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According to the Uncut magazine, Rhino will be re-releasing purple vinyl editions of In Rock and Fireball on November 23. Both albums are said to have been newly remastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham from the original analogue tapes, and have been cut at half-speed by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering. Thanks to Uncut […]
Read more »Universal Music has announced that it will be reissuing 8 of the back catalogue albums on purple vinyl. This reissue includes: Machine Head Made in Japan Who Do We Think We Are Burn Stormbringer Made in Europe Come Taste the Band Last Concert in Japan All items are said to be new digital transfers of […]
Read more »German online retailer Nuclear Blast specializing in exclusive coloured vinyl editions, among other things, is advertising inFinite on purple vinyl. This edition is said to be limited to 1,000 copies and available exclusively through them. Caveat: while it is only €3 more expensive than the regular black vinyl edition from the same retailer, the shipping […]
Read more »Five Gillan band albums reissued on vinyl, and the clarity and dynamics of these 180 gram vinyls knock spots off the original pressings. Hear the sound of firing, it’s politics expiring. Are you God, are you man, do you live in fear Are we trash in your can, a bubble in your beer As we […]
Read more »Ian Gillan opens Gillan Vinyl Collection box set for the first time and proceeds to go through the relevant anecdotage (watch inside)
Read more »Our Japanese correspondent sent in this interesting piece of Mk1 memorabilia. It is one of those compilations that can now be considered as bizarre, but at the time probably made quite a lot of sense to the record company. I bought this at a second-hand record shop in the 1970’s. Entitled “Battle of Deep Purple […]
Read more »In case you don’t have enough copies of Machine Head in your collection, it will be released on clear vinyl by Rhino on October 4 this year. This odd release will be opening their Rocktober campaign, that will feature a round of vinyl releases from their back catalogue every Tuesday in October. This release will […]
Read more »Kinda sorta news from the yet-another-re-release department: Universal Music is putting out a box set containing 7 studio albums on vinyl. And a bizarre selection it is — starting with Machine Head, and through to The House of Blue Light. The albums are claimed to be remastered, and the box is priced for preorder at […]
Read more »The record company has published Space Truckin’ video teaser for From The Setting Sun… (In Wacken) and …To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo). (watch inside)
Read more »Blackmore’s Night will release their new album — All Our Yesterdays — this Fall via Frontiers Records. It will come in a variety of formats: standalone CD digital download CD/DVD Deluxe edition: includes full album on CD, and a DVD with music videos for the title track and Will O’ The Wisp, plus an extensive […]
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