''Shades 1968–1998'' is a 4 CD-Box-Set by the English
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...
. It was released on 16 March 1999. It spans their career from 1968 to 1998. This box set contains rare edits and singles which are remastered along with album versions of their biggest hits.
Track listing
Disc one: 1968–1971
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Hush
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Help!
''Help!'' is the fifth studio album by the English Rock music, rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack to their Help! (film), film of the same name. It was released on 6 August 1965. Seven of the fourteen songs, including the singles "Help! ( ...
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#"Shadows" (Demo 1968) – 3:30
#"Love Help Me" (Instrumental Demo 1968) – 3:25
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Kentucky Woman
"Kentucky Woman" is a 1967 song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond.
Background
Diamond recorded "Kentucky Woman" as his last hit single for Bang Records. The song was mixed in monophonic, which is the common version heard on all Nei ...
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#"Anthem" – 6:32
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River Deep, Mountain High
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" (Single Version) – 2:37
#"Emmaretta" – 3:00
#"The Bird Has Flown" (Single Version) – 2:53
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Hallelujah
''Hallelujah'' ( ; he, ''haləlū-Yāh'', meaning "praise Yah") is an interjection used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four tim ...
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Speed King
''Deep Purple in Rock'' is the fourth studio album by Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970. It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
Work on ''In Rock ...
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Child in Time
"Child in Time" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, taken from their fourth studio album, ''Deep Purple in Rock'', released in 1970. The track is loosely inspired by the Cold War and runs over ten minutes.
History and characteristic ...
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#"Cry Free" (Roger Glover remix) – 3:23
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Black Night
"Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, ''Deep Purple in Rock''. It became a hit following its release, pe ...
" (Full-Length U.K.version) – 3:27
#"Jam Stew" (Outtake 1970) – 2:33
#"Into the Fire" (Live 10/24/1970) – 4:20
#"No No No" (Live 9/1971) – 7:16
Disc two: 1971 – 1972
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Strange Kind of Woman" – 4:03
#"I'm Alone" – 3:04
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Fireball" – 3:24
#"Demon's Eye" – 5:21
#"Anyone's Daughter" – 4:45
#"Fools" – 8:19
#"No One Came" – 6:27
#"Freedom" (Outtake 1971) – 3:36
#"Slow Train" (Outtake 1971) – 5:35
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Never Before" – 4:02
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When a Blind Man Cries
"When a Blind Man Cries" is a song by British rock band Deep Purple, originally only available as the B-side of the single " Never Before", released in 1972. It was recorded during the ''Machine Head'' sessions in December 1971.
According to I ...
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Highway Star" – 6:09
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Smoke on the Water
"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, first released from the band's sixth studio album ''Machine Head'' (1972), which chronicles the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino.
In a 2004 publication by ''Rolling Stone'' magaz ...
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Pictures of Home
"Pictures of Home" is a song by the British hard rock group Deep Purple, from their 1972 album Machine Head. It begins with a drum introduction by Ian Paice and features a fast-paced, driving guitar riff and bass line with several instrumental s ...
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Space Truckin'
"Space Truckin'" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the seventh and final track on the ''Machine Head'' album and its lyrics talk of space travel.
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore claims in '' Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The ...
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#"Painted Horse" (1972 Outtake) – 5:15
Disc three: 1972 – 1976
#"Smoke on the Water" (Live 8/15/1972) – 7:13
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Lazy" (Live 8/17/1972) – 10:34
#"Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
#"Mary Long" – 4:26
#"Super Trouper" – 2:56
#"Smooth Dancer" – 4:11
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Burn
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#"Might Just Take Your Life" – 4:39
#"Sail Away" – 5:51
#"Coronarias Redig" – 4:55
#"Stormbringer" – 4:08
#"Hold On" – 5:09
#"Lady Double Dealer" (Live 4/5/1975) – 4:17
#"Gettin' Tighter" – 3:37
#"Comin' Home" – 3:53
Disc four: 1984 – 1998
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Knocking at Your Back Door" – 7:07
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Perfect Strangers" – 5:28
#"Son of Alerik" (7″ single Version) – 5:28
#"Call of the Wild" – 4:53
#"Bad Attitude" (Single Version) – 4:03
#"Hard Lovin' Woman" (live 8/22/1987) – 4:05
#"Hush '88" (live 2/26/1988) – 3:32
#"King of Dreams" (Single Version) – 4:50
#"Fire in the Basement" – 4:43
#"Slow Down Sister" – 5:58
#"The Battle Rages On" – 5:57
#"Anya" (live 10/16/1993) – 12:11
#"A Castle Full of Rascals" – 5:11
#"Seventh Heaven" – 5:23
Personnel
*Mk 1: 1968–1969 –
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar ...
,
Rod Evans
Roderic Evans (born 19 January 1947) is a British former singer.
In the late 1960s, he began his professional career in The Maze, formerly MI5, after which he was a member of the original Deep Purple line-up, who produced three studio albums ...
,
Jon Lord
John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...
,
Ian Paice
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple.
He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only member ...
,
Nick Simper
Nicholas John Simper (born 3 November 1945) is an English bass guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple and Warhorse. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, The Flower Pot Men, ...
*Mk 2: 1969–1973 – Ritchie Blackmore,
Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is a British singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice.
Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Gillan ...
,
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Ro ...
, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 3: 1973–1975 – Ritchie Blackmore,
David Coverdale
David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after wh ...
,
Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 4: 1975–1976 –
Tommy Bolin
Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), The James Gang (from 1973 to 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a ...
, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 2 (reunion): 1984–1989 – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 5: 1989–1992 – Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice,
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple.
During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...
*Mk 2 (second reunion): 1992–1993 – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
*Mk 6: 1993–1994 – Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice,
Joe Satriani
Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956)Prato, Greg"Joe Satriani – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". ''AllMusic''. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 28, 2014. is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and guitar teacher. Early in his ...
*Mk 7: 1994–2002 – Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord,
Steve Morse
Steve J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the lead guitarist of Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was briefly a member of ...
, Ian Paice
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shades 1968-1998
1999 compilation albums
Deep Purple compilation albums
Rhino Records compilation albums