Deep Purple
The BBC Sessions 1968-1970


Tracks:

cd 1:

1. Hush (Version One) [BBC Top Gear Session]
2. One More Rainy Day (BBC Top Gear Session)
3. Help! (BBC Top Gear Session)
4. And The Address (BBC Dave Symonds Show Session)
5. Hey Bop A Re Bop (BBC Top Gear Session)
6. Emmaretta (BBC Top Gear Session)
7. Wring That Neck (BBC Top Gear Session)
8. Interview Rod Evans (BBC Top Gear Session)
9. Hey Joe (BBC Top Gear Session)
10. It's All Over (BBC Top Gear Session)
11. The Painter (Version One) [BBC Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show Session]
12. Lalena (BBC Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show Session)
13. The Painter (Version Two) [BBC Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae Session]
14. I'm So Glad (BBC Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae Session)
15. Hush (Version Four) [BBC Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae Session]

cd 2:

1. Ricochet (BBC Symonds On Sunday Show Session)
2. The Bird Has Flown (BBC Symonds On Sunday Show Session)
3. Speed King (BBC Stuart Henry Noise At Nine Session)
4. Jam Stew (Aka John Stew) [BBC Stuart Henry Noise At Nine Session]
5. Hard Lovin' Man (BBC Mike Harding's Sounds Of The Seventies Session)
6. Bloodsucker (BBC Mike Harding's Sounds Of The Seventies Session)
7. Living Wreck (Version Two) [BBC Mike Harding's Sounds Of The Seventies Session]
8. Jon Lord Interview (BBC Transcription Services Session)
9. Black Night (BBC Transcription Services Session)
10. Grabsplatter (BBC Transcription Services Session)
11. Into The Fire (BBC Transcription Services Session)
12. Child In Time (BBC Transcription Services Session)

Line up:

Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
Rod Evans – Vocals (disc 1)
Ian Gillan – Vocals (disc 2)
Jon Lord – Organ, Keyboards
Nick Simper – Bass, Vocals (disc 1)
Roger Glover - Bass (disc 2)
Ian Paice – Drums

Record Label / Year of Release:

EMI 2011

Notes:

The transition of Deep Purple from a cult UK band that had chart success stateside, to the rock giants we all know is captured in these fascinating session recordings. Although the rarity of some of the sessions means the sound quality is often less than perfect, it is the stunning performances, many live-in studio, which shine through. In this double-disc edition, the first disc contains sessions from the original Deep Purple line-up while the second disc features sessions recorded by the Mark II line-up.