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Music CD - Deep Purple: The Book of Taliesyn
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Music CD: The Book of Taliesyn
Artist: Deep Purple
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Spitfire
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1. Listen, Learn, Read On
2. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
3. Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple, Diamond, Neil
4. Exposition/We Can Work It Out
5. The Shield
6. Anthem - Deep Purple, Lord, Jon
7. River Deep, Mountain High - Deep Purple, Barry, Jeff
8. Oh No No No - Deep Purple, Russell
9. It's All Over - Deep Purple, Unknown Composer
10. Hey Bop-A-Rebop
11. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
12. Playground
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0670211506327
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Spitfire
Manufacturer: Spitfire
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Spitfire
Release Date: 2000-03-21
Studio: Spitfire
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Summary: a purple classic
Comment: WOW, I love this album!
While many people may think Deep Purple wasn't *that* great just before they found their original hard rock/heavy metal sound only a couple years later, when it comes to pretty vocal melodies and above average songwriting skills, I have to give this album a perfect 5 star rating. It's just too wonderful NOT to give it a perfect rating!
"Kentucky Woman" has PERFECT vocals. They're memorable, exciting, and you wanna sing along with them. That's how you know a song is good. I can't imagine anyone hating this song, in fact!
"Shield" shows signs of the heavy metal version of the band that was about to be born. You can sense it here. "Anthem" is the GREATEST song on the album. I absolutely love the vocals in this song. "River Deep- Mountain High" contains more exciting vocals, and lots of interesting arrangements as far as guitar playing and keyboards go. It's mostly about solid songwriting that goes through a bunch of different vocal melodies and neat arrangements. What a great way to end the album.
This is one mighty fine Deep Purple album, folks.
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Summary: Classic proto-prog at its best.
Comment: A killer album by any standard. You can look at it as a great psychedelic album, well-composed and amazingly well performed - this was a cut above the psychedelic music from other bands of the day who could barely play their instruments, let alone write sophisticated music. Or you can look at it as a proto-progressive album which nails down the early progressive style better and more consistently than the early Nice albums (The Nice are credited to be the first band to fuse classical music and rock, thus creating progressive rock, but that needs to be reconsidered, and Jon Lord's position as a keyboard master next to Keith Emerson should be acknowledged). The covers are weaker part of the album with the exception of Kentucky Woman, a killer Psycho-R&B hit single, although progressive instrumental interludes keep things interesting (Note the skill with which they work a Tchaikovsky theme into the intro to We Can Work It Out). The orinals are more exciting, ranging from art-rock balads that rise to great mellotron swells and fall into a baroque melancholy, to complex proto-prog anthems with extended virtuoso instrumental passages. The band interplay is very tight, the production very decent and the music a testimony to Deep Purple's role as prog-rock pioneers. Along with the following two albums, this is an early progressive rock classic and a must in any prog rock collection.
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Summary: Deep Purple
Comment: As a long time Deep Purple fan,I have waited for these albums to be put on CD.While some of the music may not be what we have come to expect from the band,they do show the early formative years of what has become the finest hard rock band in the world.A true collector's item.
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Summary: GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!
Comment: Most Deep Purple fans came about with Mark 2 (Ian Gillian on lead Vocals) But Mark 1 was pretty darn good (with Rod Evans on lead Vocals). And the Book of Taliesyn is the best of the early Mark 1 stuff, But Shades of Deep Purple rocks as well, Oh Heck I love em all. It has a 60's sound, but it rocks. We start with Listen, Learn, Read on and it rocks. The on to Wring that neck is a jam and they use to stretch it out 15-20 minutes in concert. Then a good version (cover) of Kentucky women, never really like the song but there is a good musical section hear that is very nice. The on to a rocking cover of we can work it out with a cool intro called explosion. On to shield Anthem, and a great cover of River Deep Mountain High (which would be done in 20 minutes versions live as well), witch finishes the original album. This re mastered version sounds great, and has 5 bonus tracks. This is a must get for any DP fan.
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Summary: Deep Purple - 'The Book Of Taliesyn' (Spitfire)
Comment: Originally released in 1969, what was this-like their second album? Apparently, there has been some confusion over which remaster and which label this title has been reissued on. No matter, this Spitfire release I have sounds freaking G-R-E-A-T! Worthy of many, MANY spins in your home entertainment system. Killer cuts here include "Listen, Learn, Read On", "Wring That Neck" (Jon Lord's keyboard playing here is unbelievable), Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman", their Beatles cover "We Can Work It Out" and the stellar ten-minute epic "River Deep, Mountain High". Plus, there's five bonus tracks tagged on in which three are from a BBC Top Gear sessions show. Very nice. Top of the genre, must-have early British hard rock to thoroughly take in here. You won't regret it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Remastered reissue of 1968 album with 5 bonus tracks 'Oh No No No' (Studio Out Take), 'It's All Over' (BBC Top Gear Session), 'Hey Bop A Re Bop' (BBC Top Gear Session), 'Wring ThatNeck' (BBC Top Gear Session), 'Playground' (Remixed Instrumental Studio Out Take) all previously unissued. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
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