The LP made it good in the USA as well, charting at No. 24. But they were still unknowns in Europe.
European CDs have been deleted, so this is only available from Japan. However, there is a German reissue titled Hush.
Tracks:
And The Address (Blackmore/Lord)
Hush (Billy Joe Royal)
One More Rainy Day (Lord/Evans)
Prelude : Happiness (Trad. arr. Deep Purple)
I'm So Glad (James)
Mandrake Root (Blackmore/Evans/Lord)
Help (Lennon/McCartney)
Love Help Me (Blackmore/Evans)
Hey Joe (Roberts)
As it's predecessor, the quality varies, but I find it to be a good album. Ritchie's solo during Deep Purple's cover of Neil Diamond's (!) Kentucky Woman remains one of his best to date. Shield remains a very strong number, Mark I's best.
Sales were lower in the US for this one, and there were still no chart action in Europe.
The US versions changed the name of Wring that Neck to Hard Road. The European LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore/Lord/Evans)
Wring That Neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)
Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond)
a: Exposition (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)
b: We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)
Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans)
Anthem (Lord/Evans)
River Deep, Mountain High (Spector/Greenwich/Barry)
However, the last album by the original line up is a good one, many would say it's Mark I's best. From the haunting, driving Chasing Shadows to the semi-classic April, this album has a lot to offer, even though none of the titles (if any?) would stay in their live shows for long.
The European LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
Chasing Shadows (Lord/Paice)
Blind (Lord)
Lalena (Donovan)
a: Fault Line (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)
b: The Painter (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice)
Why didn't Rosemary (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice)
Bird has flown (Evans/Blackmore/Lord)
April (Blackmore/Lord)
The European CD has two bonus tracks, done in a short Deep Purple set prior to the Concerto. This album is not out on CD in the USA.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
First Movement (Lord)
Second Movement (Lord/Gillan)
Third Movement (Lord)
Bonus tracks on the EMI release:
Wring that Neck
Child in Time
The album was recorded between intense touring in Europe from Summer 1969 to early 1970, and the band had built itself a name when the album hit the stores during the summer of 1970. It remained in the UK charts for a year, peaking at No. 4. In the USA, however, they had vanished into obscurity.
Ritchie Blackmore dominates the sound much more now, gone are the ballads and the flirt with classical music, enter no compromise hard rock. Ian Gillan's voice helps give the band an edge that was missing earlier.
Standout tracks: All of them.
In the USA and in Japan, Speed King has the intro edited off.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve, with lyrics printed on the left side of the inner spread.
Tracks:
Speed King
Bloodsucker
Child in Time
Flight of the Rat
Into the Fire
Living Wreck
Hard Lovin' Man
All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.
US and Japanese versions of this album swopped the new track Demon's Eye with a slightly extended version of the earlier single Strange Kind of Woman.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet.
Tracks:
Europe: USA/Japan: Fireball Fireball No No No No No No Demon's Eye Strange Kind of Woman (long) Anyone's Daughter Anyone's Daughter The Mule The Mule Fools Fools No One Came No One CameAll tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.
Hard to find any flaws on this album, it's nearly perfectly executed, and all tracks are classics to a certain degree. Their live show still incorporates all but one song from this album! The only possible critisism, is that some of the excitement from the two previous albums seems to have been lost in the growing work pressure on the band. Ritchie Blackmore had also taken more or less total control by now, vetoing input he didn't like.
But - no Deep Purple collection is complete without it, for sure.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet.
Tracks:
Highway Star
Maybe I'm a Leo
Pictures of Home
Never Before
Smoke on the Water
Lazy
Space Truckin'
All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.
Recorded live in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, on 15., 16. and 17. August 1972, this set for the first time let those who hadn't seen Deep Purple in the concert halls hear what a tremendous live band they were.
Simply a classic, there's not much more to add about this one. It also helped establishing Deep Purple as one of the world's best selling bands at the time, and reached high in the charts, despite being a double album. At No. 6 in the USA, this is actually the Deep Purple album that reached the highest Billboard chart posistion.
Released as Live in Japan in Japan, with different cover art, and a colour negative with the first batch of albums!
The LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
Highway Star (Osaka 16. Aug.)
Child in Time (Osaka 16. Aug.)
Smoke on the Water (Osaka 15. Aug.)
The Mule (Osaka 16. Aug.)
Strange Kind of Woman (Osaka 16. Aug.)
Lazy (Tokyo 17. Aug.)
Space Truckin' (Osaka 16. Aug.)
All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.
Still, some good material. Woman From Tokyo became an AOR radio classic in the USA. The feelings between Blackmore and Gillan were not the best at the time, as documented in Gillan's biting lyrics for the sweeping Smooth Dancer. They still topped the charts in the UK, but it "only" reached 15 on Billboard.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet.
Tracks:
Woman From Tokyo
Mary Long
Super Trouper
Smooth Dancer
Rat Bat Blue
Place In Line
Our Lady
All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.
Painted Horse is an outtake from Who do We think We are!
Hush, Wring that Neck and Child in Time are taken from the short set done before Concerto for Group and Orchestra in September 1969. The two latter are now included on the European (EMI) Concerto CD.
The live version of Black Night is from one of the Made in Japan dates, and had previously only been released on single in some countries, and it's thus now available on the Singles A's & B's compilation.
Cry Free is a Deep Purple in Rock outtake.
With the material being so diverse, Simon Robinson wants to collect things on a "Rarieties" CD, with more material added, summing up the odds & ends in the Deep Purple catalogue. The LP is therefore not issued on CD in Europe. Three of the cuts are on other CDs, though, as mentioned above.
Tracks:
Painted Horse
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Hush (Live, 690924) (Royal)
Wring that Neck (Live, 690924) (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Simper)
Child in Time (Live, 690924) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Black Night (Live, 720816) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Cry Free
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
The original 1980 2LP set missed out on two tracks due to playing length limitations, these, as well as inbetween song chat, is added on the 1992 EMI CD version. NOTE: the Japanese CD was released before the UK CD version was released, and misses this!
The European LP had a gatefold sleeve, and b/w photos on the record bags.
Tracks:
2LP/Jap. 2CD: EMI 1992 2CD: 1970: Speed King Speed King Wring that Neck Child in Time Wring that Neck Child in Time Mandrake Root Mandrake Root 1972: Highway Star Highway Star Strange Kind of Woman Strange Kind of Woman Lazy Maybe I'm a Leo Never Before Never Before Lazy Space Truckin' Space Truckin' Lucille Smoke on the Water LucilleAll songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice, except:
The set consists of nearly half hour long versions of the instrumental Wring that Neck and Mandrake Root, a near 20 minute Child in Time and the most frentic version of Speed King I've ever heard, along with songs that aren't available live on other official albums, like Into the Fire and Paint it Black (a vehicle for Paicey's drum solo).
Sure a must have for Mark II fans, although some of the numbers are drawn out a bit too much! :-) Sadly, the LP format was the main format when this was released, so the CD version also has the songs in wrong running order.
The 2LP had a gatefold sleeve, and a booklet. Tracks:
Album order: Set order: Wring that Neck Speed King Into the Fire Speed King Child in Time Into the Fire Wring that Neck Paint it Black Paint it Black Mandrake Root Mandrake Root Black Night Child in Time Black Night
This work would in 1971 be rerecorded and released as a studio album, without Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore playing on it. On this first performance, all of Deep Purple performs; Jon had written the piece with one movement for each band member.
Again, some interesting music, some excellent playing (and singing!), but hardly the first album you'd buy by the band.
The CD comes with a fold out booklet, with pictures from the event and background info.
Tracks:
All music written by Jon Lord; "lyrics" for the Vocal movement written by Ian Gillan a few hours before the show!
The sound has been cleaned up from the original master tapes, and this set really gives you the chance to study the live band Deep Purple. Recorded on three subsequent days, each show stands out enough on it's own accord to make the set interesting listening!
Detailed booklet comes with the box.
Tracks:
Osaka 1 (720815) Osaka 2 (720816) Highway Star Highway Star Child in Time Smoke on the water The Mule Child in Time Strange kind of woman Strange kind of woman Lazy Lazy Space Truckin' Space Truckin' Black Night Tokyo (720817) Highway Star Smoke on the water Child in Time The Mule Strange kind of woman Lazy Space Truckin' Speed King (Osaka 1)
Enter stage right: Blues-voiced David Coverdale straight out of amateur bands and a job as a desk clerk, and funk-inspired bass player and vocalist Glenn Hughes, fresh out of Trapeze. The mood in the band seems to have lifted as they started out fresh with new blood, and this album rates high among most fans.
It sold very well, too, and helped Deep Purple being nominated as the "best selling band" in USA this year - although sales of the last three Mark II releases during 1973, plus the success of the Smoke on the Water single were the main reason behind this. This was the first album since Fireball that didn't top in the UK, but it did good (4?), and reached No. 9 on Billboard and went platinum.
The music changed a bit due to the new influences, taking a direction towards straight forward hard blues rock, losing something of what had made Mark II so special in the process. But this album is worth it for the sheer energy.
Hughes recently claimed he'd partaken in writing most of the album, but couldn't be credited due to contractural reasons.
US LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Might Just Take Your Life (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Lay Down, Stay Down (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Sail Away (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
You Fool No One (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
What's Goin' on Here (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Mistreated (Blackmore/Coverdale)
'A' 200 (Blackmore/Lord/Paice)
The album has some good tracks, but to me it hasn't stood the test of time all that well as a unit.
Sales were dropping slightly by now, although they made top ten in Europe and reached No. 20 on Billboard.
The LP had a single sleeve, but lyrics were printed on the back.
Tracks:
Stormbringer (Blackmore/Coverdale)
Love Don't Mean a Thing (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)
Holy Man (Coverdale/Hughes/Lord)
Hold On (Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)
Lady Double Dealer (Blackmore/Coverdale)
You Can't do it Right (With the One You Love) (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes)
High Ball Shooter (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)
The Gypsy (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)
Soldier of Fortune (Blackmore/Coverdale)
Weak sales.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve.
Tracks:
Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Mistreated (interpolating Rock Me Baby) (Blackmore/Coverdale)
Lady Double Dealer (Blackmore/Coverdale)
You Fool No One (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Stormbringer (Blackmore/Coverdale)
A planned European 2CD version, including the set closer, a half hour long Space Truckin', has been long talked about, but no release date is set.
The LP had an inner bag with photos.
Tracks:
Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Might Just Take Your Life (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Lay Down, Stay Down (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Mistreated (Blackmore/Coverdale)
Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
You Fool No One (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
However, comparsions from the fans were unavoidable, and many had problems adjusting to the new style, which was the funkiest Deep Purple ever got, with Glenn Hughes finding an ally in the jazz-influenced Bolin. The album wasn't the biggest commercial success, and things clearly weregoing towards an end, with a deep split between Coverdale, Lord & Paice on one side and Bolin and Hughes on the other. The two latter also began developing serious drug problems, resulting in the sad death of Tommy Bolin half a year after they finally split in June 1976. But many fans regard this as a very good, but different, Deep Purple album.
The LP had a gatefold sleeve, and lyrics on the inner bag.
Tracks:
Comin' Home (Bolin/Coverdale/Paice)
Lady Luck (Cook/Coverdale)
Gettin' Tighter (Bolin/Hughes)
Dealer (Bolin/Coverdale)
I Need Love (Bolin/Coverdale)
Drifter (Bolin/Coverdale)
Love Child (Bolin/Coverdale)
a: This Time Around (Hughes/Lord)
b: Owed to "G" (Bolin)
You Keep on Moving (Coverdale/Hughes)
Ironically, Tommy Bolin's solo number Wild Dogs turns out to be the only bright moment on the album.
Tracks:
Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Love Child (Bolin/Coverdale)
You Keep On Moving (Coverdale/Hughes)
Wild Dogs (Bolin)
Lady Luck (Cook/Coverdale)
Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
/Soldier of Fortune (Blackmore/Coverdale)
/Woman from Tokyo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Highway Star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
A good, solid album, it showed that Purple still was a musical force worth paying attention to. It reached No. 17 on Billboard (platinum album), and hit top ten over most of Europe. The reunion tour once again saw Deep Purple filling the arena world wide.
The cassette and the CD had the bonus track Not Responsible. The LP had lyrics and pictures on the inner bag.
Tracks:
Knocking at your backdoor (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Under the gun (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Nobody's home (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice)
Mean Streak (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Perfect Strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
A Gypsy's kiss (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Wasted Sunsets (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Hungry daze (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice)
CD/MC and Knebworth 85 special picture disc LP has one bonus
track:
Not Responsible (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
I personally liked it, it's a bit like a Fireball for the 80s, with more experimenting from the band than on Perfect Strangers. Sales in the USA particullary were bad, but it sold decently in Europe. Tracks like Spanish Archer and Strangeways are outstanding Deep Purple songs, IMHO.
The LP had the lyrics printed on the inner bag.
All tracks are shorter on the LP than on the CD. (Strangeways in particular.)
Tracks:
Bad Attitude (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
The Unwritten Law (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Call of the Wild (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Mad Dog (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Black & White (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Hard Lovin' woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
The Spanish archer (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Strangeways (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Mitzi Dupree (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Dead or Alive (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Ah well, Deep Purple not in top form and tampered with is still Deep Purple so it's not a bad album, but hardly a necessary release. To make the confusion complete, the CD is edited down from the 2LP original and lacks some tracks, and the cassette has a track that both the CD and LP lacks, but loses one of the tracks from the LP!
Hush is a "live studio jam" recorded during the mixing of the album, and really doesn't do much.
Tracks:
Highway Star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Strange Kind of Woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Perfect Strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Dead or Alive (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) *
Hard Lovin' Woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Bad Attitude (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord) +
Child in Time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Knocking at your Back Door (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Space Truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) @
Black Night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Woman from Tokyo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Hush (Live Studio Jam) (Billy Joe Royal)
* On cassette only.
+ On LP only.
@ Not on CD
The sound is messier, the faults are easier heard, Ian Gillan is not in top form - but I generally prefer this one to Nobody's Perfect.
Tracks:
Highway Star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Nobody's Home (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice)
Strange Kind of Woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
A Gypsy's Kiss (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice)
Perfect Strangers (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Knocking at your Back Door (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)
Difficult to Cure (Trad. arr. Blackmore/Glover)
Space Truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Speed King (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Black Night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
The resulting album has split fans: many think it's just not the same with Turner fronting, others listen more to the band, who's actually sparks off on some occations on this one. But to me, the music is just too bland.
The LP had lyrics on the inner sleeve.
Tracks:
CD: LP: King of dreams A: King of dreams (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) The Cut Runs Deep The Cut Runs Deep Fire in the Basement (Blackmore/Glover/Turner/Lord/Paice) Fortuneteller Fire in the Basement (Blackmore/Glover/Turner/Lord/Paice) B: Truth Hurts Truth Hurts Love Conquers All (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) Breakfast in Bed Breakfast in Bed Too Much is not Enough (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) Wicked Ways Love conquers all (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) Fortuneteller (Blackmore/Glover/Turner/Lord/Paice) Too Much is not Enough Breakfast in Bed (Turner, Held, Greenwood) Wicked Ways (Blackmore/Glover/Turner/Lord/Paice)
I've never seen the LP! :-)
Tracks:
The battle rages on (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Lick it up (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Anya (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
Talk about love (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Time to kill (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Ramshackle Man (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
A twist in the tale (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Nasty piece of work (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
Solitaire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
One man's meat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Japanese CD has two bonus tracks. (Is this one out on LP at all?)
Tracks:
Highway Star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Black Night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
A Twist in the Tale (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Perfect Strangers (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Anyone's Daughter (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Child in Time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Anya (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
Speed King (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Bonus tracks on Japanese CD:
Lazy (edited) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Space Truckin' (edited) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)