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The Famous California Jam Concert Now On Double Vinyl For The First Time! On April 6, 1974 Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer headlined a legendary music festival called California Jam in Ontario, California, aired live on ABC. About 400,000 people attended this record-breaking concert; it employed the loudest amplification system ever used and was the highest-grossing festival ever at the time. The concert itself is the stuff of legend. For one, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore locked himself in his room and refused to go on stage when the band was scheduled to perform, fearing that the band's light show would be ruined by the daylight outside. When ABC brought in the sheriff to arrest him, Blackmore agreed to play the set, but ended up smashing equipment, destroying an ABC camera with his guitar, and setting off a pyrotechnic device in one of his amps. The band had to escape via helicopter to avoid th Cal Jam - Live In California '74

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Record LabelMcuy, Mercury Studios

UPC0602435396101

eBay Product ID (ePID)28046090250

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FormatRecord

Release Year2021

GenreRock

ArtistDeep Purple

Release TitleLive in California '74

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight1.22 lb

Item Length12.37 in

Item Width12.24 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks7

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Burn 1.2 Might Just Take Your Life 1.3 Lay Down, Stay Down 2.1 Mistreated 2.2 Smoke On The Water 3.1 You Fool No One 4.1 Space Truckin’

Number of Discs2

NotesDEEP PURPLE / Live In California '74 [Live At Ontario Speedway, California, 1974 / 2 Vinyl Set] - Double vinyl LP pressing. On April 6, 1974 Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer headlined a legendary music festival called California Jam in Ontario, California, aired live on ABC. About 400, 000 people attended this record-breaking concert; it employed the loudest amplification system ever used and was the highest-grossing festival ever at the time. The concert itself is the stuff of legend. For one, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore locked himself in his room and refused to go on stage when the band was scheduled to perform, fearing that the band's light show would be ruined by the daylight outside. When ABC brought in the sheriff to arrest him, Blackmore agreed to play the set, but ended up smashing equipment, destroying an ABC camera with his guitar, and setting off a pyrotechnic device in one of his amps.