The Book of Taliesyn

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The Book of Taliesyn
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Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	October, 1968 (US) July, 1969 (UK)
Recorded	August 1968 at De Lane Lea, London
Genre	Hard rock, Progressive rock
Length	43:57 (Original LP) 65:19 (2000 CD edition)
Label	Harvest Records (UK) Tetragrammaton (US)
Producer	Derek Lawrence
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Deep Purple chronology
Shades of Deep Purple (1968) The Book of Taliesyn (1968) Deep Purple (1969)
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The Book of Taliesyn is the second album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 by Tetragrammaton in the US, and by EMI's Harvest Records in the UK, and Polydor in Canada and Japan in 1969.

The album follows the psychedelic pop/rock sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 See also

[edit] Track listing

1. "Listen, Learn, Read On" (Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 4:05
2. "Wring That Neck" (originally titled "Hard Road" in the USA) (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice) – 5:13
3. "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) – 4:44
4. a) "Exposition (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)
   b) "We Can Work It Out" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 7:06 (6:66 instead of 7:06 on the LP).
5. "Shield" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) – 6:06
6. "Anthem" (Evans, Lord) – 6:31
7. "River Deep - Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 10:12

[edit] Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue

8. "Oh No No No" (studio outtake) (Mike Leander, Leon Russell) – 4:25
9. "It's All Over" (BBC Top Gear Session) (King, Bert Berns) – 4:14
10. "Hey Bop a Re Bop" (BBC Top Gear Session) (Evans, Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 3:31
11. "Wring That Neck" (BBC Top Gear Session) (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice) – 4:42
12. "Playground" (studio outtake 18/8/69) (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice) – 4:29

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] Additional personnel

• Produced by Derek Lawrence
• Engineered by Barry Ainsworth
• Bonus tracks recorded 1968 & 1969 (BBC Top Gear sessions 14/1/69)
• Digitally remastered and restored by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London

[edit] See also

• Book of Taliesin, the historical book for which the album is named

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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