WHITESNAKE THE PURPLE ALBUM: SPECIAL GOLD EDITION (2xCD/Blu-ray) 2023

WHITESNAKE The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition

David Coverdale Celebrates 50^th Anniversary Of His Deep Purple Debut

2-CD/Blu-ray Set Arriving October 13 Features Unreleased Music, Including The 1972 Demo That Earned Coverdale’s Place In Deep Purple

The 2-CD/Blu-ray version of THE PURPLE ALBUM: SPECIAL GOLD EDITION goes beyond the original with the addition of live recordings and concert videos from The Purple Tour (“The Gypsy,” “Mistreated”), official music videos (“Sail Away,” “You Fool No One”), and an assortment of previously unreleased material, including six alternate mixes of album tracks. The Blu-ray also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the album's making and a song-by-song commentary by Coverdale.

THE PURPLE ALBUM: SPECIAL GOLD EDITION

2-CD/Blu-ray Track Listing

CD One: 2023 Remix

1.                   “Burn”
2.                   “Lay Down, Stay Down”
3.                   “Love Child”
4.                   “Holy Man”
5.                   “The Gypsy”
6.                   “Lady Double Dealer”
7.                   “Might Just Take Your Life”
8.                   “Mistreated”
9.                   “Stormbringer”
10.               “Sail Away” (Interpolating “Elegy For Jon”)
11.               “You Keep On Moving” – featuring the Hook City Strings
12.               “Lady Luck”
13.               “Coming Home”
14.               “You Fool No One” (Interpolating “Itchy Fingers”) Dedicated in loving memory to Jeff Beck
15.               “Soldier Of Fortune”

CD Two

The Purple Tour Five Live

1.                   “Burn”
2.                   “The Gypsy”
3.                   “Mistreated”
4.                   “You Fool No One”
5.                   “Soldier Of Fortune”

Alternative Mixes

1.                   “Holy Man” (Unzipped) *
2.                   “Stormbringer” (Punch In The Nuts Mix) *
3.                   “Love Child” (Alternate Mix) *
4.                   “Soldier Of Fortune” – featuring Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings *
5.               “Soldier Of Fortune” – featuring The Hook City Strings *
6.               “Soldier Of Fortune” (Instrumental) – featuring The Hook City Strings *

The 1972 DC Purple Audition Tape Featuring The Fabulosa Brothers

1.               “Everybody’s Talkin’” *
2.               “Get Ready” *
3.               “Lonely Town, Lonely Street” *
4.               “Dancing In The Street” *
5.               1974 DC Demo Ideas For The Stormbringer Album *

Blu-ray

Purple Music Videos

1.                   “Lady Double Dealer”
2.                   “Stormbringer”
3.                   “Sail Away”
4.                   “Soldier Of Fortune”
5.                   “The Gypsy”
6.                   “Soldier Of Fortune” – featuring Joel Hoekstra & The Hook City Strings*
7.                   “Soldier Of Fortune” – featuring The Hook City Strings*

Purplesnake Videos

1.                   “Lay Down, Stay Down”*
2.                   “Holy Man”*
3.               “You Keep On Moving”*
4.               “You Fool No One”*

Live Clips

1.               “Burn” – Live “Atlantis” Video
2.               “Burn/Stormbringer” – Live In The Still Of The Night
3.               “Soldier Of Fortune” – Starkers In Tokyo

The Purple Tour Five Live

1.               “Burn”
2.               “The Gypsy”
3.               “Mistreated”
4.               “You Fool No One”
5.               “Soldier Of Fortune”

1.  The Purple Album: Behind The Scenes*
2.  The Purple Album: Song-By-Song*

* Previously Unreleased