Deep Purple

Deep Purple is the name of a British rock group, and is also the name of a song composed by Peter De Rose, from which the band may have borrowed its name. They are one of the first and most famous hard rock bands, and are considered pioneers of heavy metal.

Discography

Albums

• Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968, (Evans/Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) #24 US
• The Book of Taliesyn, December 1968 (Evans/Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) #54 US
• Deep Purple, November 1969 (Evans/Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) #162 US
• Concerto for Group and Orchestra, December 1969 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #26 UK, #149 US
• Deep Purple in Rock, June 1970 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #4 UK, #143 US
• Scandinavian Nights, 1970 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice)
• Fireball, September 1971 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #1 UK, #32 US
• Machine Head, March 1972 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #1 UK, #7 US
• Deep Purple In Concert, 1970-1972 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice - recorded live) #30 UK
• Made in Japan, December 1972 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice - recorded live) #16 UK, #6 US
• Who Do We Think We Are, February 1973 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #4 UK, #15 US
• Burn, February 1974 (Coverdale/Blackmore/Lord/Hughes/Paice) #3 UK, #9 US
• Stormbringer, December 1974 (Coverdale/Blackmore/Lord/Hughes/Paice)#6 UK, #20 US
• Made in Europe, May 1975 (Coverdale/Blackmore/Lord/Hughes/Paice - recorded live) #12 UK, #148 US (aka Deep Purple Livein the UK)
• Come Taste the Band, October 1975 (Coverdale/Bolin/Lord/Hughes/Paice)#19 UK, #43 US
• Last Concert in Japan, March 1976 (Coverdale/Bolin/Lord/Hughes/Paice)
• Deep Purple Live in London, (Coverdale/Blackmore/Lord/Hughes/Paice - recorded live for BBC radio in 1974) #23 UK, 1982
• Perfect Strangers, November 1984 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #5 UK, #17 US
• The House of Blue Light, January 1987 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #10 UK, #34 US
• Nobody's Perfect (live), July 1988 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice - recorded live) #38 UK, #105 US
• Slaves & Masters, 1990 (Turner/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice), no 45 UK, #87 US,
• In The Absence of Pink (live), January 06, 1991
• The Battle Rages On, July 1993 (Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice) #21 UK, #192 US
• Purpendicular, February 1996 (Gillan/Morse/Lord/Glover/Paice)
• The Final Concerts (recorded live in Europe 1975), 01/07/1996 (Mk3)
• Abandon, May 1998 (Gillan/Morse/Lord/Glover/Paice)
• Live From Royal Festival Hall, May 1999 (Gillan/Morse/Lord/Glover/Paice)
• This Time Around - Live in Tokyo (1975 Japanese Tour),09/10/2001 (Mk4)
• Bananas, August 2003 (Gillan/Morse/Airey/Glover/Paice)
• Rapture of the Deep, to be released October 2005 (Gillan/Morse/Airey/Glover/Paice)
• Live In Stuttgart & Birmingham 1993, to be released 2005

Compilation Albums

• Purple Passages (compilation), September 1972; # 57 US
• 24 Carat Purple (compilation), July 1975; #14 UK
• The Mark II Purple Singles (compilation), April 1979; #24 UK
• Deepest Purple/The Very Best of Deep Purple (compilation), July 1980; #1 UK, #148 US
• When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll (compilation), 1980
• The Anthology (compilation), June 30,1985; # 50 UK
• ', October 1998; #39 UK
• ' (compilation), 2003