V/A inc DEEP PURPLE Fillmore East - New York, Dec 1968 Custom 140 by 215mm. ? pages. Mono. This is a free programme advertising twenty eight groups playing at the Fillmore during December 1968. There is a full page for the Deep Purple show on the 20/21st listing the bands. Cover designed by David Byrd. NOTE : printed in black ink on matt paper.	V/A inc DEEP PURPLE Essen Pop festival October 1969 Approx A4. ? pages. Mono + two colour front. This cheap looking programme was issued for the three day festival. Inside is a list of bands for each day, including Deep Purple. There is also a full page ad from EMI showing the Book of Taliesyn listed. NOTE : sold for 1 DM originally.	DEEP PURPLE Albert Hall 1970 270 X 215mm. 12 pages. b/white with colour cover. The cover states Canned Heat on tour with Rennaissance and Deep Purple, with Purple only playing at The Royal Albert Hall show. Purple get one page with a pic and bio.	V/A inc DEEP PURPLE Plumpton Festival, August 1970 Approx A4. ? pages. Mono + one colour front. The programme for the 10th National Jazz Blues & Pop Festival, held at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex. The event soon became the Reading Festival. Deep Purple appeared in 1970 alongside the likes of Yes, Black Sabbath and Hardin & York.
DEEP PURPLE South Bank Pops 1970 Approx A4. ? pages. Mono + two colour front. The programme for Sept 17th 1970, with Malcolm Arnold and Orchestra, plus Deep Purple doing Jon Lord's Gemini Suite for the first time. There is a one page bio of Deep Purple, plus biog of the conductor and orchestra. The middle spread shows the running order for the evening. NOTE : price 2/- (10p).	DEEP PURPLE Show Souvenir, Sept 1972 UK Tour 270 x 210mm. 8 pages. b/white. Pirate programme. Group photo front and back. Two pages of text, list of dates and discography. I believe there were similar ones in 1971 and 1973.	DEEP PURPLE Japanese Tour, June 1973 360 X 255mm. 36 pages. Produced by Universal Oriental Promotions. Front shot from 1972 Japanese tour. 15 pages of b/w photos follow, many repeated from 1972 programme. 11 pages of adverts.	DEEP PURPLE UK Tour 1974 Custom 185 by 288mm. 26 pages. Diecut cover. Colour. Sold only on the British dates (as far as we know there wasn't a programme for other European shows). Pages of individual and group shots from the december 1973 shows, plus a discography, adverts for Burn. Elf and Marshall and a page on history of support band Elf. Designed and printed by Blue Egg. NOTE : front cover is cut out in oval shape to reveal band logo on next page. Sold for 40p on the tour. Badges and stickers were also available. This was the first time any proper merchandise had been made available for a Deep Purple tour in the UK.

with thanks to John Barnes