Eagle Rock Entertainment to issue 'Deep Purple – Perfect Strangers Live' on October 15

Wow, had a blast covering Gary Clark Jr. at the House of Blues in Anaheim last night. I thought the Austin singer and guitarist was fantastic when I caught him at Coachellafest in April 2012, but he has even gotten much better over the past 18 months. My review will be posted on this blog tomorrow. In the meantime, here is some very exciting breaking news for fans of Deep Purple. I caught Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" tour at Long Beach in 1984 and it was an incredible night.

New York, NY (September 30, 2013)-- On October 15, 2013, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Deep Purple – Perfect Strangers Live on DVD, 2CD/DVD, DVD/2CD/2LP, and Digital Audio and Video. The DVD contains the only footage available from the “Perfect Strangers” tour plus a bonus tour documentary. The second available format offers 2CDs and the DVD of the live show packaged in a 3-disc slimline CD jewel case. The third format offers 2LPs, 2CDs and the DVD of the live show packaged in a 3-panel gatefold sleeve.

Recorded in Melbourne, Australia in 1984, Perfect Strangers live is the only full-length concert film of the band at this time. The long-awaited reunion of the classic Deep Purple line-up Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice, who re-united for the first time since 1973, had recorded a brand new studio album Perfect Strangers, and subsequently headed out on tour. The setlist mixes then new tracks from the Perfect Strangers album with favorites from the early seventies: “Highway Star,” “Strange Kind Of Woman,” “Perfect Strangers,” “Knocking At Your Back Door,” “Child In Time,” “Black Night,” “Speed King,” “Smoke On The Water,” and many more, which are brilliantly performed as only Deep Purple can deliver.

Deep Purple is a musical force with a rich history, having boasted a wealth of incredible musicians and memorable eras. Perfect Strangers Live is a welcome addition to Eagle Rock’s extensive Deep Purple collection.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV, Audio and Digital Media in the world. Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, U2, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 30 multi-platinum, over 50 platinum and over 90 gold discs, worldwide. Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Toronto, Paris and Hamburg.

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TRACK LISTING

1) Highway Star

2) Nobody’s Home

3) Strange Kind Of Woman

4) A Gypsy’s Kiss

5) Perfect Strangers*

6) Under The Gun

7) Knocking At Your Back Door

8) Lazy (inc Ian Paice Drum Solo)

9) Child In Time**

10) Difficult To Cure

11) Jon Lord Keyboard Solo

12) Space Truckin’ (in Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solo)

13) Black Night***

14) Speed King

15) Smoke On The Water

*Start of Side B of LP format

** Start of Side C of LP format and Start of Disc2 on CD format

***Start of Side D of LP format