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Line-up

1968-  Ian Paice - drums
1969-1973  Roger Glover - bass, vocals
› 1984-  -//-
1969-1973  Ian Gillan - vocals
› 1984-1989  -//-
› 1992-  -//-
2002-  Don Airey - keyboards
2022-  Simon McBride - guitars
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1968  Chris Curtis - drums
1968  Bobby Woodman - drums
1968-1969  Rod Evans - vocals
1968-1969  Nicky Simper - bass
1968-1975  Ritchie Blackmore - guitars
› 1984-1993  -//-
1968-1976  Jon Lord - keyboards
› 1984-2002  -//-
1973-1976  Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals
1973-1976  David Coverdale - vocals
1975-1976  Tommy Bolin - guitar
1989-1992  Joe Lynn Turner - vocals
1993-1994  Joseph "Joe" Satriani - guitars
1994-2022  Steve Morse - guitars, vocals
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2020-  Jordan Rudess - keyboards
2022  Simon McBride - guitars
2003  Beth Hart - backing vocals

Discography

1968 Kentucky Woman [Single] 8
1968 Kentucky Woman / Hush! [Single] 8
1968 Listen, Learn, Read On / River Deep - Mountain High [Single]
1968 Kentucky Woman / We Can Work It Out [Single]
1968 Hush [Single] 8.8
1969 Anthem [Single] 8
1969 Emmaretta [Single] 7
1969 Concerto For Group And Orchestra [Live] 8.2
1969 I'm So Glad [Single]
1969 River Deep Mountain High [Single] 7.5
1969 Help! [Single] 8.7
1969 Hallelujah [Single] 9
1970 Concerto [Single] 7
1970 Black Night [Single] 8.7
1970 The Bird Has Flown [Single] 9
1970 Best Of Deep Purple [Compilation]
1970 Speed King [Single] 8
1970 Flight Of The Rat [Single] 7.7
1970 Child In Time [Single] 8.8
1971 Strange Kind Of Woman [Single] 8.6
1971 Fireball [Single] 9.5
1971 No No No [Single] 8
1972 Never Before [Single] 9.5
1972 Lazy [Single] 9.3
1972 Highway Star [Single] 8
1972 Purple Passages [Compilation] 6.3
1972 Early Purple [Compilation]
1972 The Best Of Deep Purple [Compilation]
1972 Klub Płytowy Nr.1 (No. 1 PSJ Club) [Split]
1972 Lazy (Live) [Single]
1972 Smoke On The Water [Single] 8.2
1972 Made In Japan [Live] 9.2
1973 Space Truckin' [Single] 6
1973 Super Trouper [Single] 7
1973 Smoke On The Water (Live) [Single] 8.5
1973 Made In Japan [Single]
1973 Fools / The Mule [Single]
1973 Woman From Tokyo [Single] 8.5
1973 Mark I & II [Compilation] 7.8
1974 Burn [Single] 8.4
1974 Might Just Take Your Life [Single] 4
1974 Lady Double Dealer [Single] 5.7
1974 You Can't Do It Right [Single] 5.3
1974 Stormbringer [Single] 7.3
1974 Strange Kind Of Woman / Super Trouper [Single]
1975 Black Night (Live) [Single] 9.3
1975 Lay Down Stay Down [Single] 5
1975 24 Carat Purple [Compilation] 7.9
1975 Gettin' Tighter [Single] 8
1975 You Keep On Movin' [Single] 8
1975 Soldado De Fortuna (El Mercenario) = Soldier Of Fortune [Single]
1975 Shades Of Deep Purple & The Book Of Taliesyn [Compilation]
1976 Made In Europe [Live] 8.1
1976 Deep Purple's Greatest Hits [Compilation]
1977 The Mark 2 Purple Singles [Compilation] 8
1977 Last Concert In Japan [Live] 7.2
1977 Powerhouse [Compilation] 7
1977 Deep Purple [Compilation]
1978 The Deep Purple Singles A's And B's [Compilation] 7.8
1978 When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll [Compilation] 8.3
1979 Child In Time (Live) [Single] 9
1979 Black Night (Live) / Smoke On The Water [Single]
1979 Black Night / Strange Kind Of Woman [Single]
1980 Deepest Purple [Compilation] 8.6
1980 New, Live And Rare [Compilation]
1980 In Concert [Live] 8.1
1981 Deep Purple Collection [Compilation]
1981 Rock Flashback California Jam, April 6th 1974 [DVD] 9
1981 Child In Time / Woman From Tokyo [Single]
1981 Lo Mejor De Deep Purple [Compilation]
1982 Live In London [Live] 7.8
1984 Knocking At Your Back Door [Single] 8
1984 Nobody's Home [Single] 7.5
1984 Perfect Strangers [Single] 7.5
1984 Knocking At Your Back Door / Wasted Sunsets [Single] 10
1984 Hallelujah / Emmaretta [Single]
1984 Wasted Sunsets [Single]
1984 The History Of Rock (Volume Twenty Seven) [Split]
1985 Fireworks [Compilation] 8
1985 Rises Over Japan [DVD]
1985 Greatest Purple [Compilation]
1985 Smoke On My Mega-Mix [Single]
1985 Hard Rock Heroes [Boxset]
1985 Complete [Boxset]
1985 The Anthology [Compilation] 8.3
1987 Call Of The Wild [Single] 6
1987 Bad Attitude [Single] 5.5
1987 The Videosingles [DVD]
1987 The Best Of Deep Purple, Vol. 2 [Compilation]
1987 Deep Purple [Boxset]
1987 Machine Head Live - 1972; [DVD]
1988 Scandinavian Nights [Live] 8.5
1988 Nobody's Perfect [Live] 7.6
1988 Perfect Strangers / Strange Kind Of Woman [Single]
1988 Stars & Schlager [Compilation]
1988 Collection [Boxset]
1988 Hush (Live) [Single]
1989 Rock Giants [Compilation] 8
1989 For Your Love / Hush [Split]
1989 CD Collecion - Forever Young Series [Compilation]
1990 Best - Black Night [Compilation] 8
1990 Love Conquers All [Single] 7
1990 King Of Dreams [Single] 7.3
1990 Doing Their Thing [DVD]
1990 Scandinavian Nights - Live In Denmark 1972 [DVD]
1990 Smoke On The Water [Split] 9
1990 Fire In The Basement [Single]
1991 In The Absence Of Pink - Knebworth '85 [Live] 8.7
1991 Knocking At Your Back Door: The Best Of Deep Purple In The 80's [Compilation] 7.9
1991 Heavy Metal Pioneers [DVD]
1991 The Deep Purple Anthology [Compilation]
1991 Tour Brasil '91 [Single]
1991 On Stage - Black Night [Live]
1991 In Concert + Live In London + New, Live And Rare [Boxset]
1991 The Best Of Deep Purple In Brazil [Compilation]
1992 The Most Of Deep Purple [Compilation]
1993 Progression [Compilation] 7.1
1993 Anya [Single] 6
1993 Time To Kill [Single] 6
1993 Talk About Love [Single] 6
1993 The Battle Rages On [Single] 7.3
1993 The Gemini Suite [Live] 7.6
1993 Live In Japan [Live] 8.4
1993 Purple Rainbows [Split]
1993 I Successi [Compilation]
1993 Hush [Compilation]
1993 Greatest Hits 1970-72 [Compilation]
1993 Purple Chronicle - The Best Selection Of 25th Anniversary [Boxset]
1994 Smoke On The Water - The Best Of [Compilation] 8.9
1994 Anyone's Daughter [Single] 7
1994 Come Hell Or High Water [Live] 7.5
1994 Come Hell Or High Water [DVD] 7.9
1994 Best On Stage 1970-1985 [Boxset]
1994 Smoke On The Water: The Best Music Collection [Split]
1994 Soldier Of Fortune: The Greatest Hits [Compilation]
1994 On Stage - Highway Star [Compilation]
1994 Platinum - The Ultimate Collection [Compilation]
1994 The Best Of Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water [Compilation]
1995 Deep Purple In Concert [Live] 7.3
1995 Live In California Feb 1976: On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat [Live] 7.5
1995 Child In Time 1984-88 [Compilation]
1995 Shades Of Deep Purple / The Book Of Taliesyn / Deep Purple [Boxset]
1995 Ritchie Blackmore ‎- Anthology Vol.1 [Split]
1995 Black Night (Anniversary Edition) [Single] 7
1995 Ritchie Blackmore: Best Tracks [Split]
1996 Aviator [Single] 7
1996 Hey Cisco [Single] 7
1996 Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming [Single] 7
1996 California Jamming [Live] 7.7
1996 MK III The Final Concerts [Live] 7
1996 Best II - Child In Time [Compilation]
1996 Highway Star - The Original Best [Compilation]
1996 Best Of Ritchie Blackmore [Split]
1996 Best Tracks [Compilation]
1996 Don't Hold Your Breath [Single] 7
1996 Deep Purple Rare Live [Compilation]
1997 The Collection [Compilation] 7.5
1997 Live At The Olympia '96 [Live] 8
1997 Knocking At Your Back Door [Compilation]
1997 Essential Rock [Compilation]
1998 Purplexed [Compilation] 8
1998 Any Fule Kno That [Single] 7
1998 Don't Make Me Happy [Single] 7.5
1998 Jack Ruby [Single] 7
1998 Whatsername [Single] 6
1998 The Greatest Purple [Compilation]
1998 30: Very Best Of [Compilation] 8.5
1998 Stone Cold Metal [VA]
1999 Total Abandon: Australia '99 [DVD] 8
1999 Australia '99 - "From The Live CD Total Abandon" [Single]
1999 Under The Gun [Compilation]
1999 In Profile [Compilation]
1999 In Rock / Power House [Compilation]
1999 The Friends And Relatives Album [Split]
1999 Shades 1968-1998 [Boxset]
1999 The Essential Collection [Compilation]
1999 The Best Of Ritchie Blackmore [Split]
1999 Deep Purple Greatest Hits [Compilation]
1999 Live At The Royal Albert Hall [Live] 8.3
2000 The Very Best Of [Compilation] 8.6
2000 Bombay Calling [DVD] 7.5
2000 Around The World 1995-1999 [DVD]
2000 New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000 [DVD] 9
2000 The Bootleg Series 1984-2000 [Boxset]
2000 Live 1999 Melbourne Park Smoke On The Water & Black Night [Single]
2000 Gold [Compilation]
2000 At The BBC [Compilation]
2000 In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra [DVD] 7.3
2000 Legendry [Compilation]
2000 1420 Beachwood Drive (The California Rehearsals Pt 2) [Compilation]
2000 Days May Come And Days May Go (The California Rehearsals, June 1975) [Compilation]
2000 Anthems [Compilation]
2001 Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy: 30th October 2000 [Live] 7.8
2001 Space Vols 1 & 2 [Live] 7
2001 This Time Around: Live In Tokyo '75 [Live] 8.3
2001 The Soundboard Series - Australasian Tour 2001 [Boxset]
2001 Very Best Deep Purple Album Ever [Compilation]
2001 The Battle Of Rock [Split]
2001 On The Road [Boxset]
2001 3 CD [Boxset]
2001 Smoke On The Water & Other Hits [Compilation]
2002 Perihelion [DVD] 7.4
2002 Inglewood: Live In California [Live] 7.5
2002 Live In Denmark '72 [Live]
2002 Singles Collection 68/76 [Boxset]
2002 Machine Head [DVD]
2002 Soldier Of Fortune [Compilation]
2002 Special Edition EP [DVD]
2002 The Best Of Deep Purple: The Millennium Collection [Compilation]
2002 Listen, Learn, Read On [Boxset]
2002 Metal Blade 20th Anniversary: Double Decades Of Aggression [VA] 7
2003 Blackmore's Castle - A Tribute To Deep Purple & Rainbow [VA]
2003 The Essential [Compilation] 7
2003 Concerto For Group And Orchestra [DVD] 7.4
2003 Kneel & Pray / Live In Montreux '69 [Live]
2003 Winning Combinations [Split]
2003 Deep Purple & Friends - Purple And Other Colours [Split] 7
2003 House Of Pain / Contact Lost [Single]
2003 Fireball 25th Anniversary / In Rock [Boxset]
2003 Grand Collection [Compilation]
2003 Classic Deep Purple [Compilation]
2003 Burn / Stormbringer [Compilation]
2003 The Best Of Deep Purple: Live In Europe [Compilation]
2003 Deep Purple And Beyond [Compilation]
2003 The Best Of The Early Years [Compilation]
2003 The Deep Purple Story [Split]
2003 Masters From The Vaults [Split] 8
2003 Purple Hits - The Best Of Deep Purple [Compilation] 9
2003 Haunted [Single]
2003 Live In Paris 1975: La Dernière Séance [Live] 8.5
2004 Live Encounters [DVD] 6.3
2004 New Live & Rare (Live In Europe 1969-1971) [Compilation]
2004 The Early Years [Compilation]
2004 Come Taste The Band / Stormbringer [Boxset]
2004 In Rock / Who Do We Think We Are? 25th Anniversary [Boxset]
2004 Woman From Tokyo - Child In Time - Hush [Compilation]
2004 Live On The BBC [Live]
2004 Perks And Tit [Live]
2004 The Best & Live Of Deep Purple [Compilation]
2004 Rock Review 1969-1972 [DVD]
2004 1990-1996 [Compilation]
2004 The Family & Friends Albums [Split]
2005 The Platinum Collection [Compilation] 8.8
2005 Rapture Of The Deep [Single]
2005 The Best Of Deep Purple Live & Studio [Compilation]
2005 Speed King The Fastest Tracks [Compilation]
2005 Deep Purple With The London Symphony Orchestra And Friends [Split]
2005 Deep Purple Forever - The Very Best Of Deep Purple [Compilation]
2005 The Ultra Selection [Compilation]
2005 Live In Concert 72/73 [DVD] 10
2006 The Collection, Vol. 2 [Compilation]
2006 Clearly Quite Absurd [Single]
2006 Colour Collection [Compilation]
2006 Deep Purple And Friends [Split] 7
2006 Live In Europe 1993 [Boxset]
2006 Highway Stars [Compilation]
2006 Live At Montreux [Live] 7.4
2006 Rhino Hi-Five: Deep Purple [Compilation]
2007 Live In Stuttgart [Live]
2007 Hit Collection [Compilation]
2007 Extended Versions Volume 2 [Compilation]
2007 Still Rockin' At Their Best [Split]
2007 Live At Montreux And In Concert [Compilation]
2007 Live At The NEC 1993 [Live]
2007 Live At Montreux [DVD] 7.4
2008 Live At The NEC [DVD] 7
2008 More Purple Hits [Compilation]
2008 Over Zurich [DVD]
2008 Around The World Live [Boxset] 7
2008 Greatest Hits [Compilation]
2009 Introducing: Deep Purple [Compilation]
2009 Perfect Strangers + Under The Gun [Compilation]
2009 Three Classic Albums [Boxset]
2009 Classics [Compilation]
2009 The Battle Rages On / Slaves And Masters [Boxset]
2009 I Grandi Successi Originali [Compilation]
2009 Gold - Greatest Hits [Boxset]
2009 Live At Long Beach 1976 [Live] 8.4
2009 History, Hits & Highlights '68 - '76 [DVD] 8
2009 Space Truckin' Round The World - Live 68-76 [Live]
2010 The Complete Albums 1970-1976 [Boxset]
2010 Singles & EP Anthology 68-80 [Compilation] 8
2011 The Collection, Vol. 3 [Compilation]
2011 Essential [Compilation]
2011 The Deep Purple Collection [Compilation]
2011 Hush / Speed King [Single] 8
2011 Phoenix Rising [Live] 8
2011 Phoenix Rising [DVD] 6.8
2011 Live At Montreux 2011 (With Orchestra) [DVD] 8.3
2011 The BBC Sessions 1968 - 1970 [Compilation]
2012 In Concert '72 [Live]
2012 The Best Of Deep Purple At Montreux [Boxset]
2012 Icon [Compilation] 8
2012 Re-Machined - A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head [VA] 7.1
2013 Copenhagen 1972 [Live]
2013 Sampler 2 Titres [Single]
2013 Live [Compilation]
2013 The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series: Paris 1975 [Live] 8.6
2013 Hell To Pay [Single] 6.3
2013 All The Time In The World [Single] 6.3
2013 Highway Star [Split] 10
2013 First Sign Of Madness [Single]
2013 Vincent Price [Single] 8.7
2013 Live At Montreux (1996 And 2006) [Compilation]
2013 Perfect Strangers Live [DVD] 8.8
2013 Above And Beyond [Single] 8
2013 The Now What?! Live Tapes [Live]
2013 The Audio Fidelity Collection [Boxset]
2014 The Battle Rages On... / Come Hell Or High Water [Compilation]
2014 Lo Mejor De... Deep Purple [Compilation]
2014 Made In Japan [DVD]
2014 The Many Faces Of Deep Purple: A Journey Through The Inner World Of Deep Purple [VA]
2014 Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968-69 [Boxset]
2014 Graz 1975 [Live] 6.8
2014 Live In Verona [DVD] 8
2015 Rapture Of The Deep - Now What?! - The Now What?! Live Tapes [Boxset]
2015 The Triple Album Collection [Boxset]
2015 Live In Long Beach 1971 [Live]
2015 Out Of Hand [Single]
2015 From The Setting Sun... (In Wacken) [Live] 8
2015 ...To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo) [Live] 7.5
2016 The Vinyl Collection Boxset [Boxset]
2017 Limitless [Compilation] 7
2017 From Here To Infinite - The Movie [DVD]
2017 From The Setting Sun (In Wacken) ... To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo) [DVD]
2017 Classic Songs Live In Concert [Live]
2017 The Infinite Live Recordings, Vol. 1 [Live]
2017 A Fire In The Sky [Compilation]
2019 Deep Purple And Other Stories [Compilation]
2019 Live In Newcastle 2001 [Live] 8
2019 Live In Rome 2013 [Live] 6.4
2020 Throw My Bones [Single] 7
2022 Extras: The Now What?! B-Sides And Bonus Songs [Compilation] 6
2022 Live In Tokyo 2001 [Live] 4
2022 Live In Hong Kong 2001 [Live] 4

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