Live at Montreux 1996

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Live at Montreux 1996
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 2006
Recorded Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, 9 July 1996 and 22 July 2000
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length74:16
Label Eagle
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live in Europe 1993
(2006)
Live at Montreux 1996
(2006)
Live in Montreux 69
(2006)
Live at Montreux 1996
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ReleasedMay 2006
Recorded Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, 9 July 1996 and 22 July 2000
Genre Hard rock
Length83:45, 1996 concert
38:27, 2000 concert
Label Eagle Rock Entertainment
Deep Purple chronology
Bombay Calling
(1995)
Live at Montreux 1996
(2006)
Total Abandon: Australia '99
(1999)
Professional ratings
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Live at Montreux 1996 is a live album and DVD by English hard rock band Deep Purple, recorded in 1996 and released in 2006.

Contents

The CD and DVD release features live performances from Montreux in 1996 and 2000.

CD track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice except where noted.

  1. "Fireball" – 3:50
  2. "Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:27
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:41
  4. "Black Night" – 6:43
  5. "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:21
  6. "No One Came" – 5:06
  7. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 7:29
    • Credited to Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord and Paice on this release
  8. "Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:47
  9. "Speed King" – 5:10
  10. "Smoke on the Water" – 8:15

Bonus Tracks

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland; 22 July 2000

  1. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:46
  2. "Fools" – 9:41

DVD track listing

Montreux – July 1996

  1. "Fireball"
  2. "Ted the Mechanic"
  3. "Pictures of Home"
  4. "Black Night"
  5. "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover"
  6. "Woman from Tokyo"
  7. "No One Came"
  8. "When a Blind Man Cries"
  9. "Hey Cisco"
  10. "Speed King"
  11. "Smoke on the Water"

Montreux – July 2000

  1. "'69"
  2. "Perfect Strangers"
  3. "When a Blind Man Cries"
  4. "Lazy"
  5. "Highway Star"

Personnel

Charts

YearChartPosition
2006Germany92

Certifications [DVD]

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [2] Gold5,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Prato, Greg. "Live at Montreux 1996 – Deep Purple | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. "Canadian video certifications – Deep Purple – Live at Montreux 1996". Music Canada.