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Perfect Strangers from Montreux 2006
We have reported previously that Perfect Strangers is conspicuously missing from the Montreux’2006 release. One fan actually contacted the record company and that’s what they had to say:
Unfortunately the material for Perfect Strangers was not usable so a decision was made, in conjunction with the band, not to include it on either the DVD or CD. It does, however, appear on the second disc in the Hard Rock Cafe performance.
Perfect Strangers is also missing from the otherwise almost complete Japanese TV broadcast of the gig, which suggests there was some kind of technical glitch with the recording.
Thanks to Elinor for the info.
Order the DVD from an Amazon store near you:
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
This seems to be pure nonsense fromt he record company.
The DVD misses the second part of the Don Airey Solo and “Pefect Strangers”.
Strangly the French, Swiss and Japanese TV boadcasted both in perfect quality.
Either the record company thought it is not important for the fans to hae the complete concert, and one “Perfect Strangers” on the double DVD is enough.
Or the hold it back for a later “collector”- or “tour-edition” or for another compilation, just to make more money from it.
Sorry for my bad thoughts.
June 7th, 2007 at 04:13Yes. The usual bullsh*t from the record company.
June 7th, 2007 at 04:39Karl-Heinz: i haven’t seen european broadcasts, but it’s definitely not on the japanese one i have.
June 7th, 2007 at 05:25What if there was sutch a glitch in the recording and let´s say … the middle section is missing ? or suddenly the drums are missing during a lot of the song ? I think it´s important to keep the quality standars of the product high, and a glitched recording is not the way to do it ! I belive if they could have included PS , they would !
June 7th, 2007 at 07:35Sorry, you’re right. It’s only on the French and Swiss TW-show.
You can find it here in the video-section (only Perfect Strangers).
http://deeppurplehub.proboards31.com/index.cgi
I hope the link is allowed here.
Karl-Heinz
June 7th, 2007 at 16:31Il just chacked my version (the songs from the french broadcast on econcert and the swiss on TS2) and Perfect Strangers is as good as the rest of the footage. Maybe a little dark during the last part, including the keyboard solo at the end but nothing enough to make it unable to be used on the DVD…
June 7th, 2007 at 18:24How much you want to bet it will be on the HD DVD only?
June 8th, 2007 at 04:42The title of the following Japanese import CD is a little bit irritating then when PS was too bad to use it on the CD too:
Live at Montreux 2006: The Complete Version
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Montreux-2006-Complete-Version/dp/B000PWQOQ2
Unfortunately I didn’t find a website with a track list…
June 11th, 2007 at 15:37Karl-Heinz you are a crazy German Deep Purple Fan. Leave the hall. Don’t you have work?
Hail and Kill
June 13th, 2007 at 12:53