Product Overview
Deep Purple – Total Abandon - Australia '99 / Eagle Records Audio CD 2012 / EAGCD477
UPC 5034504147720
Product Details:
Eagle Rock Entertainment is set to release — for the first time in North America — Deep Purple’s ‘Total Abandon: Australia ’99’ on CD April 24th.
Recorded on April 20, 1999 at Melbourne Park, the 12-song 76-minute blockbuster, until now, was only available domestically as a DVD in the 2008 ‘Around The World Live’ boxed set (also released by Eagle Rock Entertainment). ‘Total Abandon’ is a major boon for Deep Purple fans as it musically traverses decades of material mostly from the ’70s and the ’90s. Lead guitarist Steve Morse, at this point in the band’s glorious career, had fully integrated himself into the mix, positively shining on songs from both eras.
The line-up of vocalist Ian Gillan, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice and guitarist Morse is in rare form. The almost nine-minute-each jam-happy versions of “Pictures Of Home” and “Smoke On The Water” are just two highlights of many. Besides favorites like “Black Night”, “Smoke On The Water” and “Highway Star” the band reached into its enormous catalog for an incredibly satisfying evening that included opener “Ted The Mechanic” and “Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming” both off guitarist Morse’s album debut with the band, ‘Purpendicular’, in 1996.
Touring in support of 1998’s ‘Abandon’ album, the “A Band On World Tour” had Deep Purple criss-crossing the globe like the true road warriors they remain today.
Editorial Review:
The single-disc version of Total Abandon: Australia '99 features the legendary early-'70s Deep Purple lineup with guitarist Steve Morse replacing Ritchie Blackmore. Fan favorites such as "Woman from Tokyo," "Highway Star," and "Smoke on the Water" are highlighted, as are lesser heard album tracks and four songs written by this particular lineup. Bear in mind that the single-disc version excludes four songs: "Lazy," "Perfect Strangers," "Speed King," and "Steve Morse Guitar Solo." While these performances are definitely worth hearing, casual listeners should stick with Made in Japan from 1972.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Ted The Mechanic | |
| 2 | Strange Kind Of Woman | |
| 3 | Bloodsucker | |
| -4 | Pictures Of Home | |
| 5 | Almost Human | |
| 6 | Woman From Tokyo | |
| 7 | Watching The Sky | |
| 8 | Fireball | |
| 9 | Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming | |
| 10 |
Smoke On The Water | |
| 11 | Black Night | |
| 12 | Highway Star |
More Details:
- Bass – Roger Glover
- Drums – Ian Paice
- Executive-Producer – Drew Thompson
- Keyboards – Jon Lord
- Producer, Mixed By [Sound Mix] – Darren Schneider
- Recorded By, Mixed By [Assistant] – Mat Gearing Thomas
- Vocals – Ian Gillan
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.
