DEEP PURPLE DEBUT (1ST LP) SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE HUSH NEAR MINT

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"Deep Purple"

Shades of Deep Purple Debut (1st lp) Studio album by Deep Purple Released July 1968 (US)
September 1968 (UK) Recorded Pye Studios, London, 11–13 May 1968 Genre Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, pop rock, hard rock Length 43:27 Label Tetragrammaton (USA)
Producer Derek Lawrence

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Shades of Deep Purple is the debut studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in July 1968 on Tetragrammaton in the United States. The band, initially called Roundabout, was the idea of former The 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 frontman Rod Evans, along with musicians Nick Simper, and 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 60s.

In the USA, this Lp was an instant success and the single "Hush", an energetic rock track originally written by Joe South, became very popular at the time, reaching number #4 on the USA Billboard Top rock 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 70s. Modern reviews of the album are generally positive and consider Shades of Deep Purple an important piece in the history of Deep Purple.

Decades later, modern critical reviews of the album are generally positive. Bruce Eder of Allmusic considers Shades of Deep Purple, despite some flaws, "a hell of an album" and praises the "infectious (...) spirit of fun" of the disc, which has "much more of a '60s feel than we're accustomed to hearing from this band" Blogcritics contributor David Bowling states that Shades of Deep Purple "was a creative and very good debut album", which combines "psychedelic music with hard rock and early progressive rock into a pleasant but disjointed whole." Popmatters review of the three albums of the Mk. I line-up considers them "both respectable and consistent", although Evans' voice is "perhaps more suited to heavy pop rather than heavy rock".

In an Observer Music Monthly Greatest British Albums poll, keyboard player Rick Wakeman chose Shades of Deep Purple as one of his ten favorite records of all time.

Tracks

Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "And the Address" (instrumental) Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord 4:38 2. "Hush" Joe South 4:24 3. "One More Rainy Day" Lord, Rod Evans 3:40 4. "Prelude: Happiness / I'm So Glad" Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Ian Paice, Nick Simper / Skip James 7:19 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 5. "Mandrake Root" Blackmore, Lord, Evans 6:09 6. "Help!" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 6:01 7. "Love Help Me" Blackmore, Evans 3:49 8. "Hey Joe" Billy Roberts 7:33 No. Title Writer(s) Length 9. "Shadows" Lord, Evans, Simper, Blackmore 3:39 10. "Love Help Me" (Instrumental version) Blackmore, Evans 3:30 11. "Help!" (Alternate take) Lennon, McCartney 5:24 12. "Hey Joe" (BBC Top Gear session; 14 January 1969) Roberts 4:06 13. "Hush" (Live US TV; 1968) South 3:53

Personnel

Deep Purple

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

Production

Derek Lawrence – producer, mixing
Barry Ainsworth – engineer
Les Weisbrich – graphic design
Peter Mew – restoring and remastering at Abbey Road Studios, London (2000)

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