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Deep Purple Shades 1968-1998 Release Date: 1999 03 16 Label: Rhino A lot of care went into the track selection and mastering on this four-CD set, devoted to 30 years in the history of Deep Purple -- though for most listeners, discs one through three, devoted to the band's first eight years, are what will really count. Deep Purple recorded significant bodies of work in several styles, but the years 1968 through 1974, when they evolved out of psychedelia and into heavy metal, are the vitally important ones. The first disc is a treat not only for Deep Purple fans but '60s British rock completists, highlighted by two previously unissued tracks dating from a time when the band was apparently still known officially as Roundabout. The band's chart singles and a beautifully lyrical and reflective version of the Beatles' "Help" open the first disk, and it's hard not to love those early singles. And then comes "Hallelujah (I Am the Preacher)," which opens the group's classic heavy metal era and heralds the arrival of Ian Gillan on lead vocals and Roger Glover on bass. From there on, and for most of the next two-and-a-half CDs, this set threatens to fry any speakers or ears in its presence. Disc two is from the core of the group's prime years, from the spring of 1971 through the end of that year. The Fireball and Machine Head albums are well represented, and some of this music is surprisingly durable. Disc three covers the peak years, closing out in 1975 at the end of the Tommy Bolin/Glenn Hughes lineup, and disc four picks up with the 1984 reunion. The packaging is slightly awkward, but it comes with a 55-page booklet giving just about the fullest easily available account of the band's impact and importance. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Hush South 4:27 2 Help! McCartney, Lennon 6:03 3 Shadows [Demo 1968] Simper, Paice, Evans, Blackmore, Lord 3:30 4 Love Help Me [Instrumental] Blackmore, Evans 3:25 5 Kentucky Woman [Single Version] Diamond 4:14 6 Anthem Evans, Ulvaeus, Andersson, Lord 6:32 7 River Deep, Mountain High [Single Version] Greenwich, Spector, Barry 2:37 8 Emmaretta Blackmore, Lord, Evans 3:00 9 Bird Has Flown [Single Version] Blackmore, Lord, Evans 2:53 10 Hallelujah Greenaway, Cook 3:47 11 Speed King [Full Length UK Version] Blackmore, Paice, Lord, Gillan, Glover 5:53 12 Child in Time Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Blackmore 10:21 13 Cry Free [Roger Glover Remix][Outtake] Glover, Blackmore, Paice, Lord, Gillan 3:23 14 Black Night [Full-Length U.K.version] Blackmore, Paice, Lord, Gillan, Glover 3:27 15 Jam Stew [outtake][Outtake] Lord, Gillan, Paice, Blackmore, Glover 2:33 16 Into the Fire [Live 1971] Gillan, Glover, Lord, Blackmore, Paice 4:20 17 No No No [Live 1971] Glover, Paice, Blackmore, Lord, Gillan 7:16 18 Strange Kind of Woman Lord, Paice, Gillan, Blackmore, Glover 4:03 19 I'm Alone Paice, Lord, Glover, Gillan, Blackmore 3:04 20 Fireball Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Glover, Gillan 3:24 21 Demon's Eye Glover, Blackmore, Gillan, Paice, Lord 5:21 22 Anyone's Daughter Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Glover 4:45 23 Fools Paice, Gillan, Glover, Blackmore, Lord 8:19 24 No One Came Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Blackmore 6:27 25 Freedom [outtake][Outtake] Lord, Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Paice 3:36 26 Slow Train [Outtake 1971][Take] Blackmore, Glover, Paice, Lord, Gillan 5:35 27 Never Before Glover, Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Gillan 4:02 28 When a Blind Man Cries Blackmore, Glover, Lord, Gillan, Paice 3:34 29 Highway Star Paice, Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord 6:09 30 Smoke on the Water Lord, Glover, Blackmore, Paice, Gillan 5:42 31 Pictures of Home Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Glover 5:07 32 Space Truckin' Blackmore, Glover, Paice, Lord, Gillan 4:35 33 Printed Horse [1972 Outtake][Take] Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Blackmore 5:15 34 Smoke on the Water [Live 1972] Paice, Gillan, Glover, Blackmore, Lord 7:13 35 Lazy [Live 1972] Paice, Lord, Blackmore, Glover, Gillan 10:34 36 Woman from Tokyo Glover, Gillan, Blackmore, Paice, Lord 5:50 37 Mary Long Glover, Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice 4:26 38 Super Trouper Paice, Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord 2:56 39 Smooth Dancer Glover, Blackmore, Gillan, Lord, Paice 4:11 40 Burn Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice 6:02 41 Might Just Take Your Life Paice, Coverdale, Gillan, Glover, Blackmore, Lord 4:39 42 Sail Away Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Gillan, Glover, Blackmore 5:51 43 Coronarias Redig Blackmore, Lord, Paice 4:55 44 Stormbringer Coverdale, Blackmore 4:08 45 Hold On Hughes, Paice, Lord, Coverdale 5:09 46 Lady Double Dealer [Live 1975] Blackmore, Coverdale 4:17 47 Gettin' Tighter Bolin, Hughes 3:37 48 Comin' Home Paice, Coverdale, Bolin 3:53 49 Knocking at Your Back Door Glover, Blackmore, Gillan 7:07 50 Perfect Strangers Glover, Blackmore, Gillan 5:28 51 Son of Alerik [7'' Single Version] Blackmore 5:28 52 Call of the Wild Blackmore, Lord, Glover, Gillan 4:53 53 Bad Attitude [Single Version] Glover, Gillan, Blackmore, Lord 4:03 54 Hard Lovin' Woman [Live 1987] Blackmore, Glover, Gillan 4:05 55 Hush '88 [Live 1988] South 3:32 56 King of Dreams [Single Version] Turner, Glover, Blackmore 4:50 57 Fire in the Basement Paice, Turner, Blackmore, Lord, Glover 4:43 58 Slow Down Sister Blackmore, Turner, Glover 5:58 59 Battle Rages On Lord, Blackmore, Paice, Glover, Gillan 5:57 60 Anya [Live 1993] Glover, Blackmore, Lord, Gillan 12:11 61 Castle Full of Rascals Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord, Morse 5:11 62 Seventh Heaven Lord, Gillan, Glover, Morse, Paice 5:23 Releases: Year Type Label 1999 CD Rhino

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