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''The Deep Purple Singles A's & B's'' is a compilation album of singles released by the British
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. It was released on vinyl in October 1978. An updated version of the album was issued on CD in 1993 and contains the complete collection of
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's UK singles, recorded and released from 1968 to 1976 by the Mk I, II, III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple. In 2010 EMI released another double CD compilation album called ''Singles & E.P. Anthology '68 – '80''. It contains all songs as herein plus 15 tracks. The song "
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 ...
" is present in the album version, which is 38 seconds longer than the single edit.


Track listings

All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice except where indicated.


1978 vinyl version

;Side one # "
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) – 4:25 # " One More Rainy Day" (Lord/Evans) – 3:38 # "Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) – 2:59 # "Wring That Neck" (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) – 5:12 (Paice's name is misspelt "Price" on the vinyl release) # "
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) – 3:42 # "April" part 1 (Blackmore/Lord) – 3:57 ;Side two #
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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 ...
    " – 3:27 # "
    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 ...
    " – 4:25 (Demo version with piano) # "
    Strange Kind of Woman "Strange Kind of Woman" is a song by British rock band Deep Purple that was originally released as a follow-up single after "Black Night" in early 1971. The song also became a hit, peaking at No. 8 on the UK chart and Germany, and No. 1 in De ...
    " – 3:47 # "I'm Alone" – 3:05 (B-side from the "Strange Kind of Woman" single) # "Demon's Eye" – 5:12 # "
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    " – 3:23


    1993 CD version

    #"Hush" (
    Joe South Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for " Ga ...
    ) – 4:24 #"One More Rainy Day" (Lord/Evans) – 3:38 #"
    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 ...
    " (single edit) (
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    ) – 4:04 #"Emmaretta" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 3:00 #"The Bird Has Flown" (single edit) (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 2:54 #"Hallelujah" ( Greenaway/
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    ) – 3:44 #"Speed King" (demo version with piano) – 4:26 #"Black Night" – 3:28 #"Strange Kind of Woman" – 3:49 #"I'm Alone" – 3:06 #"Fireball" – 3:21 #"Demon's Eye" – 5:12 #" Never Before" (single edit) – 3:30 #"
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    " – 3:32 #"
    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 ...
    " (single edit) – 3:48 #"
    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 ...
    " (live, from the ''Made in Japan'' outtakes, also available in the 2CD remaster edition of Made in Japan) – 4:59 #"Might Just Take Your Life" (single edit) (Blackmore/Lord/Coverdale/Paice) – 3:35 #"Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) – 4:54 #"You Keep on Moving" (single edit) (Coverdale/Hughes) – 4:29 #"Love Child" (Bolin/Coverdale) – 3:04


    Credits


    Deep Purple

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    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 ...
    – guitar: tracks 1–18 *
    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 ...
    – vocals, harmonica : tracks 6–16 *
    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 ...
    – bass guitar : tracks 6–16 *
    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 ...
    – organ, keyboards, backing vocals *
    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 ...
    – drums *
    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 ...
    – lead vocals : tracks 1–5 *
    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, ...
    – bass guitar, backing vocals : tracks 1–5 *
    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 ...
    – vocals : tracks 17–20 * Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals : tracks 17–20 *
    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 ...
    – guitar : tracks 19–20 * 1993 version compiled by Simon Robinson of th
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    References

    {{DEFAULTSORT:Deep Purple Singles A's and B's, The 1993 greatest hits albums Deep Purple compilation albums Albums produced by Derek Lawrence Harvest Records compilation albums EMI Records compilation albums