The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
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The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's contains the complete collection of Deep Purple
's UK released singles. It's a sort of an updated version of the old The Deep Purple Singles: A's & B's 1978. This is a compilation of material by Mks I, IIa, III and IV from 1968 - 1976.
In 2010 EMI released another double CD compilation album called "Singles & E.P. Anthology '68 - '80". It contains all songs as herein plus 15 tracks. Kentucky Woman is the album version which is 38 seconds longer than single one.
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
's UK released singles. It's a sort of an updated version of the old The Deep Purple Singles: A's & B's 1978. This is a compilation of material by Mks I, IIa, III and IV from 1968 - 1976.
In 2010 EMI released another double CD compilation album called "Singles & E.P. Anthology '68 - '80". It contains all songs as herein plus 15 tracks. Kentucky Woman is the album version which is 38 seconds longer than single one.
1993 CD version
- "Hush" (Joe SouthJoe SouthJoe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...
) – 4:24 - "One more rainy day" (Lord/Evans) – 3:38
- "Kentucky WomanKentucky Woman"Kentucky Woman" is a 1967 song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond. Another well-known version is the 1968 recording by Deep Purple....
" (single edit) (Neil DiamondNeil DiamondNeil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
) – 4:04 - "Emmaretta" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 3:00
- "The Bird Has Flown" (single edit)(Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 2:54
- "Hallelujah" (Greenaway/Cook) – 3:44
- "Speed KingSpeed King"Speed King" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple from their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. The song is one of the loudest from the album, and featured some of the band's greatest amount of improvisation in a studio recorded song, on both the original version and later live versions...
" (demo version with piano) – 4:26 - "Black NightBlack Night"Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Year Anniversary version of their 1970 album, In Rock. The song became a hit following its release, peaking at #2 on UK charts, and to this day remains Deep Purple's...
" – 3:28 - "Strange Kind of WomanStrange Kind of WomanStrange Kind of Woman is a song by British rock band Deep Purple that was originally released as a follow up single after "Black Night" in early 1971. The song also became a hit, peaking at #8 on UK charts, and later appeared on the re-release of their 1971 album Fireball...
" – 3:49 - "I'm Alone" – 3:06
- "FireballFireball (song)"Fireball" is the opening song of the album of the same name by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was Deep Purple's second single release in 1971....
" – 3:21 - "Demon's Eye" – 5:12
- "Never BeforeNever Before"Never Before" is a song by British rock band Deep Purple, which appears on their 1972 album Machine Head.This was originally the only single from the album besides "Smoke on the Water", with "When a Blind Man Cries" as a B-side, which surprised fans as the album contained hits such as "Lazy",...
" (single edit) – 3:30 - "When a Blind Man CriesWhen a Blind Man Cries"When a Blind Man Cries" is a song by British rock band Deep Purple, originally only available as the B-side of the single "Never Before", released in 1972...
" – 3:32 - "Smoke on the WaterSmoke on the Water"Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. In 2004, the song was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Smoke on the Water"...
" (single edit) – 3:48 - "Black NightBlack Night"Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Year Anniversary version of their 1970 album, In Rock. The song became a hit following its release, peaking at #2 on UK charts, and to this day remains Deep Purple's...
" (live) – 4:59 - "Might Just Take Your Life" (single edit) (Blackmore/Lord/Coverdale/Paice) – 3:35
- "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) – 4:54
- "You Keep on Moving" (single edit) (Coverdale/Hughes) – 4:29
- "Love Child" (Bolin/Coverdale) – 3:04
Side one
- "Hush" (South) - 4:25
- "One more rainy day" (Lord/Evans)- 3:38
- "Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) - 2:59
- "Wring that neck" (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) - 5:12 (Paice's name is misspelt "Price" on the vinyl release)
- "Hallelujah" (Greenaway/Cook) - 3:42
- "April" part 1 (Blackmore/Lord) - 3:57
Side two
- "Black night" - 3:27
- "Speed King" - 4:25 (Demo version with piano)
- "Strange kind of woman" - 3:47
- "I'm alone" - 3:05 (b-side from the "Strange kind of woman" single)
- "Demon's eye" - 5:12
- "Fireball" - 3:23
Deep Purple
- Ritchie BlackmoreRitchie BlackmoreRichard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
- guitar: tracks 1-18 - Ian GillanIan GillanIan Gillan is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan also fronted his own band, had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath, and sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd...
– vocals, harmonica : tracks 6-16 - Roger GloverRoger GloverRoger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist and lyricist for the hard rock band, Deep Purple.-Early career:...
– bass guitar : tracks 6-16 - Jon LordJon LordJonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord is an English composer, pianist and Hammond organ player.Jon Lord, also known as 'Hammond Lord', is a classically trained piano player. He is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms...
- organ, keyboards, backing vocals - Ian PaiceIan PaiceIan Anderson Paice is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the English rock band Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord's departure in 2002, he is the only founding member of the band who never stopped performing with the group, and the only member to appear on every album the band has...
- drums
- Rod EvansRod EvansRod Evans is a former English singer and was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968. He provided vocals for the group's first three albums, including the hit singles "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". He was replaced by Ian Gillan in 1969.-Early career:Before joining Deep Purple, Evans played together...
- lead vocals : tracks 1-5 - Nick SimperNick SimperNicholas John Simper is a bass guitarist, best known as a founding member of Deep Purple.-Biography:...
- bass guitar, backing vocals : tracks 1-5
- David CoverdaleDavid CoverdaleDavid 'Jack' Coverdale is an English rock singer, most famous for his work with the his own hard rock band Whitesnake which achieved massive commercial success.-Early life:...
- vocals : tracks 17-20 - Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals : tracks 17-20
- Tommy BolinTommy BolinThomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
- guitar : tracks 19-20
- 1993 version compiled by Simon Robinson of the DPAS