Personnel and discography of Deep Purple

The various line-ups in the history of the British Hard rock band Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I, Mk II, etc.) The "gap" in the numbering, Mk VI, refers to the series of concerts performed with Joe Satriani on guitar, when Ritchie Blackmore quit the band halfway through the tour in November 1993. This is the only lineup for which no official recordings have yet been released.

Album releases

Live DVD Releases

Mk II
* "Concerto for Group and Orchestra", 1969 (LP 1969, DVD 2003)
* "Special Edition EP", 1969 (Released 2003)
* "Denmark 1972", 1972 (released 2004)
* "Live In Concert 1972/73", 1972/1973 (Released 1988)Mk III
* "Live in California 74", 1974 (Released 1974, DVD Remaster 2006)Mk II, Reunited
* "Come Hell or High Water", 1993 (DVD Release 2001)Mk VII
* "Bombay Calling", 1995 [ [http://www.stevemorse.com/disco/dvd-bombaycalling.html Bombay Calling] ]
* "Live at Montreux 1996", 1996
* "", 1999
* "In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra", 1999 (released 2000)
* "Perihelion", 2001
* "Live Encounters", 2003
* "Around The World Live" 4 DVD box-set (released 2008)Mk VIII
* "They All Came Down to Montreux", June 2007 # 1 (at amazon.ca)

Compilation Albums

*"Purple Passages", September 1972; # 57 US
*"Mark I & II", December 1973
*"24 Carat Purple", July 1975; #14 UK
*"", 1977
*"When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll", 1978
*"The Mark II Purple Singles", April 1979; #24 UK
*"", July 1980; #1 UK, #148 US/ US: Platinum
*"The Anthology", June 1985; # 50 UK
*"", 1992
*"The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's", January 1993 (1968-1976)
*"", October 1998; #39 UK
*"Smoke on the Water", 1998
*"Shades 1968-1998", 1999
*"The Very Best of Deep Purple, 2000
*"The 1975 California Rehearsals, volume 1 & 2", 2000
*"Listen, Learn, Read On", October 29, 2002 (6 disc box set)
*"", 2003
*"", 2003
*"", 2005 #39 UK
*"", (remastered version of ) 2008 #56 UK

Tribute albums

* "", 1994
* "Deep Purple Tribute", 2002

Hit singles

* 1968 "Hush" #4 US
* 1968 "Kentucky Woman" # 38 US
* 1969 "River Deep - Mountain High" # 53 US
* 1970 "Black Night" # 2 UK, # 66 US, # 11 NL
* 1971 "Strange Kind of Woman" # 8 UK
* 1971 "Fireball" # 15 UK, # 25 NL
* 1972 "Never Before" # 35 UK
* 1972 "Child In Time" # 10 NL
* 1973 "Smoke on the Water" # 21 UK (1977 release), # 4 US, # 12 NL - Gold US
* 1973 "Woman from Tokyo" # 60 US, # 8 NL
* 1974 "Might Just Take Your Life" # 91 US
* 1977 "New Live and Rare EP" # 31 UK (including an unheard live version of Black Night)
* 1978 "New Live and Rare EP II" # 45 UK
* 1980 "Black Night" (reissue) # 43 UK
* 1980 "New Live and Rare EP III" # 48 UK (including Smoke on the Water)
* 1985 "Knocking at Your Back Door" # 61 US
* 1985 "Perfect Strangers" # 48 UK
* 1985 "Knocking at Your Back Door / Perfect Strangers" # 68 UK
* 1987 "Call of the Wild" # 92 UK
* 1988 "Hush" (re-recording) # 62 UK
* 1990 "King of Dreams" # 70 UK
* 1991 "Love Conquers All" # 57 UK
* 1995 "Black Night" (re-mix) # 66 UK

References