Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968) (Vinyl)

Year: June 1969 (UK), October 1968 (US), (LP 18 Apr 2015)

Label: Harvest/EMI Records (UK), HVL 751 2564618347

Style: Hard Rock

Country: Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Time: 43:47

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 253 Mb

The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded only three months after Shades of Deep Purple and released by Tetragrammaton Records in October 1968, just before their first US tour. The name for the album was taken from the 14th-century Book of Taliesin.

The structure of the album is similar to that of their debut, with four original songs and three rearranged covers, although the tracks are longer, the arrangements more complex and the sound more polished than on Shades of Deep Purple. The music style is a mix of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and hard rock, with several inserts of classical music arranged by the band's keyboard player Jon Lord.

(Wikipedia)

"The Book of Taliesyn" Charts: Canada #48, Billboard 200 (USA) #54
Recorded - August and October 1968. Studio - De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway, London. Producer - Derek Lawrence.
Matrix Side A: BE 71381-01 A1, Side B: BE 71381-01 B1

01. A1 Listen Learn Read On (04:03)
02. A2 Hard Road (05:15)
03. A3 Kentucky Woman (04:45)
04. A4 a-Exposition b-We Can Work It Out (07:00)
05. B1 The Shield (06:01)
06. B2 Anthem (06:31)
07. B3 River Deep Mountain High (10:10)

Rod Evans – lead vocals
Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals, strings arrangement on "Anthem"
Ian Paice – drums

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