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The German edition of the Rolling Stone magazine features Made in Japan remix as the cover story of its 2025/10 issue. It also comes with an exclusive 7″ vinyl single containing Highway Star and Smoke on the Water, tagged as Live in Tokyo. Following Bruce Springsteen and The Doors, we are releasing our third collector’s […]
Read more »This is a (part of the) recording of Glenn Hughes’ spoken word appearance at Café de Paris in London on February 25, 2017. Here, Glenn talks to the legendary British DJ Nicky Horne about joining Deep Purple and his days in the band.
Read more »Ian Paice was an inaugural guest on the Metal Sticks podcast, hosted by the recently retired from Iron Maiden Nicko McBrain and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. The Made in Japan remix is mentioned as soon-to-be-released, so this must have been recorded some time in early August. Dig into the drummer talk!
Read more »Music Radar has an article about Coverdale joining Deep Purple, with input from the man himself. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but also a daunting challenge – not least because of the fearsome reputation of Purple’s moody guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore. “I think I was the only singer they auditioned,” Coverdale recalled in an interview […]
Read more »A slideshow of historical photos, some very well known, some not so much. Caveat: dating for quite a few of them seems dubious. Best viewed in full screen.
Read more »Get Ready to Rock‘s review of Rapture of the Deep remix is chock-full of most superlative terms, going as far as calling it “release of the year”. The opening track ‘Money Talks’ is a great start, the new mix showcasing a hard and crunchy guitar, and Don Airey’s inner Jon Lord shines through on the […]
Read more »Zee Germans did it again — the 2025 remix of Rapture of the Deep also entered top albums charts at #9 (interesting to note that the original release in 2005 peaked at #10).
Read more »Public service announcement. In case you’re still on the fence about the Rapture of the Deep remix, the whole album is being streamed on YouTube. That is, without the bonus tracks, which are apparently only available on the physical media.
Read more »Newspaper The Courier has another piece of Scottish Purple history: a picture of the band taken backstage at the Caird Hall in Dundee on October 15, 1970. It is published as a part of their 1970s illustrated nostalgia trip. Check it out in The Courier. In other trainspotting news, a cassette tape with handwritten label […]
Read more »The newly remixed and reissued Made in Japan managed to re-enter the charts. It has reached to the respectable #5 on the Top 100 Album chart in the Purple heartland of Germany (beating the new album of teens’ darling Laufey, which only managed #11 on its debut the week after). It dropped to #82 the […]
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