Friday, December 12, 2008

Deep Purple Issuing Deluxe Edition of Stormbringer

Legendary rockers Deep Purple and EMI have announced that they will release a special edition of the album "Stormbringer" on February 23.


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The album, first released in November 1974, peaked at #20 on the US album chart and was considered a bit uneven after "Machine Head" and "Who Do You Think We Are." At the time, the band was made up of Ritchie Blackmore (his last album with the group), David Coverdale, Glen Hughes, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

The album will be issued in a CD/DVD combo with the CD having the original album plus five bonus tracks and the DVD containing an original Quadraphonic mix album as 5.1 DTS 96/24 and the original album Quadrophonic mix stereo 48/24 with on screen images. A 2-LP vinyl set will also be issued with an additional three bonus tracks.

The track listing for the CD/DVD set:

Stormbringer
Love Don’t Mean a Thing
Holy Man
Hold On
Lady Double Dealer
You Can’t Do It Right
High Ball Shooter
The Gypsy
Soldier of Fortune
Holy Man (Glenn Hughes remix)
You Can’t Do It Right (Glenn Hughes remix)
Love Don’t Mean a Thing (Glenn Hughes remix)
Hold On (Glenn Hughes remix)
High Ball Shooter (instrumental, from Listen Learn Read On Box Set)

The track list for the 2-LP set:

Stormbringer
Love Don’t Mean A Thing
Holy Man
Hold On
Lady Double Dealer
You Can’t Do It Right
High Ball Shooter
The Gypsy
Soldier Of Fortune
Holy Man (remix)
You Can’t Do It Right (remix)
Love Don’t Mean A Thing (remix)
Hold On (remix)
High Ball Shooter (instrumental)
High Ball Shooter (quad)
You Can’t Do It Right (quad)
Soldier Of Fortune (quad)

Deep Purple has always been near the top of my list of favorite rock and roll bands and I am excited about this release!

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