Deep Purple in Rock

This was one of my favourite albums back in the day. I have had it on cd a couple of times and it just somehow didn't seem right. I sold them. I didn't know what the problem was until I bought this vinyl reissue. It brings it all back home.. right up to the original "Harvest" label on the records. It just sounds better on vinyl.. fuller.. more punch... and then, of course, there is the "ritual" of the vinyl experience complete with 12" cover and artwork. Nice, heavy, 180 gram plastic.. aahhh, yes! Roger Daltry told me that cds were a massive "white elephant" sold to us by an unscrupulous music industry.. he was right. (Okay, he told me via an interview segment on an "Old Grey Whistle Test" dvd, but you get the gist).. anyway, you older guys who remember this the first time around, vinyl is the only way to go with this recording. Highly recommended.

Not sure if it's my favourite album by Purple because Coverdale was a better singing in my opinion..Burn !But great album, Living Wreck and Child in Time my favourite two songs..Lovely coloured vinyl too!

Not only does this sound better than my 1970 original but I unexpectedly received a strictly limited edition on purple vinyl. I would give more than 5 stars if I could.

Hi I had this album back in the day. Fantastic album by one of the greatest bands ever.

What's not to like, a classic album on 180g vinyl with harvest logo label. Good pressing, clear and sound excellent

This review is for original 1986 CD release of In Rock, EMI CDP 7462392. The front cover inlay artwork of this issue is a basic two page fold-over replicating the original vinyl cover art, right down to the band's sarcastic/jokey quotes beneath each song title on the rear (which were missing from the 1995 remaster).So, how's the album itself?In Rock is a classic of the genre, yet over the years has remained largely and unforgivably overlooked outside of Deep Purple fandom. When it comes to the pantheon of Hard Rock this album is without question up there with the debut offerings from Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin, and in actuality rocks a lot harder and faster than anything found on either of those albums.However, unlike those releases, the low budget studio in which In Rock was created is directly reflected in the quality of the recorded sound. Sometimes it's a bit murky, sometimes it's a bit scuzzy, sometimes the drums aren't loud enough, sometimes the vocals get a bit buried in the mix, sometimes the bass isn't well defined. But you know what? As a whole, that works not against the inherent primal rawness of the music, but with it.This is an album that's supposed to sound grimy, dirty, brutal, vicious, ferocious. Despite its production flaws this is Rock and Roll distilled to it's base elements. Well, apart from in Child in Time...which is typical 1970s Rock Star self-indulgence, with gentle keystrokes interspersed with howled bluster, sounding completely out of place amid the rampant yet focused cacophony which makes up the rest of the album.So how's the mastering of this original CD issue?Now there's a question. Given the nature of the original recording, short of a remix there's only so much can be done with any mastering/remastering of this title on CD.I would say compared to the Warner Brothers disc from the same period and the 1995 remaster on EMI, this scrapes past the finishing line first.Warner Brothers removed the noisy guitar/organ intro to the opening track, Speed King, kicking the album off instead with the drum slam immediately preceding the first vocal line. Serious minus points for that, chaps!The 1995 remaster is louder and appears to have undergone some digital fiddling which my ears don't appreciate. It does though contain a couple of worthwhile bonus tracks, one of which, Cry Free, would have made an excellent inclusion to the original album, arguably being the fastest and tightest track recorded at these sessions. I can only assume they left it off because the solo section is not quite up to par. As far as I'm concerned the remaster is only worth owning for the bonus tracks, not available elsewhere on CD.So, how to rate In Rock? I'll give it a 4. If they'd included Cry Free instead of Child In Time it would have been a 5.Either way, it's a classic. Buy it.

I have a 46 year old copy of this , now I have a new one , high quality mastering . Sounds so much better than my old worn out copy

One of the best rock albums of the 70’s Child in time still sounds great