The Anthology (Deep Purple album)
# The Anthology (Deep Purple album)

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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 3/10 |

The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.

This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled 'Anthology', but featured different songs and only previously released material.

## Track listing

### 1985 vinyl version

**Side one**

* "Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
* "Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
* "Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
* "Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
* "Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
* "Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12

**Side two**

* "Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
* "Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
* "Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
* "Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16

**Side three**

* "Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
* "Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
* "Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
* "Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
* "Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version)
* "When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30

**Side four**

* "Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version)
* "Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
* "Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
* "Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
* "Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
* "You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17

### 1991 CD version

**CD one**

* "Hush" – 4:25
* "Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
* "Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
* "Wring That Neck" – 5:13
* "The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
* "Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
* "Speed King" – 5:53
* "Black Night" – 3:27
* "Child in Time" – 10:16
* "Fireball" – 3:23
* "Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
* "No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
* "Highway Star" – 6:06

**CD two**

* "Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
* "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
* "Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
* "Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
* "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
* "Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
* "Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
* "Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
* "Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
* "Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
* "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
* "Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
* "Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
* "You Keep on Moving" – 5:18

## Credits

### Deep Purple

Mk. I

* Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
* Rod Evans – lead vocals
* Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
* Ian Paice – drums
* Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals

Mk. II

* Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
* Ian Gillan – vocals
* Roger Glover – bass
* Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
* Ian Paice – drums

Mk. III

* Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
* David Coverdale – vocals
* Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals
* Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
* Ian Paice – drums

Mk. IV

* Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
* David Coverdale: Lead vocals
* Glenn Hughes: Bass and vocals
* Jon Lord: Keyboards
* Ian Paice: Drums

## Production credits

* Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
* Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie

## Charts

| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 50 |
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 86 |
