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Purple Passages

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Released
  
November 1972

Length
  
69:12

Producer
  
Derek Lawrence

Recorded
  
1968 - 1969

Label
  
Warner Bros.

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, hard rock

Purple Passages is a 1972 United States-only double-LP compilation album by Deep Purple featuring material originally released in 1968 and 1969 on the Tetragrammaton label. It features classics such as "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". It was issued on compact disc in 1998 and in 2007 with bonus tracks.

Contents

This compilation included some alternate mixes of "The Bird Has Flown" and "Why Didn't Rosemary?", with the former having a clean intro instead of a fade-in on the album version. It also included the final Purple Mk. I single "Emmaretta" for the first time on LP. Original lead singer Rod Evans went on to front the popular 1970s band Captain Beyond.

Side one

  1. "And the Address" (Blackmore/Lord) - 4.53
  2. "Hey Joe" (trad., arr. Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice/Blackmore) - 6.57
  3. "Hush" (Joe South) - 4.20
  4. "Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) - 2.58

Side two

  1. "Chasing Shadows" (Lord/Paice) - 5.31
  2. "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) - 5.30
  3. "Why Didn't Rosemary?" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) - 5.00

Side three

  1. "Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) - 5.11
  2. "The Shield" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) - 6.02
  3. "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) - 6.03

Side four

  1. "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) - 4.44
  2. "April" (Blackmore/Lord) - 12.03

Deep Purple

  • Rod Evans - vocals
  • Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
  • Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
  • Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals
  • Ian Paice - drums

    • References

    Purple Passages Wikipedia
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