Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Album: AROUND THE WORLD LIVE (4DVD)

Year: 2008
Media type: DVD

More information has been revealed about the upcoming DEEP PURPLE box set titled "Around The World Live", which is being prepared for release by Edel. The deluxe-edition four-DVD box set is slated for release in UK on Edel's subsidiary Eagle Vision on May 19. As of now, there is no information on availability and release dates in other markets.

According to a posting on the The Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, the fourth DVD in the upcoming box set, listed as the "documentary film about the Steve Morse era" is a 90-minute edit of a fly-on-the-wall "Access All Areas", which has been in production for some years.

Following the "Total Abandon" tour of Australia in 1999, it was decided to document life on the road with the band. Collated primarily over a four-year period and starting in Japan 2000, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Drew Thompson collected vision from the tours. According to Drew, "it's an amazing insight into life on the road, and takes a look at elements of touring never really seen. It was never meant to showcase the performances from this period, but shows life on the road as it really happens; the fun, the humour, the politics and the camaraderie. The transition period of Jon Lord leaving the band and Don Airey reinvigorating proceedings has been captured at close hand, beautifully complimenting the live NEC performance. This is a must-see for any fan of the band."

The full "Access All Area" documentary runs to beyond three hours, and has been edited down for the new DVD package. Drew expects that later in 2008 a full-length version will be released. If it is, that may leave the NEC 2002 show as the only disc exclusive to "Around The World Live".

The box set contents includes the following four DVDs:

DVD1 – Bombay Calling, India 1995 :

Fireball
Maybe I'm a Leo
Black Night
The Battle Rages On
Woman from Tokyo
The Purpendicular 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 Features - 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


DVD2 – Total Abandon, Australia 1999 :

Vavoom: 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

Bonus Feature: A Band Down Under – Documentary 1999


DVD3 – Live At The NEC, England 2002 :

Fireball
Woman from Tokyo
Mary Long
Vavoom: 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

Bonus Feature: Ian Gillan & Roger Glover interview 2002


DVD4 – Access All Areas :

The definitive documentary of Deep Purple in the Steve Morse era.


LINE-UP:

Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica, congas
Jon Lord – keyboards, organ
Don Airey - keyboards, organ (on NEC 2002 show only, with Jon Lord)
Steve Morse – guitar
Roger Glover – bass guitar
Ian Paice – drums