The Mark II Purple Singles
Compilation album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedApril 1979[1]
Recorded1971–1972
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length37:00
LabelPurple
ProducerDeep Purple
Deep Purple compilations chronology
When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
(1978) 		The Mark II Purple Singles
(1979) 		Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
(1980)

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

Personnel

Deep Purple

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 24

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  2. ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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