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{{for|the Sun Ra album|Deep Purple (Sun Ra album){{!}}''Deep Purple'' (Sun Ra album)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Deep Purple
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| released = June 1969 (US)<br />September 1969 (UK)
| recorded = January–March 1969
| studio = [[De Lane Lea Studios|De Lane Lea]], Kingsway, London
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]|[[progressive rock]]}}
| length = 44:34
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| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Remastered re-issue cover
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| cover = Deep Purple - DP reissue.jpg
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'''''Deep Purple''''', also referred to as '''''Deep Purple III''''', is the third studio
The music of this album is mostly original and a combination of [[progressive rock]], [[hard rock]] and [[psychedelic rock]], but with a harder edge and with the guitar parts in more evidence than in the past. This was due both to the growth of guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]] as a songwriter and to the conflicts within the band over the fusion of
The band started their second US tour in April 1969 with little support from their almost-bankrupt American label and without an album to promote, because of a delay in the manufacturing of the new LP. During the tour, Deep Purple showed a remarkable progress as performers and a musical direction more oriented towards a heavier and louder sound than before. Doubts about the compatibility of vocalist [[Rod Evans]] with the hard rock music that other band members wanted to pursue brought about the decision to search for a substitute, which was found in [[Ian Gillan]] of the band [[Episode Six (band)|Episode Six]]. Gillan had formed a songwriting duo with Episode Six's bassist [[Roger Glover]], who was also invited to join Deep Purple and replace [[Nick Simper]]. The band's new line-up, identified as Mark II, debuted live in London on 10 July 1969.
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==Cover art==
[[File:Jeromebosch1503.jpg|thumb|upright=0.90|A detail of the right panel of the [[triptych]] ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' painted in the late 15th century by Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]], depicting Hell in a highly symbolic fashion.<ref>Gombrich, E. H. "Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights': A Progress Report". ''Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes'', Volume 32, 1969: 162–170</ref>]]
Tetragrammaton issued the album in a stark gatefold sleeve, wrapped around with a segmented illustration from [[Hieronymus Bosch]]'s painting ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''.<ref name="CD7" /> The label ran into difficulty over the use of the [[Museo del Prado]]-owned painting, which was incorrectly perceived in the US as being anti-religious, featuring immoral scenes, and was thus rejected or poorly stocked by many record shops.<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="CD8" >Robinson: p. 8</ref> The original painting is in colour, although it appeared on the LP in
==Release and promotion==
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==Personnel==
* [[Rod Evans]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
* [[Ritchie Blackmore]] – [[Electric guitar|guitar]]s
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* [[Ian Paice]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[Derek Lawrence]] – [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio mixing|mixing]]
* Barry Ainsworth – [[Audio engineer|engineer]]
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==Notes==
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