It might seem like a no-brainer to former DEEP PURPLE members to pursue a hard rock route after they were out of the ensemble’s fold, yet some of them were quite willing to experiment. Of course, those who first spring to mind in this regard are Jon Lord and Ian Paice – before joining David Coverdale in WHITESNAKE, the two had an interesting combo with Tony Ashton – but Ian Gillan found some pleasure in going out of a limb too. The singer would find solid success with GILLAN in the late ’70s, only that collective followed another of his endeavors, IAN GILLAN BAND, a jazz-rock outfit with a legacy of three studio albums and assorted concert and outtakes releases, mostly issued via the now-defunct Angel Air label. All of those records now are to be gathered into a comprehensive box set and see the light of day on February 27th, 2026.
Curated by the vocalist himself, “Down The Road – The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story” will contain eight discs which encompass the group’s entire output yet don’t include any previously unheard material. Nevertheless, having everything together feels like a treat.
Down The Road
CD 1 – Child In Time:
1. Lay Me Down
2. You Make Me Feel So Good
3. Shame
4. My Baby Loves Me
5. Down The Road
6. Child In Time
7. Let It Slide
8. Down The Road (mono edit)
9. Finally, The Finale (studio demo)
10. Reaching Out (studio demo)
11. My Baby Loves Me (studio demo)
12. Down The Road (studio demo)
13. You Make Me Feel So Good (studio demo)
14. Child In Time (studio demo)
15. Let It Slide (backing track)
CD 2 – Clear Air Turbulence:
1. Clear Air Turbulence
2. Five Moons
3. Money Lender
4. Over The Hill
5. Goodhand Liza
6. Angel Manchenio
CD 3 – Clear Air Turbulence – The Rockfield Mixes:
1. Over The Hill
2. Clear Air Turbulence
3. Five Moons
4. Money Lender
5. Angelo Manchenio
6. This Is The Way
7. Goodhand Liza
CD 4 – Scarabus:
1. Scarabus
2. Twin Exhausted
3. Poor Boy Hero
4. Mercury High
5. Pre-Release
6. Slags To Bitches
7. Apathy
8. Mad Elaine
9. Country Lights
10. Fool’s Mate
CD 5 – The Rarities:
1. Country Lights (studio backing track)
2. Scarabus (studio backing track)
3. Twin Exhausted (studio demo)
4. Fool’s Mate (studio backing track)
5. Apathy (studio backing track)
6. Mercury High (studio backing track)
7. Smoke On The Water (Live At The Budokan – single edit)
Down The Road
CD 6 – Live At The Budokan:
1. Clear Air Turbulence
2. My Baby Loves Me
3. Scarabus
4. Money Lender
5. Twin Exhausted
6. Over The Hill
7. Mercury High
8. Child In Time
9. Smoke On The Water
10. Woman From Tokyo
CD 7 – Live At The Rainbow:
1. Clear Air Turbulence
2. Money Lender
3. Child In Time
4. Smoke On The Water
5. Woman From Tokyo
6. Twin Exhausted
CD 8 – Live Yubin Chokin Hall, Hiroshima 1977:
1. Money Lender
2. Twin Exhausted
3. Child In Time
4. What’s Your Game
5. My Baby Loves Me
6. Trying To Get to You
7. Mercury High
8. Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley
9. Lucille
10. Jail House Rock
11. High School Confidential
12. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
13. Lucille (Reprise)
14. Woman From Tokyo
bonus tracks:
16. Over The Hill (Live Hiroshima)
17. Smoke On The Water (Live Hiroshima)
