COME HELL OR HIGH WATER

This definately not essential in my opinion (Especially seeing as it is a compilation). I do enjoy the original recordings of these songs although am not a big Deep Purple fan, neither do I ever enjoy live versions more than the proper ones. This is why i was dissapointed when i bought it, taking advantage of the price and not realising that it was a live album (d'oh!) which should have been obvious from the cover art.

The recording quality of the album is good, with a good selection of songs, but a few of them veer off too far from the originals. For pure Purple, stick with the studio albums and then delve into the depths of their live material.