Sorry... but that review below is way off the mark...

This set is DIFFERENT from "Mark III: The Final Concerts"...

"Mark III: The Final Concerts" was a mid-90s COMPILATION with tracks from TWO DIFFERENT SHOWS (Paris and Graz), with some EDITED tracks, and REPEAT performances...

"Live In Paris" does just what it says on the tin: It's the Paris 1975 show COMPLETE and UNEDITED... plus, it has been REMIXED from the master tapes and THE SOUND QUALITY IS SUPERIOR to "Mark III: The Final Concerts", which was tinny and without depth, as opposed to this new set that sounds full and rich...

The below reviewer may be a collector, but he doesn't know his stuff...

This set is new and BETTER in all respects... Hughes/Coverdale era Purple fans won't be disappointed.

This is to me, the finest example of Deep Purple live...well, actually its a toss up between this one and Live In London. Ritchie's last show with the band in the 1970's is flawless and so full of energy. He certainly knew the meaning of the expression of "going out with a bang". Great job. My personal fave here is The Gypsy. Hard to beleive that this awesome version remained in the vaults all this time. Forget about Made In Japan...as i never truly understood the fascination with that LP except it contains more recognisable tunes.
The only thing i don't like is about this CD is Glenn Hughes coke induced screams that make Mistreated all but unlistenable.

this new cd set signifies the same album "The Mark III final concerts 1975". The Mark III final concerts is a double CD set which was released by Connoisseur record company in the UK for 4 years ago.

It is important to know:
There is no new surprise in this new remixed cd set. The incredible rare songs, what Deep Purple Mark III with Ritchie Blackmore played that night in Paris - France 1975 like burn, stormbringer, gypsy, mistreated, smoke on the water, going down, highway star, lady double dealer, mistreated etc... were already released in the same full cd set in "The Mark III final concerts 1975". So do not waste your money for buying this one. If you already had bought another one (by Connoisseur record company /UK import released), keep your finger from this! This one is the same set and the same show in Paris - France 1975!

therefore I gave this only 3 stars!

cheers
long time ago deep purple collector and fan

wow... i got this album soon after it came out and i cant believe that everyone in the world isnt required to own it... its AMAZING.. MIII's made in japan!... very bluesy... its amazing... ITS WORTH THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!

This show was the last show Deep Purple did with Ritchie Blackmore until the reunion in 1984. Although he'd been somewhat lackadaisical during earlier shows on the Stormbringer tour, Ritchie gave this emotional final show everything he had, and it spurred the rest of the band to deliver a stellar performance. Coverdale and Hughes do the vocals very well; Glenn's shrieking is under control. Ian Paice and Jon Lord leave it all out on stage, so to speak.

There are several good reasons to have this recording. One, it was Ritchie's last show with Purple for 9 years. Two, this renders Made in Europe, Mk 3: The Final Concerts and other such compilations from the last few Mk 3 shows obsolete. There's no splicing or editing. Nada. This is the whole show, including Coverdale's and Hughes' chitchat in between songs. Three, this is the best Mk 3 show I've heard to date and stands up well with Mk 2 live stuff. Burn and Stormbringer blow the studio versions away. The Gypsy really shines live. I wasn't particularly fond of the album version, but here you can really feel the emotion Ritchie puts into it. Mistreated is well done, but I miss the longer, louder guitar intro of the Burn tour and subsequent performances with Rainbow. Then, of course, we have Smoke on the Water. I'm not a fan of the Mk 3 rendition of this song, though. Highway Star proves to be a pleasant surprise. After hearing the two live Mk 4 recordings (Russian Foxbat and Tokyo 1975), I was appalled with the way Highway Star was done. I had my doubts about Coverdale's ability to do it, but he manages to pull it off fairly well here, although the words have changed. Again. Most of the song is Ritchie going nuts and demolishing his guitar, but it's still cool to hear.

End note: Coverdale and Hughes have their little chats with the audience in between songs, but at the beginning of the show, during the intro to Burn, I swear I can hear Coverdale softly singing something like, "Ohhh...if only you didn't smoke cocaine..." I can DEFINITELY make out the word "cocaine." That makes me smirk a little bit inside.