PURPLE RECORDS

The Purple Records label was launched in late 1971 by Deep Purple's management. Not only were they coming across interesting
artists to work with, but members of Deep Purple were also getting involved with writing and production for other people and
needed an outlet for this work. A distribution deal was struck with EMI and Purple Records issued a wide variety of singles (including
some quite eccentric material) and albums through until the demise of Deep Purple themselves in 1976 when the label was wound down.
The last Deep Purple album on the label was the 1979 singles compilation and the last non-Deep Purple release for the label was David
Coverdale's second solo album in 1978.