The Very Best of Deep Purple

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Name = The Very Best of Deep Purple
Type = greatest
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = 2000
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Genre = Hard rock
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Label = Rhino/Warner Bros. Records
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"The Very Best of Deep Purple" is a single disc compilation album by Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks for MK I, MKII and MK III of Deep Purple.

Track listing

#"Hush" (South)
#"Kentucky Woman" [Single Version] (Diamond)
#"Black Night"
#"Speed King" [US album version]
#"Child in Time"
#"Strange Kind of Woman"
#"Fireball"
#"Demon's Eye"
#"Highway Star"
#"Smoke on the Water"
#"Space Truckin'"
#"Woman from Tokyo"
#"Burn" (Blackmore/Coverdale/Paice/Lord)
#"Stormbringer" (Blackmore/Coverdale)
#"Knocking at Your Back Door" (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)

* All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Paice/Lord except where noted otherwise.

Personnel

*Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
*Ian Paice - Drums
*Jon Lord - Keyboards
*Rod Evans - Vocals on tracks 1-2
*Nick Simper - Bass on tracks 1-2
*David Coverdale - Vocals on tracks 13-14
*Glenn Hughes - Bass, vocals on tracks 13-14
*Ian Gillan - Vocals
*Roger Glover - Bass

Miscellanea

* This compilation is supposed to be a single disc alternative to the more comprehensive "Shades" 4 disc collection. All the tracks were remastered simultaneously for inclusion in both sets.

* The set is essentially a new version of previous compilation "Deepest Purple", which was released in 1980, with 3 additional songs, two from MK I and one from the reunited MK II.

* The disc bypasses the material from the MK IV lineup, and a features slightly different versions of a few of the tracks.