Deep Purple - Singles A's and B's (Compilation Album) (1978)
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Deep Purple - Singles A's and B's (Compilation Album)
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Side one
"Hush" (South) - 4:25
"One More Rainy Day" (Lord/Evans)- 3:38
"Emmaretta" (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) - 2:59
"Wring That Neck" (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) - 5:12 (Paice's name is misspelt "Price" on the vinyl release)
"Hallelujah" (Greenaway/Cook) - 3:42
"April" part 1 (Blackmore/Lord) - 3:57
Side two
"Black Night" - 3:27
"Speed King" - 4:25 (Demo version with piano)
"Strange Kind of Woman" - 3:47
"I'm Alone" - 3:05 (B-side from the "Strange Kind of Woman" single)
"Demon's Eye" - 5:12
"Fireball" - 3:23
Deep Purple Band Members / Musicians
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar: tracks 1-18
Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica : tracks 6-16
Roger Glover – bass guitar : tracks 6-16
Jon Lord - organ, keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice - drums
Rod Evans - lead vocals : tracks 1-5
Nick Simper - bass guitar, backing vocals : tracks 1-5
David Coverdale - vocals : tracks 17-20
Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals : tracks 17-20
Tommy Bolin - guitar : tracks 19-20
1993 version compiled by Simon Robinson of the DPAS
The Deep Purple Singles A's & B's is a compilation album of singles released by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was released on vinyl in October 1978. An updated version of the album was issued on CD in 1993 and contains the complete collection of Deep Purple's UK singles, recorded and released from 1968 to 1976 by the Mk I, II, III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple. In 2010 EMI released another double CD compilation album called Singles & E.P. Anthology '68 - '80. It contains all songs as herein plus 15 tracks. The song "Kentucky Woman" is present in the album version, which is 38 seconds longer than the single edit.
