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Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple is a compilation from the English hard rock band, released on 4 July 1980 on Harvest. It gathers the group's original hits from the years before their 1984 reunion, so it works as a tidy tour of the earlier line-ups. A TV advertising campaign helped it become their third UK No. 1 album.
It is worth hearing as a way in, and it has a few curiosities. Because the vinyl ran past an hour, the volume was lowered and the EQ adjusted so both sides would fit. It was also the first North American release of "Demon's Eye", which had been swapped out for "Strange Kind of Woman" on the American edition of Fireball. A CD followed in 1984, and a 30th Anniversary Edition in 2010 added four tracks and a DVD with Jon Lord's commentary.
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 1:03:11Tracklist
- 1Black NightBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice3:23
- 2Speed KingBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice5:01
- 3FireballBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice3:22
- 4Strange Kind of WomanBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice3:47
- 5Child in TimeBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice10:10
- 6Woman From TokyoBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice5:47
- 7Highway StarBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice6:05
- 8Space Truckin’Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice4:31
- 9BurnBlackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice6:00
- 10StormbringerRitchie Blackmore and David Coverdale4:05
- 11Demon’s EyeBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice5:20
- 12Smoke on the WaterBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice5:40
- Produced by
- Deep Purple, Martin Birch
- Recorded at
- De Lane Lea Studios, IBC Studios, Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Musicland Studios
- Recorded
- 1970–1974 1968–1975 (30th Anniv. Edition)
- Mixed by
- Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Martin Birch
- Mixed at
- The Record Plant
- Engineered by
- Andy Knight, Louis Austin, Martin Birch, Alan O’Duffy
- Labels
- Harvest, Warner Bros. (US)
- Length
- 1:03:11
Line-up
- Ritchie Blackmore · electric guitar
- Roger Glover · electric bass guitar
- Jon Lord · Hammond organ, keyboard
- Ian Paice · drums (drum set)
- Ian Gillan · lead vocals
- Glenn Hughes · electric bass guitar, vocals · guest
- David Coverdale · lead vocals · guest
Singles
- “Black Night” · 18 July 1980
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1980 | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1980 | 148 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1980 | 5 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1980 | 32 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1980 | 78 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia · 1982 | Platinum |
| Austria | Gold |
| Germany | Gold |
| United Kingdom | Gold |
| United States | Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1980 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 July 1980 | |
| Wikidata | 1980 | |
| US release | 1980 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1980 | earliest UK or European date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CA | Warner Bros. Records | 075992348621 | other |
| 1980 | SE | Harvest | original | |
| 1980 | FR | Harvest | original | |
| 1980 | US | Purple Records | original | |
| 1980 | GB | EMI | original | |
| 1984 | XE | Harvest | other | |
| 10 January 1989 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 075992348621 | other |
| 23 July 1990 | GB | Harvest | 077774603225 | other |
| 10 November 1991 | JP | Warner Bros. Records | 4988014745451 | other |
| 1 October 2010 | — | — | deluxe | |
| 25 October 2010 | XW | Parlophone | 5099990933158 | deluxe |
| 29 October 2010 | XE | EMI | 5099990932922 | other |
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| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |