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Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 2014

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Music, Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

Production Companies

BBC Four

Director

Drew Thompson

Description

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.