Part of
Eagle Records
' Eagle Classics series, which bundles a pair of
Eagle
-issued releases into a budget-priced set, this two-fer from hard rock legends
Deep Purple
includes a couple of late period live outings.
Live at Montreux 1996
features
Ian Gillan
,
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Steve Morse
, and
Ian Paice
tearing through a set of hard-hitting
DP
classics like "Fireball," "Woman from Tokyo," and a lengthy "Smoke on the Water," while
Live at Montreux 2006
, the band's first live recording without
, includes three tracks (The Wrong Man," "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," and "Rapture of Deep") from the band's 18th studio album, 2006's
Rapture of the Deep
, as well as live staples like "Space Truckin'" and a nearly nine-minute rendition of "Highway Star." ~ James Christopher Monger