David Coverdale Reissuing Whitesnake’s Purple Album with Unearthed Deep Purple Audition Demo

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Whitesnake are reissuing and expanding their covers album, The Purple Album, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of singer David Coverdale joining Deep Purple.

Originally released in 2015, The Purple Album was recorded by Coverdale along with guitarist Reb Beach, bassist Michael Devin, guitarist Joel Hoekstra, and drummer Tommy Aldridge, who, at the time, was appearing on a Whitesnake studio album for the first time since 1989. The collection cherry-picked songs from the three LPs Coverdale recorded with Deep Purple: Burn (1974), Stormbringer (1974), and Come Taste the Band (1975).

ETitled The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition, the upcoming expanded reissue is set to drop October 13th on 2-CD/Blu-Ray and double-LP vinyl formats — 50 years after Coverdale joined the Deep Purple.

In addition to the original tracklist in remixed/remastered form, the expanded edition also houses a plethora of bonus material, including unreleased recordings, live cuts, alternate mixes, video supplements (on the Blu-Ray version), and, most notably, the audition demo that secured Coverdale’s spot with Deep Purple.

Coverdale discovered the reel-to-reel demo — which was “extensively restored” for this release — among his late mother’s belongings. The four-song tape was recorded in 1972 with his former band The Fabulosa Brothers.

“I had no idea my Mam had the tape,” Coverdale said via a press release. “For me, to open my Mam’s trunk of personal items, 30 years after her passing, was a gift from Heaven.”

You can pre-order The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition via Amazon or Rhino. Stream the new remixed version of Whitesnake’s live performance of “Burn” and see the full expanded tracklist below.

The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition Artwork:

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The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition 2-CD/Blu-Ray Tracklist:CD1: 2023 Remix01. Burn02. Lay Down, Stay Down03. Love Child04. Holy Man05. The Gypsy06. Lady Double Dealer07. Might Just Take Your Life08. Mistreated09. Stormbringer10. Sail Away (Interpolating Elegy for Jon)11. You Keep On Moving (feat. the Hook City Strings)12. Lady Luck13. Coming Home14. You Fool No One (Interpolating Itchy Fingers)15. Soldier Of Fortune

CD Two: The Purple Tour Five Live01. Burn02. The Gypsy03. Mistreated04. You Fool No One05. Soldier Of Fortune06. Holy Man (Unzipped) *07. Stormbringer (Punch In The Nuts Mix) *08. Love Child (Alternate Mix) *09. Soldier Of Fortune (feat. Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings) *10. Soldier Of Fortune (feat. The Hook City Strings) *11. Soldier Of Fortune (Instrumental) (feat. The Hook City Strings) *12. Everybody’s Talkin’ * (The 1972 DC Purple Audition Tape)13. Get Ready * (The 1972 DC Purple Audition Tape)14. Lonely Town, Lonely Street * (The 1972 DC Purple Audition Tape)15. Dancing In The Street * (The 1972 DC Purple Audition Tape)16. 1974 DC Demo Ideas for The Stormbringer Album *

Blu-Ray Tracklist: Purple Music Videos01. Lady Double Dealer02. Stormbringer03. Sail Away04. Soldier Of Fortune05. The Gypsy06. Soldier Of Fortune (feat. Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings) *07. Soldier Of Fortune (feat. The Hook City Strings) *08. Lay Down, Stay Down *09. Holy Man *10. You Keep On Moving *11. You Fool No One *12. Burn – Live Atlantis Video13. Burn/Stormbringer – Live In The Still Of The Night14. Soldier Of Fortune – Starkers In Tokyo15. Burn16. The Gypsy17. Mistreated18. You Fool No One19. Soldier Of Fortune20. The Purple Album: Behind The Scenes*21. The Purple Album: Song-By-Song*

* = Previously Unreleased

The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition 2-LP Tracklist:LP1Side A01. Burn02. Lay Down, Stay Down03. Love Child04. Holy Man

Side B01. The Gypsy02. Lady Double Dealer03. Might Just Take Your Life04. Coming Home

LP2Side A01. Stormbringer02. Sail Away (Interpolating Elegy For Jon)03. You Keep On Moving04. Lady Luck

Side B01. Mistreated02. You Fool No One (Interpolating Itchy Fingers)03. Soldier Of Fortune

David Coverdale Reissuing Whitesnake’s Purple Album with Unearthed Deep Purple Audition DemoJon Hadusek

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