Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
EAC | FLAC-IMG+CUE+LOG | 43:18 min | Covers Included | 305 MB
The First Japanese pressing | Warner-Pioneer Corp. # 20P2-2601
EAC | FLAC-IMG+CUE+LOG | 43:18 min | Covers Included | 305 MB
The First Japanese pressing | Warner-Pioneer Corp. # 20P2-2601
Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968. It was released without much attention in the UK, where it did not perform sales-wise. In the US on the other hand, it was a massive success, contributing largely to the attention Deep Purple would get there, and also eventually also over to the UK. Sound-wise, it is more leaned on psychedelia and progressive rock, as Ritchie Blackmore's desire of a heavier direction was not allowed to be fulfilled due to time-and budget constrains.
The usual perception of early Deep Purple is that it was a band with a lot of potential in search of a direction. And that might be true of their debut LP, put together in three days of sessions in May of 1968, but it's still a hell of an album. From the opening bars of "And the Address," it's clear that they'd gotten down the fundamentals of heavy metal from day one, and at various points the electricity and the beat just surge forth in ways that were startlingly new in the summer of 1968. Ritchie Blackmore never sounded less at ease as a guitarist than he does on this album, and the sound mix doesn't exactly favor the heavier side of his playing, but the rhythm section of Nick Simper and Ian Paice rumble forward, and Jon Lord's organ flourishes, weaving classical riffs, and unexpected arabesques into "I'm So Glad," which sounds rather majestic here. "Hush" was the number that most people knew at the time (it was a hit single in America), and it is a smooth, crunchy interpretation of the Joe South song. But nobody could have been disappointed with the rest of this record — one can even hear the very distant origins of "Smoke on the Water" in "Mandrake Root," once one gets past the similarities to Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady"; by the song's extended finale, they sound more like the Nice. Their version of "Help" is one of the more interesting reinterpretations of a Beatles song, as a slow, rough-textured dirge. "Hey Joe" is a bit overblown, and the group clearly had to work a bit at both songwriting and their presentation, but one key attribute that runs through most of this record — even more so than the very pronounced heaviness of the playing — is a spirit of fun; these guys are obviously having the time of their lives rushing through their limited repertoire, and it's infectious to the listener; it gives this record much more of a '60s feel than we're accustomed to hearing from this band.
– Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic com
Tracklist:
01. And The Address
02. Hush
03. One More Rainy Day
04. Prelude: Happiness/I'm So Glad
05. Mandrake Root
06. Help
07. Love Help Me
08. Hey Joe
Produced by Derek Lawrence. Engineered by Barry Ainsworth.
- Rod Evans - lead vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals
- Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, backing vocals
- Ian Paice - drums
Original non-remastered Japanese 1st pressed CD.
Manafactured by Warner Music Japan, on 1989.
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Depp Purple / Shades of Deep Purple
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Depp Purple / Shades of Deep Purple
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3 | 9:00.05 | 3:39.15 | 40505 | 56944
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