Artist
Deep Purple
Deep Purple is a hard rock artist from Hertford, England formed in 1968. 124 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hard Rock · Hertford, England · Best hard rock albums
- 124
- Releases
- 1968–2026
- Active years
- 1968
- Formed
Artist
Deep Purple is a hard rock artist from Hertford, England formed in 1968. 124 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hard Rock · Hertford, England · Best hard rock albums
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Machine Head
1972 · 8 tracks
Made in Japan
1972
Burn (30th Anniversary Edition)
2005
Machine Head - 25th Anniversary Edition
2003
Stormbringer
1974
Fireball (25th Anniversary Edition)
1996
Perfect Strangers
1984
inFinite
2017
Made In Japan (Original 1972 Mix)
2010
Whoosh!
2020
Come Taste The Band: 35th Anniversary Edition
2010
Deep Purple
1969
Live 1993
2006
Slaves and Masters
1990
Who Do We Think We Are
1973
Shades of Deep Purple
1968
Now What?!
2013
Live in Stuttgart 1993
2007
Live In Japan
2003
Purpendicular
1996
The House of Blue Light
1987
Made in Europe
1976
Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings '1968-69'
2014
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Copenhagen 1972
2013
The Book of Taliesyn
1968
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2024
Turning to Crime
2021
Long Beach 1976 (2016 Edition)
2016
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Graz 1975
2014
Collections
2011
Original Album Classics
2011
Best Of
2018
The Infinite Live Recordings, Vol. 1
2017
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Stockholm 1970
2014
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Paris 1975
2012
In Concert '72 (2012 Remix)
2012
BBC Sessions 1968 - 1970
2011
In Concert 1970-1972
1992
Nobody's Perfect
1988
From the Setting Sun... (In Wacken)
2015
Live At The Olympia
2006
Concerto For Group And Orchestra (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
2002
In Rock (2018 Remaster)
1970
Live in London
2007
California Jamming (Live)
2003
Extras: The Infinite B-Sides and Bonus Songs
2022
Live in London 2002
2021
To the Rising Sun (In Tokyo)
2015
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Long Beach 1971
2015
Live at Montreux 2011
2011
The Collection
2006
Live in Rome 2013
2019
Phoenix Rising (Audio Version)
2011
In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
2000
Knocking At Your Back Door: The Best Of Deep Purple In The 80's
1992
Extras: The Now What?! B-Sides and Bonus Songs
2022
Hit Collection - Edition
2011
Rapture of the Deep
2005
Made In Japan (Steven Wilson 2025 Remix)
2025
Machine Head (Remix 2024 / Remaster 2024)
2024
Live in Verona
2021
Live in Newcastle 2001
2019
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Deep Purple (Reissue)
2010
Live at Montreux 2006 (They All Came Down to Montreux)
2008
Steel Box Collection - Greatest Hits
2008
Live at Montreux 1996
2008
Montreux '71 (Live At The Casino, Montreux / 1971)
2024
SPLAT!
2026
The Now What?! Live Tapes
2013
Deep Purple in Rock
1970
Bombay Calling (Live in 95)
2022
The Platinum Collection
2005
The Best & Live
2004
Rapture of the Deep (20th Anniversary Remix)
2025
Live in Tokyo 2001
2022
Live in Hong Kong 2001
2022
Speed King
2005
Live in Wollongong 2001
2022
The Sounds of Deep Purple
1972
Live Archive 1975
1975
Celebrating Jon Lord
2014
Singles & E.P. Anthology '68-'80
2010
Bananas
2003
In Concert With the London Symphony Orchestra
2000
Very Best of Deep Purple
2000
Days May Come and Days May Go: The California Rehearsals, June 1975
2000
Total Abandon: Australia '99
1999
30: Very Best Of
1998
Abandon
1998
Knocking at Your Back Door
1997
Live at the Olympia '96
1997
Live at the California Jam
1996
On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat
1995
Smoke on the Water: The Best of
1994
Come Hell or High Water
1994
Hush
1993
The Battle Rages On...
1993
Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
1980
Last Concert in Japan
1977
Come Taste the Band
1975
Burn
1974
Purple Passages
1972
Fireball
1971
Concerto for Group and Orchestra (The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Malcolm Arnold)
1969
All I Got Is You
EP · 2017
Johnny's Band
EP · 2017
Above and Beyond
EP · 2013
All the Time in the World (Digital Special Edition)
EP · 2013
Pictures of You
Single · 2024
Time for Bedlam
EP · 2016
Lazy Sod
Single · 2024
Portable Door
Single · 2024
Clearly Quite Absurd (20th Anniversary Remix)
Single · 2025
Arrogant Boy
Single · 2026
Child In Time (Superhuman Stranger Things Version)
Single · 2025
7 and 7 Is (German TV Rehearsal Take 1)
Single · 2022
Diablo
Single · 2026
Speed King (Live In Tokyo 1972 / 2025 Remix)
Single · 2025
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Single · 2021
Love Conquers All
Single · 1990
King of Dreams
Single · 1990
Child in Time (Part 1) / Child in Time (Part 2)
Single · 1972
Strange Kind of Woman
Single · 1971
Black Night / Speed King
Single · 1970
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It all started in 1968 when Chris Curtis, an ex-Searcher, formed a group withDave Curtiss (no relation, note different spelling) on bass, Bobby Woodman-Clarke on drums and brought in ex-Artwoods organist Jon Lord (born 9 June 1941, Leicester, England) and ex-Johnny Kidd andThe Pirates bassist, Nick Simper (born 3 November 1946, Southall, Middlesex).Nick had survived the car crash that had killed Johnny Kidd in 1966. GuitaristRitchie Blackmore (born 14 April 1945, Weston-super-Mare, England) joined inrehearsals for this new act initially dubbed Roundabout. Curtis dropped outwithin days, and when Dave and Bobby also proved incompatible, two members ofMaze, Rod Evans (born 19 January 1945, Edinburgh, Scotland; vocals) and IanPaice (born 29 June 1948, Nottinghamshire; drums), replaced them. Having adopted the Deep Purple name (apparently inspired by Ritchie'sgrandmother's favorite song) following a brief Scandinavian tour in April 1968(where they played as Roundabout, "in case they flopped"), the quintetbegan recording their debut album, which they patterned on USA group VanillaFudge. "Shades of Deep Purple" thus included dramatic rearrangementsof well-known songs, including a faithfu…