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:
The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition 2-CD/Blu-Ray Tracklist:
CD1: 2023 Remix
01. Burn
02. Lay Down, Stay Down
03. Love Child
04. Holy Man
05. The Gypsy
06. Lady Double Dealer
07. Might Just Take Your Life
08. Mistreated
09. Stormbringer
10. Sail Away (Interpolating Elegy for Jon)
11. You Keep On Moving (feat. the Hook City Strings)
12. Lady Luck
13. Coming Home
14. You Fool No One (Interpolating Itchy Fingers)
15. Soldier Of Fortune
CD Two: The Purple Tour Five Live
01. Burn
02. The Gypsy
03. Mistreated
04. You Fool No One
05. Soldier Of Fortune
06. 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 Videos
01. Lady Double Dealer
02. Stormbringer
03. Sail Away
04. Soldier Of Fortune
05. The Gypsy
06. 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 Video
13. Burn/Stormbringer – Live In The Still Of The Night
14. Soldier Of Fortune – Starkers In Tokyo
15. Burn
16. The Gypsy
17. Mistreated
18. You Fool No One
19. Soldier Of Fortune
20. The Purple Album: Behind The Scenes*
21. The Purple Album: Song-By-Song*
* = Previously Unreleased
The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition 2-LP Tracklist:
LP1
Side A
01. Burn
02. Lay Down, Stay Down
03. Love Child
04. Holy Man
Side B
01. The Gypsy
02. Lady Double Dealer
03. Might Just Take Your Life
04. Coming Home
LP2
Side A
01. Stormbringer
02. Sail Away (Interpolating Elegy For Jon)
03. You Keep On Moving
04. Lady Luck
Side B
01. Mistreated
02. You Fool No One (Interpolating Itchy Fingers)
03. Soldier Of Fortune
