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     title = 'The Deep Purple Discography'
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     releasetitle = 'Knockin At Your Back Door - The Best Of Deep Purple In the 80s'
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<b>Knockin' at Your Back Door - The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's</b>
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France 1992 Polydor 511438-2 [1CD]<br>
Japan/Thailand 1992 Polydor 511438-2 [1CD]<br>
Japan/Thailand 1992 Polydor 511438-4 [1MC]<br>
Canada 1992 Polydor 7 31451 14382 3 [1CD]<br>
US 1992 Polydor [1CD; different track list]<br>
Japan December 1999 Polydor POCP-2648 [1CD]<br>
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A compilation of Mk IIb material. 
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Apparently there's also a Japanese promo version floating around somewhere, which includes a studio-jam called &quot;Cozmic jazz&quot; recorded during the <a href="studio11.html">Perfect strangers</a> sessions in 1984. It was supposed to be added as a bonus track to this compilation, but legal and financial trouble put a stop to that. Moreover, the US version apparently lacks &quot;Son of Alerik&quot;.
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<u>TRACK LIST on the European and Japanese releases</u>
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<li><b>Knockin' at your back door</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 7.02<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>Bad attitude</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 5.07<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Son of Alerick</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 10.01 <br>
    Non-album studio jam recorded during the <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> sessions 1984.
<li><b>Nobody's home</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 4.00<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>Black night</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Perfect strangers</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 5.19<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>The unwritten law</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Paice) 4.55<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Call of the wild</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 4.51<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Hush</b> (South) 3.31<br>
    Live jam taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Smoke on the water</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 7.43<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Space trucking</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 5.39<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
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<u>TRACK LIST on the US release (1992)</u>
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<li><b>Knockin' at your back door</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 7.02<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>Bad attitude</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 5.07<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Nobody's home</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 4.00<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>Black night</b> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.07<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Perfect strangers</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan) 5.19<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio11.html">Perfect Strangers</a> 1984.
<li><b>The unwritten law</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Paice) 4.55<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Call of the wild</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord) 4.51<br>
    Taken from <a href="studio12.html">The House of Blue Light</a> 1987.
<li><b>Hush</b> (South) 3.31<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Smoke on the water</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 7.43<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
<li><b>Space trucking</b> (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan/Lord/Paice) 5.39<br>
    Live version taken from <a href="live15.html">Nobody's Perfect</a> 1988.
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