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Deep Purple: Orchid Ballroom, Purley

Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 4 March 1972

FORGET ABOUT chart placing and record sales for just one moment. The true testing point of any big group is its drawing capacity at the box office, and from what I saw on Tuesday it would appear that Deep Purple are enjoying the very best of both worlds.

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