Purple Passages

Purple Passages is a 1972 double-LP compilation album by Deep Purple released in North America, Venezuela and Japan only, 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.

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.

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

Deep Purple

 * Rod Evans – vocals
 * Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
 * Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, vocals
 * Nick Simper – bass guitar, vocals
 * Ian Paice – drums