Deep Purple 1968-2021 [FLAC]

With a body of work spanning nearly seven decades, England's Deep Purple are bona fide classic rock royalty. Along with Cream, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin, they defined hard rock and early heavy metal. Though their lineup has constantly evolved, Deep Purple effectively made music a career for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, bassist Roger Glover, vocalists Ian Gillan and David Coverdale, and organist/composer Jon Lord. Shortly before his death in 2012, Lord attributed Deep Purple's success in selling more than 100 million albums to "musical restlessness." 

Deep Purple - Made in Japan - Complete Japanese Tour '72 (2014 Box Set Edition) [24-48]

By 1972, Deep Purple had achieved considerable commercial success in Japan, including several hit singles, so it made sense to tour there. Three dates were booked; the Festival Hall, Osaka on 11 and 12 May, and the Budokan, Tokyo on 16 August, though these were later changed to 15 and 16 August, and 17 August respectively due to an earlier US tour being rescheduled.The dates sold out almost immediately, and consequently the Japanese arm of the band's label, Warner Bros. Records, wanted to record the tour for a live album to be released in the country. The band eventually agreed to the idea, but insisted if it was going to be released, they wanted it to be done properly. Gillan recalled, "we said we would have to OK the equipment, we wanted to use our own engineer and we would have the last say on whether the tapes were released". The band enlisted producer Martin Birch, who had worked on previous studio albums, to record the shows onto an 8-track recorder so they could subsequently be mixed.

    Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar

    Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica (uncredited), percussion (uncredited)

    Roger Glover – bass guitar

    Jon Lord – organ, piano

    Ian Paice – drums

 

Deep Purple - Made In Japan (Deluxe edition 2014) [24-96]

Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple have been referred to as the unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies. One of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, they have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

Made In Japan was recorded live over three nights during August 15 17, 1972 at Festival Hall, Osaka and Budokan, Tokyo. Four of the tracks come from the band s 1972 Machine Head album. It featured what many consider the classic Deep Purple lineup Ian Gillan (Vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitars), Roger Glover (Bass), Jon Lord (Organ) and Ian Paice (Drums). Originally recorded only for the Japanese market, the album has since become seen as one of Deep Purple s seminal albums, and one of the greatest live albums of all time (A Rolling Stone reader s poll in 2012 voted Made In Japan as the sixth greatest live album of all time).

 

Episode Six - Cornflakes & Crazyfoam (2 CD, 2002/FLAC)

Episode Six were an English rock band formed in Harrow, London in 1965. The band did not have commercial success in the UK, releasing nine singles that all failed to chart, but they did find minor success in Beirut at the time. Group members Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left in 1969 to join Deep Purple, while drummer Mick Underwood founded Quatermass and later collaborated with Gillan.

 This double CD is a testament to the outer limits of 1960s rock archivism, presenting 51 songs -- unreleased during the 1960s themselves -- by a band who never had a hit record and never became especially popular even on an underground or cult level. Of course, they did have a couple of future members of Deep Purple in the band, which guarantees some sort of specialist audience. It's a pretty amazing package insofar as the sheer bulk of obscurities it unearths, spanning 1964-1969. There are home and studio demos, alternate versions, a couple 1967 German TV cuts, and mucho British radio broadcasts, those U.K. radio sessions providing the bulk of the source material.

Deep Purple - California Jam 1974 [DVDRIP video]

 

Live from The California Jam Festival, Ontario Speedway, California, April 6th 1974.

Deep Purple's 1974 US tour promoting the Burn album climaxed with this show at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. The band were well into their stride, they were the highest selling artist in the US in 1973 and were enjoying the rewards and the lifestyle that went with it. Deep Purple's fiery twilight performance was capped with Ritchie Blackmore setting his guitar and amplifier ablaze, raising balls of flame into the night sky.

• David Coverdale - voc
• Ritchie Blackmore - gui
• Glenn Hughes - bass
• Jon Lord - kb
• Ian Paice - dr

1. Burn
2. Might Just Take Your Life
3. Lay Down, Stay down
4. Mistreated
5. Smoke on the Water
6. You Fool No One
7. Space Truckin'

 

 

Deep Purple - Bootleg Series 1984-2000 (12 CD)

 A Deep Purple concert. There's always that special atmosphere. You're waiting for the show to begin and the venue is packed with anticipation. The floor is already damp with spilt beer, and watching the stage crew prepare the equipment, you wonder just how exciting the show is going to be tonight. Countless Deep Purple shows have come and gone. They have all had something going for them, whether it was the blinding drum solo from Ian Paice, Jon Lord rocking his Hammond back and forth with such fervour you thought it was going to break down, the intricate and stunningly quiet guitar solo from Ritchie Blackmore which seemed to hold the entire audience in awe - or perhaps Ian Gillan's weird and wonderful stream-of-consciousness between-song banter which never stops baffling, with its unexpected twists and hilarious observations. Roger Glover was always there, steady as a rock, bobbing back and forth and never straying from that very neat place right in the pocket, as musicians put it. Steve Morse has lead the band from strength to strength for the past seven years (hey, Mark 2 spent only four years together from 69 to 73) and the live shows have had a somewhat different taste to them, but the excitement has always been there.

HIGHWAY STARS Adelaide, Victoria, Australia. November 30th 1984

THIRD NIGHT Stockholm JohannesHov Isstadion, June 16th 1985

HUNGARY DAYS Budapest, Hungary, January 26/27/28th 1987

IN YOUR TROUSERS Stockholm, November 13th 1993

PURPLE SUNSHINE Fort Lauderdale, March 4th1995.

MADE IN JAPAN 2000 Osaka, January 4th 2000

 

Deep Purple - A Fire In The Sky : Selected Career-Spanning Songs (3 CD, 2017/FLAC)

 

A FIRE IN THE SKY dives even deeper into Purple's past with 40 songs and includes at least one track from every studio album through Now What?!. It also provides the ultimate showcase for the group's various incarnations through the years. To date, more than a dozen musicians have appeared on a Deep Purple album.

Among the set's many highlights are: the title track from 2005's Rapture of the Deep; "King of Dreams" from 1990's Slaves and Masters; "Bad Attitude" from 1987's The House of Blue Light; "You Keep Me Moving" from 1975's Come Taste The Band; and "Hush" from the group's 1968 debut, Shades Of Deep Purple . This expanded version also features Kevin Shirley's 2010 remix of "Dealer," and the 2012 stereo mix for an early version of "The Bird Has Flown."

 

 

VA - The Celebrating Jon Lord - The Composer & The Rock Legend (3 CD, 2014/FLAC)

  

On April 4, 2014, some of the best-loved musicians in the world assembled at the Royal Albert Hall to pay tribute to one of the most-missed musicians of them all: Jon Lord.

The passing of Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord in 2012 was sad for the obvious reasons, but also because he was about to release a just finished re-imagining of his "Concerto for Group and Orchestra," a piece Deep Purple first played live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969, and one that is often cited as the first true meeting of classical and rock. Lord was a big part of the heavy orchestral prog rock sound of Deep Purple, and he could rock when needed, or take center stage and play pretty as the soundtrack for a majestic autumn wind. He played with other bands as time went on, including Whitesnake, but in his later years he increasingly pursued his aspirations as a classical composer. Which brings us to this set, one of two volumes derived from a historic tribute concert held April 4, 2014 at Royal Albert Hall that marked the 45th anniversary of when Lord's "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" first debuted there. Surviving members of Deep Purple were on hand for the tribute, as well as Paul Weller, Whitesnake's Micky Moody, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and many others, including the Orion Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann. The evening opened with a classical set from the orchestra, which is what we have here, then went to a more rock-oriented second act, before concluding with a set by Deep Purple -- the rock and Deep Purple portions of the evening are available as Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend, the other volume of this tribute set. Among the highlights of this opening classical portion are the majestic "Fantasia" (from Sarabande), complete with horns, and a beautiful "All Those Years Ago," which features vocals from Micky Moody and illustrates just how much vision Lord really had for a classical/rock fusion, and in retrospect, how Deep Purple personified that vision.

Deep Purple - The Friends And Relatives (2 CD, 1999/FLAC)

Deep Purple, one of the greatest acts in rock history celebrated their 30th anniversary. So it's exactly the right time to release an album packed with titles of the numerous band  members of Deep Purple, their solo projects and other spinoff bands.

This album features classics of Deep Purple, Rainbow, David Coverdale, E.L.F., Glen Hughes, Tommy Bolin, Gillan and others.

There's still an active fanclub and this remarkable double-CD is a must for these loyal fans.

Deep Purple - Original Album Classics (3 CD, 2011/FLAC)

 

• Slaves And Masters
• The Battle Rages On
• Purpendicular

Deep Purple - The Originals Vol.1 & 2 (6 CD, 1995-1997/FLAC)

 

Two 3 CD boxsets covering the early works of Deep Purple

1995 - The Originals

Shades Of Deep Purple

The Book Of Taliesyn

Deep Purple

1997 - The Originals Vol. 2 (3 CD)

Who Do We Think We Are

Stormbringer

Come Taste The Band

Paice, Ashton, Lord - Malice In Wonderland [1977/2001/FLAC]

Paice Ashton Lord was a short-lived but spectacular moment in the history of rock n roll. It was August 1976 when Paice Ashton Lord emerged amidst much fanfare in the music press. It was big news that drummer Ian Paice and organist Jon Lord were forming a new band together after the messy demise of Deep Purple. Having worked together before, Tony Ashton was on top of Jon Lords musicians wish list and became the singer, pianist and front man of the band.

Ian Gillan - Unchain Your Brain: The Best Of Gillan (2 CD, 2007/FLAC)

 

Comprehensive 2007 two CD compilation of Gillan and Ian Gillan Band tracks that spans the six year period from 1976 to 1982 during which the world famous big haired rocker had his most successful solo period. The former member of both Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, famed for his very wide vocal range, had two Top Three albums during this period and the finest cuts from these and his others are showcased here perfectly. 31 stunning highlights including the hit songs 'Trouble' and 'New Orleans'. 

Deep Purple - Listen, Learn, Read On [6 CD, 2002/FLAC]

 

Listen, Learn, Read On is a box set released by the British hard rock band Deep Purple in 2002.

It is a collection of 74 tracks distributed in six CDs, around a quarter of which were unreleased prior to the album; all the tracks were subject to extensive re-mastering at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The set starts with a selection of early tracks by the members of the band before they joined Deep Purple.

The box set also houses a format book written by Deep Purple archivist Simon Robinson, which tells the band's story via 120 pages of text, pictures, cuttings, memorabilia, musician profiles and discographies.

Listen, Learn, Read On has been deleted from EMI's catalogue and is no longer in production. 

Glenn Hughes - Justified Man - The Studio Albums 1995-2003 (6 CD, 2020/FLAC)

 

Glenn Hughes, “The Voice Of Rock”, first came to prominence in Trapeze, a band featuring future Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley, and future Judas Priest drummer, Dave Holland. Following their third album, “You Are The Music, We’re Just The Band”, Glenn joined Deep Purple in 1973 for their “Burn”, “Stormbringer” and “Come Taste The Band” albums. Deep Purple split in 1976, with its members following various solo and side-projects. The first fruits of Glenn’s post Purple career appeared with “Play Me Out” (also available on Purple Records), issued in July 1977. Glenn would go on to collaborate with Pat Thrall in Hughes-Thrall, Joe Lynn Turner in the Hughes-Turner Project, with Tony Iommi in Black Sabbath, plus pursue a prolific solo career through the 1990s and beyond.

VA- The Many Faces Of Deep Purple [3 CD, 2014] [FLAC]

 

Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple is the third piece of the marvelous trinity who are the creators of heavy metal. The story of Deep Purple as a band continues to this day and has weathered many a storm and changes of band members. With a handful of albums that are considered true classics of universal rock today, (In Rock, Machine Head, Live In Japan, Burn), Deep Purple is one of the most influential groups that rock culture has given us. Here in The Many Faces we present a fascinating tour through the parallel works of the band´s abundant genealogy, as well as a pair of surprises that make of this album a must have.

Deep Purple ‎– The Soundboard Series - Australasian Tour 2001 [6x2 CD]

 

6 recordings culled from Deep Purple's Australasian tour of March 2001

Deep Purple – Made in Japan [5 CD Deluxe Edition, 2014]

 

Deep Purple’s monstrous power as a live act was solidified more than four decades ago with the release of their first live album, Made in Japan. This May, a tidal wave of Made in Japan reissues are surging your way, from remasters to expansions to box sets on CD, vinyl and Blu-Ray.