Description
Deep Purple In Rock / Pop Classic / Euroton Audio CD / EUCD-0035
UPC 5998490700355
Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970. It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark II line-up of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
Work on In Rock began shortly after Gillan and Glover joined the band in June 1969, with rehearsals at Hanwell Community Centre. The music was intended to be loud and heavy, to accurately represent the group's live show. Recording took place at various studios around London in between extensive touring, during which time songs and arrangements were honed into shape. In Rock was the band's breakthrough album in Europe and peaked at No. 4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for over a year; the band's prior MK I albums had been much better received in the US. An accompanying single, "Black Night" reached No. 2. The album has continued to attract critical praise as a key early example of the hard rock and heavy metal genres.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Speed King | 5:53 |
| 2 | Bloodsucker | 4:15 |
| 3 | Child In Time | 10:20 |
| 4 | Flight Of The Rat |
7:57 |
| 5 | Into The Fire | 3:31 |
| 6 |
Living Wreck | 4:33 |
| 7 | Hard Lovin' Man | 7:10 |
Deep Purple
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Roger Glover – bass
- Jon Lord – organ
- Ian Paice – drums
Additional personnel
- Andy Knight – engineer IBC Studios
- Martin Birch – engineer De Lane Lea
- Phillip McDonald – engineer Abbey Road Studios
- Edwards Coletta Productions – Cover design
- Nesbit Phipps & Froome – Art studios
- Mike Brown, Alan Hall – Photography
- Mick (Egg) Angus, Ian (Bige) Hansford – Equipment
- Peter Mew – Original album remastering
- Roger Glover – Oversaw the mixing of the extra tracks
- Tom Bender and Jason Butera – Additional studio work
