Deep Purple discography

**Deep Purple discography**
Releases
↙Studio albums	18
↙Live albums	34+
↙Compilation albums	27+
↙Video albums	15

The discography of Deep Purple, a British rock band, consists of eighteen studio albums,^[1] at least thirty-four live albums, twenty-seven compilation albums, as well as fifteen videos and numerous singles.

Formed in 1968 by Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, Deep Purple released their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, in July of that year.

They have undergone many changes of personnel over the years, and today Ian Paice is the only member from the original line-up still with the band. The other members currently are Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse and Don Airey. (See also List of Deep Purple band members).

1 Studio albums
2 Live albums
3 Live DVD releases
4 Compilation albums
5 Box sets
6 Tribute albums
7 Singles
8 References

Studio albums

Year	Album title	Peak chart position			Certifications (sales thresholds)^[2]^[3]	Personnel
Year	Album title	US ^[4]	UK ^[5]	SWI ^[6]	Certifications (sales thresholds)^[2]^[3]	Personnel
1968	Shades of Deep Purple Released: July 1968 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	24	—	—		Mk I (1968–1969) Rod Evans - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals Jon Lord - organ, backing vocals Ian Paice - drums
1968	The Book of Taliesyn Released: December 1968 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	54	—	—
1969	Deep Purple Released: June 1969 Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD	162	—	—
1970	Deep Purple in Rock Released: June 1970 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	143	4	—	US: Gold UK: Silver	Mk II (1969–1973) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1971	Fireball Released: July 1971 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	32	1	—	US: Gold
1972	Machine Head Released: March 1972 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	7	1	—	US: 2x Platinum UK: Gold
1973	Who Do We Think We Are Released: January 1973 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	15	4	—	US: Gold
1974	Burn Released: February 1974 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	9	3	—	US: Gold UK: Gold	Mk III (1973–1975) David Coverdale - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums, percussion
1974	Stormbringer Released: December 1974 Label: Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	20	6	—	US: Gold UK: Silver
1975	Come Taste the Band Released: October 1975 Label:Purple Format: LP, Reel-to-Reel, 8-track, CD, CS	43	19	—	UK: Silver	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
1984	Perfect Strangers Released: 16 September 1984 Label: Polydor Format: LP, CD, CS	17	5	1	US: Platinum UK: Gold CAN: Platinum	Mk II (reunited, 1984–1989) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass, synthesizer Jon Lord - organ, piano Ian Paice - drums
1987	The House of Blue Light Released: January 1987 Label: Polydor Format: LP, CD, CS	34	10	3	UK: Silver CAN: Gold
1990	Slaves and Masters Released: October 1990 Label: BMG Format: LP, CD, CS	87	45	5		Mk V (1989–1992) Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1993	The Battle Rages On... Released: July 1993 Label: BMG Format: LP, CD, CS	192	21	7		Mk II (reunited again, 1992–1993) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1996	Purpendicular Released: February 1996 Label: Phantom Records Format: CD, CS, LP (2011)	—	58	17		Mk VII (1994–2002) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1998	Abandon Released: May 1998 Label: CMC International Format: CD, CS	—	76	46
2003	Bananas Released: September 2003 Label: Sanctuary Format: LP, CD	—	85	13		Mk VIII (2002–present) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Don Airey - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
2005	Rapture of the Deep Released: October 2005 Label: Edeltone Format: LP, CD	—	81	16
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Recorded	Released	Album title	Peak chart position		Certifications	Personnel
Recorded	Released	Album title	US	UK ^[3]^[5]	Certifications	Personnel
1968	2002	Inglewood - Live in California				Mk I (1968–1969) Rod Evans - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals Jon Lord - organ, backing vocals Ian Paice - drums
1969	1969	Concerto for Group and Orchestra	149	26		Mk II (1969–1973) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1969	2004 2006	Kneel & Pray Live in Montreux 69
1970	2001 2005	Space Vol 1 & 2 Live in Aachen 1970
1970	1993	Gemini Suite Live
1970	1988 2005	Scandinavian Nights Live in Stockholm
1970-72	1980	Deep Purple in Concert		30
1972	2004	Live Denmark 1972
1972	1972 1993	Made in Japan Live in Japan	6	16	US: Platinum UK: Gold
1974	1996 2004	California Jamming Just Might Take Your Life				Mk III (1973–1975) David Coverdale - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums, percussion
1974	2004 2007	Perks and Tit Live In San Diego 1974
1974	1982	Live in London		23
1975	1976 1996 2001	Made in Europe Mk III: The Final Concerts Live in Paris 1975	148	12
1975	1977 2001	Last Concert in Japan This Time Around: Live in Tokyo				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
1976	1995 2000	(US) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert (UK) On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat Deep Purple: Extended Versions
1985	1991	In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85				Mk II (reunited, 1984–1989) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass, synthesizer Jon Lord - organ, piano Ian Paice - drums
1987	1988	Nobody's Perfect	105	38
1993	1994 2006 2007 2007	Come Hell or High Water Live in Europe 1993 (4CD-set, released the year after as separates): Live in Stuttgart 1993 Live at the NEC 1993		29		Mk II (reunited again, 1992–1993) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1996	1997	Live at the Olympia '96		183		Mk VII (1994–2002) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1996	2004	Live Encounters....
1996	2006	Live at Montreux 1996
1999	1999	Total Abandon: Australia '99
1999	2000	Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2000	2001	Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
2001	2001	The Soundboard Series
2006 2011	2007 2011	They All Came Down to Montreux Live at Montreux 2011 (with Orchestra)				Mk VIII (2002–present) Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Steve Morse - guitar Roger Glover - bass Don Airey - keyboards Ian Paice - drums

Live DVD releases

Mk II

Concerto for Group and Orchestra, 1969 (LP 1969, DVD 2003)
Scandinavian Nights - Live in Denmark 1972, 1972 (Released 1988)
Live in Concert 72/73, 1972/1973 (released 2005) (RIAA: Gold^[7])

Mk III

Live in California 74, 1974 (TV 1974, DVD Remaster 2005)

Mk IV

Phoenix Rising, 2011

Mk II, Reunited

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

Mk VII

Bombay Calling, 1995 ^[8]
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
Around The World Live 4 DVD box-set (released 2008)

Mk VIII

Mk I, Mk II, Mk III & Mk IV

History, hits & highlights '68–'76, (released 2009)

Compilation albums

Recorded	Released	Album title	Peak chart position		Certifications	Personnel
Recorded	Released	Album title	US	UK ^[3]^[5]	Certifications	Personnel
1968-69	November 1972	Purple Passages	# 57			Mk I Rod Evans - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals Jon Lord - organ, backing vocals Ian Paice - drums
1969-72	December 1973	Mark I & II				Mk I and Mk II
1969-72	July 1975	24 Carat Purple		#14	UK: Silver	Mk II Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Jon Lord - keyboards Ian Paice - drums
1969-72	December 1977	Powerhouse
1968-74	October 1978	When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll				Mk I, Mk II and Mk III
1969-72	April 1979	The Mark II Purple Singles		#24		Mk II
1969-74	July 1980	Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple	#148	#1	UK: Gold, US: Platinum	Mk II and Mk III
1968-75	June 1985	The Anthology		#50		Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV
1984-88	1992	Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's				Mk II
1968-76	October 1978 (Harvest), January 1993 (EMI)	The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's				Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV
	1993	Progression
	1997	The Collection^[9]
	November 1998	30: Very Best of Deep Purple		#39	UK: Gold
	1998	Smoke on the Water
	1998	Purplexed
1968-98	March 1999	Shades 1968–1998				Mk I, Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV, Mk V and , Mk VII
	1999	Under The Gun^[10]
	2000	The Very Best of Deep Purple				Mk I, Mk II and Mk III
June 1975	March 2000	Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals, volume 1 & 2				Mk IV
	2001	Smoke On The Water & Other Hits
1964–1976	October 2002	Listen, Learn, Read On (6 disc box set)				Pre-Deep Purple, Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV
	2003	Deep Purple: The Universal Masters Collection
	June 2003	Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
	2003	The Best of Deep Purple: Live in Europe				Mk II, Mk III and Mk VII
	2004	*New Live & Rare
1968–2003	March 2005	Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection		#39		Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV
1968–1976	2010	Deep Purple: Singles & E. P. Anthology '68 - '80				Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV
1968–1974	2011	Deep Purple Essential^[11]				Mk I, Mk II and Mk III

Box sets

The Bootleg Series 1984-2000, 2000
- Highway Stars, recorded 1985
- Third Night, recorded 1985
- Hungary Days, recorded 1987
- In Your Trousers, recorded 1993
- Purple Sunshine, recorded 1995
- Made In Japan 2000, recorded 2000
The Soundboard Series - Australian Tour 2001, 2001
- Melbourne Rod Laver Arena March 9. 2001
- Wollongong Entertainment Centre March 13, 2001
- Newcastle Entertainment Centre March 14, 2001
- Hong Kong Coliseum March 20, 2001
- Tokyo March 24. 2001 (with Orchestra & Ronnie James Dio)
- Tokyo March 25. 2001 (with Orchestra & Ronnie James Dio)

Tribute albums

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

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position				Certifications	Album
Year	Title	UK	US	US Main.	NL	Certifications	Album
1968	"Hush"	—	4	—	—		Shades of Deep Purple
1968	"Kentucky Woman"	—	38	—	—		The Book of Taliesyn
1969	"River Deep - Mountain High"	—	53	—	—		The Book of Taliesyn
1969	"Emmaretta"	—	—	—	—
1969	"Hallelujah"	—	—	—	—
1970	"Black Night"	2	66	—	11
1970	"Child in Time"	—	—	—	10		Deep Purple in Rock
1971	"Strange Kind of Woman"	8	—	—	—
1971	"Fireball"	15	—	—	25		Fireball
1972	"Never Before"	35	—	—	—		Machine Head
1973	"Smoke on the Water"	21	4	—	12	US: Gold	Machine Head
1973	"Woman from Tokyo"	—	60	—	8		Who Do We Think We Are
1974	"Might Just Take Your Life"	—	91	—	—		Burn
1980	"Black Night" (live)	43	—	—	—
1985	"Knocking at Your Back Door"	—	61	7	—		Perfect Strangers
	"Perfect Strangers"	48	—	12	—
	"Knocking at Your Back Door"	68	—	—	—
1987	"Call of the Wild"	92	—	14	—		The House of Blue Light
1988	"Hush" (re-recording)	62	—	—	—		Nobody's Perfect
1990	"King of Dreams"	70	—	6	—		Slaves and Masters
1991	"Love Conquers All"	57	—	—	—		Slaves and Masters
1995	"Black Night" (re-mix)	66	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

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^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=deep%20purple&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BPI certified awards search - Gold & Silver". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
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^ http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=deep+purple&cat=a
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^ Bombay Calling
^ Deep Purple, The Collection (Disky Communications Europe B.V., catalog # DC878642)
^ Deep Purple: Under The Gun (Spectrum Music, catalog # 544 204-2)
^ http://www.amazon.de/Essential/dp/B005ID05TA/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319240126&sr=301-2

Deep Purple

Ian Gillan Steve Morse Roger Glover Ian Paice Don Airey Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Rod Evans Nick Simper Tommy Bolin Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani

Studio albums	Shades of Deep Purple (1968) The Book of Taliesyn (1968) Deep Purple (1969) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) Fireball (1971) Machine Head (1972) Who Do We Think We Are (1973) Burn (1974) Stormbringer (1974) Come Taste the Band (1975) Perfect Strangers (1984) The House of Blue Light (1987) Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On... (1993) Purpendicular (1996) Abandon (1998) Bananas (2003) Rapture of the Deep (2005)

Live albums	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Made in Japan Made in Europe Last Concert in Japan Deep Purple in Concert Live in London Scandinavian Nights Nobody's Perfect Knebworth '85 Live in Japan Come Hell or High Water King Biscuit Flower Hour California Jamming Mk III: The Final Concerts Live at the Olympia '96 Gemini Suite Live Total Abandon: Australia '99 Deep Purple: Extended Versions Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy This Time Around: Live in Tokyo The Soundboard Series Live in Paris 1975 Inglewood – Live in California Space Vol 1 & 2 Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 Live in Stockholm Live in Europe 1993 Live at Montreux 1996 Live in Montreux 69 Live in Denmark 1972 Live at Montreux 2006 Live at Montreux 2011

Compilation albums	Purple Passages Mark I & II 24 Carat Purple Powerhouse When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll The Mark II Purple Singles Deepest Purple The Anthology Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's 30: Very Best of Deep Purple Shades 1968-1998 The Very Best of Deep Purple Days May Come and Days May Go Smoke On The Water & Other Hits Listen, Learn, Read On Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow The Early Years The Platinum Collection

Singles and other songs	"Hush" "And The Address" "Hey Joe" "Love Help Me" "Help!" "Mandrake Root" "Prelude:Happiness / I'm So Glad" "One More Rainy Day" "Kentucky Woman" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Hallelujah" "Black Night" "Speed King" "Child in Time" "Strange Kind of Woman" "Fireball" "Highway Star" "Maybe I'm a Leo" "Pictures of Home" "Never Before" "Smoke on the Water" "Lazy" "Space Truckin'" "When a Blind Man Cries" "Burn" "Mistreated" "Perfect Strangers" "Call of the Wild" "Hush '88" "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" "Any Fule Kno That"

Videography	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Doing Their Thing Live in Concert 72/73 California Jam / Live in California 74 Rises Over Japan Heavy Metal Pioneers Special Edition EP Come Hell or High Water Bombay Calling Live at Montreux 1996 Total Abandon Australia '99 In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra New, Live & Rare Perihelion Live Encounters Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head They All Came Down to Montreux Around the World Live History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 Phoenix Rising

Tours	Deep Purple Debut Tour First UK tour Book of Taliesyn Tour Deep Purple European Tour In Rock World Tour Rockupation '75 Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour Deep Purple Secret USA Tour Concerto Tour Rapture of the Deep World Tour The Songs That Built Rock Tour

Associated acts	Rainbow Blackmore's Night Ian Gillan Band Gillan Whitesnake Trapeze Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Dixie Dregs The Outlaws Captain Beyond Episode Six Warhorse Zephyr Green Bullfrog Paice, Ashton & Lord Lord Sutch's Savages Hughes Turner Project Fandango Black Country Communion

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