The Very Best of Deep Purple

The Very Best of Deep Purple is a single disc compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks by the Mk. I, Mk. II and Mk. III line-ups of Deep Purple.

Production
This compilation is supposed to be a single disc alternative to the more comprehensive Shades four-disc collection. All the tracks were remastered simultaneously for inclusion in both sets. The set is essentially a new version of previous compilation Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple, which was released in 1980, with three additional songs, two from Mk. I and one from the reunited Mk. II. The disc bypasses the material from the Mk. IV line-up, and features slightly different versions of a few of the tracks.

Track listing
All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted

Personnel

 * Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
 * Ian Gillan – vocals
 * Roger Glover – bass guitar
 * Ian Paice – drums
 * Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals on tracks 1-2
 * Rod Evans – vocals on tracks 1-2
 * Nick Simper – bass and backing vocals on tracks 1-2
 * David Coverdale – vocals on tracks 13-14
 * Glenn Hughes – bass and vocals on tracks 13-14