The Book of Taliesyn
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | ||
| Released | October, 1968 | |
| Recorded | August 1968 | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 43:57 (Original LP) 65:19 (2000 CD edition) |
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| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Tetragrammaton (US) |
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| Producer(s) | Derek Lawrence | |
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| Shades of Deep Purple (1968) |
The Book of Taliesyn (1968) |
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The Book of Taliesyn is the second album by Deep Purple, released in 1969 by EMI's Harvest Records in the UK, Tetragrammaton in the US and Polydor in Canada and Japan.
The album follows the psychedelic-pop sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original release on vinyl
- "Listen, Learn, Read On" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice) – 4:05
- "Wring That Neck" (originally titled "Hard Road" in the USA) (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper) – 5:13
- "Kentucky Woman" (Neil Diamond) – 4:44
- a) "Exposition (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)
b) "We Can Work It Out" (Lennon/McCartney) – 7:06 (6:66 instead of 7:06 on the LP). - "Shield" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:06
- "Anthem" (Evans, Lord) – 6:31
- "River Deep - Mountain High" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 10:12
[edit] Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue
- "Oh No No No" (Leander, Russell) studio outtake – 4:25
- "It's All Over" (King, Berns) BBC Top Gear Session – 4:14
- "Hey Bop a Re Bop" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice) BBC Top Gear Session – 3:31
- "Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper) BBC Top Gear Session – 4:42
- "Playground" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Simper) studio outtake – 4:29
[edit] Personnel
- Rod Evans - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
- Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, vocals
- Nick Simper - bass guitar, vocals
- Ian Paice - drums
[edit] See also
- Book of Taliesin, the historical book for which the album is named
