Live at Montreux 2011 explained

Live at Montreux 2011
Type:	live
Artist:	Deep Purple
Cover:	Live at Montreux 2011.jpg
Released:	7 November 2011
Recorded:	16 July 2011 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Genre:	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:	115:00
Label:	Eagle
Chronology:	Deep Purple live albums
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Live at Montreux 2011
Type:	video
Artist:	Deep Purple
Released:	7 November 2011
Recorded:	16 July 2011 in Montreux
Genre:	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:	180 minutes
Label:	Eagle Rock Entertainment
Prev Title:	Phoenix Rising
Prev Year:	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

• Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica
• Steve Morse – guitar, backing vocals on "Hush"
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

with

• Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
• Stephen Bentley-Klein – conductor

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

• Live at Montreux 1996
• Live at Montreux 2006