Shades of Deep Purple

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Shades of Deep Purple
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Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	July 1968 (US) September 1968 (UK)
Recorded	May 11 - May 13, 1968 Pye Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, rock
Length	43:27 (Original LP) 64:01 (2000 CD edition)
Label	Parlophone (UK) Tetragrammaton (US)
Producer	Derek Lawrence
Professional reviews
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Deep Purple chronology
Shades of Deep Purple (1968) The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Re-issue cover
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Original US cover
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Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English 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 Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel

[edit] Track listing

1. "And the Address" (Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord) – 4:38
2. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
3. "One More Rainy Day" (Rod Evans, Lord) – 3:40
4. a) "Prelude: Happiness" (Evans, Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Ian Paice)
   b) "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) – 7:19
5. "Mandrake Root" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) – 6:09
6. "Help!" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:01
7. "Love Help Me" (Evans, Blackmore) – 3:49
8. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 7:33

[edit] Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue

9. "Shadows" (album out take) (Evans, Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice) – 3:38
10. "Love Help Me" (instrumental version) (Evans, Blackmore) – 3:29
11. "Help!" (Lennon, McCartney) (alternate take) - 5:23
12. "Hey Joe" (Roberts) (BBC Top Gear session) – 4:05
13. "Hush" (South) (live US TV) – 3:53

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] Additional personnel

• Produced by Derek Lawrence
• Engineered by Barry Ainsworth
• Bonus tracks recorded in 1968 & 1969
• Digitally remastered and restored by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London
• Dedicated to Bobby, Chris, Dave and Ravel.

v • d • e Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Steve Morse · Roger Glover · Don Airey · Ian Paice Jon Lord · Ritchie Blackmore · David Coverdale · Glenn Hughes · Rod Evans · Nick Simper · Tommy Bolin · Joe Lynn Turner · Joe Satriani
Studio albums	Shades of Deep Purple (1968) · The Book of Taliesyn (1968) · Deep Purple (1969) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) · Fireball (1971) · Machine Head (1972) · Who Do We Think We Are (1973) · Burn (1974) · Stormbringer (1974) · Come Taste the Band (1975) · Perfect Strangers (1984) · The House of Blue Light (1987) · Slaves & Masters (1990) · The Battle Rages On (1993) · Purpendicular (1996) · Abandon (1998) · Bananas (2003) · Rapture of the Deep (2005)
Live albums	Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Made in Japan  · Made in Europe · Last Concert in Japan · Deep Purple in Concert · Live in London · Scandinavian Nights · Nobody's Perfect · In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85 · Live in Japan · Come Hell or High Water · King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert · California Jamming · Mk III: The Final Concerts · Live at the Olympia '96 · Gemini Suite Live · In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra · Total Abandon: Live in Australia · Deep Purple: Extended Versions · Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy · This Time Around: Live in Tokyo · The Soundboard Series · Live in Paris 1975 · Inglewood - Live in California · Space Vol 1 & 2 · Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 · Just Might Take Your Life · Live in Stockholm · Live in Europe 1993 · Live at Montreux 1996 · Live in Montreux 69 · Live in Denmark 1972 · They All Came Down to Montreux
Videos and DVDs	Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Live in Concert 72/73 · California Jam / Live in California 74 · Rises Over Japan · Special Edition EP · 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 · Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head  · They All Came Down to Montreux
Compilation albums	Purple Passages · 24 Carat Purple · Powerhouse  · 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 · The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's · 30: Very Best of Deep Purple · Shades 1968-1998  · Days May Come and Days May Go · Listen, Learn, Read On · Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow · The Early Years · The Platinum Collection
Related articles	Rainbow · Blackmore's Night · Ian Gillan Band · Gillan · Whitesnake · Trapeze · Black Sabbath · Dixie Dregs · Captain Beyond · Episode Six · James Gang · Martin Birch · Derek Lawrence · Claude Nobs

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