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English hard rock band Deep Purple have released 22 studio albums, 43 live albums and 55 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.
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They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, [2] [3] although their musical style has varied throughout their career. [4] Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. [5]
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When Deep Purple's first line-up came together in 1967, there was a moment of transition for the British music scene. Beat was still popular, especially in dance halls and outside the capital, but the tastes of young people buying records and filling up the clubs was rapidly changing in favour of blues rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. N...
Roundabout moved into Deeves Hall, a rented old farmhouse near the village of South Mimms, Hertfordshire in late February 1968. There, while waiting for the arrival of new musical instruments and equipment, they continued the search for a singer through an advertisement in the British music paper Melody Maker. Rod Stewart was among the dozens of as...
With a possible set list shaping up during rehearsals, Blackmore convinced a friend of his, Derek Lawrence, to be the band's producer. They had met years before, when both worked for producer Joe Meek and Lawrence ran an independent production company that recorded singles for release in the United States.Lawrence had many contacts in the US and wa...
The finished album was taken to Tetragrammaton's representatives in London, who approved its release. After the final approval, the band members were dressed in fashionable costumes at the Mr. Fish Emporium, where they did a photo-shoot. The resulting shots were shipped with the master tapes to America where Tetragrammaton began production and dist...
Deep Purple's members were experienced musicians with different musical backgrounds: Lord had trained in classical music and had played in jazz and blues rock ensembles, Blackmore and Simper came from session work in pop rock, Paice and Evans from beat bands. However, no one was an accomplished songwriter. The only one with experience in musical co...
Deep Purple's live shows were from the start very loud and hard rocking and their stage set included stacks of custom purple vinyl Marshall amps and fancy dresses. The dualism between Blackmore's flamboyant guitar playing, which he had honed in many years of daily practice and experimented on tour with Sutch, and Lord's rocking Hammond soloswas sti...
Reception of the album and the band in their home country was generally negative. Despite being presented as a "polished commercial group" in their radio appearances, Deep Purple's stage excesses and success in the US did not make a good impression on British audiences. The Deviants frontman and later journalist Mick Farren described Deep Purple's ...
Deep Purple
1. Rod Evans– lead vocals 2. Ritchie Blackmore– guitars 3. Jon Lord – organ, backing vocals 4. Nick Simper– bass guitar, backing vocals 5. Ian Paice– drums
Production
1. Derek Lawrence – producer, mixing 2. Barry Ainsworth – engineer 3. Les Weisbrich – graphic design 4. Peter Mew – restoring and remastering at Abbey Road Studios, London (2000)
Bloom, Jerry (2006). Black Knight – Ritchie Blackmore. London, UK: Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-1-84609-266-4. Retrieved 12 January 2014.Robinson, Simon (2000). Shades of Deep Purple Remastered (CD Booklet). Deep Purple. London, UK: EMI7243 4 98336 23.Thompson, Dave (August 2004). Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story. Toronto, Canada: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-618-8. Retrieved 25 December 2013.Shades of Deep PurplelyricsShades of Deep Purple at Discogs(list of releases)Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Shades Of Deep Purple by Deep Purple. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
Complete List Of Deep Purple Studio Albums And Songs presents the entire Deep Purple studio and live album discography with all songs listed.
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