Total Abandon: Australia '99
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| Live album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | September 1999 (Australia) 12 October 1999 (Europe) 24 April 2012 (US) |
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| Recorded | 20 April 1999 | |||
| Venue | Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 116:07 | |||
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EMI/Thames Talent (Australia/Europe) Eagle (US) |
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| Producer | Deep Purple | |||
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| Video by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 20 April 1999 | |||
| Venue | Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 3 hours, 20 minutes | |||
| Label | Eagle Rock Entertainment | |||
| Director | Henk Eykman | |||
| Producer | Darren Schneider, Drew Thompson | |||
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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 was not 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 released in the US on 16 May 2000. 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.
All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice except where noted.
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