6-22-09 Deep Purple (Mk. II)
My ’09 DP collection:
7" CALL OF THE WILD MERCURY US 885617.7
1987 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CD FIREBALL (Anniversary edition) WARNER JPN WPCR-1140
1971 16 TRKS ('97 re-mastered issue)
CD HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT POLYDOR DE 831318.2
1987 10 TRKS
LP HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT POLYDOR US 831318.1
1987 10 TRKS
7" HUSH TETRAGRAMMA T-1503
1968? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve – original version
LPx2 IN CONCERT TRIO JPN TRSH-3001/2
1980 10 TRKS Live '72, insert
LP IN ROCK WARNER
1970 7 TRKS
CD IN ROCK (Anniversary edition) EMI
1970 20 TRKS ('95 issue) (13 x bonus tracks )
CD IN ROCK (kami) WARNER JPN WPCR-12253
1970 7 TRKS kami sleeve ('06 issue) counterfeit?
12" KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR POLYDOR
1984 7 TRK EP; with pic sleeve
7" KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR MERCURY US 880477.7
1984 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
LPx2 LIVE IN
1972 7 TRKS Live, re-issue
LP MACHINE HEAD PURPLE DE SHZE 344
1972 7 TRKS poster
CDx2 MACHINE HEAD (Deluxe edition) RHINO US R2 75622
1972 18 TRKS ('98 issue) (11 x bonus tracks)
12" PERFECT STRANGERS
1984 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CD PERFECT STRANGERS POLYDOR DE 823777.2
1984 9 TRKS (1 x bonus track)
LP PERFECT STRANGERS MERCURY US 824003.1
1984 8 TRKS
LP PERFECT STRANGERS POLYDOR JPN 25MM 0401
1984 8 TRKS insert
CD SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE WARNER JPN 20P2-2601
1968 8 TRKS
LP SINGLES A'S & B'S HARVEST
1978 12 TRK Collection
CD WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE EMI
1973 7 TRKS ('87 issue)
Yes, I went for the 2 x 80’s DP Mk. II re-formation albums, “Perfect Strangers” and “House Of Blue Light”. I even got to see the 80’s DP Mk. II live in
Fans of “Classic Rock” will be familiar with “In Rock” and “Machine Head”. I always loved that DP name-checked Frank Zappa in “Smoke on the Water”! US fans might not be aware that there is a mid-line cost UK CD re-issue of “In Rock” that has a bunch of cool bonus material; that one didn’t get the “Deluxe” treatment like “Machine Head” in the
Pictured: "Millennium Collection", which I bought last Saturday in Las Vegas...
4 comments:
"Hush" is the most wikkin' rawk tune EVER. The track is laden with production ear candy to the MAX! Trevor WHO?! The howlin' wolf feedback intro, the copious gallons of soaking wet reverb, the percussive Hammond organ. And that's only the first 30 seconds!
I play this one LOUD every 6 months or so. I have it on vinyl but even bought an Collectibles US CD5 single [b/w Yardbirds For Your Love - not shabby!] to crank it conveniently.
Deep Purple are great heavy rock, but their cover of "Hush" is in a world of its own. I've never heard the Billy Joe Royal version but frankly, even as much as I respect BJR, I can't imagine it as anything but a pallid shadow of the mighty DP version!
Wikkin'? D'oh! I meant wikkid!!!
I was impressed to see that on the "Who Do We Think We Are" LP, they spelled the song "My Woman From Tokayo" - exactly as it sounded.
Probably just a US typesetting error!
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