As part of the upcoming ‘Rapture of the Deep – 20th Anniversary Remix‘, Deep Purple today release a new single: a newly mixed and remastered version of ‘Clearly Quite Absurd‘, backed with a previously unreleased instrumental studio rehearsal take of ‘MTV‘.
Stream / download – here
Roger Glover recalls in 2025: “’Clearly Quite Absurd’ is a very unusual Deep Purple song, which I like. We’ve always liked being unusual. We don’t follow traditions, really. We are just who we are at a specific time.”
The single’s B-side, ‘MTV (2005 Studio Jam)‘, is a previously unheard instrumental take from an early rehearsal session – with Don Airey, Steve Morse, Roger Glover and Ian Paice running through a track that later appeared as a bonus on select editions of ‘b’.
The single is a preview of the ‘Rapture of the Deep – 20th Anniversary Remix‘, (out worldwide on August 29th), which includes a brand-new mix of the full album, revised artwork, and a bonus disc filled with rare studio rehearsals and instrumental jams.
The album will be available as 2CD Digipak, 3LP Vinyl (black, 180g), and the strictly limited 3LP Transparent Sky-Blue Vinyl.
With Deep Purple riding high on the success of their latest No. 1 record ‘=1’, the time is right to (re)discover the album that set the path for Deep Purple in the 21st century.
Tracklist CD & LP:
- Money Talks
- Things I Never Said*
- Rapture of the Deep
- Clearly Quite Absurd
- MTV*
- Back to Back
- Wrong Man
- Girls Like That
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
- Don’t Let Go
- Junkyard Blues
- Before Time Again
*not on original studio album
Tracklist Bonus LP/CD:
2005 Studio Jams & Rehearsals
- MTV
- Money Talks
- Back to Back
- Before Time Began
- Closing Note**
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