10 Hard Rock Live Albums You Need To Hear

Deep Purple were known as one of the most adventurous acts emerging from the London blues scene in the late '60s. With albums like In Rock and Machine Head sending them up the charts, their songs contained some of the most essential riffs in the hard rock canon. On the other hand, just listening to the albums barely scratches the surface of what this band could do live.

Whenever the band took to the stage, they had a habit of changing the arrangements on the fly to make every performance unique for the audience. On Made in Japan, Purple stretched their songs to mammoth proportions, with tracks like "Space Truckin" being miniature blues rock odysseys.

Though the songs are commonly thought to be the most important part of the record, the musicianship is the star of the show here, with the band pulling off solo runs inspired by classical music and even some jazz styles.

From Ian Paice's colossal drum solo on "Lazy" to organist Jon Lord and guitarist RItchie Blackmore partaking in a musical duel with each other, Made in Japan is hard rock's most controlled form of musical anarchy. You may not know where the next song may be going, but you'll be along for the ride each time.