Deep Purple "30: Very Best of Deep Purple"

30: Very Best of Deep Purple is a 1998 compilation album by English rock band Deep Purple, celebrating 30 years of the successful band. There are two CD versions of the album, a single CD and a double CD, and a vinyl version, a double LP printed on purple vinyl, with the track listing being identical to the single CD version.

The single CD version concentrates on the greatest hits of Deep Purple through the years, and contains mostly edited single versions of the songs, for example "Child in Time", which was over ten minutes long in its original form on the album Deep Purple in Rock. The double CD "Special Collectors Edition" is more in-depth, containing full versions of all the songs.

The album was certified Gold on 2 December 2005 by the BPI, selling 100,000 copies in the UK. It peaked on the Australian charts at number 41.

Track list:

Disc 1

1. Hush (Billy Joe Royal cover) (30th Anniversary Remaster) 04:21   
2. Mandrake Root (30th Anniversary Remaster) 06:11   
3. Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond cover) (30th Anniversary Remaster) 04:43   
4. Wring That Neck (30th Anniversary Remaster) 05:14  
5. The Bird Has Flown (US Single Version) 02:52   
6. Emmaretta (30th Anniversary Remaster) 03:00   
7. Hallelujah 03:51   
8. Black Night (single version remaster) 03:28   
9. Speed King (25th Anniversary remaster) 05:53   
10. Bloodsucker (25th Anniversary remaster) 04:13   
11. Child in Time (25th Anniversary remaster) 10:17   
12. Strange Kind of Woman (single version Remaster) 03:54  
13. Fireball (25th Anniversary remaster) 03:24   
14. Demon's Eye (25th Anniversary remaster) 05:20   
15. When a Blind Man Cries ('97 remix) 03:28   

Total time:  01:10:09

 

Disc 2

1. Highway Star ('97 remix) 07:37   
2. Smoke on the Water (25th Anniversary remaster) 06:57  
3. Never Before (25th Anniversary remaster) 03:56   
4. Woman from Tokyo (25th Anniversary remaster) 05:44  
5. Burn 06:21   
6. Might Just Take Your Life 04:39   
7. Stormbringer 04:08  
8. You Keep on Moving 05:19   
9. Perfect Strangers 05:21   
10. Knocking at Your Back Door 07:03   
11. King of Dreams 05:29  
12. Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic 04:18   
13. Any Fule Kno That 04:27

Total time:  01:11:19