"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" is a song on ''

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'', Deep Purple's first studio album featuring guitarist

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, which was released in February 1996. The song was released as a CD

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with the song " Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic". This song is considered one of the best tracks recorded by Deep Purple after their reunion in 1984, and it is played frequently in the band's live performances. Steve Morse remembered the creation process of the song: "“Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming” started as me noodling, playing quietly to myself. Roger and Jon heard what I was doing and said, “What was that, again? Let’s see if it’ll work with this.” It became a song that day. Any idea could grow from a sprout into a tree". "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" was one of the first songs that was recorded with Steve Morse on guitar. It includes a boasting melodic style and vocal outbursts by

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and closes with a repeated guitar solo by Morse. It was part of the following live albums of Deep Purple: ''

Live at The Olympia '96 ''Live at the Olympia '96'' is a live double album by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded at the Olympia in Paris on 17 June 1996 during the '' Purpendicular'' tour and released in 1997. Initial copies of the release have a ...

'' (1997), '' Total Abandon: Australia '99'' (1999), '' In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra'' (2000), '' The Soundboard Series'' (2001), '' Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy'' (2002), ''

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'' (2006).

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All songs written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice. # "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Edited version) - 4:35 # " Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" - 4:16 # "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" - 7:29

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{{Deep Purple 1996 songs Deep Purple songs Songs written by Ian Gillan Songs written by Steve Morse Songs written by Roger Glover Songs written by Jon Lord Songs written by Ian Paice