BW&BK; has received the following press release:

On June 17, 2008, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Vision subsidiary, will release DEEP PURPLE: Around The World Live, a four-DVD boxed set chronicling live shows in 1995 India, 1999 Australia and 2002 England. The fourth disc, Access All Areas, is a documentary of the band, from inception on.

Deep Purple is one of the most beloved Hard Rock bands in music history. Seen as one of the key precursor bands to what ultimately became Heavy Metal, it is also in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the loudest band ever. Its debut album, Shades Of Deep Purple, came out in September of 1968. By year’s end, The Book Of Taliesyn was also out and 12 months later, in 1969, its self-titled third album made them stars. Superstar status was achieved in the ‘70s, and there was no looking back from there. All during the ‘80s and ‘90s, Deep Purple continued to make new fans, performing its music on stages all over the world. With 18 studio albums, six live albums, and 14 of Hard Rock’s greatest musicians (including guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, organist Jon Lord, vocalist David Coverdale, guitarist Joe Satriani, and the late Tommy Bolin) who have filled its ranks at one time or another, Deep Purple has sold millions of records, and are considered one of the greatest bands of alltime. (The current lineup, which has been solvent for six years, consists of vocalist Ian Gillan, guitarist Steve Morse, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Don Airey and drummer Ian Paice.)

Around The World Live disc bonus features an eight-song fourth concert from 1995 Seoul, South Korea (Disc #1), a 1999 documentary, “A Band Down Under” (Disc #2), and a 2002 interview with vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover (Disc #3).

This lavish boxed set comes complete within a hardback cover that also includes a 32-page specially commissioned book written by Joel McIver of Great Britain’s Classic Rock magazine, illustrated with photographs of the various eras covered by the concerts.

Packed with rare and previously unseen material, this is the ultimate Deep Purple 57-song nine-hour collection.

TrackListing:

Disc #1 - Bombay Calling—India 1995:

'Fireball', 'Maybe I’m A Leo', 'Black Night', 'The Battle Rages On', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Perpendicular Waltz', 'When A Blind Man Cries', 'Perfect Strangers', 'Pictures Of Home', 'Child In Time', 'Anya', 'Space Truckin’', 'Guitar Solo', 'Lazy', 'Speed King', 'Highway Star', 'Smoke On The Water'.

Bonus Material - Live In Seoul South Korea 1995:

'Black Night', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'When A Blind Man Cries', 'Perfect Strangers', 'Child In Time', 'Speed King', 'Highway Star', 'Smoke On The Water'.

Disc #2 - Total Abandon—Australia 1999:

'Ted The Mechanic', 'Strange Kind Of Woman', 'Bloodsucker', 'Pictures Of Home', 'Almost Human', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Watching The Sky', 'Fireball', 'Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming', 'Guitar Solo', 'Smoke On The Water', 'Lazy', 'Perfect Strangers', 'Speed King', 'Black Night', 'Highway Star'.

Disc #3 - Live At The NEC—England 2002:

'Fireball', 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Mary Long', 'Ted The Mechanic', 'Lazy', 'The Well-Dressed Guitar', 'When A Blind Man Cries', 'Space Truckin’', 'Keyboard Solo', 'Perfect Strangers', 'Speed King', 'Guitar Solo', 'Smoke On The Water', 'Hush', 'Black Night',

'Highway Star'.