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Deep Purple have been putting out consistently strong stuff for a while now. This new release continues that trend.

Deep Purple's third album, simply titled “Deep Purple,” was arguably the strongest of the first three, and most of this Eagle re-issue is of digitally remastered quality, done in 2000.

If you like this version of Deep Purple (guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, frontman David Coverdale, bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboard player Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice) you must own this.

One of several live and studio re-issues to come from Eagle this summer, is this two-disc set that was originally released in 1980, and a couple of times since.

This is a strange set. For one thing, it screams "unauthorized." The opening tracks are almost certainly bootleg recordings.

As a major fan of Deep Purple, I am approaching this with a more informative angle, to not only shed any overly biased factors, but explain a few things from within the Purple frame of mind.

Deep Purple has a lot of jam band built into the musical picture.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Burn album.

This is an unusual, but interesting release. Each CD is from a different concert, and actually a different era of the band.

There has been much said about the different lineups of Deep Purple but for my money, the Mk 3 lineup stands up as their best.

I can’t recommend this live recording enough.

Eagle Records is certainly making Christmas come early this year.

I definitely would not put every Deep Purple album in progressive rock. This one, though, certainly qualifies.

To make it back after seven years culminating into eight for a studio album at this stage in the Deep Purple legacy was a big risk, but one I find to be smaller than the last time the name went eight years in existence without an album, which was 1976 to 1984.

After Deep Purple found themselves without a guitarist once again when Joe Satriani left, they quickly settled on Steve Morse and he's been there ever since.

This new reissue of Purpendicular includes two bonus tracks.

Recorded live in Stockholm 1970, this Eagle re-issue is of a historic show that was bootlegged several times over before it was finally released in the late eighties.

The Deep Purple mkI albums are as important as any other in the history of the band.

Deep Purple's second album was often the least critically acclaimed of the first three, perhaps rightfully so, perhaps not.

This live album from Deep Purple finds the band in a killer performance.

This is a very unusual Deep Purple album, yet there is no mistaking it as Deep Purple. It's also a lot of fun.

You have to respect Eagle for all they do concerning their artists’ current work and re-issues, as they have been on a serious roll lately in particular.

I can still remember when the Perfect Strangers album was released.

One part concert film, one part documentary, Phoenix Rising looks at the Mark IV lineup of Deep Purple (David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Tommy Bolin, Ian Pace and Jon Lord).

I know there are those who disagree with me, but I wouldn’t necessarily consider Deep Purple to be a progressive rock band.

Interview with Steve Morse from 2010
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Perhaps this three CD should go under "various artists" instead of "Rick Wakeman." Still, I think Wakeman plays on almost everything here.

This is part of a series of new Glenn Hughes reissues. I have to say that this is one of my favorites.

This collaboration is an interesting disc. It tends towards mellower, acoustic driven music.

Brian Tarquin is one of the three guys who are listed as making up Band of Brothers. The other two are Phil Naro and Reggie Pryor.

This solo album from Jon Lord has been reissued with some bonus tracks. It's an intriguing album.

Ian Gillan is thought of as the voice of Deep Purple, but he has had quite an extensive career that consists of albums under his own name and the band Gillan.

This new set from the ever-changing group of musicians recording under the name "The Prog Collective" does feel a little darker than some of the rest of their music.

This Glenn Hughes solo album from 1995 is getting a deluxe reissue in a two-CD form. The first disc is the original album with one bonus track.

I was under the impression that Guy King was a blues guitarist. That is one part of his picture. He's also a jazz musician, though.

This new album showcases a lot of cool Beatles covers from a number of artists. It's actually compiled of tracks previously released on a number of albums.

Fans of Captain Beyond (like myself) have had to live with the fact there were only three albums released.

This is a classy set. I used to own the Medusa album on vinyl many years ago. I don't remember being all that impressed with it.

In the past I've always put Trapeze under progressive rock, in part because people generally land them there, and in part because the music often fit.

I really wish I'd gotten this CD a month or so earlier. It would have been a perfect fit in our October issue because it definitely has a spooky angle to it.

You really can't go wrong with Blackmore's Night. I have a tendency to think that they just keep getting better with each successive release.

Robby Steinhardt was probably best known as the violinist for the band Kansas. He was certainly a unique individual in the prog rock scene of the day playing that instrument.

Lee Kerslake was an important figure in hard rock and heavy metal, even if he wasn't a household name.

This new reissue finds Glenn Hughes well into his funk period on the first disc, and in disco-land on the second. Personally, I think the main album is more effective.

It's hard, in retrospect, to understand the importance of King Crimson's debut album. It really did set a new standard for what would be known as progressive rock.

I have heard arguments that say that the 1970s were the decade with the best music. Like any decade, they had a lot of garbage music

This live album from the new incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is a solid set. It's also the companion to the video I reviewed in the last issue of Music Street Journal.

Once upon a time Ritchie Blackmore was known as the guitarist for Deep Purple. Eventually he left that band and formed Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

Even if all you know from Graham Bonnet is his two best-known bands, Rainbow and Alcatrazz, you have to know that there is a wide range of sounds in his repertoire.

The Prog Collective releases compelling progressive rock album after album.

This was released last year, but I got it too late to review it in our December issue. So, I've been holding it until this one.

I generally like things like this where an album is created by taking the track list of a famous album and having different artists reproduce the songs.

This is essentially a compilation disc of cover tunes from Joe Lynn Turner.

This new collection from Blackmore's Night continues their tradition of classy music.

I previously reviewed an edition of this album that came out in 2017. They have released this new version with a few new songs added.

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