Deep Purple : Listen, Learn, Read On [2002] (6 x CDs)

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN

A STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN

THE KIND THAT GETS

WRITTEN DOWN IN HISTORY..

 Amid the ever-growing tide of 

Deep Purple box sets

 (this was at least their eighth in nine years), 

Listen Learn Read On

stands alone, 

not only as the

 ultimate round-up

 of the band's

 greatest moments, 

but also as the answer to

 more collectors' dreams 

than most collectors were 

even aware they'd had. 

You want Deep Purple's 

long-legendary, 

but forever unavailable 

BBC sessions? 

They're here.

 You want the killer

 live encores

 that other albums omitted? 

They're here. 

You want a solid introduction

 to the band members'

 Pre-Purple passages? 

They're here. 

And, of course, 

you want the hits. 

So they're here as well.

Superficial similarities to

 the 2001 Rhino box 

can be dismissed immediately. 

Six CDs

 and a

 120-page booklet 

eschew the full 

30-plus year career 

summary approach

 that marked that set. 

Rather, 

Listen Learn Read On 

concentrates wholly on

 the band's original lifespan, 

prior to their 

mid-'70s break-up. 

That this covers each

 of the group's

 most vital incarnations

 is self-evident; 

no matter that the reformed

 Deep Purple has now 

more than doubled

 its predecessor's existence

  still, the so-called

 Marks I and II and Mark III 

created the band's reputation, 

with II and III, 

at least, 

revitalized every time

 the latest 

line-up plays

 another show.

Of course

 the approach

 isn't perfect. 

No matter how 

well-loved the

 David Coverdale era

 of the band 

may have been,

 there is no escaping

 the fact that disc six, 

covering 

Stormbringer 

and 

Come Taste The Band, 

is a distinct departure 

from the highs

 of the earlier eras. 

Deep Purple were helping

 blueprint all that hard rock

 and metal 

would grow up to become.

 Those last couple of albums 

not only lost that 

particular focus, 

they also lost all

 the wit and wisdom

 that was once 

the band's hallmark.

 It gets pretty grueling 

in the dog days 

of that final disc.

Spin back to those

 that went before, 

however, 

and it doesn't even matter

 that it's once more around for 

"Smoke On The Water," 

"Child In Time," 

"Strange Kind Of Woman," 

"Space Truckin," 

and

 "Mistreated." 

In each and almost 

every instance, 

vaults have been scoured, 

archives have been emptied, 

and there's a surprise 

around every corner

  a quadrophonic mix here, 

a BBC session there

and, in the case of 

"Space Truckin,"

 a previously unissued 

30-minute live version

 that makes every

 other rendition 

sound anemic.

Familiar friends 

rub shoulders with 

perfect strangers

  the Fireball outtake, 

"Fools," 

is the only wholly

 unheard song

 on the set, 

but almost half 

the tracks here 

have either never 

seen legal daylight 

in the past 

or are making their

 CD debut. 

And, of the rest 

 well, 

you said you

wanted the hits. 

You just didn't say 

exactly how you 

wanted them.

 (AMG review by Dave Thompson)

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Keep A Knockin'

 (Outlaws [feat. Ritchie Blackmore])

You'll Never Stop Me Loving You

 (M.I. Five [feat. Rod Evans, Ian Paice])

Only Time Will Tell

 (M.I. Five [feat. Rod Evans, Ian Paice])

Send for That Girl

 (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates [feat. Nick Simper])

Porcupine Juice

 (Santa Barbara Machine Head [feat. Jon Lord])

I Can See Through You 

(Episode Six [feat. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover])

Mr. Universe

 (Episode Six [feat. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover])

Medusa

 (Trapeze [feat. Glenn Hughes])

Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is

 (Government [feat. David Coverdale])

See My People Come Together

 (Zephyr [feat. Tommy Bolin])

Hush

Help

Shield

Listen Learn Read On

Kentucky Woman

Playground

  (The Book of Taliesyn out-take)

Emmaretta

 (Single A-side)

This Bird Has Flown

 (US single B-side)

Oh No No No

 (Studio Out Take)

CD 2

Why Didn't Rosemary

Hallelujah 

(Single A-side)

Ricochet

 (BBC session  Aug 1969)

The Bird Has Flown

 (BBC session)

Hush 

(Live, Royal Albert Hall, Sep 1969)

Concerto Third Movement Reprise

 (Live, Royal Albert Hall)

Wring That Neck 

(Live, Montreux Casino,  Oct 1969)

Jam Stew 

(BBC session  Oct 1969)

Speed King 

(BBC session)

Cry Free 

(Deep Purple in Rock out-take)

Hard Lovin' Man 

(BBC session  Apr 1970)

Bloodsucker 

(BBC session)

Living Wreck 

(BBC session)

Jam

Flight of The Rat

 (95 remix)

Speed King

 (Piano Version)

CD 3

Mandrake Root 

(Live, Stockholm, Nov 12th 1970)

Grabsplatter

 (BBC session  Sep 23th 1970)

Child in Time

 (BBC session)

John Lord Interview

Black Night 

(BBC session)

Into The Fire 

(BBC session)

Fools

Fireball

No One Came

Anyone's Daughter 

(Vocal Mix)

Demon's Eye 

(96 remix)

CD 4

No No No 

(Live, Beat Club, German TV Sep 1971)

Highway Star 

(Live, Beat Club)

Smoke on The Water

 (Quad Mix UK 1974)

Never Before

 (Quad Mix)

When A Blind Man Cries 

(97 remix)

Strange Kind of Woman

 (BBC in Concert, Paris Theatre Mar,9th 1972)

Lazy 

(Live, Tokyo,  Aug,17th 1972)

Black Night 

(Live)

Woman From Tokyo 

(99 remix)

Smooth Dancer

Mary Long 

(99 remix)

Burn

Might Just Take Your Life

CD 5

Sail Away

Lay Down,Stay Down

Coronarias Redig

You Fool No One 

(Live, Ontario Speedway,  Apr 1974)

Mistreated

 (Live, San Diego Sports Arena, Apr 1974)

Space Truckin'

 (Live, Kilburn Gaumont,  May 1974)

CD 6

Stormbringer 

(Quad Mix)

Soldier of Fortune 

(Quad Mix)

Hold on 

(Quad Mix)

Lady Double Dealer

Highball Shooter 

(Instrumental Mix)

The Gypsy 

(Live, Paris Palais des Sports,  Apr 1975)

Drifter 

(California live rehearsal, June 1975)

Dance to The Rock 'n' Roll 

(California live rehearsal, Jam)

This Time Around/Owed to 'G'

Love Child

Wild Dogs

 (Live, Tokyo Budokan,  Dec 1975)

Lady Luck 

(Live, Long Beach Arena,  Feb 1976)

Gettin' Tighter 

(Live, Long Beach Arena Feb 1976)

You Keep on Moving

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