Deep Purple – Deep Purple
Tracklist
| A1 | Chasing Shadows | 5:32 | |
| A2 | Blind | 5:21 | |
| A3 | Lalena | 5:02 | |
| A4 | (a) Fault Line - (b) The Painter | 5:34 | |
| B1 | Why Didn't Rosemary? | 5:00 | |
| B2 | Bird Has Flown | 5:25 | |
| B3 | April | 12:20 |
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings | Woodwind], Composed By [Strings | Woodwind] – Jon Lord
- Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Nick Simper
- Drums – Ian Paice
- Engineer – Barry Ainsworth
- Lead Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore
- Lead Vocals – Rod Evans
- Painting [Uncredited; "The Garden Of Earthly Delights"] – Hieronymus Bosch (3)
- Producer – Derek Lawrence
Notes
Album recorded during February and March 1969 at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
Album devised and arranged by Deep Purple.
Released in 1969
Runouts are etched
"Made In Canada"
Gatefold
Album devised and arranged by Deep Purple.
Released in 1969
Runouts are etched
"Made In Canada"
Gatefold
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout): 543.044 A G W
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout): 543.044 B G W
Other Versions (5 of 213)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Deep Purple (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Harvest, Harvest | SHVL 759, 1E 062 ○ 90505 | UK | 1969 | ||
| Deep Purple (LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo, Gatefold) | Harvest | 1C 062-90 505 | Germany | 1969 | |||
New Submission | Deep Purple (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, Stereo, Album) | Tetragrammaton Records | 73-119 | US | 1969 | ||
New Submission | Deep Purple (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Harvest | 1 C 062-90 505 | Germany | 1969 | ||
| Deep Purple (LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Press, Unipak sleeve) | Tetragrammaton Records | T-119 | US | 1969 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Maybe I'm one of the few who likes Deep Purple Mk1 more than Mk2, but regardless of that point, their third and final album in their original incarnation has several solid hits, including 'Chasing Shadows', 'Lalena', and the 12-minute epic 'April'. While maybe not as driving as their first two albums, it is Mk1's more exploratory album in terms of sounds. I agree that booting Rod Evans made sense for the future of the band. It certainly solved their problem of feeling somewhat aimless and being more about following the trends than driving them. Mk1 probably wouldn't have lasted anyway, but 'Deep Purple' showed that this was a band willing to experiment and take risks. Mk2 is what ultimately delivered to them their legacy, but as British rock music from the late 1960s go, those first three albums are always worth a listen.