Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story - 8CD (Deluxe Box Set)

8 x CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Box Set, Incl. Booklet
Release 27/2/26

A landmark anthology tracing one of rock’s most fascinating offshoots, "Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story" delivers the first ever fully curated celebration of the Ian Gillan Band’s bold, boundary-pushing journey. Showcasing the group’s evolution from post-Deep Purple jazz-fusion explorers to high-energy live performers, this 8-CD box set brings together every studio album — freshly mastered — alongside alternate mixes, demos, rarities, single edits and electrifying concert recordings from the band’s prime years.

Also included is a generous 24-page booklet filled with newly commissioned sleeve notes by noted rock writer Rich Davenport, complete with rare memorabilia and firsthand reflections on the band’s creative journey. Packaged in deluxe 7-inch style wallets reminiscent of classic vinyl, "Down The Road" is both a deep dive for longtime fans and an essential introduction for anyone wanting to explore this underrated chapter of Ian Gillan’s musical legacy.

Tracks:
1. CD Child In Time:
Lay Me Down
You Make Me Feel So Good
Shame
My Baby Loves Me
Down The Road
Child In Time
Let It Slide
Down The Road – Mono Edit
Finally, The Finale – Studio Demo
Reaching Out – Studio Demo
My Baby Loves Me – Studio Demo
Down The Road – Studio Demo
You Make Me Feel So Good – Studio Demo
Child In Time – Studio Demo
Let It Slide – Backing Track

2. CD Clear Air Turbulence:
Clear Air Turbulence
Five Moons
Money Lender
Over The Hill
Goodhand Liza
Angel Manchenio

3. CD Clear Air Turbulence: The Rockfield Mixes:
Over The Hill
Clear Air Turbulence
Five Moons
Money Lender
Angelo Manchenio
This Is The Way
Goodhand Liza

4. CD Scarabus:
Scarabus
Twin Exhausted
Poor Boy Hero
Mercury High
Pre-Release
Slags To Bitches
Apathy
Mad Elaine
Country Lights
Fool’s Mate

5. CD Rarities & Extras:
Country Lights (Studio Backing Track)
Scarabus (Studio Backing Track)
Twin Exhausted (Studio Demo)
Fool’s Mate (Studio Backing Track)
Apathy (Studio Backing Track)
Mercury High (Studio Backing Track)
Smoke On The Water (Live At The Budokan – Single Edit)

6. CD Live At The Budokan:
Clear Air Turbulence
My Baby Loves Me
Scarabus
Money Lender
Twin Exhausted
Over The Hill
Mercury High
Child In Time
Smoke On The Water
Woman From Tokyo

7. CD Live At The Rainbow:
Clear Air Turbulence
Money Lender
Child In Time
Smoke On The Water
Woman From Tokyo
Twin Exhausted

8. CD Live Yubin Chokin Hall, Hiroshima 1977:
Money Lender
Twin Exhausted
Child In Time
What’s Your Game
My Baby Loves Me
Trying To Get To You
Mercury High
Rock ’n’ Roll Medley
Lucille
Jail House Rock
High School Confidential
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Lucille (Reprise)
Woman From Tokyo
Over The Hill – Live Hiroshima
Smoke On The Water – Live Hiroshima