The Mark II Purple Singles explained

The Mark II Purple Singles is a compilation album by Deep Purple. The album was released in 1979. It claimed to be Mark II both because it focused solely on the second line-up of the band and because it was intended as a second volume to the previous year's The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's. A version with purple vinyl is also available.

The original sleeve notes by Geoff Barton claimed that "Smoke on the Water" was a different recording to the one from Made in Japan. He wrote: "Blackmore chooses to play the solo straight, without the embellishments that, for me, marred the other officially available live version [on Made in Japan]." In fact it is the same recording, edited.

Track listing

All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.

Side one

1. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:12 (live version from Made in Japan, edited)
2. "Black Night" – 4:56 (live version recorded in Japan 1972)
3. "Child in Time" – 9:52 (live version from Made in Japan, edited)

Side two

4. "Woman from Tokyo" – 4:28 (A-side from Who Do We Think We Are, edited)
5. "Never Before" – 3:30 (A-side from Machine Head, edited)
6. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:29 (B-side from the Machine Head sessions)
7. "Painted Horse" – 5:18 (outtake from the Who Do We Think We Are sessions)

Personnel

Deep Purple

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff . Martin . Martin Popoff . The Deep Purple Family . 2nd . Wymer Publishing . 2016 . 257 . 978-1-908724-42-7.