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Deep Purple Collection

US 1995 Creative Sounds 6021/23 [3CD]
US 1995 Creative Records PB-3606-08 [3LP]

Compilation of Mk I material. This is one of several collections comprising the first three DP albums. Tracks 1-9 constitute Shades of Deep Purple 1968; tracks 10-16 constitute The Book of Taliesyn 1968; and tracks 17-23 constitute Deep Purple 1969.

TRACK LIST

  1. And the address (Blackmore/Lord) 4.32
  2. Hush (Joe South) 4.21
  3. One more rainy day (Lord/Evans) 3.15
  4. Prelude: happiness (Deep Purple) 2.45
  5. I'm so glad (Skip James) 4.53
  6. Mandrake root (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) 6.02
  7. Help (Lennon/McCartney) 5.54
  8. Love help me (Blackmore/Evans) 3.44
  9. Hey Joe (Deep Purple) 7.21
  10. Listen, learn, read on (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Paice) 3.59
  11. Hard road (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 5.08
  12. Kentucky woman (Neil Diamond) 4.39
  13. Medley 6.56
    • Exposition (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)
    • We can work it out (Lennon/McCartney)
  14. Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 5.59
  15. Anthem (Lord/Evans) 6.25
  16. River deep, mountain high (Spector/Barry/Greenwich) 9.59
  17. Chasing shadows (Lord/Paice) 5.29
  18. Blind (Lord) 5.20
  19. Lalena (Donovan) 3.00
  20. Medley 5.40
    • Fault line (Lord/Blackmore/Paice/Simper)
    • The painter (Lord/Blackmore/Evans/Paice/Simper)
    The sleeve splits the medley in two but there's no break on the disc.
  21. Why didn't Rosemary? (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) 4.56
  22. Bird has flown (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) 5.29
  23. April (Blackmore/Lord) 12.10