Deep Purple Lim. Edition 180g UK Reissue Lp Shades of Deep Purple NM ’97 UK Limited Edition 180g Reissue LP released in 1997 on Parlophone Records. Cat: 7243 8 21453 1 8.
The usual perception of early Deep Purple is that it was a band with a lot of potential in search of a direction. And that might be true of their debut LP, put together in three days of sessions in May of 1968, but it's still a hell of an album. From the opening bars of "And the Address," it's clear that they'd gotten down the fundamentals of heavy metal from day one, and at various points the electricity and the beat just surge forth in ways that were startlingly new in the summer of 1968. Ritchie Blackmore never sounded less at ease as a guitarist than he does on this album, and the sound mix doesn't exactly favor the heavier side of his playing, but the rhythm section of Nick Simper and Ian Paice rumble forward, and Jon Lord's organ flourishes, weaving classical riffs, and unexpected arabesques into "I'm So Glad," which sounds rather majestic here. "Hush" was the number that most people knew at the time (it was a hit single in America), and it is a smooth, crunchy interpretation of the Joe South song. But nobody could have been disappointed with the rest of this record one can even hear the very distant origins of "Smoke on the Water" in "Mandrake Root," once one gets past the similarities to Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady"; by the song's extended finale, they sound more like the Nice.

Tracks : And the address/ Hush/ One more rainy day/ Prelude: Happiness/ I’m so glad/ Mandrake root/ Help/ Love help me/ Hey Joe.
  There are no signs of spindle marks on labels. Record is in Mint condition. Cover has minor scuffing on corners and is in Near Mint condition.

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