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Of the many anthologies and collections that Deep Purple have released over the years, The Very Best of Deep Purple spans the longest era, covering not only the band's power pop beginnings and '70s heavy metal heyday, but also their '80s and '90s period, a phase where the band re-formed and split up constantly, often falling out of favor with fans in favor of newer metal acts. Most of the set comes from the band's '70s heyday, with a smattering of '60s cuts thrown in, but the addition of cuts from the early '90s will help old fans who may have long since abandoned the band to reconnect with Purple's later years. The addition of newly remastered and remixed versions of the classics act as additional bait to fans who have collected the many previous Purple collections, and the remastered cuts definitely give this an edge over other Purple anthologies, sounding their clearest and sharpest. So while this is arguably the foremost Deep Purple collection, mixing all of the standard Purple classics like "Hush" and "Smoke on the Water" with newer selections, it still comes with some caveats. Too many key album cuts and singles from the band's prime years (such as "Space Truckin'," "Shield," and "No One Came") are jettisoned in favor of some rather pointless selections (like the turgid "Hallelujah"). What's more, while "Perfect Strangers" is as much a key Purple song as anything the band cut before, the rest of the '80s and '90s tracks are forgettable filler, demonstrating, sadly, that Deep Purple's best years are behind them. For casual fans and newcomers, this will be all the Purple they'll need, since it contains the biggest hits in best-ever sound quality, but more dedicated fans will feel cheated by the superficial selection (not to mention the absence of any rarities or previously unreleased cuts). Still, because it gives the biggest overall picture of Deep Purple's evolution, as well as containing the remastered hits, The Very Best of Deep Purple is probably the best Deep Purple collection.
© Victor W. Valdivia /TiVo
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Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar - Joe South, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums - Jon Lord, Organ, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rob Evans, Lead Vocals - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums - Jon Lord, Organ, Writer, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rob Evans, Lead Vocals - Rod Evans, Writer - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Neil Diamond, Writer - Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums - Jon Lord, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rod Evans, Lead Vocals - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Writer, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rod Evans, Lead Vocals - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Jon Lord, Harpsichord, Hammond Organ, Piano, Writer, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rod Evans, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Drums, Percussion - Jon Lord, String Arranger, Harpsichord, Hammond Organ, Piano, Writer, Background Vocals - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Derek Lawrence, Producer, MixingEngineer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Rod Evans, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick Simper, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969, 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Composer - Roger Greenaway, Composer - Deep Purple, Performance, MainArtist
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
Greg Calbi, MasteringEngineer - Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Nick Blagona, Engineer - Harry Schnitzler, MixingEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1995 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Organ, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Andy Knight, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Organ, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Phil McDonald, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, Producer, Produced by, Performance, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Organ, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Engineer - Andy Knight, Engineer - Philip McDonald, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1995 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Writer - Deep Purple, Producer, Produced by, Performance, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Writer - Ian Paice, Writer - Jon Lord, Writer - Roger Glover, Writer - Martin Birch, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer - Alan O'Duffy, Engineer - Lou Austin, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer - Alan O'Duffy, Engineer - Lou Austin, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Martin Birch, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joe DiGiorgi, Engineer - Peter Deneberg, Engineer - Jeremy "Bear" Gee, AssistantEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive license to Universal International Music B.V.
DISC 2
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Deneberg, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jeremy "Bear" Gee, AssistantEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Roger Glover, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jeremy "Bear" Gee, AssistantEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Ritchie Blackmore, Writer - Deep Purple, Producer, Performance, MainArtist - Ian Gillan, Writer - Ian Paice, Mixer, Writer - Jon Lord, Writer - Roger Glover, Mixer, Writer - Peter Mew, Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
David Coverdale, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer, MixingEngineer - Glenn Hughes, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer, MixingEngineer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Tapani Tapanainen, AssistantEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974, 2004 Warner Records Inc.
David Coverdale, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Guitar, Writer, MixingEngineer - Glenn Hughes, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, MixingEngineer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Writer, MixingEngineer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Martin Birch, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Tapani Tapanainen, AssistantEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974, 2004 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Records Inc.
David Coverdale, Producer, Writer - Ritchie Blackmore, Producer, Writer - Glenn Hughes, Producer - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Producer - Jon Lord, Producer - Martin Birch, Producer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974, 2009 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Records Inc.
Tommy Bolin, Producer - David Coverdale, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Glenn Hughes, Producer, Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals - Deep Purple, MainArtist - Ian Paice, Producer, Drums, Percussion, MixingEngineer - Jon Lord, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer - Martin Birch, Producer, MixingEngineer
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Of the many anthologies and collections that Deep Purple have released over the years, The Very Best of Deep Purple spans the longest era, covering not only the band's power pop beginnings and '70s heavy metal heyday, but also their '80s and '90s period, a phase where the band re-formed and split up constantly, often falling out of favor with fans in favor of newer metal acts. Most of the set comes from the band's '70s heyday, with a smattering of '60s cuts thrown in, but the addition of cuts from the early '90s will help old fans who may have long since abandoned the band to reconnect with Purple's later years. The addition of newly remastered and remixed versions of the classics act as additional bait to fans who have collected the many previous Purple collections, and the remastered cuts definitely give this an edge over other Purple anthologies, sounding their clearest and sharpest. So while this is arguably the foremost Deep Purple collection, mixing all of the standard Purple classics like "Hush" and "Smoke on the Water" with newer selections, it still comes with some caveats. Too many key album cuts and singles from the band's prime years (such as "Space Truckin'," "Shield," and "No One Came") are jettisoned in favor of some rather pointless selections (like the turgid "Hallelujah"). What's more, while "Perfect Strangers" is as much a key Purple song as anything the band cut before, the rest of the '80s and '90s tracks are forgettable filler, demonstrating, sadly, that Deep Purple's best years are behind them. For casual fans and newcomers, this will be all the Purple they'll need, since it contains the biggest hits in best-ever sound quality, but more dedicated fans will feel cheated by the superficial selection (not to mention the absence of any rarities or previously unreleased cuts). Still, because it gives the biggest overall picture of Deep Purple's evolution, as well as containing the remastered hits, The Very Best of Deep Purple is probably the best Deep Purple collection.
© Victor W. Valdivia /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 02:15:00
- Main artists: Deep Purple
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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