Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Album: SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1968/ 2000
EAN/UPS: 0724349833623
Media type: CD

Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 on Parlophone in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the United States.

The album reached #24 on Billboard's Pop Album charts in the U.S.

TRACKLIST:

Original release on vinyl:

"And the Address" (Blackmore/Lord) – 4:38
"Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
"One More Rainy Day" (Evans/Lord) – 3:40
a) "Prelude: Happiness" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord/Paice/Simper)
b) "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) – 7:19
"Mandrake Root" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6:09
"Help!" (Lennon/McCartney) – 6:01
"Love Help Me" (Blackmore/Evans) – 3:49
"Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 7:33

Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue:

"Shadows" (album out take) (Blackmore/Evans/Lord/Paice/Simper) – 3:38
"Love Help Me" (instrumental version) (Blackmore/Evans) – 3:29
"Help!" (alternate take) - 5:23
"Hey Joe" (BBC Top Gear session) – 4:05
"Hush" (live US TV) – 3:53

LINE-UP:

Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
Rod Evans - vocals
Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
Ian Paice - drums
Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals

Additional personnel:

Produced by Derek Lawrence
Engineered by Barry Ainsworth
Bonus tracks recorded 1968 & 1969

Digitally remastered and restored by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London