Live in Montreux 69

Infobox Album | Name = Live in Montreux 69
Type = Live Album
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = August 28, 2006
Recorded = October 4 1969
Montreux, Switzerland
Genre = Hard rock
Heavy metal | Length = 84:01 ( 2CD )
Label = Sonic Zoom PUR 257D
Producer = Deep Purple
Reviews = | Last album = "Live at Montreux 1996"
(2006)
This album = "Live in Montreux 69"
(2006)
Next album = "Live in Denmark 1972"
(2007)

"Live in Montreux 69" is a live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded October 4, 1969 in Montreux, released in 2006. It was recorded in the Montreux Casino that burned down two years later.

It featured some of the first performances of "Speed King" and "Child in Time", which were released on "In Rock" eight months later. The live version of "Kentucky Woman" is the only known surviving MkII performance of the song. The album features no songs from the band's latest recorded album at the time, "Deep Purple", because it wasn't released in Europe. Live performances of the songs from the album can rarely be found.

"Live in Montreux 69" was first issued under the title "Kneel & Pray" in 2004.

Track listing

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

Disc one

#"Speed King/Kneel & Pray" - 5.54
#"Hush" (Joe South) - 6:20
#"Child in Time" - 12:38
#"Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice) - 20:30

Disc two

#"Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 10:48
#"Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord) - 22:08
#"Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) - 6:00

Personnel

* Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
* Ian Gillan - vocals, percussion
* Roger Glover - bass
* Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
* Ian Paice - drums, percussion