Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Mark VII (1994–2002)===
Morse's arrival revitalised the band creatively, and in 1996 a new album titled ''[[Purpendicular]]'' was released, showing a wide variety of musical styles. Though in the [[post-grunge]] mid '90s it was no surprise that it never made chart success on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.<ref name="AllMusic.com"/> This Mark VII line-up then released a new live album ''[[Live at The Olympia '96]]'' in 1997. With a revamped set list to tour, Deep Purple enjoyed successful tours throughout the rest of the 1990s, releasing the harder-sounding ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]'' in 1998, and touring with renewed enthusiasm.
In 1999, Lord, with the help of a Dutch fan, who was also a musicologist and composer, [[Marco de Goeij]], painstakingly recreated the ''[[Concerto for Group and Orchestra]]'', the original score having been lost. It was once again performed at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in September 1999, this time with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by Paul Mann.<ref name="Buckley"/> The concert also included songs from each member's solo careers, as well as a short Deep Purple set, and the occasion was commemorated on the 2000 album ''[[In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra]]''.<ref name=Buckley>Buckley, Peter (2003). The rough guide to rock. p.280. Rough Guides. Retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> 2001 saw the release of the [[box set]] ''[[The Soundboard Series]]'', containing concerts from the 2001 Australian Tour plus two from Tokyo, Japan.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/soundboard-series-australian-tour-2001-mw0000466653 "Soundboard Series: Australian Tour 2001"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2012</ref> Much of the next few years was spent on the road touring. The group continued forward until 2002 when founding member Lord (who, along with Paice, was the only member to be in all incarnations of the band) announced his amicable retirement from the band to pursue personal projects (especially orchestral work). Lord left his Hammond organ to his replacement, rock keyboard veteran [[Don Airey]], who had helped Deep Purple out when Lord's knee was injured in 2001. Airey had previously worked with Glover as a member of Rainbow from 1979 to 1982.