Deep Purple                         The Book of Taliesyn (1968)

 

 

1 Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 3.59

2 Wring That Neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 5.08

  Titled "Hard Road" on the US releases.

3 Kentucky Woman (Diamond) 4.39

4 Medley 6.56

  Exposition (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)

  We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)

5 Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 5.59

6 Anthem (Lord/Evans) 6.25
7 River Deep, Mountain High (Spector/Barry/Greenwich) 9.59

 

Recorded during September 1968 at De Lane Lea Studios in London.

Engineered by Barry Ainsworth.

Produced by Derek Lawrence.

 

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar

Rod Evans - vocals

Jon Lord - keyboards/backing vocals

Ian Paice - drums

Nic Simper - bass/backing vocals.

 

       The Book Of Taliesyn [lp] : US Oct 1968 Tetragrammaton Records T 107

       The Book Of Taliesyn [lp] : UK July 1969 Harvest SHVL 751

       The Book Of Taliesyn [cd] : Japan 1989 Warner Pioneer 20P2 2602

       The Book Of Taliesyn [cd] : UK June 1989 EMI Records CDP 7 92408 2