Is Connoisseur Collection still in business?

There were rumours going around about Connoisseur Collection going out of business, due to people getting their mail returned with "address unknown" written all over it.

Turned out they'd just moved and forgotten to have their mail forwarded.

Here's the new address;

Connoisseur Collection Ltd.
2-3 Fitzroy Mews
London W1P 5DQ
UK

Connoisseur Collection was partially run by former Deep Purple manager Anthony Edwards, and has several Deep Purple and related releases in their catalogue. I think Tony Edwards are no longer with them, which might be why there's been some weird rereleases of their Deep Purple titles lately, including Highway Star - a 1CD set consisting of the first disc from In the Abscence of Pink, and a REALLY weird 3CD set called Live 1970-1985 which has one disc with outtakes from Scandinavian Nights, and where the two last discs are the complete Knebworth '85-set! Sounds like pointless releases to me.

The most noteworthy Deep Purple related releases are:

Deep Purple: Scandinavian Nights (2CD, live, Stockholm 12. Nov. 1970)
Deep Purple: In the Abscence of Pink - Live at Knebworth 1985 (2CD, only official release of one of the 1985 reunion concerts.)
Rainbow: Live in Germany 1976 (2CD, "Rainbow On Stage" outtakes)
Ritchie Blackmore: Rock Profile Vol. 1 (CD, contains prev. unreleased Deep Purple material)
Ritchie Blackmore: Rock Profile Vol. 2 (CD, contains prev. unreleased Rainbow numbers)
Glenn Hughes : Play Me Out/Four on the Floor (CD, his 1977 solo album, with a weird 1979 disco session thrown in for good measure)
David Coverdale: The Solo Albums (CD, his excellent pre-Whitesnake 1978 solo albums, "Whitesnake" and "Northwinds", for the price of one.)
Roger Glover: Elements/The Mask (CD, Roger's instrumental solo from 1978, plus the guitar rock oriented "The Mask" from 1984.
Roger Glover and Friends: The Butterfly's Ball/Wizard's Convention CD, Roger Glover's project with tons of Purple related guest artists, + the Wizard's Convention session, also with lots of Purple guests.


Last updated: 24. January 1995
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