The Anthology (Deep Purple album)

The Anthology
Compilation album by Deep Purple
Released	17 June 1985 March 1991 (second edition)[1]
Recorded	1968–1975
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	151:36
Label	Harvest
Deep Purple compilations chronology
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple (1980) The Anthology (1985) Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's (1992)
1991 CD edition cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	3/10[3]

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

1. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
2. "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
3. "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
4. "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
5. "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
6. "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12

Side two

1. "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
2. "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
3. "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
4. "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16

Side three

1. "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
2. "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
3. "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
4. "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
5. "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
6. "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30

Side four

1. "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, from the ordinary album version)
2. "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
3. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
4. "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
5. "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
6. "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17

1991 CD version

CD one

1. "Hush" – 4:25
2. "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
3. "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
4. "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
5. "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
6. "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
7. "Speed King" – 5:53
8. "Black Night" – 3:27
9. "Child in Time" – 10:16
10. "Fireball" – 3:23
11. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
12. "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
13. "Highway Star" – 6:06

CD two

1. "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
2. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
3. "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
4. "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
5. "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
6. "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
7. "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
8. "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
9. "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
10. "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
11. "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
12. "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
13. "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
14. "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18

Credits

Deep Purple

Mk. I

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Rod Evans – lead vocals
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
• Ian Paice – drums
• Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals

Mk. II

• Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Roger Glover – bass
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums

Mk. III

• Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
• David Coverdale – vocals
• Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums

Mk. IV

• Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
• David Coverdale: Lead vocals
• Glenn Hughes: Bass and 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)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	50

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	86

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 210. ISBN 9780862415419.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. The Anthology at AllMusic
3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1894959315.
4. "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – Anthology" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.