Friday 11 July 2014

Deep Purple Mark I Line Up Complete Catalogue Reissued

From their first gig in Denmark on 20th April 1968 until their final show in Cardiff on 4th July 1969, Deep Purple released three albums that laid the musical foundations of its members for the next five decades, forging the careers of offshoot bands including Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gillan and of course Deep Purple themselves, who continue to record and tour today.

·         This new box set includes these digitally remastered versions of those 3 albums:
-          Shades Of Deep Purple (Mono Mix)
-          Shades Of Deep Purple (Stereo Mix)
-          Book Of Taliesyn (Mono Mix)
-          Book Of Taliesyn (Stereo Mix)
-          Deep Purple

·         Plus digitally remastered bonus material including: alternative mixes, album outtakes, instrumental versions, alternate takes, single edits, U.S edits, early versions and B-sides as well as previously unreleased versions
The Mark I Line up of Deep Purple featuring Ritchie Blackmore(Guitar) Jon Lord (Keyboards) Ian Paice (Drums) Rod Evans (Vocals) and Nick Simper (Bass) enjoyed success in America from the bands first release a cover of Joe South's Hush. They were considered one of the Big bands from the UK to tour and release albums Stateside. This compilation gathers together  all the recordings on which Deep Purple built their reputation and a reputation that still stands to this day with the current line up. It all began here! 


TRACKLIST:

CD 1 - Shades Of Deep Purple (Mono Mix)
Original album
1. And The Address
2. Hush
3. One More Rainy Day
4. Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad
5. Mandrake Root
6. Help
7. Love Help Me
8. Hey Joe
Bonus Tracks - Outtakes & Versions
9. Shadows (Album outtake)
10. Love Help Me (Instrumental version)
11. Help (Alternate take)

CD 2 - Shades Of Deep Purple (Stereo Mix)
Original album
1. And The Address
2. Hush
3. One More Rainy Day
4. Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad
5. Mandrake Root
6. Help
7. Love Help Me
8. Hey Joe
Bonus Tracks - Alternative mixes
9. And The Address (2003 Remix) (4.33)
10. Hush (1968 Monitor Mix) (4.11)
11. I’m So Glad (2003 Remix) (7.07)
12. Hey Joe (2003 Remix) (7.13)

CD 3 - Book Of Taliesyn (Mono Mix)
Original album
1. Listen, Learn, Read On
2. Wring That Neck
3. Kentucky Woman
4. a) Exposition
     b) We Can Work It Out
5. Shield
6. Anthem
7. River Deep, Mountain High

CD 4 - Book Of Taliesyn (Stereo Mix)
Original album:
1. Listen, Learn, Read On
2. Wring That Neck
3. Kentucky Woman
4. a) Exposition
    b) We Can Work It Out
5. Shield
6. Anthem
7. River Deep, Mountain High
Bonus Tracks - Single Edits, Outtakes & Alternative mixes
8. Playground (Instrumental outtake)
9. Kentucky Woman (2003 remix)
10. Oh No No No (Studio outtake)
11. Playground (Remixed instrumental outtake)
12. River Deep, Mountain High (US Single Edit)

CD 5 - Deep Purple (all tracks stereo except where stated)
Original album:
1. Chasing Shadows
2. Blind
3. Lalena
4. Fault Line
5. The Painter
6. Why Didn’t Rosemary?
7. The Bird Has Flown
8. April
Bonus Tracks - Singles & Alternative mixes
9. Emmaretta (2012 Stereo remix - previously unreleased)
10. The Bird Has Flown (Early version, 2012 stereo remix - previously unreleased)
11. Why Didn’t Rosemary? (Early instrumental take - Previously unreleased)
12. Blind (2003 Remix)
13. Lalena (Instrumental)
14. April (Part 1) (Single B-side)
15. Emmaretta* (Original single A-side)
16. The Bird Has Flown* (Original US single B-side)

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