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Phoenix Rising
The long awaited Deep Purple Mark IV DVD which we detailed previously has now been completed. It will be called Phoenix Rising: The untold story of the 1975/76 MkIV world tour and release date is set for May 20th.
Read more »Graz’75 photos online
A previously unreleased set of picture of Deep Purple performing at the Bundeseisstadion Liebenau in Graz, Austria, on April 3, 1975, is being posted online at dpac.at. There already are two installments, with more to follow on a weekly basis.
Read more »Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll
Perhaps no other property so distinctly epitomized the excesses of 1970s rock’n’roll lifestyle as the infamous Starship plane. Back in 2003 the New York Times has run an article about it’s history. Bruce Payne, who was band’s US booking agent at the time, and Ian Paice were interviewed for the feature: Ian Paice, of Deep […]
Read more »P2
Nigel Young provides some background for this, ahem, unusual piece of cinematography:
Read more »It is the bizarre, avant garde and arty film, P2, by Werner Schretzmeier and Juergen Schmidt-Oehm…
Nick Simper on Rockpages
Nick Simper has spoken to Rockpages.gr, which resulted in a quite interesting interview covering a lot of ground between his days in Purple, Warhorse, Fandango, Flying Fox and Quatermass, current projects with The Good Old Boys, and the recent release of The Deep Purple Mk1 Songbook with the Austrian band Nasty Habits. Rockpages.gr: So, music […]
Read more »No spandex required
An article published today on Guitar International starts with Steve Morse is sitting in a studio on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida, chewing on a chocolate chip cookie and waiting patiently for the members of his band to show up for rehearsal. The band that’s he’s waiting for, though, is not made up of his […]
Read more »Gettin’ Tighter film trailer
A trailer for the upcoming DVD Gettin’ Tighter: The Story of MkIV has been released to the public. Release date has no been pushed from December 2010 to some time early 2011. The good news is that the DVD will include exclusive new interviews with Glenn Hughes and founder member Jon Lord.
Read more »Deepest Purple DVD progress
We’ve got further details on the bonus DVD that will be included with the Deepest Purple anniversary reissue. It is still work in progress, so things may and probably will change. Tracklist: Hush (Playboy After Dark, 1968) Speed King (Vicky Leandros show, German TV, 1970) Child In Time (new clip) Black Night (classic 1970 video […]
Read more »Deepest Purple DVD outtakes
EMI Music will be releasing in late October a new anniversary version of the Deepest Purple compilation (which in itself was a bestseller going straight to #1 spot in UK). The anniversary release will include a bonus DVD featuring a range of video clips presented by Jon Lord. Several bits and pieces had to be […]
Read more »Gettin’ Tighter: The Story of MkIV
The Deep Purple Mark 4 documentary has been completed for release in December 2010. The exciting news are that the footage of the infamous visit to Indonesia in December 1975 has been located and will be included in the documentary. Titled Gettin’ Tighter, the 70 minute video will be a part of Mark 4 package […]
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