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Shades Of Deep Purple [Original recording remastered] [Extra tracks]

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  • Audio CD (7 Feb 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
  • Label: EMI Records
  • ASIN: B00003INJ6
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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3. One More Rainy Day
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The opening chapter..., 27 Oct 2000
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Picture the scene, summer of 68, kaftans, beads the lot. And here we have the first sample of Deep Purple music. Like most bands, the sound they started with was nothing like what they became. This was the band that did "Smoke On The Water" remember. Well if you are looking for hard rock, don't look here. Keyboard driven sub rock pop is a better description. Mind you, it turned out to be influential, copying Vanilla Fudge in such a way that Vanilla Fudge copied to sound for themselves. Confused? So were Purple, as this album lanched them around the world with the exception of the UK, as it contained their first hit single "Hush" (almost identical to the Kula Shaker version 25 years later). The music is experimental in places, with only "Mandrake Root" giving any sort of hint what would come 2 years later with "in Rock", but a very listenable piece of recording.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars long overdue for a re appraisal, 14 April 2003
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 grwat insight into the early exploits of the band.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars 1970s hard rock band caught in earlier pop-psych incarnation, 12 Jan 2006
By Phil Clark (London UK) - See all my reviews
Another reviewer describes this LP as "art-rock" - I don't think I'd call it that (it's not exactly Soft Machine) but it does look to me like a time capsule of late-period Swinging London. Check out the photos of the band looking uncomfortable in their foppish Mr Fish threads and lacquered hairdos! Puzzle over the daft sleevenotes! Marvel at the authentically retro production! HOW much reverb??

Actually this first Purple outing does have its moments, with some groovy Hammond-heavy gogo tunes which still move the mod crowds today in the discotheques around town ("And The Address", "Hush", "Love Help Me"). I'd ignore the classical pretensions, though, which were never one of Purple's better decisions, and as for the heavy-handed covers - well - there's the worst version of the Beatles "Help" here that I've yet found.

So, a curio indeed, but one that's worth checking out, providing you're not expecting another "Speed King".

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