

Lineup with Evans on vocals and Simper on bass. (USA Tetragrammaton 1969 Europe: EMI Harvest 1969 : Japan: Polydor 1969)ĭeep Purple's third, self-titled, album, and the last to feature the River Deep, Mountain High (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) Wring That Neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)Ī: Exposition (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) The US versions changed the name of Wring that Neck to Sales were lower in the US for this one, and there were still no chart Shield remains a very strong number, Mark I's best. Kentucky Woman remains one of his best to date.

Ritchie's solo during Deep Purple's cover of Neil Diamond's (!) Legendary prog label "Harvest", by the way.Īs it's predecessor, the quality varies, but I find it to be a good album. Same year in the US but it wasn't released before 1969 in Europe, where Taliesyn (USA: Tetragrammaton 1968 Europe: EMI Harvest 1969Īfter the relative success of Shades in the US, thisĪlbum was quickly recorded during the Autumn of 1968, and was put out the However, there is a German reissue titled Hush. But they wereĮuropean CDs have been deleted, so this is only available from Japan. The LP made it good in the USA as well, charting at No. Mandrake Root, and a beautiful ballad version of Beatles' 4 on Billboard charts), their original number Inspired, and as with all Mark I albums, Jon Lord is much more to the fore Purple (USA: Tetragrammaton 1968 Europe: EMI Parlaphone 1968ĭeep Purple's debut album, recorded very hastily. Mark I: (Blackmore - Evans - Lord - Paice - Simper) Deep Purple Discography Deep Purple Discography This discography only includes regular releases: no compilations etc.
