Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Album: HISTORY, HITS & HIGHLIGHTS (2DVD)

Release date: 2009
Media type: DVD

Deep Purple are one of the most successful and revered British rock bands of all time. This new two disc set covers the initial phase of the band’s existence through four different line-ups from 1968 to 1976. This era produced the classic Deep Purple albums such as “In Rock”, “Fireball”, “Burn” and “Machine Head” that created their legend and still provide the backbone of their live sets today despite the ongoing commercial success of the band post their 1984 reunion. Combining full performances and a small number of archive interviews featuring much rare and previously unreleased live, studio and TV footage this superb set is the definitive collection of the early years of Deep Purple.


TRACKLIST DVD 1 – 2hrs 24mins:

I. HISTORY – 20 minute history of Deep Purple from 1968 to 1976.

II. HITS – full performances

Mark One Line-Up (Mar 1968 to Jul 1969): Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Rod Evans (vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums), Nick Simper (bass)

1) Help
2) Hush
3) Wring That Neck

Mark Two Line-Up (Jul 1969 to Jun 1973): Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums)

4) Hallelujah
5) Mandrake Root
6) Speed King
7) Black Night
8) Child In Time
9) Lazy
10) Strange Kind Of Woman
11) Fireball Writing Session
12) Fireball
13) Demon’s Eye
14) No No No
15) Into The Fire
16) Never Before
17) Highway Star
18) Smoke On The Water

Mark Three Line-Up (Jun 1973 to May 1975): Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), David Coverdale (vocals), Glenn Hughes (bass & vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums)

19) Burn 20) Mistreated

Mark Four Line-Up (Jun 1975 to Mar 1976): Tommy Bolin (guitar), David Coverdale (vocals), Glenn Hughes (bass & vocals), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums)

21) Love Child
22) You Keep On Moving


TRACKLIST DVD 2 – 2hrs 23mins:

III. HIGHLIGHTS – bonus performances and interviews

Mark One Line-Up
1) And The Address (Playboy TV)

Mark Two Line-Up
2) Wring That Neck (Bilzen Jazz Festival 1969)
3) Mandrake Root (“Pop Deux” Paris Concert 1970)
4) Wring That Neck (“Pop Deux” Paris Concert 1970)
5) Black Night (Promo Clip)
6) No No No (Take 1) (Rockpalast Rehearsal Session)
7) No No No (Take 2) (Rockpalast Rehearsal Session)

Mark Three Line-Up
8) “Jt Nuit” – French TV 1974
9) Burn (Leeds Polytechnic Project 1974)
10) Interview (Leeds Polytechnic Project 1974)
11) Space Truckin’/Interview (Leeds Polytechnic Project 1974)

Mark Four Line-Up
12) New Zealand TV Documentary (Nov 1975)
13) Smoke On The Water (New Zealand TV)

14) Tony Edwards (Deep Purple’s manager) French TV Interview 1976