Deep Purple Turn Purple For Classic Vinyl Reissues
The eight albums cover the band’s 1972-77 period and their Mk II, III and IV line-ups.

Hard rock trailblazers Deep Purple, in association with Universal Music Group, have announced a limited edition collection of reissues of classic albums from the 1972-77 period — and all eight LPs will be available in heavyweight, purple vinyl. The releases, set for 7 September, are for the world ex-North America and Japan.
The albums include the studio sets Machine Head (1972), Who Do We Think We Are? (1973), Burn (1974), the same year’s Stormbringer and 1975’s Come Taste the Band (1975). They’re accompanied by the live albums Made in Japan (1972), Made in Europe (1976) and Last Concert In Japan (1977). The discs can be pre-ordered as an 8-LP bundle, or as individual releases.
As the modern-day Purple continue their Long Goodbye world tour, frontman Ian Gillan says of the reissues: “These albums were recorded in the ‘analogue age.’ that is before digital CDs. We went from recording tape to master cutting room to pressing plant, all of these mechanical processes, and it’s right that the listener should have the choice to listen to them via another mechanical process. By placing a needle on an ‘album’ on a turntable.”
Come Taste The Band showcased the guitar mastery of Tommy Bolin, while Made In Japan, recorded in Osaka and Tokyo, remains one of the definitive live albums of all time. Made In Europe, taped in Paris, Graz and Saarbrücken, was the last release by the Coverdale-fronted line-up, while Last Concert In Japan captured the final performance by the Mk IV version of the group, in Tokyo.
The Deep Purple 180g purple vinyl reissues will be available on 7 September. The 8-LP bundle can be bought here, and the individual releases here.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:08 pm
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