Stone Temple Pilots - Purple: Super Deluxe (180g Vinyl LP + 3CD)

ATLANTIC RECORDS

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple: Super Deluxe

(180g Vinyl LP + 3CD)

25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition with Newly Remastered Version of the Original Album on Both Vinyl and CD, Plus Unreleased Versions of Album Tracks and Rarities, Along with an Unreleased Full Concert Recording from 1994

When Stone Temple Pilots returned to the studio in 1994 to record the band's second album, the quartet was facing the high expectations set by its debut Core (1992), which sold more than eight million copies and earned a Grammy Award. The release of Purple in June 1994 would cement their place as one of the definitive bands of their generation as the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart on its way to selling more than six million copies. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the album's debut - Atlantic Records presents a newly remastered version of Purple expanded with rare and unreleased studio and live recordings. The LP/3CD set includes a newly remastered version of the original studio album on both vinyl and CD, plus unreleased versions of album tracks and rarities, along with an unreleased full concert recording from 1994.

Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz recorded most of Purple in Atlanta with producerBrendan O'Brien. The album features some of the group's most iconic tracks, including "Interstate Love Song" and "Vasoline" - which both topped the Mainstream Rock chart in 1994. The Purple: Super Deluxe Edition explores the making of the album with a mix of unreleased music that includes demos ("Unglued" and "Army Ants") and early versions of album tracks ("Meat Plow" and "Interstate Love Song"), plus acoustic recordings ("Big Empty"). The collection also features three unreleased live performances from the 1994 KROQ Acoustic Christmas show, including a version of "Christmastime Is Here" from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the new collection, however, is STP's previously unreleased demo of "She Knows Me Too Well," a song the Beach Boys originally recorded in 1965.

The Super Deluxe Edition closes with a previously unreleased recording of the band's August 23, 1994 concert in New Haven, Connecticut. The electrifying 17-song performance captures the band in top form with both electric and acoustic sets, featuring 10 songs from Purple along with hits from Core ("Plush" and "Sex Type Thing") and covers (David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" and Woody Guthrie's "Gypsy Davy").

Features:
• 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 180g vinyl LP + 3CD set
• LP of original album, remastered
• CD1: original album, remastered
• CD2-3: Demos, early versions, acoustic and live tracks

• Rigid book with a top-load pocket on the inside left panel plus booklet of liner notes

Track List

LP - Purple 2019 Remaster
1. "Meat Plow"
2. "Vasoline"
3. "Lounge Fly"
4. "Interstate Love Song"
5. "Still Remains"
6. "Pretty Penny"
7. "Silvergun Superman"
8. "Big Empty"
9. "Unglued"
10. "Army Ants"
11. "Kitchenware & Candybars"

CD1 - Purple 2019 Remaster
1. "Meat Plow"
2. "Vasoline"
3. "Lounge Fly"
4. "Interstate Love Song"
5. "Still Remains"
6. "Pretty Penny"
7. "Silvergun Superman"
8. "Big Empty"
9. "Unglued"
10. "Army Ants"
11. "Kitchenware & Candybars"

CD2 - Early Versions, Demos & Acoustic
1. "Meat Plow" - Early Version *
2. "Interstate Love Song" - Early Version *
3. "Big Empty" - Acoustic Version *
4. "Unglued" - Demo *
5. "Army Ants" - Demo *
6. "Kitchenware & Candybars" - Demo *
7. "Dancing Days"
8. "She Knows Me Too Well" - Demo *
9. "Interstate Love Song" - Acoustic Version *
Live At KROQ Acoustic Christmas 1994
10. "Pretty Penny" - Acoustic Version *
11. "Kitchenware & Candybars" - Acoustic Version *
12. "Christmastime Is Here" - Acoustic Version *

CD3 - Live at New Haven Vererans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, August 23, 1994
1. "Vasoline" *
2. "Silvergun Superman" *
3. "Crackerman" *
4. "Lounge Fly" *
5. "Meat Plow" *
6. "Still Remains" *
7. "Gypsy Davy" *
8. "Pretty Penny" *
9. "Creep" *
10. "Andy Warhol" *
11. "Army Ants" *
12. "Big Empty" *
13. "Interstate Love Song" *
14. "Plush" *
15. "Unglued" *
16. "Dead & Bloated" *
17. "Sex Type Thing" *

* previously unreleased