Album · Compilation
Purple Passages
Purple Passages is a double-LP compilation that Deep Purple's label put out in 1972, available only in North America, Venezuela and Japan. It gathers material from 1968 and 1969, recorded by the band's Mark I line-up for the Tetragrammaton label, and it includes favourites such as "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". Japan later got it on compact disc in 1993.
It arrived just as the band's heavier sound was taking over, so it works as a look back at the earlier days with Rod Evans on vocals, before he went on to front Captain Beyond. There are some alternate mixes here too: "The Bird Has Flown" opens with a clean intro rather than a fade-in, and "Why Didn't Rosemary?" is also a different mix. "Emmaretta", the last Mark I single, makes its first appearance on LP. Worth hearing for those early oddities.
Purple Passages: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 1:09:25Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1And the AddressRitchie Blackmore and Jon Lord4:37
- 2Hey JoeBilly Roberts7:01
- 3HushJoe South4:24
- 4EmmarettaBlackmore, Evans, Lord3:01
- 5Chasing ShadowsJon Lord and Ian Paice5:30
- 6Bird Has FlownBlackmore, Evans, Lord5:32
- 7Why Didn’t RosemaryBlackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice, Simper5:03
- Disc 2
- 1Hard Road (Wring That Neck)Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper5:14
- 2ShieldBlackmore, Evans, Lord6:06
- 3Mandrake RootBlackmore, Evans, Lord6:06
- 4Kentucky WomanNeil Diamond4:44
- 5AprilRitchie Blackmore and Jon Lord12:07
- Produced by
- Derek Lawrence
- Recorded at
- Pye Studios, De Lane Lea Studios
- Recorded
- 1968–1969
- Mixed by
- Derek Lawrence
- Engineered by
- Barry Ainsworth
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros.
- Length
- 1:09:25
Line-up
- Ritchie Blackmore · electric guitar
- Jon Lord · Hammond organ, background vocals
- Ian Paice · drums (drum set)
- Nick Simper · electric bass guitar, background vocals
- Rod Evans · lead vocals
Singles
- “Hush” · October 1972
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1972 | 57 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1972 | 52 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1975 | 60 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| United States | Gold |
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|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1972 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | September 1972 (US) | |
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | CA | Warner Bros. Records | original | |
| 1972 | — | Warner Bros. Records | original | |
| 28 November 1993 | JP | Warner Bros. Records | 4988014756969 | other |
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