v/a inc DEEP PURPLE
Montreux July 1996
Custom 225 by 300mm. 74 pages. Colour. Official programme for the week long festival, with adverts, editorial, schedule information and half a page for each act including Deep Purple. Published in Switzerland by the festival organisers. NOTE : the programme appears to have been free.
DEEP PURPLE
Moments Of Abandon 1998 / 1999
Custom 240 by 320mm. 24 pages. Colour. Sold throughout the world tour. Group and individual photographs, interspersed with a diary of album sessions progress by RG. Printed by Hill Shorter Ltd. NOTE : a half sized edition was also printed in smaller numbers and sold at the earlier shows after RG saw it proofed at this size and liked it. The larger edition betrays signs of images being enlarged too much.

DEEP PURPLE
Royal Albert Hall 1999
340 by 245 mm. 16 pages. Colour and duotone. Sold on both nights of the Concerto performances on 25th/26th September 2000, bundled along with the Abandon tour programme. Contains an ad for the CD / DVD of the shows, due out in January 2000.

DEEP PURPLE
Concerto Tour 2000 / 2001
Custom 230 by 330mm. 20 pages. Colour. Sold throughout the tour. Group and individual photographs, some from the 1999 Albert Hall concert, with short history of the work and thoughts on the show from Jon Lord. Merchandise by Anthill. NOTE : this is a horizontal format programme stapled on the short edge.
DEEP PURPLE
In Concert 2001
330 x 230mm. 20 pages. Contains the Australasian tour dates for March / April 2001, band member bios, and text by Greek DPAS man Stathis N. Panagiotopoulos and journalist Chris Welch. There are also pages of merchandise, adverts and credits.

with thanks to Alwin Bastiaansen

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