Deep Purple discography

The various line-ups in the history of the British Hard rock band Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I, Mk II, etc.) The "gap" in the numbering, Mk VI, refers to the series of concerts performed with Joe Satriani on guitar, when Ritchie Blackmore quit the band halfway through the tour in November 1993. This is the only lineup for which no official recordings have yet been released.

Album releases

Personnel	Studio albums	Live albums
Mk I (1968-1969) Rod Evans - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals Jon Lord - organ, backing vocals Ian Paice - drums	Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968 #24 US The Book of Taliesyn, December 1968 #54 US Deep Purple, November 1969 #162 U	Inglewood - Live in California, 1968 (released 2002)
Mk II (1969-1973) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums	In Rock, September 1970 #4 UK, #143 US/ US: 2x Platinum, UK: 3x Platinum Fireball, July 1971 #1 UK, #32 US/ US: Platinum Machine Head, May 1972 #1 UK, #7 US/ US: 3x Platinum, UK: 4x Platinum Who Do We Think We Are, January 1973 #4 UK, #15 US/ US: Platinum	Concerto for Group and Orchestra, 1969 Made in Japan 1972, #16 UK, #6 US/ US: Platinum, UK: Gold Deep Purple In Concert, 1970-1972 (released 1980) #30 UK Scandinavian Nights, 1970 (released 1988) Live in Japan, 1972 (released 1993) Gemini Suite Live, 1970 (released 1998) Kneel & Pray, 1969 (released 2004) Space Vol 1 & 2, 1970 (released 2004) Live Denmark 1972, 1972 (released 2004) Live in Stockholm, 1970 (released 2005) Live in Montreux 69, 1969 (released 2006)
Mk III (1973-1975) David Coverdale - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums, percussion	Burn, February 1974 #3 UK, #9 US/ US: Platinum, UK: 2x Platinum Stormbringer, December 1974 #6 UK, #20 US/ US: Gold, UK: Gold	Made in Europe, 1975 (released 1976), #12 UK, #148 US Live in London, 1974 (released 1982), #23 UK California Jamming, 1974 (released 1996 | 2003) Mk III: The Final Concerts, 1975 (released 1996) Live in Paris 1975, 1975 (released 2001) Perks and Tit, 1974 (released 2004) Just Might Take Your Life, 1974 (released 2004)
Mk IV (1975-1976) David Coverdale - lead vocals Tommy Bolin - guitar, vocals, bass, piano Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals Jon Lord - organ, synthesizer, backing vocals Ian Paice - drums, percussion	Come Taste the Band, October 1975 #19 UK, #43 US/UK: Silver	Last Concert in Japan, 1975 (released 1977) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert(=On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat) , 1976 (released 1995) Deep Purple: Extended Versions, 1976 (released 2000) This Time Around: Live in Tokyo, 1975 (released 2001)
(1976-1984) Group disbanded
Personnel	Studio albums	Live albums
Mk II reunited (1984-1989) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass, synthesizer Jon Lord - organ, piano Ian Paice - drums	Perfect Strangers, November 1984 #5 UK, #17 US/ US: Platinum, UK: 2x Platinum, CAN: Platinum The House of Blue Light, January 1987 #10 UK, #34 US/UK: Gold, CAN: Gold	Nobody's Perfect, 1987 (released 1988) #38 UK, #105 US In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85, 1985 (released 1991)
Mk V (1989-1992) Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums	Slaves & Masters, October 1990 <#45 UK, #87 US
Mk II again reunited (1992-1993) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums	The Battle Rages On, July 1993 #21 UK, #192 US	Come Hell or High Water, 1993, (released 1994) Live in Europe 1993, 1993 (4-CD box set - released 2006)
Mk VI (1993-1994) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Joe Satriani - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
Mk VII (1994-2002) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums	Purpendicular, February 1996 #58 UK Abandon, May 1998 #76 UK	Live at the Olympia '96, 1996 (released 1997) Total Abandon: Australia '99, 1999 Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1999 (released 2000) Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy, 2000 (released 2001) The Soundboard Series, 2001 Live at Montreux 1996, 1996 (released 2006)
Mk VIII (2002-present) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Don Airey - keyboards Ian Paice - drums	Bananas, August 2003 Rapture of the Deep, October 2005 #81 UK, #42 USA Rapture of the Deep,(Special 2CD tour Edition, June 2006)	They All Came Down to Montreux, 2006 (released June 2007)

Live DVD Releases

Mk II

• Concerto for Group and Orchestra, 1969 (LP 1969, DVD 2003)
• Special Edition EP, 1969 (Released 2003)
• Denmark 1972, 1972 (released 2004)
• Live In Concert 1972/73, 1972/1973 (Released 1988)

Mk III

• Live in California 74, 1974 (Released 1974, DVD Remaster 2006)

Mk II, Reunited

• Come Hell or High Water, 1993 (DVD Release 2001)

Mk VII

• Bombay Calling, 1995
• Live at Montreux 1996, 1996
• Total Abandon: Live in Australia, 1999
• In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra, 1999 (released 2000)
• Perihelion, 2001
• Live Encounters, 2003

Mk VIII

• They All Came Down to Montreux, June 2007 # 1 (at amazon.ca)
• Around The World Live 4 DVD box-set (2008)

Compilation Albums

• Purple Passages, September 1972; # 57 US
• Mark I & II, December 1973
• 24 Carat Purple, July 1975; #14 UK
• Powerhouse, 1977
• When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll, 1978
• The Mark II Purple Singles, April 1979; #24 UK
• Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple, July 1980; #1 UK, #148 US/ US: Platinum
• The Anthology, June 1985; # 50 UK
• Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's, 1992
• The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's, January 1993 (1968-1976)
• 30: Very Best of Deep Purple, October 1998; #39 UK
• Smoke on the Water, 1998
• Shades 1968-1998, 1999
• The Very Best of Deep Purple, 2000
• The 1975 California Rehearsals, volume 1 & 2, 2000
• Listen, Learn, Read On, October 29, 2002 (6 disc box set)
• Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow, 2003
• The Best of Deep Purple: Live in Europe, 2003
• Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection, 2005 #39 UK
• Very Best of Deep Purple, (remastered version of 30: Very Best of Deep Purple) 2008 #56 UK

Tribute albums

• Smoke on the Water: A Tribute, 1994
• Deep Purple Tribute, 2002

Hit singles

• 1968 "Hush" #4 US
• 1968 "Kentucky Woman" # 38 US
• 1969 "River Deep - Mountain High" # 53 US
• 1970 "Black Night" # 2 UK, # 66 US, # 11 NL
• 1971 "Strange Kind of Woman" # 8 UK
• 1971 "Fireball" # 15 UK, # 25 NL
• 1972 "Never Before" # 35 UK
• 1972 "Child In Time" # 10 NL
• 1973 "Smoke on the Water" # 21 UK (1977 release), # 4 US, # 12 NL - Gold US
• 1973 "Woman from Tokyo" # 60 US, # 8 NL
• 1974 "Might Just Take Your Life" # 91 US
• 1977 "New Live and Rare EP" # 31 UK (including an unheard live version of Black Night)
• 1978 "New Live and Rare EP II" # 45 UK
• 1980 "Black Night" (reissue) # 43 UK
• 1980 "New Live and Rare EP III" # 48 UK (including Smoke on the Water)
• 1985 "Knocking at Your Back Door" # 61 US
• 1985 "Perfect Strangers" # 48 UK
• 1985 "Knocking at Your Back Door / Perfect Strangers" # 68 UK
• 1987 "Call of the Wild" # 92 UK
• 1988 "Hush" (re-recording) # 62 UK
• 1990 "King of Dreams" # 70 UK
• 1991 "Love Conquers All" # 57 UK
• 1995 "Black Night" (re-mix) # 66 UK