On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat (Live In California 1976) - Deep Purple

Advantages: Encompasses most of their 3 decade career
Disadvantages: Not enough early Deep Purple

...If you like deep purple then this will save you making a compilation. Full of timeless classics from many of their best selling albums with a few singles thrown in for good measure. Deep purple are comparible to Led Zeppelin in terms of being one of the first "supergroups". Tracks include Highway Star, smoke on the water, Burn, Speed king and more recent tracks such as Perfect strangers. There have been a few line-ups of Deep Purple, the most notable change was when Ian Gillan left and David Coverdale took his place. This album spans the whole of Deep Purple's 3 decades of music making - In 1974 Deep Purple with David Coverdale was the best selling band in America. If you are really impressed by what you hear on this album, David coverdale sung with WHITESNAKE, Richie Blackmore played guitar and Roger Glover played bass guitar... Read review

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Advantages: Some of rocks finest songs
Disadvantages: Some bad tracks used as fillers

...There are various incarnations of Deep Purples's greatest hits but this has to be the best. It comes in a very stylish purplse slip case complete with a glossy book with text written by Hugh Gilmore. This outlines how the band formed, their most important releases and what musicians have been in their ranks throughout the 31 years of their existance. All the classics are on here from 1969's Hush which was recently covered by Kula Shaker up to 1998's Any Fule Kno That. Some songs aren't worth theirp place on the album but find themselves there because they are title tracks from the bands various albums. An example of this is Fireball. Others such as Speed King and Never before simply aren't good songs but there are some exceptional numbers on here like Stormbringer and Perfect Strangers. Of course Deep Purple have produced some... Read review

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Advantages: Contains well loved, classic, Purple tracks
Disadvantages: There are a couple of songs not to my personal taste

...Deep Purple were one of the first heavy metal bands and this greatest hits album shows some of their evolution from a softer more ballad-like sound to some seriously rocking heavy tracks. No one who enjoys hard rock could be without some Deep Purple. Singers David Coverdale (who went on to form White Snake) and Ian Gillan (whose band was called Gillan) went on to have enormously successful careers after leaving Purple, yet they will always be best respected for their work while members of this influential band. Probably the most easily recognised guitare riff in rock history is that of Smoke On the Water, an all-time favourite track for many fans of the genre. This album is definately one for your collection if you are new to Deep Purple. It is a real piece of rock history. The tracks, other than Smoke On the Water are : Black... Read review

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