GILLAN – 1978-1982 [7-CD Box Set remastered + bonus] (2025) HQ *0dayox Exclusive*

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Here’s in exclusive at 0dayrox the new GILLAN 7-CD Limited Box Set “1978-1982“, offering a comprehensive collection of Deep Purple’s iconic singer band’s work during the years from 1978 to 1982, when they rose to prominence in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene.
This CD box set contains each GILLAN album with associated B-sides and stand-alone singles as bonus tracks, all remastered from the original tapes. It is the first time all Gillan albums and rarities are featured together, for a total of 95 tracks.

At first we were thinking this would be a cash-in release, but comparing the sound quality with some previous reissues, this is the best ever. Gillan albums didn’t enjoyed a big budget production, even on vinyl the sound wasn’t the best. All Gillan albums in this box sound very good, fuller, clearer, and worth the investment for sure.
Additionally, there’s an impressive amount of bonus / B-sides (hard to find), and for the first time we hear “Parliament Square” a previously unreleased song recently found. Rumors started with the first release of the 1978 S/T Gillan (aka The Japanese Album) on CD, on the RPM label. There was a photo in the booklet of that CD of a studio log sheet with the title, ‘Parliament Square’, written on it. That started a search for the track, which no one could verify the existence of. They’ve found it recently and added it to this box set.

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Disc 1 – The Japanese Album (1978)
1 Street Theatre (Instrumental)
2 Secret of the Dance
3 I’m Your Man
4 Dead of Night
5 Fighting Man
6 Message in a Bottle
7 Not Weird Enough
8 Bringing Joanna Back
9 Abbey of Thelema
10 Back in the Game
11 Vengeance
12 Move with the Times
13 Sleeping on the Job
14 Roller

Disc 2 – Mr. Universe (1979)
1 Second Sight
2 Secret of the Dance
3 She Tears Me Down
4 Roller
5 Mr. Universe
6 Vengeance
7 Puget Sound
8 Dead of Night
9 Message in a Bottle
10 Fighting Man
11 Smoke on the Water – Live at Kingsway Studio
12 Parliament Square (Outtake)

Disc 3 – Glory Road (1980)
1 Unchain Your Brain
2 Are You Sure?
3 Time and Again
4 No Easy Way
5 Sleeping on the Job
6 On the Rocks
7 If You Believe Me
8 Running, White Face, City Boy
9 Nervous
10 Handles on Her Hips – B-Side of No Easy Way
11 I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic) – B-Side of No Easy Way
12 Higher and Higher – for Gillan Fans Only
13 Your Mother Was Right – for Gillan Fans Only

Disc 4 – Future Shock (1981)
1 Future Shock
2 Night Ride Out of Phoenix
3 (The Ballad of) the Lusitania Express
4 No Laughing in Heaven
5 Sacre Bleu
6 New Orleans
7 Bite the Bullet
8 If I Sing Softly
9 Don’t Want the Truth
10 For Your Dreams
11 Trouble – A-Side
12 Your Sister’s on My List – B-Side of Trouble
13 Mutually Assured Destruction – A-Side
14 The Maelstrom – B-Side of Mutually Assured Destruction
15 Take a Hold of Yourself – B-Side of New Orleans
16 One for the Road – B-Side of No Laughing in Heaven
17 Lucille – B-Side of No Laughing in Heaven
18 Bad News – B-Side of No Laughing in Heaven

Disc 5 – Double Trouble – Studio (1981)
1 I’ll Rip Your Spine Out
2 Restless
3 Men of War
4 Sunbeam
5 Nightmare
6 Hadely Bop Bop
7 Life Goes on
8 Born to Kill
9 Spanish Guitar – Flexipop Magazine Dec 81

Disc 6 – Double Trouble Live (1980-1981)
1 No Laughing in Heaven
2 No Easy Way
3 Trouble
4 Mutually Assured Destruction
5 If You Believe Me
6 New Orleans
7 Bite the Bullet – B-Side of Nightmare / Reading 29.8.81
8 On the Rocks – B-Side of Restless / Reading 29.8.81
9 Mr. Universe – B-Side of Trouble / Reading 22.8.80
10 Vengeance – B-Side of Trouble / Reading 22.8.80
11 Smoke on the Water – B-Side of Trouble / Reading 22.8.80

Disc 7 – Magic (1982)
1 What’s the Matter
2 Bluesy Blue Sea
3 Caught in a Trap
4 Long Gone
5 Driving Me Wild
6 Demon Driver
7 Living a Lie
8 You’re So Right
9 Living for the City
10 Demon Driver [Reprise]
11 Breaking Chains – B-Side of Living for the City
12 Purple Sky – B-Side of Living for the City Pic Disc
13 Fiji – B-Side of Long Gone
14 Helter Skelter – Album Outtake, Issued on First CD Release 1988
15 Smokestack Lightning – Album Outtake, Issued on First CD Release 1988
16 South Africa – A-Side – Ian Gillan Solo Single 1988
17 John – B-Side of South Africa
18 South Africa – Extended 12″ Version

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