absolutely love this record. For me, on any given day, it could be my favorite Deep Purple album. Usually I would say ‘Deep Purple in Rock’ and ‘Machine Head’, in that order. But man, there’s something about Coverdale and Hughes trading lines on many of these songs that gives me goosebumps. Most rock fans know the story - Gillan and Glover leave in mid 1973 and the classic Mark II line-up is no more (until 11 years later) and one total unknown Yorkshireman and one veteran from another established Midlands band, Trapeze - both about the same age, 21 or 22, Purple to form the short lived but dynamic Mark III version. Glenn Hughes was hired first and was a little dismayed that Blackmore, Lord and Paice felt like they needed an additional vocalist as Hughes learned he was asked to replace Roger Glover more than substitute for the molten pipes of Ian Gillan. David Coverdale makes his album debut on ‘Burn’ and the rest is history. However short lived this collaboration may have been, the bluesy and funky Purple was a nice change of pace but it wasn’t meant to last as Blackmore would grow restless with this new direction. There was nothing funky or bluesy about the title track as no song in the entire Purple canon, save for “Highway Star”, absolutely destroyed and pulverized everything in its path. Ritchie just slays and lays down a guitar solo which could be his fastest if not his best. For me, the next best song and one that would live on in a live setting with both Rainbow and Whitesnake is “Mistreated”. There’s something about the pacing and how Ritchie plays the blues here that only sounds better in the various live versions that were recorded with Blackmore on guitar. It also was one of the first songs Coverdale wrote with Blackmore - which would become a source of controversy as to who came up with what. Regardless, it is phenomenal as is “Might Just Take Your Life”, “You Fool No One” and “Lay Down Stay Down”. “Sail Away” is another personal highlight as both David and Glenn sing an amazing duet - trading verses and singing in harmony as Blackmore lays down a funk filled, almost synthesized guitar line. The last track is instrumental and not a great way to end the LP but that’s a minor critique. Deep Purple got new life and for a brief time lost none of their momentum remaining one of the world’s very best heavy rock acts, as seen by their performance at the California Jam. Got more than I asked for indeed…

Кто-нибудь объяснит, почему у диска страна US, хотя по SID-кодам это Германия? И на самом диске написано, что Made in EU?

I love this pressing. Lush, clear, and robust sound with good dynamics. Deep purple in deep groove!

Holy shitballs, some of those Spanish translations are hilariously bad...

my god.. this press is so much better than any us press i think. i’ve had a few different copies of a us and they were all pretty spacey and the levels for vocals weren’t the best. but the UK hype is true, everything was mastered at a beautiful high level with great bass and dynamics throughout.