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December 28
Glenn Hughes on Bolin Tribute Tour
Glenn Hughes and Johnnie Bolin will do a couple of Tommy Bolin Tribute Shows in Texas in February. More details at http://www.tbolin.com/updates/texasconcerts.html.
Dates and venues:
Feb. 19 Austin: Babes
Feb. 20 Dallas: Blue Cat Blues Club
Feb. 26 San Antonio: White Rabbit
Feb. 27 Houston: Fitzgeralds
(Thanks to Scott McIntosh.)

December 26
The story behind the making of Abandon in British magazine
The making of the 'Abandon' album is featured in the UK magazine 'Sound on Sound', the January 1999 issue, including input from Roger Glover. 'Sound On Sound' is available in the US in some Barnes and Noble stores and in Europe in most well-stocked magazine outlets.
(Thanks to Sharon Stancavage.)

December 24
Remastered "Shades of Deep Purple" release announced
EMI Germany reports that the remastered "Shades of Deep Purple" (Cat no. 4983362) will be released in Europe on January 22, 1999. "The Book of Taliesyn" and "Deep Purple" should follow soon after that. No release dates yet for any of the other remastered albums including the 25th anniversary release of "Who Do We Think We Are".
Track list for the remastered "Shades...":
1. And The Address
2. Hush
3. One More Rainy Day
4. Happiness / I´m So Glad
5. Mandrake Root
6. Help
7. Love Help Me
8. Hey Joe
9. Shadows
10. Love Help Me (acetate version)
11. Help (alternate take)
12. Hey Joe (BBC Top Gear)
13. Hush (Recorded Live On US TV)

December 5
Two Deep Purple concerts recorded for TV
The gig in Moscow and one of the shows in Sofia were recorded for TV broadcasts so avid traders might get a chance to see and hear this for themselves in a while. The Moscow concert will be shown on Russian tv in January 1999. The broadcast time of Bulgarian TV recording is unknown to us at the moment.

December 4
News from RPM Records
Purple records will re-release Jon Lord's Sarabande (PUR 305) in digitally remastered form on Jan 18th - they can be ordered from then through the RPM web-site for now, although we plana separate Purple records site in the near future, to keep it separate from RPM.
Also coming is Curtiss Maldoon "Serephyn - the definitive collection", which includes a version of Madonna's "Ray of Light"!
Both include RPM's usual comprehensive sleeve notes.
"Days may come" is still undergoing (silly) legally wrangles, although RPM anticipate a result some time next year. It's worth the wait!
(Thanks to Nick Robinson.)

November 18
News from DPAS
Our friends at DPAS has some news on upcoming archive and anniversary releases. A new unreleased jam from the WDWTWA sessions was found and will be included on WDWTWA25 due out early next year, the reissue of "Live in London" will be a double CD, and much more details can be found at the DPAS news page.

November 18
Deep Purple on the cover of Italian record collector's magazine
Alessandro Pomponi reports:
"The Italian Record Collectors magazine, called RARO! has just published (November issue), a feature on Deep Purple regarding Italian 7" singles discography. The magazine sports a wonderful Deep Purple cover shot live in Roma! Unfortunately the Deep Purple cover is only a limited edition of 200 copies and it costs double price i.e. 15,000 (about USA $10 or UK GBP 5.50) + P&P. Standard cover sold by newsagents has Mark Knopfler on cover."
Alessandro suggest you mail him if you have more questions about the magazine.

November 12
Message from Jon Lord
"I learned today from Bruce [Payne, manager] and EMI that, for the moment, Germany is the only territory where PW is released - contrary to what I had understood to be the case. My apologies for unintentionally misleading you. The new info is that other territories will be releasing on January 15th, (that's 1999 by the way, :-) - for those of you who have made mention of the length of time that tends to elapse between my non-Purple music releases) and I as yet do not know how "worldwide" that'll be. I hope this will clear up any of the misunderstandings, and thank you very much for the interest. (And the Aintree Iron.) Its a collection of music that came direct from the heart - which I tend to wear on my sleeve - with no real thoughts of how people might receive it or how it would be perceived in the light of my previous efforts, or indeed in the light of my being a Hammond organist in the Purps; but I trust it will speak to you in moments of quiet, contemplation and solitude.
God bless
Regards
Jon"