The Book of Taliesyn
Deep Purple
℗ 1968
The Book of Taliesyn is the second album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 by Tetragrammaton in the US, and by EMI's Harvest Records in the UK, and Polydor in Canada and Japan in 1969. The album follows the psychedelic/progressive rock sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock. There are three cover versions on this album - "Kentucky Woman", originally from Neil Diamond, "We Can Work It Out" from the Beatles and "River Deep Mountain High", known from Ike and Tina Turner. |
- 1. Listen, Learn, Read On (Ian Paice — Jon Lord — Ritchie Blackmore — Rod Evans) [04:00]
- 2. Wring That Neck (Hard Road) (Ian Paice — Jon Lord — Nick Simper — Ritchie Blackmore) [05:10]
- 3. Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond) [04:40]
- 4a. Exposition (Ian Paice — John Lennon — Jon Lord — Nick Simper — Paul McCartney — Ritchie Blackmore) [07:02]
- 4b. We Can Work It Ou
- 5. Shield (Jon Lord — Ritchie Blackmore — Rod Evans) [05:59]
- 6. Anthen (Jon Lord — Rod Evans) [06:27]
bonus:
- 7. River Deep, Mountain High (Ellie Greenwich — Jeff Barry — Phil Spector) [10:06]
- 8. Oh No No No [studio out take] (Leander — Russell) [04:26]
- 9. It's all Over [BBC Top Gear session] (Unknown Composer) [04:14]
- 10. Hey Bop a Re Bop [BBC Top Gear session] (Ian Paice — Jon Lord — Ritchie Blackmore — Rod Evans) [03:32]
- 11. Wring That Neck [BBC Top Gear session] (Ian Paice — Jon Lord — Nick Simper — Ritchie Blackmore) [04:42]
- 12. Playground [remixed instrumental studio out take] (Ian Paice — Jon Lord — Nick Simper — Ritchie Blackmore) [04:31]
Участие в альбоме:
- Ritchie Blackmore: guitar
- Rod Evans: lead vocals
- Jon Lord: organ, keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Ian Paice: drums
- Nick Simper: bass, backing vocals