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     title = 'The Deep Purple Discography'
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<b>Heavy Metal Pioneers</b>
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US/Europe 1991 Warner Music Vision 8536-50265-3 [1VHS] <br>
Japan November 2001 East West Japan AMBY 8030 [1DVD] <br>
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This is a video rockumentary containing interviews with Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice and Turner. There's also snippets from various live and studio tracks, inlcuding a complete live version of &quot;Hush&quot; recorded by Mk I at Hugh Heffner's Playboy Club during 1968, and the complete 1990 promo video for &quot;King Of Dreams&quot;.
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<u>CONTENTS</u>
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<li><b>Woman from Tokyo</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Studio version heard during the opening credits.
<li><b>Hush</b> Mk I<br>
    Complete live version taken from the US TV show <i>After Dark</i>, 1968.
<li><b>Mandrake root</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Only the guitar solo. Live version taken from the <a href="video02.html">Doing their thing...</a> video, recorded 1970.
<li><b>Speed king</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video02.html">Doing their thing...</a> video, recorded 1970.
<li><b>Black night</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video03.html">Scandinavian Nights</a> video, recorded 1972.
<li><b>Child in time</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video02.html">Doing their thing...</a> video, recorded 1970.
<li><b>Strange kind of woman</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video03.html">Scandinavian Nights</a> video, recorded 1972.
<li><b>Smoke on the water</b> Mk III<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video04.html">Live at the California Jam</a> video, recorded 1974.
<li><b>Highway star</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video03.html">Scandinavian Nights</a> video, recorded 1972.
<li><b>The mule</b> Mk III<br>
    Bits of Ian's drum solo. Live version taken from the <a href="video04.html">Live at the California Jam</a> video, recorded 1974.
<li><b>Wring that neck</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Guitar/organ duell. Live version taken from the <a href="video02.html">Doing their thing...</a> video, recorded 1970.
<li><b>Burn</b> Mk III<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video04.html">Live at the California Jam</a> video, recorded 1974.
<li><b>Space truckin'</b> Mk III<br>
    Bits of a live version taken from the <a href="video04.html">Live at the California Jam</a> video, recorded 1974.
<li><b>Stormbringer</b> Mk IV<br>
    The album version of &quot;Stormbringer&quot; is played over live pictures taken from the <a href="video05.html">Deep Purple Rises over Japan</a> video.
<li><b>Perfect stranger</b> MK IIb<br>
    Bits of a live version videoed sometime during the Perfect Strangers tour 1985.
<li><b>King of dreams</b> Mk V<br>
    Complete promo video for MTV distribution.
<li><b>Woman from Tokyo</b> Mk IIa<br>
    Bits of the studio version heard during the end credits.
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