30: Very Best of Deep Purple
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30: Very Best of Deep Purple
| Very Best of Deep Purple | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | 3 November 1998 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock Heavy metal |
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| Length | 74:15 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Deep Purple | |||
| Deep Purple chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
30: The Very Best of Deep Purple is a 1998 compilation album by English rock band Deep Purple, celebrating 30 years of the successful band. There are two versions of the album, a single CD and a double CD.
The single CD version concentrates on the greatest hits of Deep Purple through the years, and contains mostly edited single versions of the songs, for example "Child in Time" which was over ten minutes long in its original form on the album Deep Purple in Rock. The double CD "Special Collectors Edition" is more in-depth, containing full versions of all the songs.
The album was certified Silver on 2 December 2005 by the BPI, selling 60,000 copies in the UK.[2] It peaked on the Australian charts at number 41.[3]
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Contents
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Single CD version
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hush" (Joe South) | 1968 – Shades of Deep Purple | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Black Night" | 1970 – Black Night single | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Speed King" | 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Child in Time" | 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Strange Kind of Woman" | 1971 – Fireball | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Fireball" | 1971 – Fireball | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Demon's Eye" | 1971 – Fireball | 5:19 |
| 8. | "Smoke on the Water" | 1972 – Machine Head | 5:43 |
| 9. | "Highway Star" | 1972 – Machine Head | 6:32 |
| 10. | "When a Blind Man Cries" | 1972 – Never Before single | 3:31 |
| 11. | "Never Before" | 1972 – Machine Head | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Woman from Tokyo" | 1973 – Who Do We Think We Are | 2:47 |
| 13. | "Burn" (David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice) | 1974 – Burn | 4:33 |
| 14. | "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) | 1974 – Stormbringer | 4:07 |
| 15. | "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) | 1975 – Come Taste the Band | 4:30 |
| 16. | "Perfect Strangers" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) | 1984 – Perfect Strangers | 4:16 |
| 17. | "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 1996 – Purpendicular | 4:19 |
| 18. | "Any Fule Kno That" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 1998 – Abandon | 4:27 |
Credits
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar on tracks 1-14, and 16
- Ian Gillan – vocals on tracks 2-12 and 16-18
- Roger Glover – bass on tracks 2-12, and 16-18
- Jon Lord – keyboards on all tracks, backing vocals on track 1
- Ian Paice – drums on all tracks
- Rod Evans – lead vocals on track 1
- Nick Simper – bass & backing vocals on track 1
- David Coverdale – lead vocals on tracks 13-15
- Glenn Hughes – bass & vocals on tracks 13-15
- Tommy Bolin – guitar on track 15
- Steve Morse – guitar on tracks 17-18
Double CD version
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.
| Disc One | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Original Album | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Hush" (Joe South) | 1968 – Shades of Deep Purple | 4:28 | ||||||
| 2. | "Mandrake Root" (Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | 1968 – Shades of Deep Purple | 6:11 | ||||||
| 3. | "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) | 1968 – The Book of Taliesyn | 4:43 | ||||||
| 4. | "Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice) | 1968 – The Book of Taliesyn | 5:14 | ||||||
| 5. | "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | single b-side version | 2:54 | ||||||
| 6. | "Emmaretta" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord) | single | 3:00 | ||||||
| 7. | "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) | single | 3:43 | ||||||
| 8. | "Black Night" | single | 3:29 | ||||||
| 9. | "Speed King" | 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock | 5:53 | ||||||
| 10. | "Bloodsucker" | 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock | 4:13 | ||||||
| 11. | "Child in Time" | 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock | 10:17 | ||||||
| 12. | "Strange Kind of Woman" | single (UK) and 1971 – Fireball (USA) | 3:53 | ||||||
| 13. | "Fireball" | 1971 – Fireball | 3:26 | ||||||
| 14. | "Demon's Eye" | 1971 – Fireball | 5:19 | ||||||
| 15. | "When a Blind Man Cries" | single b-side | 3:31 | ||||||
| Disc Two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Original Album | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Highway Star" | 1972 – Machine Head | 6:32 | ||||||
| 2. | "Smoke on the Water" | 1972 – Machine Head | 5:43 | ||||||
| 3. | "Never Before" | 1972 – Machine Head | 4:01 | ||||||
| 4. | "Woman from Tokyo" | 1973 – Who Do We Think We Are | 5:51 | ||||||
| 5. | "Burn" (David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice) | 1974 – Burn | 6:03 | ||||||
| 6. | "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice) | 1974 – Burn | 4:39 | ||||||
| 7. | "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) | 1974 – Stormbringer | 4:07 | ||||||
| 8. | "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) | 1975 – Come Taste the Band | 5:19 | ||||||
| 9. | "Perfect Strangers" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) | 1984 – Perfect Strangers | 5:21 | ||||||
| 10. | "Knocking at Your Back Door" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) | 1984 – Perfect Strangers | 7:03 | ||||||
| 11. | "King of Dreams" (Joe Lynn Turner, Blackmore, Glover) | 1990 – Slaves & Masters | 5:29 | ||||||
| 12. | "Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 1996 – Purpendicular | 4:19 | ||||||
| 13. | "Any Fule Kno That" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) | 1998 – Abandon | 4:27 | ||||||
Credits
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar on disc 1 tracks 1-15, disc 2 tracks 1-7 and 9-11
- Ian Gillan – vocals on disc 1 tracks 7-15, disc 2 tracks 1-4, 9-10, and 12-13
- Roger Glover – bass on disc 1 tracks 7-15, disc 2 tracks 1-4 and 9-13
- Jon Lord – keyboards on all tracks, backing vocals on disc 1 tracks 1-6
- Ian Paice – drums on all tracks
- Rod Evans – lead vocals on disc 1 tracks 1-6
- Nick Simper – bass & backing vocals on disc 1 tracks 1-6
- David Coverdale – lead vocals on disc 2 tracks 5-8
- Glenn Hughes – bass & vocals on disc 2 tracks 5-8
- Tommy Bolin – guitar on disc 2 track 8
- Joe Lynn Turner – vocals on disc 2 track 11
- Steve Morse – guitar on disc 2 tracks 12-13
References
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ "BPI certified awards-Silver". http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32419. Retrieved 21 February 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "ARIA album chart history-Deep Purple". http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=deep+purple&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
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