The Book of Taliesyn Tour
| The Book of Taliesyn Tour |
| Tour by Deep Purple |
| Start date |
October 1968 |
| End date |
July 1969 |
| Shows |
74 |
| Deep Purple tour chronology |
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The Book of Taliesyn Tour was a concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple. The tour promoted the band's second studio album in four months, The Book of Taliesyn.[1] The band played only North American and European legs.
History
In October 1968 Deep Purple released The Book of Taliesyn. The band remained popular only in the USA, so they confirmed North American dates. On some dates Deep Purple were a supporting act for Cream. The tour kicked off with two sold out shows in Los Angeles at Inglewood Forum, followed by more than 4 shows sold out in the same venue. This proved to be band's first successful tour. Almost every concert was repeated in the second night, in the same venue.[2]
Tour set list
- "Hush"
- "Kentucky Woman"
- "Mandrake Root"
- "White Christmas" instrumental
- "God Save The Queen" instrumental
- "Help"
- "Wring That Neck"
- "River Deep, Mountain High"
- "Hey Joe"
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Tour dates
North America
- 18/10/1968 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 19/10/1968 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 20/10/1968 Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA
- 27/10/1968 International Pop Festival, San Francisco, California, USA
- ??/11/1968 Venue unknown, Oregon, USA
- ??/11/1968 Venue unknown, Vancouver, Canada
- 01/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- 02/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- 03/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- 08/11/1968 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 09/11/1968 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 13/11/1968 SSC Men's Gym, Sacramento, California, USA
- 28/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
- 29/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
- 30/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
- 01/12/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
- 06/12/1968 Electric Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 07/12/1968 Electric Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 11/12/1968 ABC Shopping Center, Evansville, Indiana, USA
- 13/12/1968 Ballroom, Detroit Michigan, USA
- 14/12/1968 Ballroom, Detroit Michigan, USA
- 18/12/1968 Lee Hall, Oswego, New York, USA
- 20/12/1968 Fillmore, New York, USA
- 21/12/1968 Fillmore, New York, USA
- 22/12/1968 Rock Pile, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 24/12/1968 Electric Circus, New York, USA
Scandinavia & UK
- 01/02/1969 Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 02/02/1969 Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 04/02/1969 Top Rank, Birmingham, UK
- 07/02/1969 University, Sheffield, UK
- 08/02/1969 Venue unknown, Wolverhampton, UK
- 12/02/1969 Venue unknown, Cardiff, UK
- 15/02/1969 University College, London, UK
- 22/02/1969 Mayfair, Newcastle, UK
- 23/02/1969 Butterfly, Argus, UK
- 01/03/1969 Kay Club, Milford Haven, UK
- 07/03/1969 Goldsmiths College, London, UK
- 13/03/1969 Mayfair, Newcastle, UK
- 14/03/1969 Venue unknown, Redditch, UK
- 15/03/1969 Venue unknown, Rutherford, UK
- 20/03/1969 Speakeasy, London, UK
- 21/03/1969 Venue unknown, Swansea, UK
- 22/03/1969 College of Technology, Brighton, UK
North America #2
- 01/04/1969 Eastern Washington State College, Tacoma, USA
- 02/04/1969 Evergreen Ballroom, Olympia Washington, USA
- 03/04/1969 Center Arena, Seattle Washington, USA
- 04/04/1969 Agradome, Vancouver, Canada
- 05/04/1969 The Armory, Salem Oregon, USA
- 06/04/1969 Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada
- 11/04/1969 Santa Clara Fair, San Jose, USA
- 12/04/1969 Armory, Astoria, Oregon, USA
- 13/04/1969 Temple, Portland, Oregon, USA
- 14/04/1969 Western Washington State College, Billington, USA
- 15/04/1969 Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, USA
- 18/04/1969 Rose Palace, Pasadena, USA
- 19/04/1969 Rose Palace, Pasadena, USA
- 25/04/1969 Convention Centre, Fresno, USA
- 26/04/1969 Community Concourse, San Diego, USA
- 28/04/1969 Shasta College, Redding California, USA
- 29/04/1969 South Oregon College, Ashland Oregon, USA
- 30/04/1969 State College, Chico California, USA
- 03/05/1969 Carnegie Room-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- 04/05/1969 The Wardhouse, Providence Rhode, Island, USA
- 09/05/1969 Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida, USA
- 10/05/1969 The Hangar-Nassau Community College, New York, USA
- 15/05/1969 Coe College, Cedar Rapids Iowa, USA
- 16/05/1969 Blue Village, West Point Illinois, USA
- 18/05/1969 Venue unknown, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
- 23/05/1969 The Felt Forum, New York, USA
- 24/05/1969 The Felt Forum, New York, USA
- 25/05/1969 Venue unknown, Norfolk Virginia, USA
- 29/05/1969 Gilligans, Buffalo New York, USA
UK #2
- 10/06/1969 Venue unknown, Cambridge, UK
- 14/06/1969 Mothers Club, Birmingham, UK
- 20/06/1969 Revolution, Brussels, Belgium
- 23/06/1969 Christchurch College, London, UK
- 27/06/1969 Venue unknown, Swansea, UK
- 28/06/1969 Revolution Club, London, UK
- 04/07/1969 Top Rank Club, Cardiff, UK
Tour diary/notable live dates
On the first USA leg of the tour, Deep Purple was a supporting act for Cream's farewell tour. The USA leg attracted thousands of fans, selling out large arenas and stadiums. It is still rumoured that while supporting Cream, Purple played such great shows that after the show's audiences mostly talked about Deep Purple instead of the headliner Cream. Cream's management therefore decided to seek another supporting act to replace Purple. They played only 3 shows with Cream.[3]
They quickly moved to the UK and Scandinavia for a massive tour, before returning to the USA. After the hit-single "Hush (which charted #4 there) and a hugely successful first USA tour, Deep Purple drew great popularity there. After playing at some of the USA's large stadiums and arenas, a short UK tour followed and The Book of Taliesyn Tour ended in Cardiff, July 1969.
Live albums
In Los Angeles at Inglewood Forum, Deep Purple recorded their earliest live album, called Inglewood - Live in California released in 2002.[1]
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