Deep Purple - Soldier Of Fortune (From ’Jakarta On My Mind’ Bootleg)

Deep Purple’s show @Senyan Sports Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia, 04/12/1975! This concert is called “The Indonesian Nightmare“...here’s the article by Peter Crescenti for Rolling Stones (January 29, 1976): “Tragedy and mayhem struck the Deep Purple tour December 4 in Jakarta, Indonesia, when one of the group’s road crew, Patsy Collins, a well-loved celebrity of the British rock scene and guitariest Tommy Bolin’s bodyguard, was killed in a six-story fall down a service elevator shaft at the band’s hotel. Then at a Deep Purple concert the following night, Indonesian police armed with machine guns, truncheons and a pack of Doberman pinschers waded into the audience, seriously injuring over 200 people. “Deep Purple played to an estimated 150,000 Indonesians in two shows at the outdoor Senyan Sports Staduim as part of their first tour since adding Bolin to the band. The first concert, which saw about 20,000 people break down fences to join 35,000 ticket holders, was
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