Live at The Olympia '96

Live at the Olympia '96
Live album by Deep Purple
Released 9 June 1997
Recorded 17 June 1996
The Olympia
Paris, France
Genre Hard rock
Length 122:40
Label EMI
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 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'. Whether this was because the band had some issues with the sound-quality is unclear.

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.

Track listing

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

Disc 1

  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

  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

Band

Additional Players

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

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
1997 German Albums Chart 98
1997 UK Albums Chart 183

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Glen. Live at The Olympia '96 at AllMusic