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The Anthology (Deep Purple album)

The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.

This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled Anthology, but featured different songs and only previously released material.

Track listing

1985 vinyl version

Side one
  1. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
  2. "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
  3. "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
  4. "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 <small>(Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)</small>
  5. "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 <small>(Previously unreleased instrumental version)</small>
  6. "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12
Side two
  1. "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
  2. "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
  3. "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 <small>(Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)</small>
  4. "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16
Side three
  1. "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
  2. "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 <small>(Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)</small>
  3. "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
  4. "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
  5. "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 <small>(A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)</small>
  6. "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:30
Side four
  1. "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 <small>(A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)</small>
  2. "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
  3. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
  4. "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
  5. "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
  6. "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17

1991 CD version

CD one
  1. "Hush" – 4:25
  2. "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
  3. "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
  4. "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
  5. "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
  6. "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
  7. "Speed King" – 5:53
  8. "Black Night" – 3:27
  9. "Child in Time" – 10:16
  10. "Fireball" – 3:23
  11. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 <small>(Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)</small>
  12. "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
  13. "Highway Star" – 6:06
CD two
  1. "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 <small>(live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)</small>
  2. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
  3. "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
  4. "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
  5. "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
  6. "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
  7. "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 <small>(Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)</small>
  8. "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
  9. "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
  10. "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
  11. "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 <small>(Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)</small>
  12. "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
  13. "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
  14. "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18

Credits

Deep Purple

Mk. I

Mk. II

Mk. III

Mk. IV

Production credits

  • Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
  • Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie

Charts

References