The Anthology is a Rock album by Deep Purple, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked.
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The Anthology is a compilation album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968-1969), II (1970–73), III (1974–75) and IV (1975–76) line-ups. It's a double vinyl album with a few previously unreleased (at the time) tracks and mixes. This version of the album was never re-issued on CD. A new version on CD was released in 1991 by EMI, with different songs and only previously released material. The sleeve-note was written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple - The Illustrated Biography. The album was also released on cassette.
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Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- rowdy
- heartland
First released in UK in February 1985 on EMI/Harvest PUR-1(EN-15-5360-3) as 2 LP in black or purple vinyl and as 2 MC PUR-1 (EN-26-0612-3), in France in July 1985 on EMI/Harvest 50999-1553603 [2LP] and in Holland 1985 on EMI/Harvest 1a164-260612-3 [2LP].
There is no official CD release of this material ever published.
Simon Robinson of the DPAS (Deep Purple Appreciation Society) was discontent with this release, since it contained some previously unreleased material (tracks like "Grabsplatter") aimed at collectors (and thereby forcing die-hards to buy an otherwise useless album.
Consequently, he persuaded EMI to do a new version aimed strictly at new fans. The new version was released in 1991 as "The Deep Purple Anthology".
Credits
The people behind it.
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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