Deep Purple_ Mistreated (Vivo California Jam Festival '74) HD
In place of Gillan and Glover, two exuberant young men arrive: Glenn Hughes, already bassist-vocalist of Trapeze, and Dave Coverdale, a notable unknown. The idea was for Hughes to be both singer and bassist, but management insisted that to avoid breaking the toy, they had to stick to five members. After many listens, they were struck by the tape of this rough kid - Burn was released, a stunning album, in my opinion the best alongside Machine Head, featuring a funkier rock sound. I choose Mistreated, live version from Jammin Festival, a unique, haunting, immense blues piece, the only song on the album sung solely by Coverdale. The track had been written two years earlier by Blackmore, who believed it couldn't be properly showcased by Gillan's voice, and for once our pain-in-the-ass was right—what was needed was a rawer, more bluesy vocal.