''Purple Passages'' is a 1972 double-LP compilation album by
Deep Purple
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released in North America, Venezuela and Japan only, featuring material originally released in 1968 and 1969 on the
Tetragrammaton
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label. It features classics such as "
Hush" and "
Kentucky Woman". It was issued in Japan on
compact disc
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in 1993.
This compilation included some alternate mixes of "The Bird Has Flown" and "Why Didn't Rosemary?", with the former having a clean intro instead of a fade-in on the album version. It also included the final Purple Mk. I single "Emmaretta" for the first time on LP. Original lead singer
Rod Evans went on to front the popular 1970s band
Captain Beyond.
Track listing
Side one
#"
And the Address" (Blackmore/Lord) – 4.53
#"
Hey Joe
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" (trad., arr. Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice/Blackmore) – 6.57
#"
Hush" (
Joe South
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) – 4.20
#"Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) – 2.58
Side two
#
"Chasing Shadows" (Lord/Paice) – 5.31
#"The Bird Has Flown" (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) – 5.30
#"Why Didn't Rosemary?" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) – 5.00
Side three
#"Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) – 5.11
#"The Shield" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6.02
#"Mandrake Root
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" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6.03
Side four
#" Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond
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He has written and ...
) – 4.44
#"April" (Blackmore/Lord) – 12.03
Credits
Deep Purple
* Rod Evans – lead vocals
* Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English lead guitarist. He was a founding member and the guitarist of Deep Purple, one of the pioneering bands of hard rock. After leaving Deep Purple in 1975, Blackmore formed the band Rainbow ...
– guitars
* Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
* Nick Simper – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Ian Paice
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. He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band's incep ...
– drums
Charts
Certifications
References
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1972 compilation albums
Warner Records compilation albums
Deep Purple compilation albums