Deep Purple "Deepest Purple - The Very Best Of Deep Purple (30th Anniversary Edition, 2010 Reissue, Remastered, CD+DVD, EU, EMI, 50999 909329 2 2)"

Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1980 on LP. It features the original hits of Deep Purple before their 1984 reunion. Aided by a TV advertising campaign it would become Purple's third UK No. 1 album. In 1984 this compilation additionally was published on CD.

Being a 60+ minute vinyl LP, Warner Brothers Records lowered the volume considerably, as well as altering the EQ on all tracks to fit both sides equally.

This album marked the first time "Demon's Eye" was released in North America, having been replaced by "Strange Kind of Woman" on the North American release of Fireball.

All songs from this album, along with several others added, appeared on the 1998 UK album 30: Very Best of Deep Purple, released by EMI, and the 2000 US album The Very Best of Deep Purple, released by Rhino.

In 2010 a 30th Anniversary Edition of this compilation was released (25 October in the UK and 2 November in the US). It contains four additional tracks, two of them from the Mark I & IV eras, plus a bonus DVD containing previously unreleased video footage and an exclusive track-by-track commentary from founding member Jon Lord.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Black Night (Single Version) 03:28
2. Speed King 05:05
3. Fireball 03:25   
4. Hush 04:27  
5. Strange Kind of Woman 03:52
6. Child in Time 10:20   
7. When A Blind Man Cries (1997 Roger Glover Remix) 03:33  
8. Woman from Tokyo 05:51  
9. Highway Star 06:07   
10. Space Truckin' 04:33  
11. Burn 06:02
12. Stormbringer 04:06  
13. Soldier of Fortune 03:14  
14. Demon's Eye 05:22
15. You Keep On Moving (Single Edit) 04:29  
16. Smoke on the Water 05:40

Time:  01:19:34  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 1: Hush 01:09  
2. Hush [Billy Joe Royal Cover][Live 23.10.1968 in Los Angeles, The United States] 03:46  
3. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 2: Arriving in the USA for the First Time 01:10  
4. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 3: Miming for German TV 01:41  
5. Speed King [Video Version][Vicky Leandros show, German TV, 28.09.1970] 04:15  
6. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 4: The Writing of "Child in Time" 02:59  
7. Child in Time [Video Version] 10:08  
8. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 5: The Power of "Child in Time" 00:52  
9. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 6: The Recording of "Black Night" 03:24  
10. Black Night [Video Version] 03:08  
11. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 7: Fireball 01:38  
12. Fireball [Live 5.01.1972 in Hamburg, Germany] 03:27  
13. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 8: Fireball Album 00:34  
14. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 9: The Writing of "Strange Kind of Woman" 01:32  
15. Strange Kind of Woman [Live 11.03.1971 in London, The United Kingdom] 04:00  
16. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 10: Demon's Eye 01:01  
17. Demon's Eye [Live 1.09.1971 in Berlin, Germany] 10:07  
18. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 11: Highway Star 01:11  
19. Highway Star [Live 24.06.1972 in Bremen, Germany] 06:05  
20. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 12: Never Before 00:49  
21. Never Before [Video Version][ZDF TV "Disco", Nr. 17, 24 June 1972] 03:38  
22. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 13: Smoke on the Water 00:49  
23. Smoke on the Water [Live 29.05.1973 in New York, The United States] 05:18  
24. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 14: The Choice of Singles 01:06  
25. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 15: Woman from Tokyo 01:32  
26. Woman from Tokyo [Video Version] 02:43  
27. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 16: Made in Japan 03:42  
28. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 17: Burn 01:27  
29. Burn [Live 9.04.1974 in Ontario, The United States] 06:07  
30. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 18: You Keep on Moving 00:30  
31. You Keep on Moving [Video Version][With live intro from Rises over Japan] 04:36  
32. Interview with Jon Lord, Pt. 19: Stormbringer 00:33  
33. Stormbringer [Video Version] 04:38  

Time:   01:39:35

All songs are performed by Deep Purple in different line-ups (Mark I–IV). The track numbers in the following listing correspond to the 30th Anniversary Edition CD.

On Tracks 1–3, 5–10, 14 & 16: Deep Purple Mark II

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Roger Glover – bass
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion

On Track 4: Deep Purple Mark I

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
• Rod Evans – lead vocals
• Jon Lord – hammond organ, backing vocals
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion
• Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals

On Tracks 11–13: Deep Purple Mark III

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
• David Coverdale – lead vocals
• Glenn Hughes – bass, vocals
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion

On Track 15: Deep Purple Mark IV

• Tommy Bolin – guitars
• David Coverdale – lead vocals
• Glenn Hughes – bass, vocals
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Ian Paice – drums, percussion

Original album compiled by EMI in conjunction with Ian Paice and mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios.

Subtitled: 30th Anniversary Edition - CD & DVD Video Collection.

Tracks CD-4, CD-7, CD-13 & CD-15 are not featured on the original LP.

DVD features track by track Jon Lord interviews.

With the exception of "Made In Japan", the "Interview With Jon Lord"-tracks are not mentioned in the Tracklist on the back cover or in the booklet.

DVD produced by Drew Thompson and the pavement.

All tracks published by HEC Music,

except tracks CD-4 & DVD-2 published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd.,

tracks CD-11 to CD-13, CD-15, DVD-29, DVD-31 & DVD-33 published by Deep Purple Music Overseas.

Disc One CD: Track 7 ℗ 1997 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd., under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd., all others Digital remasters tracks 1 & 6 ℗ 1995, track 2 ℗ 2010, track 4 ℗ 1998, track 5 ℗ 2002, tracks 3 & 14 ℗ 1996. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by HEC Enterprises Ltd., under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd. Track 8 ℗ 2002, tracks 9, 10 & 16 ℗ 1997, track 11 ℗ 2004, tracks 12 & 13 ℗ 2009, track 15 ℗ 2002 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd., under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

Disc Two DVD: All Jon Lord interview clips are copyright control and ℗ 2010 The copyright in this audio visual recording is owned by Thompson Music P/L. Performance clip 3 ℗ 2010 The copyright in this audio visual recording is owned by HEC Enterprises Ltd. / Thompson Music P/L, clips 11, 12, 14 and 15 ℗ 2010 The copyright in this audio visual recording is owned by Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd. / Thompson Music P/L, clips 1 ℗ 1968, 2 and 4 ℗ 1970, 5-7 ℗ 1971 The copyright in this audio visual recording is owned by HEC Enterprises Ltd., clips 8-10 ℗ 1972 and 13 ℗ 1974 The copyright in this audio visual recording is owned by Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd. All under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.

Dolby Digital. E Exempt from classification. NTSC.

Running time: 99:44 Mins.

Region: 0. Aspect Ratio: 16:9.

℗ 2010 The copyright in this audio and audio-visual compilation is owned by EMI Records Ltd. © 2010 Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. © 2010 EMI Records Ltd. All rights reserved.

Place of manufacture as stated on label. Marketed and distributed by EMI. Printed in the EU.

Made in the EU.