Purple will release "Phoenix Rising", a two-hour-plus documentary set focusing on the band's time with David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Tommy Bolin, on June 28.
The disc includes a 90-minute documentary featuring extensive interviews with keyboardist Jon Lord and bassist Hughes, as well as archival footage of a young Coverdale and guitarist Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on 1975's "Come Taste The Band" – the group's short-lived "Mark 4" lineup.
But the centerpiece of the set is "
Rises Over Japan", 30 minutes of the
Coverdale/
Lord/
Bolin/
Hughes/
Paice lineup performing "
Burn", "
Getting Tighter", "
Love Child", "
Smoke On The Water", "
Lazy", "
Homeward Strut", "
You Keep On Moving" and "
Stormbringer". This onstage footage from Japan is so rare the bootleg community has not even seen it.
"Phoenix Rising" will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and in a two-disc DVD/CD package featuring an audio disc of the "Rises Over Japan" tracks.
Thanks for the report to Peter Hodgson, Gibson.com.
