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Vinyl and more vinyl

Rhino Entertainment in the US will be re-releasing a number of their back catalogue items on vinyl as part of their Rocktober event. The following items could be of particular interest for our pages.

Available October 4
  • Deep Purple — Machine Head
    1-LP on Black vinyl
  • IOMMI — The 1996 Dep Sessions
    1-LP on Translucent Black Ice vinyl
  • Whitesnake — Northwinds
    1-LP on Black Ice vinyl
  • Whitesnake — White Snake
    1-LP on Translucent Tan vinyl

These releases are said to be available exclusively at select brick-and-mortar retail stores while supplies last. However, The Dep Sessions pre-orders are also available through the Black Sabbath online store.

There is no word on what mix/master Machine Head release is sourced from. Coverdale’s solo albums are apparently being filed under the Whitesnake moniker for reasons. They will be available on CD later in October as a part of the box set.



12 Comments to “Vinyl and more vinyl”:

  1. 1
    Rob says:

    We need Abandon on Vinyl!!!! Maybe just me 😂

  2. 2
    Mike says:

    I saw Abandon on vinyl this summer in one country store. Costed some 80 euros.
    One of my favorite albums. Too uderrated

  3. 3
    Kris says:

    Will there be a vinyl release of Come Hell or High Water ???

  4. 4
    john says:

    Abandon (or A Band On) and Bananas.

    PLEEEEASE!!!!!!!

    lol.

  5. 5
    RB says:

    Just finished listening to it twice. First half is pretty much perfect. Saw them twice on this tour (as I did on the ‘Purpendicular’ tour) and managed to get back stage and took a couple of pics of my heroes (after smuggling in my camera down the front of my jeans – figured security weren’t about to check there!).

  6. 6
    Dygan says:

    Do we really need another “Machine Head” reissue?

    Instead reissue/release “Bananas” and “Abandon” on vinyl instead on the coming Record Store Day.

  7. 7
    Uwe Hornung says:

    “Do we really need another “Machine Head” reissue?”

    Well, vinyl doesn’t really last! 😁

  8. 8
    John says:

    So there’s this new release by DC’s Whitesnake:

    https://youtu.be/FuTuUIEII3Y?si=rFSReIOfJtJ-QJ6z

    However, I dedicate this very special version to our good friend Uwe:

    https://youtu.be/V6VXqDCJBrc?si=HkA7SeW9w-ZBiImJ

  9. 9
    Uwe Hornung says:

    Thanks John, much appreciated. The new string arrangement is beautiful and it’s my favorite DC composition.

    The vid is a bit unsettling though. A vintage DC singing with what is obviously a young man’s voice, it feels and looks weird. I think the visual impact would have been more coherent if they had either presented an AI/graphic novel version of DC as a young man singing it or if he had done a new take with his now voice, different key, gravelly, notes breaking off and all. But maybe, at this point and lamentably so, his voice/health doesn’t even allow him to do that anymore.

    Anyway, great song. Geddy Lee should have left it well alone in that second version though. 😎

  10. 10
    BreisHeim says:

    Yes, you are all right! We need Abandon and Come Hell Or High Water on vinyl.
    The ones that are out there now are cheap bootleg copies, unofficial.
    We want the real thing.
    Especially Abandon.
    It is an absolutely wonderful album.
    Gad!

  11. 11
    Wormdp says:

    The Rocktober release is the 2024 mix. So no need to buy the box set if you only wanted the vinyl

  12. 12
    Wormdp says:

    Also, I would suspect that Rhino will release the Quad version in their series of Quadio releases

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