Ritchie Blackmore/Broadcast 1998

The longest Ritchie Blackmore special program in Japan, which ran for 1 hour and 15 minutes and was broadcast on National Satellite Broadcasting on February 20, 1998, is now available on DVD for the first time in ultra-high resolution. The title of the program is "The Ritchie Blackmore Story: Portrait of a Rock Legend." The provider is the owner of the video master of the TV program "KISS LIVE HISTORY ~Miracle Resurrection Special~" from the same period, whose amazing image quality surprised even deep fans. Like Kiss, you can enjoy this valuable special program with the highest quality picture and sound quality for recorded video at the time. Ritchie's interview video, which appears throughout the film, has a single ray of light and is slightly darkened, perhaps to create a dark and mysterious mood, giving it an atmosphere that is unusual for Japanese interviews. I am. In videos like this, it would be difficult to understand his facial expressions in low-quality video recordings, but in this version, the colors of red, blue, and black come out very beautifully, making it easy to look at the screen without stress. It can be done. From the beginning, fans will be excited by the cool guitar solo scene and three consecutive guitar crashes from the Purple and Rainbow era. It's a wonderful opening that really grabs your attention. In the following Black Night, black and white footage from Copenhagen on March 1, 1972, which is familiar from "Machine Head Live," is shown in the first half and second half, and footage from the Birmingham performance of "Come Hell Or High Wate" on November 9, 1993 in the middle. I was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and sense of the production staff at the time, saying, ``It's amazing that they went to the trouble of making something like this and broadcasting it.'' Next is Richie's biography part. The story begins with the time of Richie's mysterious birth. After a session period in their teens and a period of activity in Germany, they formed Purple at the invitation of John Lord and others, and gradually achieved commercial success by developing a hard rock style, with familiar footage. The story is interspersed with interviews recorded in Tokyo in 1997. The live video footage is all standard stuff, but the excerpts and editing that show the producer's love for the musicians have been done beautifully, and while the content is at a good tempo, it's a piece of music software that ``listens where it's supposed to be heard.'' The most important parts are also protected to a certain extent, making it enjoyable to look at the screen. Ritchie said in an interview about the vocalist change between Gillan and Coverdale, ``It was difficult to work with Ian Gillan. We were both blunt, it was like bears facing each other, and our lifestyles were incompatible.'' Around 1972, he "Roger Glover didn't like rock music, so I auditioned him because I liked his voice," he said. I did it. At the time of the audition, he was overweight, had a beard, and was wearing glasses. He didn't look like a rocker, so they took off his glasses, shaved his beard, and put him on a diet. ” and whatever you want to say. The story of the amp explosion at California Jam is also very interesting when you explain it in his own words, even though you understand the situation. This is the first 30 minutes. Next is the rainbow era. The song featured is "Tour Documentary," which uses the familiar 1976 Houston footage. As usual, the live audio is not good, but since it is a national broadcast, the image quality is quite good. Richie's interview, recalling the period when Ronnie left, was interesting: ``When I was in France, there were no singers.I heard Graham's reputation, so I auditioned.I sang a few songs, but he was a strange singer.I had no interest in the blues at all.'' As Roger Glover says, ``There's nothing good about it except a great voice!'' The PV for All Night Long that plays immediately after is somehow funny, perhaps due to the interview effect. After that, we will enjoy the rainbow of the Joe Lin era while mixing the promo and the 1982 San Antonio official live. Next is the 1984 Purple reunion part. Although Joe's mid-career addition is ignored in the episode, it consists of two promo songs from "Perfect Strangers", 1993 Birmingham, and interviews with Purple members other than Richie. Jon Lord's last words, ``You can't live your life depending on that man,'' have a lot of weight to them. The 1995 reunion Rainbow is completely skipped due to time constraints, and the last 15 minutes are only Blackmore's Night. The interview in which Candace appears partially overlaps with "Beat File", but Richie's solo interview is still a valuable thing that can only be seen here. "Playing hard rock in the studio made me sick. Playing hard rock in the studio was boring and not fun. When I was recording Rainbow, I thought, ``This is weird.'' I record songs I don't like, and I enjoy the songs I don't record. ``Personally, I don't think there have been many records that encourage creativity in the last 10 to 15 years.There are a lot of bands that are rehashing old records.From 1966 to 1975, good records sold well.Jethro If it was as good as Tull, it would have sold.'' Richie's own words convey the inner conflict of the musicians who lived through that era. The ragtime-style Smoke On The Water played by Jon Lord immediately after is a nice insert. (It makes me feel lonely.) The last song is Smoke On The Water! A great compilation has been made of Cali Jam in 1974 → Texas in 1982 → Birmingham in 1993 → Cali Jam in 1974 → Texas in 1982, and it is worth seeing to see the history of Smoke On The Water. Although it's late, the guitar solo of this song by Cali Jam in 1974 is very impressive both in terms of playing and camera angle. A very high-quality Ritchie special program that doesn't make you feel the length of 75 minutes. The fact that such a program was able to be broadcast on national television with such effort and time may be said to be a typical example of the 1990s, when Western music still maintained its strength. Please enjoy the one-and-only program ``The Ritchie Blackmore Story ~ Portrait of a Rock Legend'' in the highest quality, which many Ritchie fans must have enjoyed by recording it on video. Comes with original menu. Broadcast Date: 10th February 1998 (74:54) 1. Introduction DEEP PURPLE 2. Black Night (Copenhagen, Denmark 1st March 1972 & Birmingham, UK 9th November 1993) 3. Interview with Ritchie 4. Guitar Solo (Lazy) (Copenhagen, Denmark 1st March 1972) 5. Interview with Ritchie 6. Hush(BGM) 7. Interview with Ritchie 8. Concerto For Group And Orchestra (London, UK 24th September 1969) 9. Interview with Ritchie 10. Highway Star (Copenhagen, Denmark 1st March 1972) 11. Child In Time (BGM) & Interview 12. Burn/Guitar Solo (California Jam 6th April 1974) 13. Interview with Ritchie 14. Guitar Crash RAINBOW 15. Tour Documentary 1976 Intro 16. Interview with Ritchie 17. A Light In The Black/Interview/Man On The Silver Mountain (Houston, Texas 10th July 1976) 18. LA Connection (PV) 19. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (PV) 20. Guitar Crash(Houston, Texas 10th July 1976 ) 21. Interview with Ritchie 22. All Night Long (PV) 23. Since You Been Gone (PV) 24. Miss Mistreated(San Antonio, Texas 18th August 1982) 25. I Surrender (PV) 26. Long Live Rock 'n ' Roll (San Antonio, Texas 18th August 1982) 27. Guitar Crash (San Antonio, Texas 18th August 1982) DEEP PURPLE(REUNION) 28. Interview with Ritchie 29. Perfect Strangers (PV) 30. Knockin' At Your Back Door ( PV) 31. Highway Star (Birmingham, UK 9th November 1993) 32. Interview with Ian Paice/Jon Lord 33. Guitar Solo (Child In Time) (Birmingham, UK 9th November 1993) 34. Interview with Ian Paice/Roger Glover/ Ian Gillan/Jon Lord 35. Guitar Solo (The Battle Rages On) (Birmingham, UK 9th November 1993) BLACKMORE'S NIGHT 36. Renaissance Fair (PV) 37. Interview with Ritchie 38. Interview with Ritchie & Candice 39. Shadow Of The Moon (PV) 40. Interview with Ritchie 41. Jon Lord plays Smoke On The Water on ragtime piano 42. Smoke On The Water (California Jam 6th April 1974 & San Antonio, TX, USA 18th August 1982, Birmingham, UK 9th November 1993) PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.75min.