Live in Montreux 69 explained

Live in Montreux 69
Type:live
Artist:Deep Purple
Cover:Deep Purple - Live in Montreux 69.jpg
Released:28 August 2006[1]
Recorded:4 October 1969
Montreux, Switzerland
Genre:Hard rock
Heavy metal
Length:90:01 (2CD)
Label:Sonic Zoom PUR 257D
Producer:Deep Purple
Chronology:Deep Purple live albums
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Live in Montreux 69 is a live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded 4 October 1969 in Montreux, released in 2006. It was recorded in the Montreux Casino that burned down two years later.

It featured some of the first performances of "Speed King" and "Child in Time", which were released on Deep Purple in Rock eight months later. The live version of "Kentucky Woman" is the only known surviving MkII performance of the song.

Live in Montreux 69 was first issued as a limited edition digipak (Sonic Zoom PUR 207D) under the title Kneel & Pray in 2004.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Popoff . Martin . Martin Popoff . The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 . 2nd . Wymer Publishing . 2018 . 255 . 978-1-908724-87-8.