Ngemva kancane kwenyanga ngemva kwalokho I-Whitesnake ikhiphe i-LP yayo elandelayo ethi 'The Purple Album', ibhendi ye-rock isanda kukhipha i-'Burn', i-albhamu yokuqala ngemuva kwe-'Stormbringer', eyethulwe emasontweni ambalwa edlule.
I-albhamu ethi 'The Purple Album' uDavid Coverdale, umholi we-Whitesnake, afuna ukuyenza esiteji lapho ayengumculi weqembu. Deep Purple, phakathi kuka-1973 no-1976. UDavid Coverdale ungene esikhundleni sika-Ian Gillan futhi waveza ama-albhamu athi' Burn '(1974),' Stormbringer '(1974) kanye ne' Come Taste the Band (1975). «Kuyindlela yami yokubonga i-Deep Purple ngethuba abanginika lona eminyakeni engu-40 edlule (…) Ngangena nabo ohambweni olumangalisayo olusaqhubeka nanamuhla. Bengingeke ngicele othisha abangcono. Ngifunde lukhulu kubo. Sengikhathele ukudlala lezi zingoma bukhoma! ”Kusho u-Coverdale.
Umbukiso wokuqala we 'The Purple Album' I-Whitesnake ihlelelwe uMeyi 19 ozayo futhi izotholakala ngezinguqulo ezimbili: eyejwayelekile, enamathrekhi angu-13, neyedeluxe enamaculo amabhonasi angu-2 neDVD enamavidiyo omculo nemifanekiso ehambisana nethi "ngemuva kwezigcawu".