Live at Montreux 2011

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Live at Montreux 2011
Live album by
Released7 November 2011
Recorded16 July 2011 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length115:00
LabelEagle
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live at Montreux 2006: They All Came Down to Montreux
(2007)
Live at Montreux 2011
(2011)
BBC Sessions 1968–1970
(2011)
Live at Montreux 2011
Video by
Released7 November 2011
Recorded16 July 2011 in Montreux
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length180 minutes
LabelEagle Rock Entertainment
Deep Purple chronology
Phoenix Rising
(2011)
Live at Montreux 2011
(2011)

Live at Montreux 2011 is a live release by English hard rock band Deep Purple's mk VIII lineup credited as Deep Purple with Orchestra, and performed alongside the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt conducted by Stephen Bentley-Klein. This concert was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on 16 July 2011. Besides a 2CD release, the concert film has also been released on DVD and Blu-ray. All formats were released on 7 November 2011 by German label Eagle Rock Entertainment. In 2015 a vinyl collector's edition of the album was released for a Record Store Day.

Track listing

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

2CD

Disc 1

  1. "Deep Purple Overture" (Stephen Bentley-Klein, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton, Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 1:39
  2. "Highway Star" – 6:54
  3. "Hard Lovin' Man" – 6:08
  4. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:30
  5. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 6:19
  6. "Rapture of the Deep" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, Paice) – 5:44
  7. "Woman from Tokyo" – 6:18
  8. "Contact Lost" (Morse) – 4:28
  9. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:50
  10. "The Well Dressed Guitar" (Morse) – 2:42

Disc 2

  1. "Knocking at Your Back Door" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 6:07
  2. "Lazy" – 8:45
  3. "No One Came" – 5:40
  4. "Keyboards Solo" (Airey) – 5:45
  5. "Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) – 6:05
  6. "Space Truckin'" – 4:55
  7. "Smoke on the Water" – 8:32
  8. "Green Onions" (Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Lewie Steinberg, Booker T. Jones)/Hush (Joe South)/Bass solo" (Glover) – 8:18
  9. "Black Night" – 7:10

DVD/Blu-ray

  1. "Deep Purple Overture/Highway Star"
  2. "Hard Lovin' Man"
  3. "Maybe I'm a Leo"
  4. "Strange Kind of Woman"
  5. "Rapture of the Deep"
  6. "Woman from Tokyo"
  7. "Contact Lost"
  8. "When a Blind Man Cries"
  9. "The Well-Dressed Guitar"
  10. "Knocking at Your Back Door"
  11. "Lazy"
  12. "No One Came"
  13. "Don Airey Keyboard Solo"
  14. "Perfect Strangers"
  15. "Space Truckin'"
  16. "Smoke on the Water"
  17. "Hush" (South)
  18. "Black Night"
Bonus feature
  • Interview with Deep Purple

Personnel

Deep Purple

with

Production notes

  • Live sound mixed and recorded by David Richards at Mountain Studios, in Le Voyageur I
  • Audio mixed by Julie Gardner at Jam Studios, London
  • Audio mastered by Mazen Murad at Metropolitan Studios, London

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
2011 Switzerland 7
Germany 43

See also