Shades of Deep Purple - Remastered
EAC Ape_Cue
Recording Date: May 11, 1968-May 13, 1968
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Rip by Aerosmith
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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. Read more...
Tracks:
1 And the Address Blackmore, Lord 4:38
2 Hush South 4:24
3 One More Rainy Day Evans, Lord 3:40
4 Prelude: Happiness/I'm So Glad Blackmore, Deep Purple ... 7:19
Composed by: Blackmore, Deep Purple, Evans, James, Lord, Simper
5 Mandrake Root Blackmore, Evans, Lord 6:09
6 Help! Lennon, McCartney 6:01
7 Love Help Me Blackmore, Evans 3:49
8 Hey Joe Roberts 7:33
9 Shadows [*/outtake] Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice ... 3:38
Composed by: Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice, Simper
10 Love Help Me [*] Blackmore, Evans 3:29
11 Help! [alternate take/*] Lennon, McCartney 5:23
12 Hey Joe [*] Roberts 4:05
13 Hush [*] South 3:53
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