According to Bravewords.com, DEEEP PURPLE videos have discovered film footage of early Mark 1 era of the band from October 1968 performing their smash hit ‘Hush’. The song written by JOE SOUTH, saw the band hit #2 in Canada and #4 in the US.
Mark 1 Deep Purple recorded three albums: Shades Of Deep Purple (1968), The Book Of Taliesyn (1968) and Deep Purple (1969).
The band featured:
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums
Rod Evans – lead vocals
Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
A European version of DEEP PURPLE‘s latest studio album, NOW What?!, will be released at the end of November via EarMUSIC. This edition celebrates the success of the album and the great spirit and excitement of the NOW What?! tour that keeps bringing joy to many music lovers from country to country.
The record company and Deep Purple that the double CD will be sold to retailers for a price which is lower than the usual price for any new stand-alone live release. Fans who have purchased NOW What?! will have the chance to buy the double pack, paying less than a newly released live album.
Fans of vinyl will have the chance to purchase the live album as a limited heavy vinyl double LP. The NOW What?! Live Tapes will be available on all digital stores (bundled with NOW What?! or available singularly) and all streaming platforms. Details about the content of a different version of this expanded edition for the US market, to be released in 2014, will be announced later in the year.
NOW What?! Live Tapes (European version) tracklisting:
‘Strange Kind Of Woman’
‘Hard Loving Man’
‘Vincent Price’
‘Contact Lost’
‘All The Time in The World’
‘No One Came’
‘Bodyline’
‘Perfect Strangers’
‘Above And Beyond’
‘Lazy’
‘Black Night’
‘Smoke On The Water’
The 12 live songs were recorded in Rome, Milan, Gaevle and Aalborg. The live material has been carefully mixed to reflect the sounds and the emotions that came out of the speakers every night. 100% live, 100% real.
According to Bravewords.com, Filmed in Bremen, Germany on September 21st, 1971, DEEP PURPLE‘s official YouTube channel has uploaded rehearsal footage of the song ‘No No No’ from DEEP PURPLE’s smash hit album Fireball. Also recorded at that same evening was one of the first live performances of ‘Highway Star’ which didn’t surface officially until March 1972 on the Machine Head album.
According to Bravewords.com, DEEP PURPLE will release a single for their NOW What? album track, ‘Above And Beyond’, on CD-Single and 7″ on October 25th in Europe and October 28th in the UK. Check out a new promo video for the single below:
The cover of the single has been chosen by the band and their record label earMUSIC among many artwork submissions by fans and young independent artists.
‘Above And Beyond’ will be released in two formats:
7″ purple vinyl limited edition:
B-side: ‘Space Truckin” live in Majano, Italy, recorded in July during the NOW What?! Tour
CD Single:
B-sides:
– ‘Things I’ve Never Said’
(studio out-take from the now deleted limited edition of the studio album Rapture Of The Deep)
– ‘Space Truckin” (recorded live during the NOW What?! Tour, 24 July 2013 in Rome)
– ‘Hush’ (recorded live during the NOW What?! Tour, August 6th, 2013 in Lokerse Feestem)
1984 saw the long-awaited reunion of the classic Deep Purple Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It was the first time they had been together since 1973. They recorded a brand new studio album, Perfect Strangers and headed out on tour. This show was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and is the only full length concert film of the band at this time.
A taste of the show has been released – check out ‘Perfect Strangers’ below:
Perfect Strangers Live – due out October 14th via Eagle Vision – is a stunning concert with the band in incendiary form. The setlist mixes then new tracks from the Perfect Strangers album with favourites from the early seventies culminating in the brilliant ‘Smoke On The Water’ finale. This is without doubt one of the finest Deep Purple concerts ever filmed and a must have for their legions of fans.
Perfect Strangers Live is 141 minutes long and features the following tracks:
‘Highway Star’
‘Nobody’s Home’
‘Strange Kind Of Woman’
‘A Gypsy’s Kiss’
‘Perfect Strangers’
‘Under The Gun’
‘Knocking At Your Back Door’
‘Lazy’ (including Ian Paice Drum Solo)
‘Child In Time’
‘Difficult To Cure’
Jon Lord Keyboard Solo
‘Space Truckin’ (with Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solo)
‘Black Night’
‘Speed King’
‘Smoke On The Water’
According to Bravewords.com, 1984 saw the long-awaited reunion of the classic DEEP PURPLE Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It was the first time they had been together since 1973. They recorded a brand new studio album, Perfect Strangers and headed out on tour. This show was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and is the only full length concert film of the band at this time.
A taste of the show has been released – check out ‘Perfect Strangers’ below:
Perfect Strangers Live – due out October 14th via Eagle Vision – is a stunning concert with the band in incendiary form. The setlist mixes then new tracks from the Perfect Strangers album with favourites from the early seventies culminating in the brilliant ‘Smoke On The Water’ finale. This is without doubt one of the finest Deep Purple concerts ever filmed and a must have for their legions of fans.
Perfect Strangers Live is 141 minutes long and features the following tracks:
‘Highway Star’
‘Nobody’s Home’
‘Strange Kind Of Woman’
‘A Gypsy’s Kiss’
‘Perfect Strangers’
‘Under The Gun’
‘Knocking At Your Back Door’
‘Lazy’ (including Ian Paice Drum Solo)
‘Child In Time’
‘Difficult To Cure’
Jon Lord Keyboard Solo
‘Space Truckin’ (with Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solo)
‘Black Night’
‘Speed King’
‘Smoke On The Water’
According to Bravewords.com, On October 8th, Rhino is releasing DEEP PURPLE‘s The Complete Albums 1970 – 1976. The ten-CD box set features the following albums:
Deep Purple With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto For Group And Orchestra – 1969
In Rock – 1970
Fireball – 1971
Machine Head – 1972
Made In Japan – 1972
Who Do We Think We Are? – 1973
Burn – 1974
Stormbringer – 1974
Come Taste The Band – 1975
Made In Europe – 1975
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