Recorded from October 1969 to April 1970 at the IBC Studio. The cacophony of sound (led by Ritchie Blackmore's blistering guitar solo), which introduces the opener " Speed King, makes it immediately obvious that the band is no longer fooling around. The slightly less intense Bloodsucker" allows for some breathing room before the band embarks on the album's epic, ten-minute tour de force " Child in Time." In what is arguably his greatest performance, singer Ian Gillan leads the band on a series o