Listen, Learn, Read On

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Name = Listen, Learn, Read On
Type = Box set
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = 2002
Recorded = 1968 - 1975
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 449:32 (7:29:32) 6 CDs
Label = EMI
Producer = Derek Lawrence Mk 1 Deep Purple Mk2 Mk3 Mk4 Martin Birch Mk4
Reviews =
Last album = "Abandon" (1998)
This album = "Listen, Learn, Read On" (2002)
Next album = "Bananas" (2003)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
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Type = Compilation


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"Listen, Learn, Read On" is a box set released by Deep Purple in 2002. A collection of 74 tracks (around a quarter of which were unreleased prior to the album) across six CDs, all subject to extensive mastering at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The set starts with a selection of early tracks by the members of the band before they were in Purple.

Disc One: Pre Purple and Mk 1

# The Outlaws [feat. Ritchie Blackmore] / Keep a Knockin' (Penniman) 2:34
# M.I. Five [feat. Rod Evans, Ian Paice] / You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (Lewis) 3:28
# M.I. Five [feat. Evans, Paice] / Only Time Will Tell (Lewis) 2:11
# Johnny Kid & the Pirates [feat. Nick Simper] / Send For that Girl (Barter) 2:42
# Santa Barbara Machine Head [feat. Jon Lord] / Porcupine Juice (Dudgeon/Lord) 3:13
# Episode Six [feat. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover] / I Can See Through You (Glover) 3:23
# Episode Six [feat. Gillan, Glover] / Mr. Universe (David/Gillan) 4:17
# Trapeze [feat. Glenn Hughes] / Medusa (Hughes) 5:40
# The Government [feat. David Coverdale] / Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (R. Lamm) 3:17
# Zephyr [feat. Tommy Bolin] / See My People Come Together (Bolin) 6:07
# Hush (South) 4:13
# Help (Lennon/McCartney) 6:00
# Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 6:01
# Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Paice) 4:00
# Kentucky Woman (Diamond)4:41
# Playground (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 4:31 (out-take)
# Emmaretta (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 2:58 (single a-side)
# The Bird Has Flown (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 2:51 (US single b-side)

Disc Two: Mk 1 and Mk 2

# Why Didn't Rosemary (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) 5:02
# Hallelujah (Greenaway/Cook) 3:40 (single a-side)
# Ricochet (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:04 (BBC session)
# The Bird Has Flown (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 3:03 (BBC session)
# Hush (South) 4:16 (Live, Royal Albert Hall)
# Concerto Third Movement reprise (Lord) 5:36 (Live, Royal Albert Hall)
# Wring that Neck (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) 20:43 (Live, Montreux Casino)
# Jam Stew (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:54 (BBC session)
# Speed King (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:23 (BBC session)
# Cry Free (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:08 (out-take)
# Hard Lovin' Man (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4:12 (BBC session)
# Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:14 (BBc session)
# Living Wreck (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 2:58 (BBC session)
# Studio Chat / Jam (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 0:40
# Flight of the Rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7:53 (95 remix)

Disc Three: Mk 2

# Mandrake Root (Blackmore/Evans) 30:02 (This is actually from Stockholm, Nov 12, 1970 and not from the Aachen Reiterstadion in July of 1970)
# Grabsplatter (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4:30 (BBC session)
# Child In Time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10:47 (BBC session)
# Jon Lord Interview 1:35
# Black Night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:28 (BBC session)
# Into the Fire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:48 (BBC session)
# Fools (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5:19 (out-take)
# Fireball (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:23
# No One Came (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6:24
# Demon's Eye (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6:08 (96 remix)

Disc Four: Mk 2 and Mk 3

# No No No (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7:16 (Live, Beat Club)
# Highway Star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6:08 (Live, Beat Club)
# Smoke on the Water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5:49 (Quad Mix)
# Never Before (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4:01 (Quad Mix)
# When a Blind Man Cries (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3:27 (97 remix)
# Strange Kind of Woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8:44 (BBC In Concert)
# Lazy (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 11:13 (Live, Tokyo)
# Black Night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5:47 (Live, Osaka)
# Woman From Tokyo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6:24 (99 remix)
# Smooth Dancer (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4:08
# Mary Long (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4:26 (99 remix)
# Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 6:00
# Might Just Take Your Life (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 4:36

Disc Five: Mk 3

# Sail Away (Blackmore/Coverdale) 5:47
# Coronarias Redig (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) 4:52 (single b-side)
# You Fool No One (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 18:58 (Live, Ontario Speedway)
# Mistreated (Blackmore/Coverdale) 12:02 (Live, San Diego Sports Arena)
# Space Truckin' (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 29:52 (Live, Kilburn Gaumont)

Disc Six: Mk 3 & Mk 4

# Stormbringer (Blackmore/Coverdale) 4:04 (Quad Mix)
# Soldier of Fortune (Blackmore/Coverdale) 3:14 (Quad Mix)
# Hold On (Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 5:08 (Quad Mix)
# High Ball Shooter (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 4:30 (Instrumental)
# The Gypsy (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 5:43 (Live, Paris Palais des Sports)
# Drifter (Bolin/Coverdale) 3:58 (California live rehearsal)
# Dance to the Rock 'n' Roll (Bolin/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 10:59 (Jam)
# This Time Around/Owed to 'G' (Hughes/Lord; Bolin) 6:06
# Love Child (Bolin/Coverdale) 3:03
# Wild Dogs (Bolin/Tesar) 5:54 (Live, Tokyo Budokan)
# Lady Luck (Cook/Coverdale) 3:24 (Live, Long Beach Arena)
# Gettin' Tighter (Bolin/Hughes) 13:18 (Live, Long Beach Arena)
# You Keep on Movin' (Coverdale/Hughes) 5:18

Personnel

*Mk 1: Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Nick Simper
*Mk 2: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 3: Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 4: Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice

Trivia

The box set also houses a format book written by Deep Purple archivist Simon Robinson, which tells the band's story via 120 pages of text, with pictures, cuttings, memorabilia, musician profiles and discographies.

External links

* [http://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/listenbox/tracks.html] Listen, Learn, Read On The Original Official Deep Purple Webpages