Description
Deep Purple – Live At The Olympia '96 / Thames Audio CD
UPC 724385798221
Product Details:
Live at the Olympia '96 is a live double album by British 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.
Initial copies of the release have a round sticker on the front of the CD jewel-case, stating 'Official Bootleg'.
One of only three Deep Purple live albums to feature a performance of "Maybe I'm a Leo", the other being Deep Purple in Concert and Live at Montreux 2011.
Editorial Reviews:
Complete, unedited 1996 show from the Olympia in Paris,released to celebrate their re-signing to EMI. Contains 17tracks, including 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Smoke On The Water','Perfect Strangers' and 'Highway Star'. The line-up here isoriginal members Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice & RogerGlover along with Dixie Dregs guitarist Steve Morse. Doubleslimline jewelcase. 1997
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Fireball | 4:48 |
| 1-2 | Maybe I'm A Leo | 5:18 |
| 1-3 | Ted The Mechanic | 4:21 |
| 1-4 | Pictures Of Home | 5:58 |
| 1-5 | Black Night | 6:28 |
| 1-6 | Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover | 10:08 |
| 1-7 | Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming |
7:03 |
| 1-8 | Woman From Tokyo | 5:34 |
| 1-9 | No One Came | 6:03 |
| 1-10 |
The Purpendicular Waltz | 5:02 |
| 2-1 | Rosa's Cantina | 5:53 |
| 2-2 | Smoke On The Water | 9:00 |
| 2-3 | When A Blind Man Cries | 6:54 |
| 2-4 | Speed King | 9:22 |
| 2-5 | Perfect Strangers | 6:11 |
| 2-6 | Hey Cisco | 5:50 |
| 2-7 | Highway Star | 8:50 |
About the Band:
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.
Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up consisted of Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973 and was revived from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (lead vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 with the line-up including David Coverdale (lead vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals) (and Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner (vocals). The band's line-up (currently including Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although keyboardist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002 (being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the only original Deep Purple member still in the band.
Deep Purple were ranked number 22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, and a poll on radio station Planet Rock ranked them 5th among the "most influential bands ever". The band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple (specifically Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan, Glover, Coverdale, Evans, and Hughes) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
More Details:
- Artwork [Album Art (Graffiti)] – Jamie Webster (2)
- Bass – Roger Glover
- Cover [Album Cover Concept] – Roger Glover
- Drums – Ian Paice
- Edited By [Digital Editing] – Peter Deneberg, Rory Young
- Engineer – Alain Francais
- Guitar – Steve Morse
- Horns [The Horn Players] – Christian Fourquet, Eric Mula, Vincent Chavagnac
- Mastered By – Ted Jensen
- Mixed By – Peter Deneberg
- Mixed By [Premix Work] – Darren Schneider
- Organ [Hammond Organ], Keyboards – Jon Lord
- Recorded By – De Preference
- Vocals [Vocal], Harmonica – Ian Gillan
