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     title = 'The Deep Purple Discography'
     lineup = 'mk2a, mk3'
     releasetitle = 'Deepest Purple (The Very Best Of Deep Purple)'
     releasetype = 'album, compilation, studio'
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<b>Deepest Purple (The Very Best of Deep Purple)</b>
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UK July 1980 EMI Records EMTV-25 [1LP]<br>
France September 1980 Harvest C068-63298 [1LP]<br>
Canada 1980 Warner Bros XPR-3486 [1LP]<br>
Singapore 1980 EMI Records TC-EMTV-25 [1MC]<br>
Japan 1980 Warner Pioneer KK P-10914W [1LP]<br>
UK 199- EMI Records 7-46032-2 [1CD]<br>
Japan 199- WEA Japan WPCP-4545 [1CD]<br>
Japan May 1998 Warner (Carboard Jacket Series) WPCR-1577 [1CD]<br>
Japan May 1998 Warner Bros WPCR-1906 [1CD]<br>
Japan 1999 Warner Bros WPCR-10838 [1CD; Limited Ed. &quot;Best Pack 21&quot; with lyrics and more]<br>
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Original Release<p>
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Best Pack 21 (Japan)
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Compilation of studio material by Mks IIa and III.
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<u>TRACK LIST</u>
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<li><b>Black night</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.28
<li><b>Speed king</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.05<br>
    Ritchie's guitar intro has been edited off.
<li><b>Fireball</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.25
<li><b>Strange kind of woman</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.52
<li><b>Child in time</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.20
<li><b>Woman from Tokyo</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.51
<li><b>Highway star</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07
<li><b>Space truckin'</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.33
<li><b>Burn</b> (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 6.02
<li><b>Stormbringer</b> (Blackmore/Coverdale) 4.06
<li><b>Demon's eye</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.22
<li><b>Smoke on the water</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.40
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