So liebe Leute, damit alles schneller geht, habe ich mir dieses Mal nichts aus dem Kopf gesaugt, sondern lediglich diesen offiziellen Text übernommen. Auch die, die der englischen Zunge nicht so mächtig sind, werden den Inhalt schon verstehen. "Live Encounters" ist eine offizielle Veröffentlichung, die in limitierter Auflage nur in Polen erschienen ist. Also ranhalten.

Track List
1. Fireball
2. Maybe I'm a Leo
3. Ted the Mechanic
4. Pictures of Home
5. Black Night
6. Cascades I'm Not Your Lover / Steve Morse's solo
7. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
8. Woman from Tokyo
9. Rosa's Cantina
10. Smoke on the Water
11. Jon Lord's solo
12. When a Blind Man Cries
13. Speed King
14. Perfect Strangers
15. Hey Cisco
16. Highway Star

Sales points

• Recording of a brilliant DP show recorded in Katowice, Poland!!!
• The band performs their greatest hits, incl. Black Night, Perfect Strangers, Highway Star, Speed King, and many more
• Fully animated menu
• Biography
• 4 interviews (Gillan, Glover, Paice, Morse)
• Discography
• Photo gallery consisting of pictures from the whole of the European tour as well as pictures from recording the DVD
• Desktop images
• Weblinks
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Biography

The Montreux Jazz Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Melbourne Entertainment Centre, a Blizzard somewhere in the Alps, Tokyo, Rio, Moscow's Olympic Hall, Cape Town, Bangalore, La Paz, Toronto and Kansas City.

What do they have in common? They are just a few of the places where you could have seen a Deep Purple show over the last couple of years. Simply reading the itineraries gives you an idea of how this band operates on a truly international level.

Deep Purple is not a conformist group. There never was, nor ever will be, any fawning to trends. What you do get from them are cutting edge performances based on a sound philosophy: "the music comes first". That music comes from within the core spirit of the band, nowhere else. They won't be bagged. Why?

In the sixties and early seventies they were described (by others) as "Progressive" or "Underground", when they made a conscious decision to depart from the "Hush" era in order to record the seminal album "Deep Purple in Rock".

"Fireball", "Machine Head", "Made in Japan" and "Who Do We Think We Are" quickly followed, and they were then tagged (along with Zeppelin and Sabbath) as leaders of the "Hard Rock" explosion. At this point began the gradual disintegration of the famous MK 2 line-up, (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) and some long overdue individual R & R.

The eighties re-union as "Perfect Strangers" shook the world (again) with a fresh look at the music but with a bold detachment that stated "this is Deep Purple". The era was to end in disharmony, however (again), with first Gillan leaving, then Blackmore and then Gillan returning; confusing? Not really.

After the divorce, and seeing this as a genuine opportunity to get back to the music, the guys invited Joe Satriani join as locum, and he spent the best part of a year on the road with the newly revitalised band before returning to his own commitments. The scene was now set for the most important line-up change since '69.

Steve Morse was the only name on the list, and the question he asked, (after a couple of out of town gigs had confirmed the chemistry) "Is there a dress code?" paved the way for a return to the humourous disdain the band have for what they used to call "poseurs".

They never set out to be "Rock Stars". Call them "Classic" and they will laugh and patiently explain that nostalgia is not a creative word. Sure they've been through the mill a few times. However each time they've emerged stronger, and now you see a band that is hard and professional; displaying texture, dynamics and a humanity that can only come from those rare artists who are masters of their craft.

Deep Purple's music has evolved organically into an expressive maturity, and the sell-out shows at the cities mentioned above are testament enough to the massive fan commitment. There's a lot of affection out there for what many say is the greatest of them all.
(taken from www.deep-purple.com)

The band decided to release this DVD thanks to the amazing reception they got in this part of Europe at the following gigs (sold-out venues with capacity from 7.000 to 20.000 people!!):

• 29/03/02 Kipsalla Hall, Riga, Latvia
• 30/03/02 Vilniaus Koncertu Ir Sporto Rumai, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 24/09/02 Lycabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece
• 25/09/02 Lycabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece
• 17/11/03 T-mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 18/11/03 Arena, Budapest, Hungary
• 03/12/03 Spodek, Katowice, Poland
• 05/12/03 Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Review)
• 06/12/03 Fairhall No. 5, Zagreb, Croatia (Review)
• 07/12/03 Sajam - Hala 1, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Review)
• 08/12/03 Fönix-Hall, Debrecen, Hungary (Review)
• 28/06/04 Stadion Lekkoatletyczny, Szczecin, Poland
• 29/06/04 Stadion Legia, Warsaw, Poland

On 11th August 2004 they start over-20-date American-Canadian tour, in October they visit Russia and Ukraine with the Russian leg of Bananas Tour 2004 (17 dates) and in November they play in UK (most of the 9 planned gigs are already sold out).

Line-Up