24 Carat Purple

24 Carat Purple is the first compilation album of the hard rock band Deep Purple released worldwide on their own record company and the third in a long line of compilation albums. It was released in June 1975.

The live version of "Black Night", here on LP for the first time, was recorded in Japan in 1972, and originally appeared as the B-side of "Woman From Tokyo".

Deep Purple

 * Ian Gillan – vocals
 * Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
 * Roger Glover – bass
 * Jon Lord – keyboards
 * Ian Paice – drums
 * Martin Birch – engineer