Episode #218 – Deep Purple – Live at The Olympia ‘96 (Part 1)

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Performed and recorded on 17 June 1996 at L’Olympia in Paris, France.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_(Paris)
On the subject of horns, Roger writes:
- From: (BAsec5)
- Newsgroups: alt.music.deep-purple
- Subject: Re: Horn musicians on new live DP CD?
- Date: 28 May 1997 06:25:19 GMT
- Garry Smith (garry@caleyjag.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- > He was 100% correct, of course – it was a
- > fabulous show – but I’d be curious to know
- > all the background to it – how it was added to
- > the tour, where the horn section came from, and
- > how it came to be recorded.
- At the end of the first show the promotors asked
- us to come back for a special show and we thought
- why not? The Olympia is a legendary place – we
- played there in 69 or 70 – and it would be good to
- visit it again. The idea of working with other
- musicians is not new, we just never got around to
- doing it. The horn players were recruited by the
- promotor and are part of a Parisian late night chat
- show on TV, so they were well equipped to deal with
- our music. They were great.
- Having said all that, how could we not record it?
- Look good,
- RG

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Additional Musicians:

Horns – Christian Fourquet
- French trombonist.
Horns – Eric Mula
- French trumpet player, arranger, composer.
Horns – Vincent Chavagnac
- https://www.vincentchavagnac.com/
- Multi-reed player, flutes, keyboards, composer, arranger and producer.

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Horns featured on “Highway Star”, “Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover”, “No One Came”, “The Purpendicular Waltz”

Album Tracks:

Disc 1

Fireball
Maybe I’m a Leo
- One of only three official live releases by Deep Purple to have this song.
- The other two are “In Concert” and “Live at Montreux 2011”
Ted the Mechanic
Pictures of Home
Black Night
Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover
Sometimes I Feel LIke Screaming
Woman from Tokyo
No One Came
The Purpendicular Waltz

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