Rare Bootleg - Deep Purple - Darker than Blue - NM disc

Darker Than Blue was one of the very early Deep Purple vinyl bootlegs. Indeed it was probably the first American bootleg of the group ever released. These first boots all came from a performance in Aachen, Germany, in July 1970.

The bootleg has Black Night and Paint It Black on in full, Wring That Neck which concluded on side two, followed by a five minute chunk of Wring That Neck.

Deep Purple were of course not that well established in the States at this time but bootlegs were aimed at the underground and college markets, where kids were musically more aware of good new bands.