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December 15
More Deep Purple reissues in the USA
http://www.billboard-online.com/releases/ reports that Spitfire Records will release the following Deep Purple albums in the US on February 8:
"Concertos: Live at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra", "Deep Purple" (with five bonus tracks), "In Concert I & II", "Scandinavian Nights Live: 1970 and 1972" (two separate discs), "Shades of" (with five bonus tracks) and "The Book of Taliesyn" (with five bonus tracks).
We have no more info about these releases.
Thanks to Michael R. Tucker for the info.

December 14
McCartney and Paice on BBC
Kevin Dixon reports:
Paul McCartney's gig at the Cavern Club,Liverpool, tomorrow 14/12/99 is to be broadcast on Radio 2 in the UK. Unsure if this is a live broadcast, I suspect that it is. Paice is in the band again.
Also the show is on BBC1 in the UK on Wednesday 15.12.99 at 11.15pm (UK Time).
Unsure if this is the whole show or an edited version.The gig is tomorrow night at around 9 pm ish. Tickets (150 in total) were only available through a ballot.
BBC Radio 2 is available on the net www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/.

December 6
New Steve Morse Project
From a Yes website:
Both [Steve] Howe and Trevor Rabin [both Yes guitarists] have contributed tracks to an album of classical pieces interpreted on guitar, produced by Steve Morse for Windham Hill. Tracks: Steve Morse (Händel's "Water Music"), John Petrucci ("Flight of the Bumblebee"), Marty Friedman (Messenet's "Meditation from Thais"), Steve Howe (Bach's "Chantte 140"), Peter Frampton (Bach's Concerto in F Minor), Trevor Rabin (Beethoven's 9th), Dweezil Zappa (Suites from Bizet's "Carmen"), Al Di Meola (Piazzolla's Tango), Albert Lee (Händel's "Largo"), Jorma Kaukonen (Pachelbel's Canon), Mike Stern (Satie's "Gymnopedie #1") and Patty Larkin. The album is expected this year. Jordan Rudess co-arranged the pieces by Petrucci, Kaukonen and Stern.
Thanks to Dan Elsenrath for the info.

December 4
New European release dates
We got this info from the DPAS:

Here are details of forthcoming releases. Dates of release are shown, but you can order as of now via the DPAS order page.
Live at the RAH - 2CD set (complete concert less 1st Morse solo song (boo!)
EDGCD124	16.50 UK	18.50 ROW	Jan 24th
Jon Lord - Before I forget
PUR 310	10.49 UK	12.49 ROW	Dec 7th
Shades of Deep Purple (remastered)
EMI 49833623	10.49 UK	12.49 ROW	Feb 7th
Book of Taliesyn (remastered)
EMI 5210822	10.49 UK	12.49 ROW	Feb 7th
Deep Purple (3rd LP) (remastered)
EMI 52159727	10.49 UK	12.49 ROW	Feb 7th
Current DPAS members will recieve a 5% discount on orders for any of these five CDs. This amount will be taken off the stated bill by the ever-willing DPAS office girls. Seasons greetings, all at DPAS

December 4
Deep Purple on VH1 Europe?
Tommy Vance promised to feature Deep Purple among other bands in the "Friday Rock Show Review '99" on VH1 Europe on December 17 at midnight UK time (01.00 CET). I guess it's the interview they did with Gillan and Lord before the Royal Albert Hall shows.

November 27
"Total Abandon" DVD ready for release
The "Total Abandon" DVD will be ready for release in the next few weeks. The disc will be a DVD9 (dual layer) of 200 minute duration (the DVD contains both the live video and the "For fans only" video) and available in PAL only initially, but for all regions 1-6. We're hoping for a release date around the middle of December so make sure you save some of your christmas gift money for this one!
DVD cover (148 kb jpeg).

November 27
Even more Purple, Glover and Highway Star editors on TV
In part 5 of NZZ Format's TV series on the Internet there will be another part with Deep Purple, Roger Glover, Highway Star editor Svante Pettersson and this time also Deep Purple manager Bruce Payne. The show is about the future of the Internet, music on the Internet, MP3, Liquid Audio, rights and so on.
NZZ Format:
Sunday, November 28.: 21.30h SF2 (Switzerland)
Monday, November 29.: 23.05h VOX (Germany)
Thanks to Kurt Widmer, NZZ Television.

November 27
Even more Paice on TV
Swedish Television channel one (SVT1) will broadcast the VH1 show with Paul McCartney, David Gilmour and Ian Paice on December 26 at 23:00.
Thanks to Fredrik Jiglund for the info.

November 23
Ian Paice busy on European TV
Paul McCartney will appear on the German TV Show "Wetten, dass...?" on Saturday 11th of December, 8:15 PM CET on channel ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen). He will perform his song "No Other Baby" with Mick Green (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates), Ian Paice (Deep Purple) und Pete Wingfield (Everly Brothers, Van Morrison).
Paul McCartney will also be interviewed on "Parkinson meets Paul McCartney" on BBC1 to be broadcast on Friday 3rd December 1999. It promises an interview "as well as a live performance of some of his classic songs". Given who is in McCartney's backing band at the moment we guess that Ian Paice will appear on this show too although we haven't had this confirmed.
Thanks to Tim Sinzenich, Holger Fitzkow and Kevin Dixon for the info.

November 23
US release dates for Rhino remasters
Rhino Records reports that "In Rock", "Fireball" and "Who Do We Think We Are" will be released on February 15, 2000. In addition, on February 29, 2000, "The Very Best of Deep Purple" is to be released.
We have no official info on a European release date for "Who Do We Think We Are" but we find it unlikely that it wouldn't be released just before or on the same date as in the US.
Thanks to Michael R. Tucker for the info.

November 21
US release of the Royal Albert Hall recording
Spitfire Records will release the Royal Albert Hall 1999 album on January 18, 2000. We have no information about if the video will be released in the American format too. The European label for the album, video and DVD is still Eagle Rock Entertainment. We do not have any European release dates yet but a good guess is sometime around January 18.
Spitfire Records will also release remastered versions of "four of Gillan's best solo works" ("Clear Air Turbulence", "Accidentally On Purpose", "Scarabus" and "Cherkazoo & Other Stories"). All of these Gillan Remasters will be special collector's editions featuring 24 bit digital remastering, complete with original artwork and at a bargain mid-price.
Thanks to Mark D. White for the info.

November 14
Dixie Dregs US tour in January 2000
Dixie Dregs featuring Deep Purple guitar player Steve Morse will do a seven week US tour starting January 28 ("Fans of the Dixie Dregs don't want to miss this monumental 'live' reunion...definitely the fusion event of the year." - Paula Edelstein - Jazz Review.com"). Stay tuned to this website for the tour dates.

November 13
Old Deep Purple clip on BBC Prime
From the Wednesday November 17 TV listings:
"17:00 (CET) BBC Prime Sounds of the Seventies
(Free to Be Me). A favourite teenage chat-up line in 1972 was 'do you like heavy music?'. The intellectually inclined called it 'progressive', and it even had its own TV programme - The Old Grey Whistle Test. Out of 'heavy' music was eventually to come heavy metal, but first came the back-to-basics no nonsense 'pub rock' that was to foreshadow punk. Including performances from Free, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Yes and Dr Feelgood."
BBC Prime is BBC's stallite/cable service and can be seen in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Thanks to Tim Sinzenich for the info.

November 13
German band performs "Concerto for group and orchestra"
German band Angel Dust's website reports that the band has been asked to perform Jon Lord's "Concerto for group and orchestra" together with the Bochum Symphonic Orchestra. The show is supposed to take place at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum, Germany sometime during the summer 2000.
Thanks to Daniele Purrone for the info.

November 6
"Total Abandon" DVD mastering finished
The "Total Abandon" producer reports that the mastering of the "Total Abandon" DVD was finished on Friday November 5. Stay tuned to this site for the release date and more info about the DVD.

November 3
Paul McCartney with Ian Paice on BBC2
Ian Paice and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour will indeed be joining Paul McCartney on stage on Jools Holland's show on BBC2 on Saturday. Here's some info from the Grimsby Evening Telegraph:
"Sir Paul McCartney is to play live on TV with a band for the first time in six years as he takes part in a BBC2 show - the UK debut for his new outfit. The former Beatles star will perform three songs from his new album Run Devil Run on Later With Jools Holland on Saturday. His backing band is the same as the one for the album, featuring Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour and Deep Purple's Ian Paice. Sir Paul's last appearance with a band was on Top Of The Pops in 1993."
The Highway Star talked to BBC Prime, the channel's international cable channel, and this current series of "Later with Jools Holland" will not be broadcast internationally this year due to copyright problems. BBC Prime is instead airing a couple of years old reruns of the series on Saturday evenings/Sunday mornings at 12.30AM (00:30) CET.
Thanks to Nigel Young for the info.

November 3
Rare Deep Purple live footage on Franch pay-per-view channel
French pay-per-view channel "Canal Jimmy" will on November 26 be airing a rerun of a documentary called "Pop2" originally aired on November 14, 1970 featuring footage of Deep Purple live at "La taverne de l'Olympia" in Paris October 8, 1970. The footage is 30 minutes and includes the tracks "Into the fire", "Child in time" (edit), "Wring that neck" (edit), "Paint it black" (edit) and "Black night".
Thanks to Lylian Pothron for the info.

November 2
Paul McCartney on BBC2
Paul McCartney will play live on "Later with Jools Holland" on BBC2 in the UK on Saturday November 6. We don't know for sure if Ian Paice will appear with McCartney but we guess he will since he's having some time off at the moment and since McCartney has been using Ian Paice and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour both for his album and for the promotion of the album.
Thanks to Ian Jackson for the info.