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 […]

Rufus Publications is pleased to announce a special, ultra-limited edition of the critically acclaimed ‘Deep Purple The Visual History’. This special Epic Carbon Edition measures a huge 380mm square and is signed by six original band members from the 70s. It comes in a unique metallic, carbon effect slipcase with 5 beautifully printed oversized sales prints […]

Renowned music journalist Chris Charlesworth has revised his original text from the 1983 edition of his book and added new Introduction and Aftermath chapters. The new look book has been completely redesigned and expanded to almost 500 colour pages and now incorporates hundreds of photographs and images, some seen for the first time, including a […]

Rufus Publications is proud to announce the publication of Deep Purple The Visual History by Chris Charlesworth. Redesigned and expanded, the Deluxe Edition is personally signed by David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice and Nick Simper. Pre-orders are open from 1500 on Wednesday 30 November and the book is expected to ship at the end of June 2023. Written with the full collaboration of the band and management, here at last […]