- Purple Passages
Infobox Album |
Name = Purple Passages
Type =Compilation Album
Artist =Deep Purple
Released = November, 1972
Recorded = 1968 - 1969
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 69:12 (2LP)
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Producer =Derek Lawrence
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Last album = "Machine Head" (1972)
This album = "Purple Passages" (1972)
Next album = "Made in Japan" (1972)"Purple Passages" is a 1972 compilation album by
Deep Purple featuring their best songs from the 1960's. It features classics such as "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". This is aUS only compilation of material released in 1968 and 1969 on the Tetragrammaton label.Track listing
Original release on vinyl (2 LP)
# "And The Address" (Blackmore/Lord) - 4.53
# "Hey Joe " (trad., arr. Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice/Blackmore) - 6.57
# "Hush" (Joe South ) - 4.20
# "Emmeretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) - 2.58
# "Chasing Shadows" (Lord/Paice) - 5.31
# "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) - 5.30
# "Why Didn't Rosemary?" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) - 5.00
# "Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) - 5.11
# "The Shield" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) - 6.02
# "Mandrake Root " (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) - 6.03
# "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond ) - 4.44
# "April" (Blackmore/Lord) - 12.03Credits
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Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
*Rod Evans - vocals
*Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
*Ian Paice - drums
*Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals
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