Live in Montreux 69

Live in Montreux 69
Live album by Deep Purple
Released	28 August 2006[1]
Recorded	4 October 1969 Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Hard rock Heavy metal
Length	90:01 (2CD)
Label	Sonic Zoom PUR 257D
Producer	Deep Purple
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live at Montreux 1996 (2006) Live in Montreux 69 (2006) Live in Denmark 1972 (2007)

Live in Montreux 69 is a live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded 4 October 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 Deep Purple in Rock eight months later. The live version of "Kentucky Woman" is the only known surviving MkII performance of the song.

Live in Montreux 69 was first issued as a limited edition digipak (Sonic Zoom PUR 207D) 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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Speed King/Kneel & Pray"	6:02
2.	"Hush" (Joe South)	6:20
3.	"Child in Time"	12:38
4.	"Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice)	20:30

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)	14:48
2.	"Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord)	25:08
3.	"Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond)	6:00

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Ian Gillan – vocals, percussion
• Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion

References

1. Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.