30: Very Best of Deep Purple

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30: Very Best of Deep Purple
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Greatest hits album by
Deep Purple
Released12 October 1998 [1]
Recorded1968–1998
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length77:45 (single CD version) 138:04 (double CD version)
Label EMI
Producer Deep Purple
Deep Purple compilations chronology
Smoke on the Water: The Best Of
(1992)		30: Very Best of Deep Purple
(1998)		 Smoke on the Water
(1998)
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30: Very Best of Deep Purple is a 1998 compilation album by English rock band Deep Purple, celebrating 30th anniversary of the band. There are two CD versions of the album, a single CD and a double CD, and a vinyl version, a double LP printed on purple vinyl, with the track listing being identical to the single CD version.

Contents

The single CD version concentrates on the greatest hits of Deep Purple through the years, and contains mostly edited single versions of the songs, for example "Child in Time", which was over ten minutes long in its original form on the album Deep Purple in Rock . The double CD "Special Collectors Edition" is more in-depth, containing full versions of all the songs.

The album was certified Gold on 2 December 2005 by the BPI, selling 100,000 copies in the UK [3] and reaching the Top 40. It peaked on the Australian charts at number 41. [4]

Single CD version

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Hush" (30th anniversary remaster) Joe South 1968 – Shades of Deep Purple 4:28
2."Black Night" (Single version remaster) 1970 – "Black Night" single3:29
3."Speed King" (Single version) 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock4:27
4."Child in Time" (Single edit) 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock4:15
5."Strange Kind of Woman" (Single version) 1971 – Fireball 3:53
6."Fireball" 1971 – Fireball3:26
7."Demon's Eye" 1971 – Fireball5:19
8."Smoke on the Water" (25th anniversary remaster) 1972 – Machine Head 5:43
9."Highway Star" (1997 remix) 1972 – Machine Head6:32
10."When a Blind Man Cries" (1997 remix) 1972 – "Never Before" single3:31
11."Never Before" (Single edit) 1972 – Machine Head3:30
12."Woman from Tokyo" (Single edit) 1973 – Who Do We Think We Are 2:47
13."Burn" (Single edit) David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice1974 – Burn 4:33
14."Stormbringer"Blackmore, Coverdale1974 – Stormbringer 4:07
15."You Keep on Moving" (Single edit)Coverdale, Glenn Hughes 1975 – Come Taste the Band 4:30
16."Perfect Strangers" (Single edit)Blackmore, Gillan, Glover1984 – Perfect Strangers 4:16
17."Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1996 – Purpendicular 4:19
18."Any Fule Kno That"Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1998 – Abandon 4:27

Credits

Double CD version

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted.

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Hush" Joe South 1968 – Shades of Deep Purple4:28
2."Mandrake Root" Rod Evans, Blackmore, Lord1968 – Shades of Deep Purple6:11
3."Kentucky Woman" Neil Diamond 1968 – The Book of Taliesyn 4:43
4."Wring That Neck"Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice1968 – The Book of Taliesyn5:14
5."The Bird Has Flown"Evans, Blackmore, Lordsingle b-side version2:54
6."Emmaretta"Evans, Blackmore, Lordsingle3:00
7."Hallelujah" Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook single3:43
8."Black Night" single3:29
9."Speed King" 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock5:53
10."Bloodsucker" 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock4:13
11."Child in Time" 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock10:17
12."Strange Kind of Woman" single (UK) and 1971 – Fireball (USA)3:53
13."Fireball" 1971 – Fireball3:26
14."Demon's Eye" 1971 – Fireball5:19
15."When a Blind Man Cries (1997 Remix)" single b-side3:31
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Highway Star (1997 remix)" 1972 – Machine Head6:32
2."Smoke on the Water (Single Version)" 1972 – Machine Head5:43
3."Never Before" 1972 – Machine Head4:01
4."Woman from Tokyo" 1973 – Who Do We Think We Are5:51
5."Burn" David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice1974 – Burn6:03
6."Might Just Take Your Life"Blackmore, Coverdale, Lord, Paice1974 – Burn4:39
7."Stormbringer"Blackmore, Coverdale1974 – Stormbringer4:07
8."You Keep on Moving"Coverdale, Glenn Hughes 1975 – Come Taste the Band5:19
9."Perfect Strangers"Blackmore, Gillan, Glover1984 – Perfect Strangers5:21
10."Knocking at Your Back Door"Gillan, Blackmore, Glover1984 – Perfect Strangers7:03
11."King of Dreams" Joe Lynn Turner, Blackmore, Glover1990 – Slaves & Masters 5:29
12."Ted the Mechanic"Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1996 – Purpendicular4:19
13."Any Fule Kno That"Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1998 – Abandon4:27

Credits

Charts

Chart (1998-1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 92
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 39
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [11] 30

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [12] Gold30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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