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     title = 'The Deep Purple Discography'
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     releasetitle = 'Deep Purple Collection'
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<b>Deep Purple Collection</b>
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US 1995 Creative Sounds 6021/23 [3CD]<br>
US 1995 Creative Records PB-3606-08 [3LP]<br>
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Compilation of Mk I material. This is one of several collections comprising the first three DP albums. Tracks 1-9 constitute <a href="studio01.html">Shades of Deep Purple</a> 1968; tracks 10-16 constitute <a href="studio02.html">The Book of Taliesyn</a> 1968; and tracks 17-23 constitute <a href="studio03.html">Deep Purple</a> 1969.
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<u>TRACK LIST</u>
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<li><b>And the address</b> (Blackmore/Lord) 4.32
<li><b>Hush</b> (Joe South) 4.21
<li><b>One more rainy day</b> (Lord/Evans) 3.15
<li><b>Prelude: happiness</b> (Deep Purple) 2.45
<li><b>I'm so glad</b> (Skip James) 4.53
<li><b>Mandrake root</b> (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) 6.02
<li><b>Help</b> (Lennon/McCartney) 5.54
<li><b>Love help me</b> (Blackmore/Evans) 3.44
<li><b>Hey Joe</b> (Deep Purple) 7.21<br>
<li><b>Listen, learn, read on</b> (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Paice) 3.59
<li><b>Hard road</b> (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 5.08
<li><b>Kentucky woman</b> (Neil Diamond) 4.39
<li>Medley 6.56 <ul type=circle>
   <li><b>Exposition</b> (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)
   <li><b>We can work it out</b> (Lennon/McCartney)</ul>
<li><b>Shield</b> (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 5.59
<li><b>Anthem</b> (Lord/Evans) 6.25
<li><b>River deep, mountain high</b> (Spector/Barry/Greenwich) 9.59<br>
<li><b>Chasing shadows</b> (Lord/Paice) 5.29
<li><b>Blind</b> (Lord) 5.20
<li><b>Lalena</b> (Donovan) 3.00
<li>Medley 5.40 <ul type=circle>
   <li><b>Fault line</b> (Lord/Blackmore/Paice/Simper)
   <li><b>The painter</b> (Lord/Blackmore/Evans/Paice/Simper)</ul>
   The sleeve splits the medley in two but there's no break on the disc.
<li><b>Why didn't Rosemary?</b> (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) 4.56
<li><b>Bird has flown</b> (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) 5.29
<li><b>April</b> (Blackmore/Lord) 12.10<br>
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