Deep Purple Tribute is the second live album by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack, recorded as a tribute album to British hard rock band Deep Purple and released in 2003. The album was released on two discs featuring 12 covers of Deep Purple songs.

Deep Purple Tribute
Live album by
ReleasedMay 2003
RecordedCouple club, Pančevo
22 November 2002
GenreHard rock
LabelOne Records
ProducerCactus Jack
Cactus Jack chronology
Grad
(2003)
Deep Purple Tribute
(2003)
Natur all
(2004)

The album was recorded on Cactus Jack concert held on 22 November 2002 in Coupe club in their hometown Pančevo.[1] Deep Purple Tribute was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Zoran Samuilov.[1] The opening track, "Highway Star", features rock musician and radio host Vladimir Janković "Džet" announcing the band. Janković also appears on vocals on the track "Black Night".[2] Dragoljub "Paja" Bogdanović—who appeared as a guest on the band's debut album, Discover, and would become the band's frontman in 2015—appears on vocals on the track "Strange Kind of Woman".[2] Bogdanović also designed the album cover.[2]

Track listing

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Disc 1

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Highway Star"9:04
2."Speed King"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
6:25
3."Perfect Strangers"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
6:20
4."Child in Time"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
10:53
5."Black Night"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
5:53
6."Stormbringer"
4:29
7."Mistreated"
10:14
8."Knocking at Your Back Door"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
7:53

Disc 2

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Strange Kind of Woman"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
9:04
10."Space Truckin'"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
10:17
11."Burn"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • David Coverdale
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
8:06
12."Smoke on the Water"
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Ian Gillan
  • Roger Glover
  • Jon Lord
  • Ian Paice
9:51

Personnel

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  • Vladimir Jezdimirović - vocals
  • Stevan Birak - guitar
  • Miodrag Krudulj - bass guitar
  • Dušan Gnjidić - drums
  • Zoran Samuilov - keyboard

Additional personnel

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  • Vladimir Janković "Džet" - vocals (on track 5), announcement (on track 1)
  • Dragoljub "Paja" Bogdanović - vocals (on track 9), cover design
  • Moma Cvetković - sound engineer, recorded by
  • Zoltan Totka - photography

References

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  1. ^ a b Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 259.
  2. ^ a b c Deep Purple Tribute at Discogs
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