Total Abandon: Australia '99

Total Abandon: Australia '99
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Live album by Deep Purple
Released	September 1999 (Australia) 12 October 1999 (Europe) 24 April 2012 (USA)
Recorded	Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, 20 April 1999
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	116:07
Label	EMI/Thames Talent (Australia/Europe) Eagle (USA)
Producer	Deep Purple
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live at The Olympia '96 (1997)Live at The Olympia '961997 Total Abandon: Australia '99 (1999) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000)Live at the Royal Albert Hall2000

Total Abandon: Australia '99
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Video by Deep Purple
Released	1999 / 2003
Recorded	Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia, 20 April 1999
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3 hours, 20 minutes
Label	Eagle Rock Entertainment
Deep Purple chronology
Live at Montreux 1996 (1996)Live at Montreux 19961996 Total Abandon: Australia '99 (1999) In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra (2000)In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra2000

Total Abandon: Australia '99 is a double live album and DVD by British hard rock band Deep Purple, recorded at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on 20 April 1999. Initially the album was available only in Australia (from Sept 1999). From 12 October 1999 it was made available as a mail order merchandise in Europe and later was also sold in music stores. In USA the album wasn't released until 2012 (this edition was cut to only one disc).

The album was accompanied in Australia by two collector edition singles: "Smoke On The Water" with disc cut into shape of the Australian continent, and "Black Night", which disc was manufactured in shape of the DP logo.

The VHS/DVD was originally available only in Australia and as a mail order merchandise. It was re-released in Europe in 2003 with additional documentary A.Band.Down.Under which previously had been released only on VHS. The 1999 DVD edition of the album went platinum in Australia becoming Deep Purple's commercially most successful DVD/video release in that country.

Track listing (1999 edition)

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

CD 1

1. "Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 4:50
2. "Strange Kind of Woman" - 6:23
3. "Bloodsucker" - 4:56
4. "Pictures of Home" - 8:19
5. "Almost Human" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 6:16
6. "Woman from Tokyo" - 6:47
7. "Watching the Sky" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:46
8. "Fireball" - 4:44
9. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:11
10. "Steve Morse Guitar Solo" (Morse) - 8:42
11. "Smoke on the Water" - 9:01 - includes riffs from following songs in the beginning (unlisted):
    1. "Whole Lotta Love"
    2. "Fire"
    3. "Crossroads"
    4. "Day Tripper"
    5. "You Really Got Me"

CD 2

12. "Lazy" - 8:49
13. "Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 6:18
14. "Speed King" - 14:28
15. "Black Night" - 6:21
16. "Highway Star" - 7:16

Track listing (2012 edition)

1. "Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 4:50
2. "Strange Kind of Woman" - 6:23
3. "Bloodsucker" - 4:56
4. "Pictures of Home" - 8:19
5. "Almost Human" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 6:16
6. "Woman from Tokyo" - 6:47
7. "Watching the Sky" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:46
8. "Fireball" - 4:44
9. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:11
10. "Smoke on the Water" - 9:01
11. "Black Night" - 6:21
12. "Highway Star" - 7:16

DVD track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Ted the Mechanic" (4:34)
3. "Strange Kind of Woman" (6:21)
4. "Bloodsucker" (4:57)
5. "Pictures of Home" (8:18)
6. "Almost Human" (6:32)
7. "Woman from Tokyo" (6:25)
8. "Watching the Sky" (5:42)
9. "Fireball" (4:45)
10. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (7:05)
11. "Steve Morse Guitar Solo" (11:37)
12. "Smoke on the Water" (5:57)
13. "Lazy" (8:50)
14. "Perfect Strangers" (6:19)
15. "Speed King" (15:14)
16. "Black Night" (6:17)
17. "Highway Star" (8:05)

Singles

• 1999 - "Smoke on the Water (Radio Mix)" / "Smoke on the Water (Enhanced Video)"
• 1999 - "Black Night" / "Fireball"

Personnel

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Steve Morse - guitar
• Roger Glover - bass
• Jon Lord - keyboards
• Ian Paice - drums
• Darren Schneider - production
• Drew Thompson - executive production
• Mat Gearing Thomas - mixing