Listen, Learn, Read On

Listen, Learn, Read On is a box set released by Deep Purple in 2002. A collection of 74 tracks (around a quarter of which were unreleased prior to the album) across six CDs, all subject to extensive mastering at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The set starts with a selection of early tracks by the members of the band before they were in Purple. The box set also houses a format book written by Deep Purple archivist Simon Robinson, which tells the band's story via 120 pages of text, with pictures, cuttings, memorabilia, musician profiles and discographies. This monster set is certainly the most luxurious collection on the band ever issued, and was twice runner up in 'best box set' category in Record Collector's annual poll. Listen, Learn, Read...