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Recommended Listening
Here is a chronological listing of the currently [and soon-to-be] available UK CD and video releases that you would need in order to accumulate a fairly complete collection of all of Deep Purple's officially released recordings. It is not, therefore, intended to represent a definitive discography and excludes the original versions of releases where upgraded re-issues have tended to make those earlier releases redundant. |
| [*] Shades Of Deep Purple [Remastered] | EMI 7243 4 98336 2 |
| [*] The Book Of Taliesyn [Remastered] | EMI 7243 5 21608 2 |
| [*] Deep Purple [Remastered] | EMI 7243 5 21597 2 |
| [*] Concerto For Group And Orchestra | EMI CDP 7 94886 2 |
| [*] Concerto For Group And Orchestra [video] | Connoisseur CCV 1003 |
| [*] Deep Purple In Concert 1970/1972 | EMI CDS 7 98181 2 |
| [*] Deep Purple In Rock [25th Anniversary] | EMI 7243 8 34019 2 |
| [*] Doing Their Thing [video] | Castle CMP 3001 [deleted] |
| [*] Gemini Suite Live | Purple PUR 304 |
| [*] Scandinavian Nights | Connoisseur DPVSOP CD 125 |
| [*] Fireball [25th Anniversary] | EMI 7243 8 53711 2 |
| [*] Machine Head [25th Anniversary] | EMI 7243 8 59506 2 |
| [*] Scandinavian Nights [video] | Connoisseur CCV 1000 |
| [*] Made In Japan [25th Anniversary] | EMI 7243 8 57864 2 |
| [*] Live In Japan [21st Anniversary] | EMI 7243 8 27726 2 |
| [ ] Who Do We Think We Are [Remastered] | EMI - due this year |
| [*] Burn | EMI CDP 7 92611 2 |
| [*] California Jamming | EMI 7243 8 38334 2 |
| [*] California Jam [video] | Connoisseur CCV 1002 |
| [ ] Live In London | EMI - not yet scheduled |
| [*] Stormbringer | EMI CDP 7 91084 2 |
| [*] Made In Europe | EMI CDP 7 93796 2 |
| [*] Mark III Final Concerts | Connoisseur DPVSOP CD 230 |
| [*] Days May Come And Days May Go | Purple PUR 303 |
| [*] 1420 Beachwood Drive | Purple PUR 201 |
| [*] Come Taste The Band | EMI CDFA 3318 |
| [ ] This Time Around [Live in Tokyo 1975] | Purple - due this year |
| [*] Live In California 1976 [On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat] | Connoisseur DPVSOP CD 217 |
| [*] Perfect Strangers [Remastered] | Polydor 546 045-2 |
| [*] In The Absence Of Pink | Connoisseur DPVSOP CD 163 |
| [*] The House Of Blue Light | Polydor 831 318-2 |
| [*] Nobody's Perfect [Remastered] | Polydor 546 128-2 |
| [*] Slaves And Masters | BMG 74321 18719 2 |
| [*] The Battle Rages On | BMG 74321 15420 2 |
| [*] Come Hell Or High Water * | BMG 74321 23416 2 |
| [*] Come Hell Or High Water [video] | BMG 74321 22443 3 |
| [ ] Bombay Calling [video] | Mail Order only |
| [*] Dick Pimple - Music From Turtle Island | Mail Order only |
| [*] Purpendicular * | BMG 74321 33802 2 |
| [*] Live At The Olympia '96 | EMI 7243 8 57982 2 |
| [*] Abandon | EMI 7243 4 95306 2 |
| [*] Total Abandon Australia '99 | Mail Order only |
| [*] Total Abandon [video] | Mail Order only |
| [*] A Band Downunder [video] | Mail Order only |
| [ ] Around The World 1995-1999 [video] | Mail Order only |
| [*] In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra | Eagle EDGCD 124 |
| [*] In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra [video] | Eagle ERE 124 |
* Note: The Japanese versions of these releases include bonus tracks.
The trio of Polydor albums from the 1980's - "Perfect Strangers", "The House Of Blue Light" and "Nobody's Perfect" - were re-issued in digitally remastered form in 1999. However, "House Of Blue Light" was remastered from the masters for the LP which meant that over 4 minutes previously only available on the original CD was missed. |
One deleted item has been included for completeness, "Doing Their Thing", which begs the release of a compilation video rounding up all of the band's surviving TV appearances over the years. |
In addition, the following compilations are worth investigating:
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| [*] Singles A's And B's | EMI CDP 7 81009 2 [deleted] |
| [*] The CD Anthology | EMI CDS 7 96129 2 [deleted] |
| [*] 30: The Very Best Of Deep Purple | EMI 7243 4 96807 2 |
| [*] 30: The Very Best Of Deep Purple [2CD version] | EMI 7243 4 96808 2 |
| [*] Shades 1968-1998 [USA 4CD boxed set] | Rhino/Warner Bros R2 75566 |
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Conspicuous by their absence from this selection will be the glut of over fifty or more "Best Of" and "Greatest Hits" packages released over the years which, whilst of interest to both the casual buyer or the completist Deep Purple collector, add nothing to the recorded legacy as shown above and the details of which would be more appropriate in a discography. |
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Also absent from the list is the "Last Concert In Japan" album recorded on 15th December, 1975 [released by Warners in Japan], as this is considered to be the weakest ever Purple release, a fact agreed to at the time when EMI in the UK issued a catalogue number but withheld release [though it was released elsewhere in Europe and Australia]. A new, revamped release of this performance is being worked on at the moment, called "This Time Around". |
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If you are looking to buy any of the albums listed above, two places
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