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Tommy Bolin’s Zephyr remixed

Tommy Bolin’s early band Zephyr debut album was released as a deluxe 3CD box set on May 27 this year on Cleopatra Records. The album was remixed by the founding member and bassist of the band David Givens. The boxset sold so well (the label itself apparently has only 3 copies left in stock), that […]

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Graz 1975

In contrast to some other labels, Edel appears to be doing something productive and is preparing for release a show from the Bundeseisstadion Liebenau in Graz, Austria, from April 3, 1975. This concert, together with Saarbrücken and Paris, was one of the shows that have proven to be the last for Mark 3 before the […]

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Caveat emptor: Hard Road and In Concert’72

The part of Deep Purple’s back catalogue that ended up in Warner’s hands appears to be being repackaged and re-released once again. Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings box set will be released on July 25 in Gemany and 28th in the UK. It contains 5 CDs: the three Mk1 albums in original stereo, […]

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Celebrating Jon Lord

JonLord.org has announced that Jon’s memorial show at the Royal Albert Hall in April will be released by Edel/earMusic on September 26, 2014 — the day month of the 45th anniversary of the performance of Jon’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra at the same venue. The set, titled Celebrating Jon Lord, will be released as […]

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Light my fire

Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Joe Lynn Turner, and Graham Bonnet, along with extravaganza of classic rock luminaries, contributed to the Light My Fire – A Classic Rock Salute To The Doors CD which is due out on July June 24 via Cleopatra imprint Purple Pyramid Records. Steve Morse says: [The Doors were] a soundtrack, literally, […]

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Made in Japan 2014 unboxing pictures

The new edition of Made in Japan is just around the corner, and SuperDeluxeEdition.com already has a photo gallery of the 4CD+DVD box set.

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Midnight Oil

Another track from the upcoming inaugural California Breed album — Midnight Oil: Glenn Hughes comments: It’s a refreshing animated video that really captures the lyrical concert and message of the Midnight Oil single. We didn’t want to make a run-of-the-mill lyric video. The animation perfectly captures the raw energy, lyrical content and the message of […]

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Another Made in Japan teaser

And this time it’s the one you most likely haven’t seen before 😉

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Made in Japan documentary teaser

Deep Purple (Overseas) has posted on YouTube a teaser for The Rise of Deep Purple MK II documentary (which, from this teaser, actually sounds more like The Fall of Deep Purple MK II 😉 ). The full documentary will be included on the DVD part of 4CD+DVD Made in Japan edition due out on May […]

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California Breed album details

Updated (March 5): Artwork and track listing for Glenn Hughes’ new project California Breed self-titled debut album have been released. The album is due out on May 19 (in the UK) via Frontiers Records. It was produced by Dave Cobb (Jamey Johnson, Rival Sons, Lindi Ortega, Shooter Jennings). The Way Sweet Tea Chemical Rain Midnight […]

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