Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
| Deepest Purple The Very Best of Deep Purple |
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| Compilation album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | July 1980 October 2010 (30th Anniv. Edition) |
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| Recorded | 1970–1974 1968–1975 (30th Anniv. Edition) |
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| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 63:54 79:09 (30th Anniv. Edition) |
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Harvest (Europe) Warner Bros. (US) |
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| Producer | Deep Purple | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| Smash Hits | 5/10 |
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple is a compilation album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1980 on LP. It features the original hits of Deep Purple before their 1984 reunion. Aided by a TV advertising campaign it would become Purple's third UK No. 1 album. In 1984 this compilation additionally was published on CD.
It was at one point the longest album ever released as a single LP, but it was overtaken by Def Leppard's Hysteria album in 1987. Being a 60+ minute vinyl LP, Warner Brothers Records used Noise Reduction, which lowered the volume considerably, on all tracks to fit both sides equally.
This also marked the debut of "Demon's Eye" for the North American release, where it was replaced by "Strange Kind of Woman" on Fireball.
All songs from this album appeared in 2000 on Rhino's The Very Best of Deep Purple, along with three additional songs.
In 2010 a 30th Anniversary Edition of this compilation was released (in the UK, 25 October and US, 2 November). It contains four additional tracks, two of them from the Mark I & IV eras, plus a bonus DVD containing previously unreleased video footage and an exclusive track-by-track commentary from founding member Jon Lord.
All titles composed by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, except where indicated.
All titles composed by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, except where indicated
Note: Track 11, "Burn", falsely is declared as single edit on the CD-case inlay. In fact it is the album version.
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