The Anthology (Deep Purple album)

The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.

This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled Anthology, but featured different songs and only previously released material.

1985 vinyl version

 * Side one
 * 1) "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
 * 2) "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
 * 3) "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
 * 4) "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
 * 5) "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
 * 6) "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12


 * Side two
 * 1) "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
 * 2) "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
 * 3) "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
 * 4) "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16


 * Side three
 * 1) "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
 * 2) "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
 * 3) "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
 * 4) "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
 * 5) "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
 * 6) "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30


 * Side four
 * 1) "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
 * 2) "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
 * 3) "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
 * 4) "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
 * 5) "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
 * 6) "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17

1991 CD version

 * CD one
 * 1) "Hush" – 4:25
 * 2) "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
 * 3) "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
 * 4) "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
 * 5) "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
 * 6) "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
 * 7) "Speed King" – 5:53
 * 8) "Black Night" – 3:27
 * 9) "Child in Time" – 10:16
 * 10) "Fireball" – 3:23
 * 11) "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
 * 12) "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
 * 13) "Highway Star" – 6:06


 * CD two
 * 1) "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
 * 2) "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
 * 3) "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
 * 4) "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
 * 5) "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
 * 6) "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
 * 7) "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
 * 8) "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
 * 9) "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
 * 10) "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
 * 11) "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
 * 12) "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
 * 13) "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
 * 14) "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18

Deep Purple
Mk. I
 * Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
 * Rod Evans – lead vocals
 * Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
 * Ian Paice – drums
 * Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals

Mk. II
 * Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
 * Ian Gillan – vocals
 * Roger Glover – bass
 * Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
 * Ian Paice – drums

Mk. III
 * Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
 * David Coverdale – vocals
 * Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals
 * Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
 * Ian Paice – drums

Mk. IV
 * Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
 * David Coverdale: Lead vocals
 * Glenn Hughes: Bass and vocals
 * Jon Lord: Keyboards
 * Ian Paice: Drums

Production credits

 * Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
 * Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie