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If you felt that you don’t own enough copies of Made in Japan or appropriately branded socks, your prayers have been answered. There will be another super deluxe reissue of the iconic live album, this time remixed by Steven Wilson (original stereo album and Dolby Atmos) and Richard Digby Smith (the 3 shows). It will […]
Read more »The latest issue (February-March 2025) of the Rock Candy magazine has a feature on the “Deep Purple maestro’s other band” Gillan. We have no idea on the details, so please report if there’s something interesting in there. In other unrelated news, Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration for Jim Capaldi Featuring the Music of Jim […]
Read more »Speaking of the “best of 2024” lists, Machine Head made it to the Classic Rock magazine Best rock reissues of 2024: Yup, the one with Smoke On The Water. That song, and this album, made Deep Purple legends all over the globe. This, essentially, is a three-CD version. The first disc pairs the Dweezil Zappa […]
Read more »7 Gillan the band albums will be reissued as a box set on February 14, 2025, by Demon Records. The albums featured in this set are as follows: Gillan (The Japanese Album) – Originally released in September 1978, this was the debut of the band formed by Ian Gillan after leaving the Ian Gillan Band. […]
Read more »The two Iommi/Hughes albums — The Dep Sessions and Fused, were reissued October 4, and both entered the UK charts. The Dep Sessions at #7, and Fused at #11 in the Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart, at #62 and #77 respectively in the Albums Sales Chart, and at #63 and #80 in the Physical […]
Read more »Rhino Entertainment will be reissuing the three David Coverdale’s solo albums — WhiteSnake, Northwinds, and Into the Light as a 6CD box set. Rather confusingly, the box set is titled Into The Light: The Solo Albums, with no explicit mention of the other two on the cover, and a latter-day Whitesnake-the-band logo to boot. Inside, […]
Read more »The two Tony Iommi/Glenn Hughes albums — The Dep Sessions and Fused, will be reissued October 4, 2024, via BMG. The Dep Sessions will be issued as-is, while Fused will add 3 bonus tracks not on the original album: Slip Away, Let It Down Easy, and The Innocence. Both will be available on CD and, […]
Read more »Tommy Bolin & Friends album Great Gypsy Soul is going to be reissued in August on Cleopatra Records. The album, originally released in 2012, was a project that brought together major players who recorded alongside Tommy Bolin’s tracks from the outtakes of Teaser. The new edition expands it with 6 bonus tracks, features new artwork, […]
Read more »A “25th anniversary” (23rd in actual years) edition of the third Blackmore’s Night album Fires At Midnight will be released on September 27, 2024, via Edel/earMusic. The album will be fully remixed from the original multitrack masters, and will include all bonus tracks from previous editions, plus new versions of Written In The Stars and […]
Read more »Sound & Vision magazine (of an audiophilious inclination) has an interview with Dweezil Zappa on remixing Machine Head in Atmos surround. Zappa’s Atmos mix of Machine Head—which has quite specifically and very deliberately been dubbed a “remix”—will most definitely challenge the ears of any Deep Purple fan, new or old, who knows the core album […]
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