The Anthology (Deep Purple)

Infobox Album
Name = The Anthology
Type = Compilation album
Longtype =
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = 1985 (Vinyl version) 1991 (CD version)
Recorded = 1968 - 1975
Genre = Rock
Length = 151:36
Label = Harvest Records (1985) EMI (1991)
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zfwxqr5ld6e link]
Last album = "" (1980)
This album = "The Anthology" (1985) (1991)
Next album = "" (1992)

"The Anthology" is a Deep Purple compilation album of material by Mks I (1968-1969), II (1970-73), III (1974-75) and IV (1975). It's a double vinyl album with a few previously unreleased (at the time) tracks and mixes. This has never been available on CD. A new version for CD was released in 1991 with only previously released material.

Track listing

1985 Vinyl version

***Mk I:
# Hush (South) 4.24
# Emmaretta (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 4.28
# Hallelujah (Greenaway/Cook) 3.42
# Shadows (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) 3.29
#* Previously unreleased track from the Shades sessions in 1968.
# Love help me (Blackmore/Evans) 3.23
#* Previously unreleased instrumental version.
# Wring that neck (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) 4.12
#*Mk II:
# Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.53
# Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.27
# Grabsplatter (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.34
#* Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970.
# Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 9.16
# Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.50
# Freedom (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.31
#* Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971.
# Fireball (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.24
# Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07
# Never before (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.00
#* A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version.
# When a blind man cries (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 2.30
# Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.38
#* A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version.
# Woman from Tokyo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.49
#*Mk III:
# Might just take your life (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 4.39
# Coronarias Redig (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) 4.51
# Soldier of fortune (Blackmore/Coverdale) 3.15
#*Mk IV:
# You keep on moving (Coverdale/Hughes) 4.17

1991 CD version

***Mk I:
# Hush (Joe South) 4.25
# Mandrake root (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) 6.08
# Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 6.03
# Wring that neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 5.13
# The bird has flown (Evans/Backmore/Lord) 5.36
#*Mk II:
# Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.08
# Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.53
# Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.27
# Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.16
# Fireball (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.23
# Strange kind of woman (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 8.35
#* Live version taken from Deep Purple In Concert, 1980.
# No one came (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.25
# Highway star (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.06
# Smoke on the water (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.01
#* Live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972.
# Pictures of home (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.03
# Woman from Tokyo (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.50
# Smooth dancer (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.09
#*Mk III:
# Sail away (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 5.48
# Lay down stay down (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 4.15
# Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 6.50
#* Live version taken from Live in London, 1982.
# Stormbringer (Blackmore/Coverdale) 4.05
# Hold on (Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 5.05
# Gypsy (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale/Hughes) 4.13
# Mistreated (Blackmore/Coverdale) 11.40
#* Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976.
#*Mk IV:
# Gettin' tighter (Bolin/Hughes) 3.36
# Love child (Bolin/Coverdale) 3.05
# You keep on movin' (Coverdale/Hughes) 5.18

Credits

Deep Purple

Mk I
* Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
* Rod Evans - lead vocals
* Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, backing vocals
* Ian Paice - drums
* Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals

Mk II
* Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
* Ian Gillan - vocals
* Roger Glover - bass guitar, vocals
* Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
* Ian Paice - drums

Mk III
* Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
* David Coverdale - vocals
* Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals
* Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
* Ian Paice - drums

Mk IV
* Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
* David Coverdale: Lead vocals
* Glenn Hughes: Bass and vocals
* Jon Lord: Keyboards
* Ian Paice: Drums