The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's

The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's
Greatest hits album by Deep Purple
Released	January, 1993 EMI October, 1978 Harvest
Recorded	1968 - 1975
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	77:06 (1993 CD edition) 47:25 (1978 LP)
Label	EMI (1993) Harvest (1978)
Producer	Deep Purple Derek Lawrence
Deep Purple chronology
Slaves & Masters (1990) The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's (1993) The Battle Rages On (1993)
Singles A's and B's (1978) cover

The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's contains the complete collection of Deep Purple's UK released singles. It's a sort of an updated version of the old The Deep Purple Singles: A's & B's 1978. This is a compilation of material by Mks I, IIa, III and IV from 1968 - 1976. In 2010 EMI released another double CD compilation album called "Singles & E.P. Anthology '68 - '80". It contains all songs as herein plus 15 tracks. Kentucky Woman is the album version which is 38 seconds longer than single one.

Track listing

All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice except where indicated.

1993 CD version

1. "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
2. "One more rainy day" (Lord/Evans) – 3:38
3. "Kentucky Woman" (single edit) (Neil Diamond) – 4:04
4. "Emmaretta" (Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 3:00
5. "The Bird Has Flown" (single edit)(Blackmore/Evans/Lord) – 2:54
6. "Hallelujah" (Greenaway/Cook) – 3:44
7. "Speed King" (demo version with piano) – 4:26
8. "Black Night" – 3:28
9. "Strange Kind of Woman" – 3:49
10. "I'm Alone" – 3:06
11. "Fireball" – 3:21
12. "Demon's Eye" – 5:12
13. "Never Before" (single edit) – 3:30
14. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:32
15. "Smoke on the Water" (single edit) – 3:48
16. "Black Night" (live) – 4:59
17. "Might Just Take Your Life" (single edit) (Blackmore/Lord/Coverdale/Paice) – 3:35
18. "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) – 4:54
19. "You Keep on Moving" (single edit) (Coverdale/Hughes) – 4:29
20. "Love Child" (Bolin/Coverdale) – 3:04

Side one

1. "Hush" (South) - 4:25
2. "One more rainy day" (Lord/Evans)- 3:38
3. "Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) - 2:59
4. "Wring that neck" (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) - 5:12 (Paice's name is misspelt "Price" on the vinyl release)
5. "Hallelujah" (Greenaway/Cook) - 3:42
6. "April" part 1 (Blackmore/Lord) - 3:57

Side two

7. "Black night" - 3:27
8. "Speed King" - 4:25 (Demo version with piano)
9. "Strange kind of woman" - 3:47
10. "I'm alone" - 3:05 (b-side from the "Strange kind of woman" single)
11. "Demon's eye" - 5:12
12. "Fireball" - 3:23

Credits

Deep Purple

• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar: tracks 1-18
• Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica : tracks 6-16
• Roger Glover – bass guitar : tracks 6-16
• Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, backing vocals
• Ian Paice - drums

• Rod Evans - lead vocals : tracks 1-5
• Nick Simper - bass guitar, backing vocals : tracks 1-5

• David Coverdale - vocals : tracks 17-20
• Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals : tracks 17-20
• Tommy Bolin - guitar : tracks 19-20

• 1993 version compiled by Simon Robinson of the DPAS