DEEP PURPLE stands alongside LED ZEPPELIN and BLACK SABBATH as part of the Holy Trinity of British hard rock. The list of the band's classic songs is legion, and the influence it's had on successive generations of musicians is both enduring and remarkable. Rhino will celebrate DEEP PURPLE's history with three definitive collections. "A Fire In The Sky" will be available as a single CD and a three-CD set on September 8 in North America with an international release following later in the year. A three-LP version will also be available on November 3. Each version includes a selection of songs chosen from the 19 studio albums that DEEP PURPLE recorded between 1968 and 2013. The single-disc version of "A Fire In The Sky" features 20 songs and focuses mainly on the band's singles. The heavy hitters are here, of course — "Smoke On The Water" and "Highway Star" — but so are gems like "Perfect Strangers", the title track from the band's platinum-certified album from 1984, as well as "Hell To Pay", from 2013's "Now What?!". The three-disc version of "A Fire In The Sky" dives even deeper into PURPLE's past with 40 songs and includes at least one track from every studio album through "Now What?!". It also provides the ultimate showcase for the group's various incarnations through the years. To date, more than a dozen musicians have appeared on a DEEP PURPLE album. Among the set's many highlights are: the title track from 2005's "Rapture Of The Deep"; "King Of Dreams" from 1990's "Slaves And Masters"; "Bad Attitude" from 1987's "The House Of Blue Light"; "You Keep On Moving" from 1975's "Come Taste The Band"; and "Hush" from the group's 1968 debut, "Shades Of Deep Purple". This expanded version also features Kevin Shirley's 2010 remix of "Dealer", and the 2012 stereo mix for an early version of "The Bird Has Flown". "A Fire In The Sky" will also be available as a three-LP set that includes 27 songs. Among the highlights are the single edit version of "Woman From Tokyo", the U.S. single edit for "Burn", and the radio edit of "Bad Attitude". Earlier this year, DEEP PURPLE released their 20th studio album, "Infinite", and as announced a co-headlining North American tour with ALICE COOPER. It begins on August 12 in Las Vegas. "A Fire In The Sky" single-disc track listing: 01. Hell To Pay (Radio Edit) 02. Rapture Of The Deep 03. Sun Goes Down 04. Any Fule Kno That 05. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming (Edit) 06. Bad Attitude (Radio Edit) 07. Knocking At Your Back Door (Single Edit) 08. Perfect Strangers (Single Edit) 09. You Keep On Moving (Single Edit) 10. Soldier Of Fortune 11. Burn (U.S. Single Edit) 12. Woman From Tokyo (Single Edit) 13. Highway Star (U.S. Single Edit) 14. Smoke On The Water (U.S. Single Edit) 15. Fireball 16. Strange Kind Of Woman 17. Child In Time (Part 1) 18. Speed King (U.S. Album Edit) 19. Black Night 20. Hush "A Fire In The Sky" three-disc track listing: Disc One: 01. Hell To Pay 02. Vincent Price 03. Wrong Man 04. Rapture Of The Deep 05. Sun Goes Down 06. Any Fule Kno That 07. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 08. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 09. The Battle Rages On 10. King Of Dreams 11. Call Of The Wild 12. Bad Attitude 13. Knocking At Your Back Door 16. Perfect Strangers Disc Two: 01. You Keep On Moving 02. Dealer (2010 Kevin Shirley Remix) 03. Stormbringer 04. Soldier Of Fortune 05. Mistreated 06. Might Just Take Your Life 07. Burn 08. Rat Bat Blue 09. Woman From Tokyo 10. Space Truckin' 11. Smoke On The Water 12. When A Blind Man Cries Disc Three: 01. Highway Star 02. Demon's Eye 03. Fireball 04. Strange Kind Of Woman 05. Child In Time 06. Speed King (U.S. Album Edit) 07. Black Night 08. Hallelujah 09. Emmaretta (2012 Stereo Mix) 10. The Bird Has Flown (Early Version – 2012 Stereo Mix) 11. Wring That Neck (a.k.a. Hard Road) 12. Kentucky Woman 13. Mandrake Root 14. Hush "A Fire In The Sky" three-LP track listing: Side One: 01. Hell To Pay (Radio Edit) 02. Vincent Price 03. Rapture Of The Deep 04. Sun Goes Down 05. Any Fule Kno That Side Two: 01. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 02. The Battle Rages On 03. Bad Attitude (Radio Edit) 04. Perfect Strangers Side Three: 01. You Keep On Moving (Single Edit) 02. Soldier Of Fortune 03. Stormbringer 04. Burn (U.S. Single Edit) 05. Might Just Take Your Life 06. Woman From Tokyo (Single Edit) Side Four: 01. Highway Star 02. Smoke On The Water 03. Demon's Eye 04. Fireball Side Five: 01. Strange Kind Of Woman 02. Speed King (U.S. Album Edit) 03. Child In Time 04. Black Night Side Six: 01. Kentucky Woman 02. Wring That Neck (a.k.a. Hard Road) 03. Mandrake Root 04. Hush
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