News 28 Jun 2014

Deep Purple / Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69

By Paul Sinclair

Parlophone Label Group will release a new Deep Purple set next month, called Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69.

This clamshell box contains five CDs which present stereo and mono versions of the first two albums (Shades Of Deep Purple and Book Of Taliesyn) along with third album Deep Purple and a selection of bonus tracks. Although the extra material was largely issued as part of the EMI reissues in 2000, this will be the CD debut of Book Of Taliesyn in mono and everything is remastered for 2014.

Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings will be released on 28 July 2014.

Track listing

Disc: 1 / Shades Of Deep Purple (Mono Mix)

1. And The Address (Mono Mix) [2014 – Remastered Version]
2. Hush (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
3. One More Rainy Day (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
4. Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
5. Mandrake Root (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
6. Help (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
7. Love Help Me (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
8. Hey Joe (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]

Bonus Tracks

9. Shadows (Album Outtake)
10. Love Help Me (Instrumental)
11. Help (Alternate Take)

Disc: 2 / Shades Of Deep Purple (Stereo Mix)

1. And The Address (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
2. Hush (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
3. One More Rainy Day (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
4. Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
5. Mandrake Root (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
6. Help (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
7. Love Help Me (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
8. Hey Joe (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
9. And The Address (2003 Remix)

Bonus tracks

10. Hush (1968 Monitor Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
11. Prelude: Happiness/I’m So Glad (2003 Remix)
12. Hey Joe (2003 Remix)

Disc: 3 / Book Of Taliesyn (Mono Mix)

1. Listen, Learn, Read On (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
2. Wring That Neck (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
3. Kentucky Woman (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
4. Exposition/We Can Work It Out (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
5. Shield (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
6. Anthem (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
7. River Deep, Mountain High (Mono Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]

Disc: 4 / Book Of Taliesyn (Stereo Mix)

1. Listen, Learn, Read On (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
2. Wring That Neck (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
3. Kentucky Woman (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
4. Exposition/We Can Work It Out (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
5. Shield (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
6. Anthem (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
7. River Deep, Mountain High (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]

Bonus tracks

8. Playground (Instrumental Outtake) [2014 Remastered Version]
9. Kentucky Woman (2003 Remix)
10. Oh No No No (Studio Outtake)
11. Playground (Remixed Instrumental Outtake)
12. River Deep, Mountain High (Us Single Edit)

Disc: 5 / Deep Purple

1. Chasing Shadows (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
2. Blind (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
3. Lalena (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
4. Fault Line (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
5. The Painter (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
6. Why Didn’t Rosemary? (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
7. Bird Has Flown (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
8. April (Stereo Mix) [2014 Remastered Version]
9. Emmaretta (2012 Stereo Remix)

Bonus tracks

10. The Bird Has Flown (Early Version) [2012 Stereo Remix]
11. Why Didn’t Rosemary? (Early Instrumental Take) [Stereo Mix]
12. Blind (Stereo Mix) [2003 Remix]
13. Lalena (Stereo Mix) [Instrumental] [2014 Remastered Version]
14. April (Stereo Mix) [Part 1] [Single B-Side]
15. Emmaretta (Mono Mix) [Original Single A-Side]
16. The Bird Has Flown (Mono Mix) [Original Us Single B-Side]

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