Release date: 07-70-2004( live recording in 1996)

2004 official release Polish issue limited edition 3-LP set pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl featuring 16 classic tracks performed live in Katowice Poland in June 1996, released after years of painstaking negotiations; the only officially recorded and professionally filmed Polish Deep Purple Concert - presented in sealed & sticked gatefold picture sleeve! -limited

Tracks:
01. Fireball
02. Maybe I'm A Leo
03. Ted the Mechanic
04. Pictures Of Home
05. Black Night
06. Cascades I'm Not Your Lover / Steve Morse's Solo
07. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
08. Woman From Tokyo
09. 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

Taking the swirling eclecticism of their post-techno debut, Exit Planet Dust, to the Deep Purple were easily the hardest-rocking progressive band of the 1970s, paving the way for metal bands to come. The group has kept the magic alive over the years, retaining their backbone while continually innovating their sound. Giving a characteristically explosive live concert in Katowice, Poland, LIVE ENCOUNTERS sees Deep Purple plays the hits from throughout their career.