Deep Purple (album)

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Deep Purple is the third studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1969 on Harvest Records in the UK and on Tetragrammaton in the US, who ran into difficulty over the use of the Vatican owned Hieronymus Bosch painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights". Original US editions are rare because Tetragrammaton went bankrupt whilst the album was still being issued. This also lead to the cancellation of a tour supporting The Rolling Stones.

Track listing

1. "Chasing Shadows" (Lord, Paice) – 5:34 2. "Blind" (Lord) – 5:26 3. "Lalena" (Donovan) – 5:05 4. "Fault Line" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper) – 1:46 5. "The Painter" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice) – 3:51 6. "Why Didn't Rosemary?" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice, Simper) – 5:04 7. "Bird Has Flown" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 5:36 8. "April" (Blackmore, Lord) – 12:10

Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue;

9. "The Bird Has Flown" alternate version – 2:54 10. "Emmaretta" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) single – 3:00 11. "Emmaretta" BBC Top Gear session – 3:09 12. "Lalena" BBC radio session – 3:33 13. "The Painter" BBC radio session – 2:18

Personnel

• Rod Evans - vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
• Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
• Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals
• Ian Paice - drums