Stone Temple Pilots Celebrate 30 Years Of PURPLE With RSD Black Friday Exclusive: PURPLE RARITIES
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 on June 7, 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.
Today, Rhino announces the upcoming release Purple Rarities, a 1LP purple vinyl with studio and live recordings broken out from the 2019 Super Deluxe Edition. Available exclusively for RSD Black Friday on November 29 at participating indie record stores. For more information, visit: www.recordstoreday.com
Purple Rarities explores the making of the album with a mix of unreleased tracks that includes demos (“Unglued” and “Army Ants”) and early versions of album tracks (“Meat Plow” and Interstate Love Song”), plus acoustic recordings (“Big Empty”).
Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz recorded most of Purple in Atlanta with producer Brendan 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.
Stone Temple Pilots wrapped their cross-country tour and will continue playing select shows throughout 2024 into 2025. For more information and tickets, visit: https://stonetemplepilots.com/tour-dates/.
Tour Dates
2024
October 5 - Umatilla, OR - Rock The Locks Music Festival
October 26 - Calgary, Canada - Halloween Howler
November 2 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Coca-Cola Music Hall
2025
February 28 - Sydney, Australia - ICC Sydney Theatre
March 1 - Melbourne, Australia - Caribbean Gardens (Hello Sunshine Festival)
March 3 - Adelaide, Australia - Hindley St Music Hall
March 5 - New Castle, Australia - NEX
March 7 - Brisbane - Australia - Fortitude Music HallMarch 8 - Gold Coast, Australia - Broadwater Parklands (Hello Sunshine Festival)
Purple Rarities
Tracklist
Side A
1. Meat Plow (Early Version)
2. Interstate Love Song (Early Version)
3. Big Empty (Acoustic Version)
4. Army Ants (Demo)
Side B
1. Unglued (Demo)
2. Kitchenware & Candybars (Demo)
3. Dancing Days
4. She Knows Me Too Well (Demo)
5. Interstate Love Song (Acoustic Version)
