Deep Purple - 30: Very Best of Deep Purple CD

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30: Very Best of Deep Purple is a 1998 compilation album by English rock band Deep Purple, celebrating 30 years of the successful 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.

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 and reaching the Top 40. It peaked on the Australian charts at number 41.

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 South1968 – Shades of Deep Purple4:28

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 – Fireball3:53

6."Fireball" 1971 – Fireball3:26

7."Demon's Eye" 1971 – Fireball5:19

8."Smoke on the Water" (25th anniversary remaster) 1972 – Machine Head5:43

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 Are2:47

13."Burn" (Single edit)David Coverdale, Blackmore, Lord, Paice1974 – Burn4:33

14."Stormbringer"Blackmore, Coverdale1974 – Stormbringer4:07

15."You Keep on Moving" (Single edit)Coverdale, Glenn Hughes1975 – Come Taste the Band4:30

16."Perfect Strangers" (Single edit)Blackmore, Gillan, Glover1984 – Perfect Strangers4:16

17."Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1996 – Purpendicular4:19

18."Any Fule Kno That"Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice1998 – Abandon4:27

Credits

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar on tracks 1–14, and 16
• Jon Lord – keyboards on all tracks, backing vocals on track 1
• Ian Paice – drums on all tracks
• Nick Simper – bass and backing vocals on track 1
• Rod Evans – vocals on track 1
• Ian Gillan – vocals 2–12, and 16–18
• Roger Glover – bass and backing vocals on tracks 2–12 and 16–18
• David Coverdale – vocals on tracks 13–15
• Glenn Hughes – bass and vocals on tracks 13–15
• Tommy Bolin – guitar on track 15
• Steve Morse – guitar on tracks 17–18