DEEP PURPLE TO RELEASE COMPREHENSIVE NEW ANTHOLOGY
A FIRE IN THE SKY
Highlights From The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Band's Legendary
Career Available In Various Configurations On September 15
North American Co-Headlining Tour With Alice Cooper
Kicks Off August 12 In Las Vegas
LOS ANGELES - Deep Purple stands alongside Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as part of the Holy Trinity of British hard rock. The list of the band's classic songs is legion, and the influence it's had on successive generations of musicians is both enduring and remarkable. Rhino will celebrate Deep Purple's history with three definitive collections.
A FIRE IN THE SKY will be available as a single CD and a three-CD set on September 15 in North America with an international release following later in the year. A three-LP version will also be available on November 3. Each version includes a selection of songs chosen from the 19 studio albums that Deep Purple recorded between 1968 and 2013.
The single-disc version of A FIRE IN THE SKY features 20 songs and focuses mainly on the band's singles. The heavy hitters are here of course - "Smoke On The Water" and "Highway Star" - but so are gems like "Perfect Strangers," the title track from the band's platinum-certified album from 1984, as well as "Hell To Pay," from 2013's Now What?!.
The three-disc version of 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."
A FIRE IN THE SKY will also be available as a three-LP set that includes 27 songs on November 3. Among the highlights are the single edit version of "Woman From Tokyo," the U.S. single edit for "Burn," and the radio edit of "Bad Attitude."
Earlier this year, Deep Purple released their 20th studio album Infinite and as announced a co-headlining North American tour with Alice Cooper. The trek kicks off on August 12 in Las Vegas and the full itinerary can be found below.
In 2016, past and present members of Purple (being Blackmore, Coverdale, Evans, Gillan, Glover, Hughes, Lord and Paice) were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; it was long-overdue recognition of all they'd achieved in a near half-century career. But in truth this was merely affirmation for what millions already knew. Deep Purple have sold over 100 million records, were once acknowledged by the Guinness Book Of Records as the loudest band on the planet (for a show at the Rainbow in London during 1972).
A FIRE IN THE SKY
Single-Disc Track Listing:
1. "Hell To Pay" (Radio Edit)
2. "Rapture Of The Deep"
3. "Sun Goes Down"
4. "Any Fule Kno That"
5. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Edit)
6. "Bad Attitude" (Radio Edit)
7. "Knocking At Your Back Door" (Single Edit)
8. "Perfect Strangers" (Single Edit)
9. "You Keep On Moving" (Single Edit)
10. "Soldier Of Fortune"
11. "Burn" (U.S. Single Edit)
12. "Woman From Tokyo" (Single Edit)
13. "Highway Star" (U.S. Single Edit)
14. "Smoke On The Water" (U.S. Single Edit)
15. "Fireball"
16. "Strange Kind Of Woman"
17. "Child In Time (Part 1)"
18. "Speed King" (U.S. Album Edit)
19. "Black Night"
20. "Hush"
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Three-Disc Track Listing:
Disc One
1. "Hell To Pay"
2. "Vincent Price"
3. "Wrong Man"
4. "Rapture Of The Deep"
5. "Sun Goes Down"
6. "Any Fule Kno That"
7. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"
8. "Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic"
9. "The Battle Rages On"
10. "King Of Dreams"
11. "Call Of The Wild"
12. "Bad Attitude"
13. "Knocking At Your Back Door"
14. "Perfect Strangers"
Disc Two
1. "You Keep On Moving"
2. "Dealer" (2010 Kevin Shirley Remix)
3. "Stormbringer"
4. "Soldier Of Fortune"
5. "Mistreated"
6. "Might Just Take Your Life"
7. "Burn"
8. "Rat Bat Blue"
9. "Woman From Tokyo"
10. "Space Truckin'"
11. "Smoke On The Water"
12. "When A Blind Man Cries"
Disc Three
1. "Highway Star"
2. "Demon's Eye"
3. "Fireball"
4. "Strange Kind Of Woman"
5. "Child In Time"
6. "Speed King" (U.S. Album Edit)
7. "Black Night"
8. "Hallelujah"
9. "Emmaretta" (2012 Stereo Mix)
10. "The Bird Has Flown" (Early Version - 2012 Stereo Mix)
11. "Wring That Neck" (aka "Hard Road")
12. "Kentucky Woman"
13. "Mandrake Root"
14. "Hush"
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Three-LP Track Listing:
Side One
1. "Hell To Pay" (Radio Edit)
2. "Vincent Price"
3. "Rapture Of The Deep"
4. "Sun Goes Down"
5. "Any Fule Kno That"
Side Two
1. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"
2. "The Battle Rages On"
3. "Bad Attitude" (Radio Edit)
4. "Perfect Strangers"
Side Three
1. "You Keep On Moving" (Single Edit)
2. "Soldier Of Fortune"
3. "Stormbringer"
4. "Burn" (U.S. Single Edit)
5. "Might Just Take Your Life"
6. "Woman From Tokyo" (Single Edit)
Side Four
1. "Highway Star"
2. "Smoke On The Water"
3. "Demon's Eye"
4. "Fireball"
Side Five
1. "Strange Kind Of Woman"
2. "Speed King" (U.S. Album Edit)
3. "Child In Time"
4. "Black Night"
Side Six
1. "Kentucky Woman"
2. "Wring That Neck" (aka "Hard Road")
3. "Mandrake Root"
4. "Hush"
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH ALICE COOPER
Current Lineup: Ian Paice (Drums), Roger Glover (Bass), Ian Gillan (Lead Vocals),
Steve Morse (Guitar), Don Aire (Keyboards)
August
12 Las Vegas, NV The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
13 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
15 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
16 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
18 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
19 Dallas, TX Starplex Pavilion
21 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
23 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
24 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
26 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theater
27 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
28 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
30 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
September
1 Burgettstown, PA KeyBank Pavilion
2 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
3 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
6 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
8 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
9 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
10 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
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