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I discovered Deep Purple band by chance in 1993 when a high school classmate loaned me the Made in Japan album (thanks to him !). Fortunately I started with the best disc ever produced by the band and so it acted like a revelation ! :o)
Here I just put a small presentation of the history of one of the most legendary hard-rock band. Hope it will lead you to listen it ! :o)
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There is a lot of Deep Purple albums : studio, live, compilation, best of... Below the main ones that have branded the history of the band :
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Rapture of the Deep (2005) Ian Gillan (vocals) - Steve Morse (guitar) - Roger Glover (bass) - Don Airey (keyboards) - Ian Paice (drums) |
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01. Back To Back 02. Before Time Began 03. Clearly Quite Absurd 04. Don’t Let Go 05. Girls Like That 06. Rapture 07. MTV 08. Money Talks 09. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 10. Junkyard Blues 11. Things I Never Said 12. Wrong Man |
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Bananas (2003) Ian Gillan (vocals) - Steve Morse (guitar) - Roger Glover (bass) - Don Airey (keyboards) - Ian Paice (drums) |
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01. House of Pain 02. Sun Goes Down 03. Haunted 04. Razzle Dazzle 05. Silver Tongue 06. Walk On 07. Picture of Innocence 08. I Got Your Number 09. Never a Word 10. Bananas 11. Doing It Tonight 12. Contact Lost |
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Abandon (1998) |
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01. Any Fule Kno That 02. Almost Human 03. Don't Make Me Happy 04. Seventh Heaven 05. Watching The Sky 06. Fingers To The Bone 07. Jack Ruby 08. She Was 09. Whatsername 10. '69 11. Evil Louie 12. Bludsucker |
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Purpendicular (1996) |
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01. Vavoom : Ted The Mechanic 02. Loosen My Strings 03. Soon Forgotten 04. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 05. Cascades : I'm Not Your Lover 06. The Aviator 07. Rosa's Cantina 08. A Castle Full Of Rascals 09. A Touch Away 10. Hey Cisco 11. Somebody Stole My Guitar 12. The Perpendicular Waltz |
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The Battle Rages On (1993) Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. The Battle Rages On 02. Lick It Up 03. Anya 04. Talk About Love 05. Time To Kill 06. Ramshackle' Man 07. A Twist In The Tale 08. Nasty Place Of Work 09. Solitaire 10. One Man's Meat |
Comment will be added shortly... Ian Gillan - Vocal Ritchie Blackmore - Guitarra Roger Glover - Baixo Ian Paice - Bateria Jon Lord - Teclado |
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| Slaves and Masters (1990) |
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01. King Of Dreams 02. The Cut Runs Deep 03. Fortuneteller 04. Fire In The Basement 05. Truth Hurts 06. Love Conquers All 07. Breakfast In Bed 08. Too Much Is Not Enough 09. Wicked Ways |
Comment will be added shortly... Joe Lynn Turner - Vocal Ritchie Blackmore - Guitarra Roger Glover - Baixo Ian Paice - Bateria Jon Lord - Teclado |
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The House of Blue Light (1987) Gillan - Blackmore - Glover - Lord - Paice |
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01. Bad Attitude 02. The Unwritten Law 03. Call of the Wild 04. Mad Dog 05. Black & White 06. Hard Lovin` Woman 07. The Spanish Archer 08. Strange Ways 09. Mitzi Dupree 10. Dead or Alive |
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Perfect Strangers (1984) Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Knocking At Your Backdoor 02. Under The Gun 03. Nobody's Home 04. Mean Streak 05. Perfect Strangers 06. A Gypsy's Kiss 07. Wasted Sunsets 08. Hungry Daze |
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| Come Taste the Band (1975) |
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01. Comin' Home 02. Lady Luck 03. Gettin' Tighter 04. Dealer 05. I Need Love 06. Drifter 07. Love Child 08. This Around; Owed To G 09. You Keep On Moving |
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| Stormbringer (1974) |
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01. Stormbringer 02. Love Don't Mean A Thing 03. Holy Man 04. Hold On 05. Lady Double Dealer 06. You Can't Do It Right 07. High Ball Shooter 08. The Gypsy 09. Soldier Of Fortune |
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| Burn (1974) |
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01. Burn 02. Might Just Take Your Life 03. Lay Down, Stay Down 04. Sail Away 05. You Fool No One 06. What's Hoin' On Here 07. Mistreated 08. ''a'' 200 |
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| Who Do You Think We Are (1973) |
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01. Woman from Tokyo 02. Mary Long 03. Super Trouper 04. Smooth Dancer 05. Rat Bat Blue 06. Place in Line 07. Our Lady |
The last MK2 album... |
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Made in Japan (1972) - Live |
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MK2 : Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Highway Star 02. Child In Time 03. Smoke On The Water 04. The Mule (Solo de batterie) 05. Strange Kind Of Woman 06. Lazy 07. Space Truckin' - 01. Black Night 02. Speed King 03. Lucille |
The first disc that I listened and, from my point of view, the best disc ever produced by Deep Purple, even if it is a live one ! An amazing performance. Nothing else to say, just listen and enjoy ! :o)
Preferred Songs : Highway Star, Child in Time, Smoke on the Water... |
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Machine Head (1972) |
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MK2 : Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Highway Star 02. Maybe I'm A Leo 03. Pictures Of Home 04. Never Before 05. Smoke On The Water 06. Lazy 07. Space Truckin' |
The third album of MK2 is probably the best ever produced by the band. This album, that is a real hard rock one, contains some of the most famous songs like Highway Star or Smoke on the Water !
Preferred Songs : Highway Star, Pictures of Home, Smoke on the Water, Lazy... |
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Fireball (1971) |
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MK2 : Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Fireball 02. No No No 03. Strange Kind of Woman 04. Anyone's Daughter 05. Mule 06. Fools 07. No One Came |
One of my favorite albums despite less good than the previous one. Especially for the amazing Fireball song.
Preferred Songs : Fireball, Strange Kind of Woman, Anyone's Daughter... |
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| In Rock (1970) |
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MK2 : Ian Gillan (Vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Roger Glover (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Speed King 02. Bloodsucker 03. Child In Time 04. Flight Of the Rat 05. Into The Fire 06. Living Wreck 07. Hard Lovin' Man |
Ian Gillian and Roger Glover joined the band to form the MK2 which is generally considered as the best lineup of the band history. Their first album is one of their best and the real sound of Deep Purple came with it. Some legendary songs are on it like Child in Time and Speed King. This is an excellent album. Probably one of the best ever produced. It may mark the beginning of real hard rock sound of Deep Purple...
Preferred Songs : Speed King, Child in Time... |
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Deep Purple (1969) |
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MK1 : Rod Evans (Vocal) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Nick Simper - (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Chasing Shadows 02. Blind 03. Lalena 04. Why didn't Rosemary 05. Bird has flown 06. April |
Deep Purple is the third and last of the MK1 albums
with also some nice compositions like April and his
amazing introduction.
Preferred Songs : Lalena, Bird Has Flown, April...
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| The Book of Taliesyn (1969) |
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MK1 : Rod Evans (Vocal) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Nick Simper - (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. Listen, Learn, Read On 02. Wring That Neck 03. Kentucky Woman 04. Exposition 05. We Can Work It Out 06. Shield 07. Anthem 08. River Deep, Mountain High |
The Book of Taliesyn is the second of the MK1
albums, which also contains some good stuff, like the
nice Lord's Anthem.
Preferred Songs : Kentucky Woman, Shield, Anthem...
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| Shades of Deep Purple (1968) |
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MK1 : Rod Evans (Vocal) - Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar) - Nick Simper - (Bass) - Jon Lord (Keyboards) - Ian Paice (Drums) |
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01. And The Address 02. Hush 03. One More Rainy Day 04. Prelude : Happiness 05. I'm So Glad 06. Mandrake Root 07. Help 08. Love Help Me 09. Hey Joe |
The beginning of Deep Purple which is of course the first album of the MK1.
So Shades of Deep Purple is the first of the
3 MK1 albums that are often unappreciated. I think this
is a little bit severe. Despite if the known heavy sound
of Deep Purple, that will come with Ian Gillian, is
not present in these 3 albums there are some songs that
are (very) nice to listen !
Preferred Songs : Hush, Mandrake Root... |
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I attended to 3 of their french concerts : Mulhouse (1996), Montpellier (1998), and Paris (2006). Here some shots taken during the last one in the Zenith of Paris the 24-Jan-2006 :
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