The group soldiered on until 1976, with varying degrees of success, and so did the label before finally fizzling out in 1978 after the humiliating implosion of Deep Purple Mark IV two years earlier. Shades of Deep Purple July 1968 The Book of Taliesyn October 1968 Deep Purple 1969-06 Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1969-12 Deep Purple In Rock 1970. Featured New Releases Editors Choice All New Releases Discover. The label managed to survive three line-up changes within Deep Purple, with arguably the two biggest driving forces of Gillan and Blackmore leaving in 19 respectively. Explore Deep Purples discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. The Deep Purple musicians managed to collectively release seven solo projects, the most prolific being organist Jon Lord with four albums. From Fireball, to Machine Head, to Who Do We Think We Are, the band sold millions of copies of the albums worldwide. Song: Highway Star - Remastered 2012 Album: Machine Head (Remastered) RHINO 3. Purple Records released a total of 33 albums in its seven year lifespan including ten LPs under the Deep Purple name five studio albums, two live albums and three compilations. Sept 24th: The premiere of the Concerto, at the Albert Hall, London. Salma Hayek attended the star-studded premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France. July 10th: Mk2's first show, Speakeasy, London. 17 hours ago &0183 &32 CREDIT: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage. Other artists’ work and even the band members’ solo projects were often deemed to be mere ego trips and favours to friends and colleagues in the industry. Glover came along at first on a session basis, but quickly impressed with his natural grasp of writing, and was snapped up to complete the new Deep Purple. In May 1968, the band moved into Pye Studios in Londons Marble Arch to record their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, which was released in July by.

The 150 page DPAS DEEP PURPLE DISCOGRAPHY Vol 2. You can keep up to date on progress at our Books page. It is long out of print but it is hoped to produce a new printed edition before too long. This listed every known album, single, EP and variation, country by country. Purple Records was the brainchild of Tony Edwards and John Coletta, and, along with additional Purple companies, served to control virtually every business and financial aspect of Deep Purple’s musical output, including the band’s management, promotion, publishing and of course recording.Īlthough originally intended to be the vehicle for Deep Purple albums and solo projects by the band members, the label signed a diverse range of additional artists with an eclectic mix of styles, some of which would seem to be incongruous with Deep Purple’s own ‘hard rock’ genre.Īs with most of these ‘self-owned’ artist labels, the commercial success of the output was usually limited to the ‘parent’ band itself. The original 100 page DPAS DEEP PURPLE DISCOGRAPHY was published in 1982.

Following in the footsteps of Frank Zappa, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple’s entrepreneurial management team founded the band’s own ‘vanity’ record label in 1971.

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