London, UK. 8.&9. March 1996.
Extremely good audience recordings. Complete sets.
Strange Kind Of Purple : [N/A] : [N/A] : Japan : 1996 : 4CD
Tracks:
Day 1 - Disc 1:
Fireball
~Into The Fire (Intro)
Maybe I'm A Leo
Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic
Pictures Of Home
Black Night
Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
~Steve Morse Solo
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Woman From Tokyo
Blood Sucker
The Purpendicular Waltz
Day 1 - Disc 2:
No One Came
Rosa's Cantina
Smoke On The Water
~Jon Lord Solo
When a blind man cries
Somebody Stole My Guitar
Speed King
Perfect Strangers
Hey Cisco
Highway Star
BGM: Smoke On The Water (Jazz Style)
Day 2 - Disc 1:
Fireball
~Into The Fire (Intro)
Maybe I'm A Leo
Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic
Pictures Of Home
Black Night
Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
~Steve Morse Solo
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Woman From Tokyo
Blood Sucker
The Purpendicular Waltz
Day 2 - Disc 2:
No One Came
Rosa's Cantina
Smoke On The Water
~Jon Lord Solo
When a blind man cries
Somebody Stole My Guitar
Speed King
Perfect Strangers
Hey Cisco
Highway Star
BGM: Smoke On The Water (Jazz Style)
Although it was released about two months later than advertised it is still the first live recording from the 1996 tour with Steve Morse that appeared on CD.
Very good sound quality on all four CDs; the latter show is soundwise a bit better that the first one. Both performances were equally good and the set list is identical.
Only minus point: IG's sreaming is sometimes a bit "weak", esp. in Blood Sucker. However, all the instrumental parts are excellent! Have a listen to Jon's keyboard work in Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming on Day 2.
Neither label nor Cat.No. is given... Matrix number is just the CD title.