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.
Track listing
1985 vinyl version Side one "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24 "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28 "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42 "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968) "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version) "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12
Side two "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53 "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27 "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970) "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16
Side three "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50 "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971) "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24 "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07 "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version) "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:30
Side four "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version) "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49 "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39 "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51 "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15 "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17
1991 CD version CD one "Hush" – 4:25 "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08 "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03 "Wring That Neck" – 5:13 "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36 "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08 "Speed King" – 5:53 "Black Night" – 3:27 "Child in Time" – 10:16 "Fireball" – 3:23 "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980) "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25 "Highway Star" – 6:06
CD two "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972) "Pictures of Home" – 5:03 "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50 "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09 "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48 "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15 "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982) "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05 "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05 "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13 "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976) "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36 "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05 "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18
Credits Deep Purple Mk. I Ritchie Blackmore – guitars Rod Evans – lead vocals Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals Ian Paice – drums Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
Mk. II Ritchie Blackmore – guitars Ian Gillan – vocals Roger Glover – bass Jon Lord – organ, keyboards Ian Paice – drums
Mk. III Ritchie Blackmore – guitars David Coverdale – lead vocals Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals Jon Lord – organ, keyboards Ian Paice – drums
Mk. IV Tommy Bolin: guitars, vocals. David Coverdale: lead vocals Glenn Hughes: bass, 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
Charts Chart (1985) Peakposition
Chart (1991) Peakposition
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