Live at Montreux 1991/1992 is a Tori Amos live album and DVD or Blu-ray set, released on September 22, 2008, in the United Kingdom and on September 30, 2008, in the United States, featuring two separate performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival early in her career. The first 10-song set was recorded on July 3, 1991 (opening for The Moody Blues), with the second 9-song set recorded one year later on July 7, 1992.[1] The bulk of the set list for each show was largely taken from Amos' solo debut album Little Earthquakes, as well as including some B-sides and covers of songs by Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, respectively.

Live at Montreux 1991/1992
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2008
RecordedJuly 3rd, 1991
July 7th, 1992[1]
VenueMontreux Casino (Montreux, Switzerland)
GenrePiano rock
Length44:06 (1991)
47:54 (1992)
LabelEagle Records (CD)
Eagle Eye Media (DVD and Blu-ray)
Tori Amos live chronology
Legs and Boots
(2007)
Live at Montreux 1991/1992
(2008)
Tori Amos video chronology
Fade to Red
(2006)
Live at Montreux 1991/1992
(2008)
DVD cover

Eagle Rock Entertainment, a distributor for many releases of Montreux Jazz Festival performances, released the CD and DVD sets over 15 years after these performances were originally recorded.

Track listing

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The complete set lists for the 1991 and 1992 performances are available on the DVD, Blu-ray and the two-disc European/Latin American CD. The single-disc North American CD release features all but three songs from both performances (the exceptions being "Silent All These Years", "Crucify" and "Happy Phantom" from the 1992 show). The three omitted tracks were made available as a digital download only.

All tracks are written by Tori Amos except where noted

Disc one (1991)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent All These Years" 4:14
2."Precious Things" 4:29
3."China" 5:16
4."Crucify" 5:21
5."Leather" 3:04
6."Song for Eric" 1:19
7."Upside Down" 4:33
8."Happy Phantom" 3:23
9."Winter" 5:28
10."Thank You"Robert Plant, Jimmy Page3:19
Disc two (1992)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Earthquakes" 5:43
2."Crucify" 5:31
3."Silent All These Years" 4:40
4."Precious Things" 4:58
5."Happy Phantom" 3:07
6."Whole Lotta Love"/"Thank You"Page, Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Willie Dixon3:42
7."Me and a Gun" 4:50
8."Winter" 6:06
9."Smells Like Teen Spirit"Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl3:11

Personnel

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  • Tori Amosvocals, piano, executive producer
  • Mark Hawley - audio advisor
  • Jon Astley – mastering

Release history

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While audio bootlegs of these two performances have been circulating for many years,[2] this is the first official release for this pair of early Amos performances. The same footage was released on Blu-ray format in both the United Kingdom and the United States in December 2008. It was released on vinyl as a 2xLP in the UK and Europe in 2014, and again in Europe in 2019.[3]

Country Date Label Format Catalogue
number(s)
United Kingdom 22 September 2008 Eagle Records Double CD EDGCD391
Eagle Eye Media DVD EREDV711
1 December 2008 Blu-ray EVBRD 33322-9
United States 30 September 2008 Eagle Records CD/digital download
Eagle Eye Media DVD EE 39172-9
9 December 2008 Blu-ray EVBRD 33322-9
Canada 14 October 2008 Eagle Records CD/digital download
Eagle Eye Media DVD

References

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  1. ^ a b Tori Amos – Live At Montreux 1991 & 1992, Discogs
  2. ^ Campbell, Paul (1997). Tori Amos Collectibles. Omnibus Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-8256-1578-X.
  3. ^ [1], Discogs