Live at The Olympia '96

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Live at the Olympia '96
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Released9 June 1997
Recorded17 June 1996
Venue The Olympia, Paris, France
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length122:40
Label Thames
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Mk III: The Final Concerts
(1996)
Live at the Olympia '96
(1997)
Total Abandon: Australia '99
(1999)
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Live at the Olympia '96 is a live double album by English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded at the Olympia in Paris on 17 June 1996 during the Purpendicular tour and released in 1997.

Contents

Initial copies of the release have a round sticker on the front of the CD jewel-case, stating 'Official Bootleg'.

It is one of only three Deep Purple live albums to feature a performance of "Maybe I'm a Leo", the others being Deep Purple in Concert and Live at Montreux 2011 .

Track listing

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

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Fireball"5:01
2."Maybe I'm a Leo"5:53
3."Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)5:06
4."Pictures of Home"5:58
5."Black Night"7:33
6."Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)11:04
7."Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)7:24
8."Woman from Tokyo"6:29
9."No One Came"5:53
10."The Purpendicular Waltz" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)5:11
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Rosa's Cantina" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)6:18
2."Smoke on the Water"9:24
3."When a Blind Man Cries"7:17
4."Speed King"11:45
5."Perfect Strangers" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)6:43
6."Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)7:27
7."Highway Star"8:08

Personnel

Deep Purple
Additional musicians

Featured on "Highway Star", "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover", "No One Came", "The Purpendicular Waltz"

Production

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
German Albums Chart [2] 98
UK Albums Chart [ citation needed ]183

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References

  1. Miller, Glen. Live at The Olympia '96 at AllMusic
  2. "Album – Deep Purple , Live at The Olympia '96". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts . Retrieved 17 February 2017.