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English hard rock band Deep Purple have released 23 studio albums, 43 live albums, 26 compilation albums and 58 singles.. Formed in early 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year.
Deep Purple quickly recorded their first album Shades of Deep Purple, which was issued in July 1968. [4] After The Book of Taliesyn and Deep Purple , Blackmore, Lord and Paice made the decision in May 1969 to dismiss Evans and Simper, wanting to pursue a heavier direction that they deemed the pair unsuitable for.
The Deep Purple Singles A's & B's is a compilation album of singles released by the English hard rock band Deep Purple.It was released on vinyl in October 1978. An updated version of the album was issued on CD in 1993 and contains the complete collection of Deep Purple's UK singles, recorded and released from 1968 to 1976 by the Mk I, II, III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple.
In 1980, a touring version of the band surfaced with Rod Evans, who had left Captain Beyond at the end of 1973, as the only member who had ever been in Deep Purple, eventually ending in successful legal action from the legitimate Deep Purple camp over unauthorised use of the name. Evans was ordered to pay damages of US$672,000 for using the ...
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. [1] He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band's inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every live appearance.
All songs by Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan except where noted. "Son of Alerik" had appeared in an edited form on the 7" B-side of the "Perfect Strangers" single, or in full on the 12" "Perfect Strangers" single and the European version of the compilation Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's.
Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970. [1] It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore , Ian Gillan , Roger Glover , Jon Lord and Ian Paice .
The Mark II Purple Singles is a compilation album by Deep Purple. The album was released in 1979. It claimed to be Mark II both because it focused solely on the second line-up of the band and because it was intended as a second volume to the previous year's The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's. A version with purple vinyl is also available.