Total Abandon: Australia '99

Total Abandon: Australia '99
Live album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedSeptember 1999
Recorded20 April 1999
VenueMelbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length116:07
Label
  • EMI/Thames Talent (Australia/Europe)
  • Eagle (US)
ProducerDeep Purple
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live at The Olympia '96
(1997) 		Total Abandon: Australia '99
(1999) 		In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
(2000)
Total Abandon: Australia '99
Video by
Deep Purple
Released1999
Recorded20 April 1999
VenueMelbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length3 hours, 20 minutes
LabelEagle Rock Entertainment
DirectorHenk Eykman
ProducerDarren Schneider, Drew Thompson
Deep Purple chronology
Live at Montreux 1996
(1996) 		Total Abandon: Australia '99
(1999) 		In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
AllMusic (DVD)[2]
Goldmine[3]
PopMatters[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] It was re-released in Europe in 2003 with an additional documentary, A Band Down Under, which previously had been released only on VHS.[7] The 1999 DVD edition of the album went platinum in Australia becoming Deep Purple's commercially most successful DVD/video release in that country.

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "Deep Purple – Total Abandon: Australia '99 review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Deep Purple – Total Abandon: Australia '99 (Video/DVD) review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ Prince, Patrick (7 December 2012). "Album review of Deep Purple's 'Total Abandon: Australia '99'". Goldmine. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ Maine, David (13 June 2012). "Album review of Deep Purple's 'Total Abandon: Australia '99'". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Deep Purple – Total Abandon: Australia '99 Live CD Coming in April". Bravewords.com. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Deep Purple: Total Abandon – Australia '99 (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Australia 99: A Band Downunder (1999)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 February 2017.