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[Updated with tracklist and artwork] The record company has announced that the new single from Now what?! will be Above and Beyond, to be released on October 25 in Europe (28th in UK) as 7” purple vinyl (B-side: Space Truckin’ recorded live in Majano, Italy, on July 24, 2013); CD single with bonus tracks Things […]
Read more »Eagle Rock has posted preview clip from the the upcoming Perfect Strangers Live DVD. The album is out on October 14 on DVD, CD+DVD, audio download and video download.
Read more »Not to be outdone by boutique labels, Warner will be releasing in the US its own box set, via Rhino records. The 10-CD set is titled The Complete Albums: 1970-1976 and contains all studio albums from In Rock to Come Taste the Band, plus Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Made in Japan and Made in […]
Read more »Audio Fidelity will be re-releasing the four remastered Mark II studio albums as a box set this December. These are not the anniversary remasters, but the ones done by Steve Hoffman exclusively for the label. They contain no bonus tracks, just the same material as the original albums. The target audience are audiophiles not satisfied […]
Read more »The Sunflower Jam is releasing a double DVD with highlights of the 2011 and 2012 events. The DVD will be released on September 16 with preoredrs open starting August 20.
Read more »Two months after earMUSIC re-released the Copenhagen show on CD, a DVD re-release of the same show is in the pipeline. The DVD offers the same music content as the CD release, including the three live tracks (“Strange Kind Of Woman” / “Smoke On The Water” / “Space Truckin’”) from Hofstra University 1973 and is […]
Read more »Undoubtedly riding on the success of the 2012 Freeze Yer Ass Canadian tour, the band will commence 2014 touring in February in Scandinavia. 3 4 dates have surfaced so far: February 4 in Oslo, 5th in Bergen, 6th in Stavanger (very unconfirmed), and 11th in Copenhagen. Tickets for Oslo, Bergen and Copenhagen will go on […]
Read more »[Updated #2: even more video] On August 1 Deep Purple headlined probably the largest heavy metal festival in the world — Wacken Open Air. Uli Jon Roth came on stage to join them for Smoke on the Water, and the whole performance was filmed in 3D for a future DVD/Blu-ray release. BraveWords has a report: […]
Read more »As has been already strongly hinted by DP(o), a complete show from the Perfect Strangers tour will be released on DVD. Release is due on October 14 via Edel’s imprint Eagle Vision. The show was recorded in Sydney, Australia, on December 12, 1984. Track list Highway Star Nobody’s Home Strange Kind Of Woman A Gypsy’s […]
Read more »Updated with message from RG. Deep Purple were headlining the Classic Rocknacht in Bonn, Germany this Sunday, July 14, and found themselves without a bass player. Roger Glover had to sit this one out due to shoulder pain (express.de report in German). Nick Fyffe was hastily recruited to do the duties. Nick has already deputized […]
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