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Purple Passages is a 1972 North American, Japan and Venezuela only double-LP compilation album by Deep Purple featuring material originally released in 1968 and 1969 on the Tetragrammaton label. It features classics such as "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". It was issued in Japan on compact disc in 1993.

Purple Passages
Compilation album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedNovember 1972
Recorded1968 – 1969
GenrePsychedelic rock, progressive rock, hard rock[1]
Length69:12
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerDerek Lawrence
Deep Purple compilations chronology
Purple Passages
(1972)
Mark I & II
(1973)

This compilation included some alternate mixes of "The Bird Has Flown" and "Why Didn't Rosemary?", with the former having a clean intro instead of a fade-in on the album version. It also included the final Purple Mk. I single "Emmaretta" for the first time on LP. Original lead singer Rod Evans went on to front the popular 1970s band Captain Beyond.


Track listing



Side one


  1. "And the Address" (Blackmore/Lord) – 4.53
  2. "Hey Joe" (trad., arr. Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice/Blackmore) – 6.57
  3. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4.20
  4. "Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) – 2.58

Side two


  1. "Chasing Shadows" (Lord/Paice) – 5.31
  2. "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans/Blackmore/Lord) – 5.30
  3. "Why Didn't Rosemary?" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) – 5.00

Side three


  1. "Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) – 5.11
  2. "The Shield" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6.02
  3. "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 6.03

Side four


  1. "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) – 4.44
  2. "April" (Blackmore/Lord) – 12.03

Credits



Deep Purple



Charts


Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2] 52
US Billboard 200[3] 57
Chart (1975) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 60

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Deep Purple early years: Seventy Seven Minutes In Prog Rock Heaven
  2. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4236". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. "Deep Purple Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  5. "Purple Power" (PDF). Cash Box. 30 December 1972. p. 20. Retrieved 10 January 2021 via American Radio History.



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