Edsel Records (through Demon) are releasing a box set of all eleven singles by Gillan together with a bonus DVD of promo videos.   The box set will contain 11 CD-sized replicas of their original 7” sleeves, plus a DVD containing seven promo videos.  It will be released on 22nd October.  This box set follows the successful release of the Ian Gillan and Gillan re-mastered albums earlier this year.

The promo videos on the DVD have never been commercially released and have remained unseen since they were broadcast on a handful of occasions in the early '80s.

The booklet is annotated by Ian Gillan, along with respected critic Valerie Potter.

The 11 CD singles are:

1. Vengeance / Smoke On The Water [live at Kingsway Recorders]
2. Sleeping On The Job / Higher And Higher
3. No Easy Way [single edit] / Handles On Her Hips / I Might As Well Go  Home (Mystic)
4. Trouble / Your Sister’s On My List / Mr. Universe [live] / Vengeance [live] / Smoke On The Water [live]
5. Mutually Assured Destruction / The Maelstrom
6. New Orleans / Take A Hold Of Yourself
7. No Laughing In Heaven [single edit] / One For The Road / Lucille / Bad News
8. Nightmare / Bite The Bullet [live]
9. Restless / On The Rocks [live]
10. Living For The City / Breaking Chains / Purple Sky
11. Long Gone / Fiji

BONUS DVD: THE VIDEOS:

Sleeping On The Job / No Laughing In Heaven / Lucille / Nightmare / Restless / Living For The City / Long Gone

Ian Gillan is rock royalty, and has become an erudite elder statesman of the genre.  He was the original Jesus Christ Superstar and – with Deep Purple – he co-wrote and sang Smoke on the Water (one of the most popular songs of all time) among dozens of other hits.  He’s always made music for music’s sake, not to appease critics, the industry or anyone else; to quote the man… “It’s important to step off the highway sometimes and take the scenic route.”  He has played to tens of millions of fans, and sold over one hundred million records.  To this day he approaches writing, recording and touring with the zeal, passion and commitment of an eighteen year old.  He is currently taking a break before resuming the Deep Purple world tour at the end of October.