Purple Records 1971-1978 - Softcover

Priddey, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1291942688 ISBN 13: 9781291942682

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2014

Synopsis

PURPLE RECORDS 1971-1978:  THE COMPLETE UK ALBUM AND SINGLE DISCOGRAPHYDetails of every UK release on the Purple Records label from 1971 to 1978 with full colour, high quality photography throughout of labels, sleeves and inserts along with detailed analysis and identification of the crucial 1st pressing details of every album and single. Essential reading for collectors of Purple Records.Following in the footsteps of Frank Zappa, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple's entrepreneurial management team founded the band's own 'vanity' record label in 1971.Purple Records was the brainchild of Tony Edwards and John Coletta, and, along with additional Purple companies, served to control virtually every business and financial aspect of Deep Purple's musical output, including management, promotion, publishing and of course recording.Although originally intended to be the vehicle for Deep Purple albums and solo projects by the band members, the label signed a diverse range of additional artists with an eclectic mix of styles, some of which would seem to be incongruous with Deep Purple's own 'hard rock' genre.As with most of these 'self-owned' artist labels, the commercial success of the output was usually limited to the 'parent' band itself. Other artists' work and even the band members' solo projects were often deemed to be mere ego trips and favours to friends and colleagues in the industry.Purple Records released a total of 33 albums in its seven year lifespan including ten LPs under the Deep Purple name; five studio albums, two live albums and three compilations. The Deep Purple musicians managed to collectively release seven solo projects, the most prolific being Jon Lord with four albums.The label managed to survive three line-up changes within Deep Purple, with arguably the two biggest driving forces of Gillan and Blackmore leaving in 1973 and 1975 respectively. The group soldiered on, with varying success, and so did the label before finally fizzling out in 1978 after the humiliating implosion of Deep Purple Mark IV two years earlier.

About this title

From the Author:

This is my second book published on collecting rare record labels - the first was a full UK vinyl discography on Charisma 'pink scroll' (as it is known by collectors). "The Famous Charisma Label 1969-1972" details every UK release on the pink scroll label, and demonstrates how to spot a valuable first pressing, from a more common reissue - includes all the singles and albums on this eclectic, eccentric label."Purple Records 1971-1978" follows in the same footsteps, but goes much further by including original interviews, exclusively given to the author, by original recording artists: DAVE CURTISS, RUPERT HINE, DAVID MACIVER, BUDDY BOHN and even Deep Purple's own ROGER GLOVER - providing a unique and fascinating insight into the formation of the label, Deep Purple's attitudes towards it...and what the recording artists thought of Purple's management team of Coletta and Edwards.The Purple Records books is even more substantial than Charisma and includes all the vinyl albums and singles from this relatively brief, yet highly creative period in the 1970s British rock music scene.Also included, many contemporary advertisements for the albums and singles, reviews and comments and rare promotional items...even the key fob from the hotel in which Ian Gillan composed his resignation letter in 1972...!

From the Back Cover:

PURPLE RECORDS 1971-1978:  THE COMPLETE UK ALBUM AND SINGLE DISCOGRAPHYDetails of every UK release on the Purple Records label from 1971 to 1978 with full colour, high quality photography throughout of labels, sleeves and inserts along with detailed analysis and identification of the crucial 1st pressing details of every album and single. Essential reading for collectors of Purple Records.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1291942688
• ISBN 13: 9781291942682
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218