Live at the Olympia '96 is a live double album by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded at the Olympia in Paris on 17 June 1996 during the Purpendicular tour and released in 1997.
| Live at the Olympia '96 | ||||
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| Live album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | 9 June 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 17 June 1996 | |||
| Venue | The Olympia, Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 122:40 | |||
| Label | Thames | |||
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Initial copies of the release have a round sticker on the front of the CD jewel-case, stating 'Official Bootleg'.
One of only three Deep Purple live albums to feature a performance of "Maybe I'm a Leo", the other being Deep Purple in Concert and Live at Montreux 2011.
All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Fireball" | 5:01 |
| 2. | "Maybe I'm a Leo" | 5:53 |
| 3. | "Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Pictures of Home" | 5:58 |
| 5. | "Black Night" | 7:33 |
| 6. | "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 11:04 |
| 7. | "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 7:24 |
| 8. | "Woman from Tokyo" | 6:29 |
| 9. | "No One Came" | 5:53 |
| 10. | "The Purpendicular Waltz" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rosa's Cantina" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 6:18 |
| 2. | "Smoke on the Water" | 9:24 |
| 3. | "When a Blind Man Cries" | 7:17 |
| 4. | "Speed King" | 11:45 |
| 5. | "Perfect Strangers" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) | 6:43 |
| 6. | "Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 7:27 |
| 7. | "Highway Star" | 8:08 |
Featured on "Highway Star", "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover", "No One Came", "The Purpendicular Waltz"
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| German Albums Chart[2] | 98 |
| UK Albums Chart[citation needed] | 183 |
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