Shades of Deep Purple

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Shades of Deep Purple

Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	July 1968
Recorded	May 11 - May 13, 1968
Genre	Hard rock
Length	43:27 (Original LP) 64:01 (CD re-issue)
Label	Parlophone (UK) Tetragrammaton (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Derek Lawrence
All Music Guide link
Deep Purple chronology
	Shades of Deep Purple (1968)	The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Re-issue cover

Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 on Parlophone in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the United States.

The album reached #24 on Billboard's Pop Album charts in the U.S.

Contents

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Original release on vinyl
  - 1.1.1 Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue
2 Personnel

"And the Address" (Blackmore/Lord) – 4:38
"Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
"One More Rainy Day" (Evans/Lord) – 3:40
a) "Prelude: Happiness" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord/Paice/Simper)
b) "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) – 7:19
"Mandrake Root" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6:09
"Help!" (Lennon/McCartney) – 6:01
"Love Help Me" (Blackmore/Evans) – 3:49
"Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 7:33

"Shadows" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord/Paice/Simper) – 3:38
"Love Help Me" (Blackmore/Evans) – 3:29
"Help!" alternate take - 5:23
"Hey Joe" BBC Top Gear session – 4:05
"Hush" Live U.S. TV – 3:53

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

Discography
v • d • e Deep Purple
Ian Gillan \| Steve Morse \| Roger Glover \| Don Airey \| Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore \| Jon Lord \| David Coverdale \| Joe Lynn Turner \| Tommy Bolin \| Glenn Hughes \| Rod Evans \| Nick Simper \| Joe Satriani
Albums : Shades of Deep Purple \| The Book of Taliesyn \| Deep Purple \| Deep Purple in Rock \| Fireball \| Machine Head \| Who Do We Think We Are \| Burn \| Stormbringer \| Come Taste the Band \| Perfect Strangers \| The House of Blue Light \| Slaves & Masters \| The Battle Rages On \| Purpendicular \| Abandon \| Bananas \| Rapture of the Deep
Live albums: Inglewood - Live in California \| Concerto for Group and Orchestra \| Kneel & Pray \| Scandinavian Nights \| Gemini Suite Live \| Space Vol 1 & 2 \| Made in Japan \| Deep Purple In Concert \| Made in Europe \| Live in London \| California Jamming \| Just Might Take Your Life \| Perks And Tit \| Mk III: The Final Concerts \| Last Concert in Japan \| King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert \| This Time Around: Live in Tokyo \| Nobody's Perfect \| In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85 \| Come Hell or High Water \| Live in Europe 1993 \| Live at the Olympia '96 \| Live at Montreux 1996 \| Total Abandon: Live in Australia \| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra \| Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy \| The Soundboard Series
Videos and DVDs: Concerto for Group and Orchestra \| Special Edition EP \| Live In Concert 1972/73 \| Rises Over Japan \| Live in California 74 / Live at the California Jam \| Come Hell or High Water \| Bombay Calling \| Live at Montreux 1996 \| In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra \| Total Abandon Australia '99 \| New, Live & Rare \| Perihelion \| Live Encounters
Compilation Albums: Purple Passages \| 24 Carat Purple \| When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll \| The Mark II Purple Singles \| Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple \| The Anthology \| 30: Very Best of Deep Purple \| Days May Come and Days May Go \| Listen, Learn, Read On \| Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow \| Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection
Related articles
Rainbow \| Blackmore's Night \| Ian Gillan Band \| Gillan \| Trapeze \| Black Sabbath \| Garth Rockett & the Moonshiners \| The Javelins

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