Label: Parlophone Records (UK), PMCR 7055
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 43:28
Format: Flac Tracks 24/96 kHz
Size: 881 Mb
Billboard 200 (USA) #24; RPM100 Albums (Canada) #19.
Shades
of Deep Purple is the debut album by the English rock band Deep Purple,
released in July 1968 on Tetragrammaton in the United States and in
September 1968 on Parlophone in the United Kingdom. The band, initially
called Roundabout, was the idea of former Searchers drummer Chris
Curtis, who recruited Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore before leaving the
project. The Mk. I line-up of the band was completed by
vocalist/frontman Rod Evans, along with bassist Nick Simper and drummer
Ian Paice, in March 1968.
After about two months of rehearsals,
Shades of Deep Purple was recorded in only three days in May 1968 and
contains four original songs and four covers, thoroughly rearranged to
include classical interludes and sound more psychedelic. Stylistically,
the music is close to psychedelic rock and progressive rock, two genres
with an ever-growing audience in the late 1960s.
The album was not
well received in the UK, where it sold very few copies and did not
chart. In the US, on the other hand, it was a success and the single
"Hush", an energetic rock track written by Joe South and originally
recorded by Billy Joe Royal, became very popular at the time, reaching
number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The good sales of the album
and the intense radio play of the single contributed largely to the
attention Deep Purple would get in their early US tours and also during
the 1970s. Modern reviews of the album are generally positive and
consider Shades of Deep Purple an important piece in the history of Deep
Purple.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_Deep_Purple)
01. A1 And The Address (04:41)
02. A2 Hush (04:22)
03. A3 One More Rainy Day (03:39)
04. A4 a - Prelude Happiness, b - I'm So Glad (07:18)
05. B1 Mandrake Root (06:08)
06. B2 Help (06:00)
07. B3 Love Help Me (03:49)
08. B4 Hey Joe (07:27)
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