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Deep Purple

"Made In Japan" is one of the record I cannot live without: it is carved in my DNA, it shaped my being since I was 11 years old.
The duet between Ritchie Blackmore guitar and Ian Gillan voice in "Strange Kind Of Woman" acted as a mutagen agent!

I had to wait 12 years to see my hard rock idols on a stage: it happened in 1985 during the Knebworth Festival in UK.
Luckily it was the "Made in Japan" line-up: Richie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Gillan (voice), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboard) and Ian Paice (drums).

It's been one of the most adrenalinic gig I ever attended: "Smoke on the Water", "Stormbringer", "Hush", "My Women From Tokyo", "Child in Time" are still resounding in my ears.
Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Knebworth Festival, 1985
Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Knebworth Festival, 1985