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Vincent Price single artwork

Edel/earMUSIC has revealed artwork for the new Vincent Price single which will be released on June 7.

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Dandies in the Aspic

Uncut magazine had a short mention about Deep Purple and fashion in the late sixties in their December 2010 issue with quote from Jon Lord: That leather coat cost more than I’d earned in my entire life. It was all bought one mad afternoon at Mr. Fish. Working-class lads being dressed by a top designer, […]

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Vote for Classic Rock track of the week

Classic Rock Magazine has an online poll for the Track of the Week and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote here.

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Deep Purple Reissues Part 2: “Copenhagen 1972” to be released this month

While Deep Purple are still in the charts with their latest studio album “Now What?!”, earMUSIC prepare the second release of their reissues series. This time it’s “Copenhagen 1972”   Besides the show from Copenhagen recorded on March 1, 1972, the release includes three bonus tracks recorded live in New York on May 29, 1973 […]

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Vincent Price video premiere

And here it is, in all its glory, the first Deep Purple promo video since… whatever:

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What do you think of Now what?!

The new album has been out for a while now, the dust seems to be settling down, and it’s time for another poll here at The Highway Star. We tried to put together a variety of the most often expressed opinions of the album, and you can always post your opinion in free form in […]

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’70 vintage Purple on BBC

The 1970 BBC radio session of Deep Purple performing Grabsplatter and Black Night has been rebroadcasted on BBC Radio 6 Music Live Hour in the wee hours of Sunday, May 12. The show will available for listening online for a week now. Should you be inclined to skip PJ Harvey and T.Rex directly to Purple, […]

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Behind the music documentary

Behind the music documentary which was recently shown on VH1 in the US has been posted on Youtube. Act fast before Powers That Be(tm) take it down. All in all, I must say it’s rather well done, considering the enormity of the task of covering the 45-year history of the band in 45 minutes. Blackmore, […]

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Seven screaming virgins

The promotional video for Vincent Price was shot at the Berlin Dungeon. Check out pictures of the shoot in Berliner Morgenpost and on Facebook. Hmm, I wonder if they’ve run into Blackmore there… Thanks to Peter and Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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Now what?! charts summary

This list is being continuously updated. Progress of the album in charts around the world is neatly summarized here. The first week of Now what?! out in the wild is over and the first official chart positions accounting for both online and offline sales are in. Germany: #1 first week, #5 second, #12 third, #22 […]

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