Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn Tracks: 1. Listen, Learn, Read On 2. Wring That Neck 3. Kentucky Woman 4. Exposition / We Can Work It Out 5. The Shield 6. Anthem 7. River Deep, Mountain High Line up: Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Rod Evans – Vocals Jon Lord – Organ, Keyboards Nick Simper – Bass Ian Paice – Drums Record Label / Year of Release: Tetragrammaton 1968 / Harvest Records 1969 Notes: The Book of Taliesyn is the second album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 by Tetragrammaton in the US, and by EMI's Harvest Records in the UK, and Polydor in Canada and Japan in 1969. The album follows the psychedelic/progressive rock sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock. Although there isn't any title track in this album, the title-phrase "the Book of Taliesyn" appears in the lyrics for the song "Listen, Learn, Read On." Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue in 2000: 8. Oh No No No (studio outtake) 9. It's All Over (BBC Top Gear Session; 16 January 1969) 10. Hey Bop a Re Bop (BBC Top Gear Session; 16 January 1969) 11. Wring That Neck (BBC Top Gear Session; 16 January 1969) 12. Playground (studio outtake; 18 August 1969) Wring That Neck was originally titled "Hard Road" in the USA