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Title: Deep Purple – Made In Japan
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Rock, Hard Rock, London, England
Matrix #: WS 2701
Condition: VG+++

Cultural Facts:

1. Band Drama: Recorded during Mark II tension; Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan were already clashing hard, leading to Gillan’s exit the next year.

2. Scene Ecology: Japan embraced them at arena scale before parts of the UK press did, showing how overseas markets could validate hard rock first.

3. Media Narrative: Initially intended as a Japan-only release, fan demand forced global rollout—proof the audience sometimes overruled label strategy.

6/29/23 ob 2/27/26 LM