Total Abandon: Australia '99


Total Abandon: Australia '99 is a double live album and DVD by English hard rock band Deep Purple, recorded at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on 20 April 1999. When the album was released in September 1999, it was only available in Australia. From 12 October 1999, it was made available as mail-order merchandise in Europe. Later, it was also sold in music stores. In the 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 a disc cut into the shape of the Australian continent, and "Black Night", which disc was manufactured in the shape of the DP logo.
The VHS/DVD was originally available only in Australia and as mail-order merchandise. It was released in the US on 16 May 2000. It was re-released in Europe in 2003 with an 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.

Track listings

1999 edition

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice except where noted.
CD one
  1. "Ted the Mechanic" – 4:50
  2. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 6:23
  3. "Bloodsucker" – 4:56
  4. "Pictures of Home" – 8:19
  5. "Almost Human" – 6:16
  6. "Woman from Tokyo" – 6:47
  7. "Watching the Sky" – 5:46
  8. "Fireball" – 4:44
  9. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" – 7:11
  10. "Steve Morse Guitar Solo" – 8:42
  11. "Smoke on the Water" – 9:01 – includes riffs from following songs in the beginning :
  12. # "Heartbreaker"
  13. # "Whole Lotta Love"
  14. # "Fire"
  15. # "Crossroads"
  16. # "Day Tripper"
  17. # "You Really Got Me"
CD two
  2. "Lazy" – 8:49
  3. "Perfect Strangers" – 6:18
  4. "Speed King" – 14:28
  5. "Black Night" – 6:21
  6. "Highway Star" – 7:16

    2012 edition

  7. "Ted the Mechanic" – 4:50
  8. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 6:23
  9. "Bloodsucker" – 4:56
  10. "Pictures of Home" – 8:19
  11. "Almost Human" – 6:16
  12. "Woman from Tokyo" – 6:47
  13. "Watching the Sky" – 5:46
  14. "Fireball" – 4:44
  15. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" – 7:11
  16. "Smoke on the Water" – 9:01
  17. "Black Night" – 6:21
  18. "Highway Star" – 7:16

    DVD track listing

  19. "Intro"
  20. "Ted the Mechanic" – 4:34
  21. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 6:21
  22. "Bloodsucker" – 4:57
  23. "Pictures of Home" – 8:18
  24. "Almost Human" – 6:32
  25. "Woman from Tokyo" – 6:25
  26. "Watching the Sky" – 5:42
  27. "Fireball" – 4:45
  28. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" – 7:05
  29. "Steve Morse Guitar Solo" – 11:37
  30. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:57
  31. "Lazy" – 8:50
  32. "Perfect Strangers" – 6:19
  33. "Speed King" – 15:14
  34. "Black Night" – 6:17
  35. "Highway Star" – 8:05

    Limited edition singles

  • "Smoke on the Water" / "Smoke on the Water"
  • "Black Night" / "Fireball"

    Personnel

Deep Purple
  • Ian Gillan – vocals
  • Steve Morse – guitars
  • Jon Lord – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – bass guitar
  • Ian Paice – drums
Production
  • Darren Schneider – production
  • Drew Thompson – executive production
  • Mat Gearing Thomas – mixing

    Certifications