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Repackage, release, repeat

Parlophone will be re-releasing the Concerto’69, In Rock and Fireball repackaged as a 3CD box set on January 9. Curiously, Concerto track listing includes both the Hush / Wring That Neck / Child in Time trifecta and the 3rd Movement encore, somehow all squeezed on one CD (the 2002 remaster came out on 2CDs clocking […]

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Sunflower Jam 2012 release

Sunflower Jam and earMUSIC are going to release the 2012 show on CD and DVD on March 2, 2015. Titled Paice’s Sunflower Superjam – Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2012, it will be available in CD+DVD and DVD+CD editions. As far as we’ve been able to ascertain, both will include the same content, the […]

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Rainbow box sets

Two new Rainbow box sets are coming out. The first is an 8LP vinyl set called The Polydor Years. It contains Rainbow studio albums from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow to Bent out of Shape, plus On Stage. Finyl Vinyl is not included. The albums are straight copy of the originals content-wise, without any bonus tracks, and […]

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JLT touts Rainbow reunion again

Joe Lynn Turner gave an interview to Metal Forces promoting the freshly released Rated X debut album. He said that guitar player Karl Cochran suffered a stroke while recording the album and Nikolo Kotzev had to finish it in his stead. He will stay with the band until Cochran recovers. He also mentioned that the […]

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Rated X EPK and promo clips

The record company obviously sees that Joe Lynn Turner’s new project Rated X is worth promoting, and produced an electronic press kit and a couple of promo videos in anticipation of their self titled debut album. EPK: This is Who I Am: Stranger In Us All (where did we hear that title before?): Album track […]

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Lazy in Verona

To celebrate the release of Live in Verona, the record company posted video of Lazy, which performance we have previously seen in an audience recording. (watch inside)

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Space Truckin’ in Verona

The record company has posted Space Truckin’ from the upcoming Live in Verona video release, which is due on October 20. Track list has also been made public: Deep Purple Overture Highway Star Hard Lovin’ Man Maybe I’m A Leo Strange Kind Of Woman Rapture Of The Deep Woman From Tokyo Contact Lost Guitar Solo […]

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Mask Machine

Mascot Records has posted a promo video for Mask Machine — a track from the new Flying Colors album Second Nature. (view inside)

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A small word with a big meaning

Bernie Marsden gave an interview to the French website RockNLive Social Media. He spoke about his new solo album Shine, that includes guest appearances by his friends, old and new. Shine is due out on August 18 in CD and 2LP formats via Provogue/Mascot Records. Thanks to Yvonne for the info.

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Steve Morse in tribute to veterans

Steve Morse has contributed a track to the tribute album dedicated to the veterans of American wars. The album, called Guitars For Wounded Warriors, was produced, engineered and composed by Emmy Award winner Brian Tarquin, with contributions from SM, Billy Sheehan, Gary Hoey, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Reb Beach, Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth), […]

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