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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Shades of Deep Purple, Deep Purple (2000 EMI remaster) -Only shades of greatness!
31 Mar 2010
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A bit of a curio this. I bought it as I really like the Purple's later heavy rock sound, and am trying to get hold of all their back catalogue. I really wasn't expecting what I found here, an artier, late `60s trippy hippy sound.
There are shades of the group they would become, with the great instrumental workout `Mandrake Root', and a cover of Joe South's `Hush', which has to be the definitive version, and one of my all time favourite tracks. Jon Lord is already contributing some great organ rock sounds and Ritchie Blackmore is starting to show what a great guitarist he is, but a lot of it sounds a little over indulgent (Hey Joe and Help for example).
This release features several instrumentals, alternative takes and live versions of tracks on the album, which don't really add to the experience. The remastering is excellent, Hush has never sounded better on my stereo.
One for the completists. For those looking to taste Purple for the first time, start with later stuff like `In Rock' or `Fireball'.
There are shades of the group they would become, with the great instrumental workout `Mandrake Root', and a cover of Joe South's `Hush', which has to be the definitive version, and one of my all time favourite tracks. Jon Lord is already contributing some great organ rock sounds and Ritchie Blackmore is starting to show what a great guitarist he is, but a lot of it sounds a little over indulgent (Hey Joe and Help for example).
This release features several instrumentals, alternative takes and live versions of tracks on the album, which don't really add to the experience. The remastering is excellent, Hush has never sounded better on my stereo.
One for the completists. For those looking to taste Purple for the first time, start with later stuff like `In Rock' or `Fireball'.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Deep Purple's debut album lies on the border between psychedelia and the band's future in hard rock. 'And The Address' is a pounding instrumental which looks more to the future and allows Ritchie Blackmore to flex his prowess on guitar, though his solos sometimes spiral into the clouds rather than fit in with what his bandmates are playing. 'Hush' is one of four covers and easily the most worthwhile, being not just a hit but a song they made their own. Of the other covers, Skip James's 'I'm So Glad' had already been done well by Cream and DP's version follows in their slipstream. They try to take 'Help' into a different area, but only succeed in bending it out of shape with a slow, ponderous treatment. And did the world need yet another version of 'Hey Joe'? Most bands short of original material covered this, while others rewrote it in their own image. 'One More Rainy Day' is a remnant of psych pop featuring some neat baroque organ work from Jon Lord, a good example of the genre, but a little out of place here. 'Prelude: Happiness' is oddly titled, sounding menacing rather than happy, though it points toward the band's later music. 'Mandrake Root' has a similar groove to 'And The Address' and is the albums most experimental song, featuring a few twists and turns. 'Love Help Me' is lighter and relatively weak. 'Shades Of Deep Purple' is, then, dated and an ill-fitting collection of styles, but contains some of the dynamism DP displayed so much of later.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great recording, and only now beginning to be recognised as an 'almost' classic of the late 60's.
Let's face it, this is pretty heavy for '68 and its success in the U.S at the time bears this out. UK audiences wer'nt really ready for it. Richie obviously sees the way ahead in terms of the Hendrix style of guitar (remember Hendrix only came to the fore 18 months previous) and even for that alone it helped spearhead the idea of rock and progressive music.
The difficulty mark 1 Purple has always had is that so often their work has been reviewed by die hard heavy rockers that got into them thru that channel. I ask you to listen to it without genre limitations and what you'll find is a great piece of British late 60's art rock, that nods to the greats of the time, has great all round musicianship, and you still have to admire it's grooviness 30 plus years on.
The remastering is also of fantastic quality, while the mini booklet gives a great insight into the early exploits of the band.
Let's face it, this is pretty heavy for '68 and its success in the U.S at the time bears this out. UK audiences wer'nt really ready for it. Richie obviously sees the way ahead in terms of the Hendrix style of guitar (remember Hendrix only came to the fore 18 months previous) and even for that alone it helped spearhead the idea of rock and progressive music.
The difficulty mark 1 Purple has always had is that so often their work has been reviewed by die hard heavy rockers that got into them thru that channel. I ask you to listen to it without genre limitations and what you'll find is a great piece of British late 60's art rock, that nods to the greats of the time, has great all round musicianship, and you still have to admire it's grooviness 30 plus years on.
The remastering is also of fantastic quality, while the mini booklet gives a great insight into the early exploits of the band.
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the beginning of a great band
I grew up in the 90's so it might shock people to learn I like deep purple but I A grew up with this kind of music mostly anyway and B rediscovered them when I was watching an... Read more
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"lose yourself in the purple sea of sound...."
...or so the blurb on the back of this album requests us to do. And you know what, on this - Deep Purple's first album - there are plenty of moments when you'll find yourself doing... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2008 by A. B. Kennedy
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1970s hard rock band caught in earlier pop-psych incarnation
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The opening chapter...
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