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Here we go again

‘Tis this time of the year when the nominees for 2014 induction to the RnR Hall of Fame are announced, and Deep Purple are in the running again. You can vote at RollingStone.com (not that it will do much good).

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One for the road

Perfect Strangers Live is out today and the record company offers another clip.

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Black Night from Perfect Strangers Live

Eagle Rock has posted a second preview clip from the Perfect Strangers Live DVD, which is due to be released on October 14.

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Q&A with Morse and Satriani, part 2

Part 2 of the Q&A with Steve Morse and Joe Satriani. The first part appeared last week.

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Flying Colors Live in Europe preview

Classic Rock magazine has an audio preview of all 17 tracks from the upcoming Live in Europe album by Flying Colors. It does not seem to be easily embeddable elsewhere, so you’ll have to head over there to listen. Live in Europe is due to be released on October 14 via Mascot Records.

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Didi Zill’s book delayed

Publishing date for the second edition of Didi Zill’s photo book has been postponed until November 15. In the meantime, watch an interview with the photographer himself (in German with English subtitles).

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Q&A with Morse and Satriani

Steve Morse just finished a stint lending support to Joe Satriani on his US tour. Music Radar caught up with them on the last day of the joint tour in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, where they sat down for a chat. Listen to the first part of the podcast (second part is due next week): Thanks […]

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It’s been fifteen months…

A message from Roger Glover: It’s fifteen months since that day in the studio when we heard the bad news about Jon. Strangely enough, although he left the band eleven years ago, his presence in the band has deepened since last year. Apart from the fact that his spirit seemed to pervade the recording sessions […]

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Made in Japan video teaser

Further news about the 40th anniversary Made in Japan: the package will include a new documentary on Mark 2 around that period, plus 20+ minutes of 8 mm silent footage shot in Tokyo on August 17, 1972, and synchronized with the audio track. Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov for the info.

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Made in Japan remix

The old management company has announced that Universal is preparing a (belated) 40th anniversary edition of Made in Japan. Kevin Shirley is finishing remix of the album and actually all 3 Japanese dates are being remixed. Universal ended up owning the band’s back catalogue after in 2011 it bought up what was left of EMI’s […]

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