Deep Purple / discography

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British rock band Deep Purple .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title #	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, # , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1968	Shades of Deep Purple I.	-	-	-	-	US24 (23 weeks) US	First published: September 1968, also published as Murmullo - Hush (Mexico) 1969 1
	The Book of Taliesyn I.	-	-	-	-	US54 (14 weeks) US	First published: December 11, 1968
1969	Deep Purple I.	DE- gold DE	-	-	-	US162 (6 weeks) US	First published: June 21, 1969 Sales: + 250,000, also published as El Libro De Taliesyn (Argentina) 1986 2
1970	Deep Purple in Rock II	DE1 gold (21 months)DE	-	CH100 (... weeks) CH	UK4th gold (68 weeks)UK	US143 gold (21 weeks)US	First published: September 1, 1970 Sales: + 1,159,800, also published as In Memoriam In Rock (Indonesia) 3 and as In Rock 4 in 1970.
1971	Fireball II	DE1 (12 months) DE	-	-	UK1 (25 weeks) UK	US32 gold (18 weeks)US	also published as In Memoriam Fireball (Indonesia) 5 .
1972	Machine Head II	DE1 (10 months) DE	AT4 (4 months) AT	-	UK1 gold (25 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (118 weeks)US	First published: April 1, 1972, also published as In Memoriam Machine Head (Indonesia) 6 .
1973	Who Do We Think We Are II	DE3 (7 months) DE	AT2 (6 months) AT	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	US15th gold (49 weeks)US	also as Quien Nos Creemos Que Somos? (Argentina) 7 published.
1974	Burn III	DE1 (14 months) DE	AT1 (9 months) AT	-	UK3 gold (21 weeks)UK	US9 gold (30 weeks)US	also published as Arde (Uruguay) 8 , Quemadura (Venezuela) 9 , In Memoriam Burn (Indonesia) 10 and Quemar (Argentina) 11 .
	Stormbringer III	DE10 (6 months) DE	AT4 (5 months) AT	-	UK6th silver (13 weeks)UK	US20th gold (15 weeks)US	First published: November 8, 1974, also released as Soldier Of Fortune (South Korea) 12 , El Tormentoso (Venezuela) 13 , The Best Of Deep Purple 14 , Traetormentas (Argentina) 15 and Несущий Бурю (Russia) 16 .
1975	Come Taste the Volume IV	DE29 (4 months) DE	-	-	UK19th silver (4 weeks)UK	US43 (14 weeks) US	First published: November 7, 1975, also published as Ochutnávka (Czechoslovakia) 17 and Veni Y Proba La Banda (Argentina) 18 .
1984	Perfect Strangers II	DE2 gold (29 weeks)DE	AT5 (4 months) AT	CH1 (20 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (15 weeks)UK	US17th platinum (32 weeks)US	also published as Deep Purple (Italy) 19 , Perfectos Extraños (Venezuela) 20 and Extraños (Argentina) 21 .
1987	The House of Blue Light II	DE1 (17 weeks) DE	AT11 (2 months) AT	CH3 gold (13 weeks)CH	UK10 silver (9 weeks)UK	US34 (22 weeks) US
1990	Slaves and Masters V	DE23 (14 weeks) DE	AT28 (1 week) AT	CH5 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	US87 (19 weeks) US
1993	The Battle Rages On II	DE13 (14 weeks) DE	AT9 (16 weeks) AT	CH7 (10 weeks) CH	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	US192 (1 week) US
1996	Purpendicular VII	DE20 (15 weeks) DE	AT16 (11 weeks) AT	CH17 (8 weeks) CH	UK58 (1 week) UK	-
1998	Abandon VII	DE16 (8 weeks) DE	AT25 (7 weeks) AT	CH46 (4 weeks) CH	UK76 (1 week) UK	-
2003	Bananas VIII	DE3 (7 weeks) DE	AT12 (5 weeks) AT	CH13 (6 weeks) CH	UK85 (1 week) UK	-
2005	Rapture of the Deep VIII	DE10 (7 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	UK81 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 1st, 2005 Sales: + 7,200
2013	Now What ?! VIII	DE1 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT1 (6 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	US110 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 26, 2013 Sales: + 137,500
2017	Infinite VIII	DE1 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT4 (11 weeks) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK6 (4 weeks) UK	US105 (1 week) US	First published: April 7th, 2017 Sales: + 157,700
2020	Whoosh! VIII	DE1 (... week) DE	AT1 (... week) AT	CH1 (... week) CH	UK4 (... weeks) UK	US161 (... weeks) US	First published: August 7, 2020

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Live albums

year	Title #	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, # , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1969	Concerto for Group and Orchestra II	DE22 (3 months) DE	-	-	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	US149 (8 weeks) US	recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on September 24, 1969 at the Royal Albert Hall
1972	Made in Japan II	DE1 platinum (20 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (30 weeks)AT	CH36 (1 week) CH	UK16 gold (16 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (52 weeks)US	recorded on August 17, 1972 in Tokyo , Switzerland, only placed with the new edition from 2014
1976	Made in Europe / Deep Purple Live III	DE10 (4½ months) DE	-	-	UK12 (6 weeks) UK	US148 (6 weeks) US	recorded from April 4th to 7th, 1975 performing in Graz , Saarbrücken and Paris
1980	In Concert II	-	-	-	UK30 (8 weeks) UK	-	Double album recorded in February 1970 and March 1972 for the BBC
1982	Live in London III	-	AT74 (1 week) AT	-	UK23 (5 weeks) UK	-	recorded on May 22, 1974 in Austria only placed in 2007
1988	Nobody's Perfect II	DE13 (14 weeks) DE	AT16 (½ month) AT	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	US105 (9 weeks) US	Double album with recordings from May 23, 1987 to February 26, 1988
1997	Live at the Olympia '96 VII	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	recorded on June 17th, 1996 at the Olympia in Paris
2000	In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra VII	DE32 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH65 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	recorded on September 25th and 26th, 1999 at the Royal Albert Hall
2005	Deep Purple Live in Concert 72/73 II	DE77 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US- gold US	DVD, recorded in March 1972 in Copenhagen and in May 1973 in New York
2006	Live at Montreux 1996 VII	DE92 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	recorded on July 9, 1996 in the Stravinski Auditorium at the 30th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival
2007	Live at Montreux 2006 VIII	DE64 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	recorded on July 15, 2006 in the Stravinski Auditorium at the 40th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival
2008	Around the World Live VII / VIII	DE34 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	DVD with recordings from 1995 to 2002
2011	Phoenix Rising IV	DE22 (2 weeks) DE	AT50 (1 week) AT	CH61 (1 week) CH	-	-	Tour recordings from 1975/76
	Live at Montreux 2011 VII	DE43 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	recorded on July 16, 2006 in the Stravinski Auditorium at the 45th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival
	The BBC Sessions 1968–1970 I.	DE94 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	DVD
2013	Perfect Strangers - Live II	DE20 (3 weeks) DE	AT53 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	Recorded on December 12, 1984 in Sydney , Australia
2014	Live in Graz 1975 III	DE47 (1 week) DE	AT8 (3 weeks) AT	CH99 (1 week) CH	UK92 (1 week) UK	-	recorded on April 3, 1975
	Celebrating Jon Lord the Rock Legend - Live at the Royal Albert Hall III / VIII	DE12 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH33 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	Live recording of the memorial concert for Jon Lord , who died in 2012 ; with Bruce Dickinson , Glenn Hughes , Paul Weller , Rick Wakeman and others accompanied by the Orion Orchestra under the direction of Paul Mann
2015	Long Beach 1971 II	DE68 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	Recorded July 30, 1971 at Long Beach Arena, California First published on February 27, 2015
	From the Setting Sun ... In Wacken VIII	DE18 (3 weeks) DE	AT31 (1 week) AT	CH44 (1 week) CH	-	-	recorded at Wacken Open Air 2013
	... To the Rising Sun in Tokyo VIII	DE21 (2 weeks) DE	AT44 (1 week) AT	CH52 (1 week) CH	-	-	recorded at Nippon Budōkan in April 2014
2016	Long Beach 1976 IV	DE89 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2017	The Infinite Live Recordings Vol.1	DE66 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	recorded at Hellfest 2017
2019	Newcastle Entertainment Center - Newcastle, Australia 2001/03/14	DE14 (2 weeks) DE	AT25 (1 week) AT	-	-	-
	Live in Rome 2013	DE78 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-

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More live albums

• 1977: Mk. IV • Last Concert in Japan
• 1980: Mk. II • Deep Purple in Concert
• 1988: Mk. II • Scandinavian Nights (Live 1970 in Stockholm)
• 1991: Mk. II • In the Absence of Pink (Knebworth 85)
• 1994: Mk. II • Come Hell or High Water (UK:gold)
• 1996: Mk. VII • Live at the Olympia '96
• 1999: Mk. VII • Total Abandon: Live in Australia
• 2000: Mk. VII • Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• 2001: Mk. VII • Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy
• 2001: Mk. VII • The Soundboard Series
• 2007: Mk. II • Live in Stuttgart
• 2007: Mk. VIII • Live at Montreux 2006: They All Came Down to Montreux
• 2011: Mk. VIII • Live at Montreux 2011

Post-published live albums

• 1968: Mk. I • Live in Inglewood (release: 2004)
• 1969: Mk. II • Kneel & Pray (released: 2004)
• 1970: Mk. II • Gemini Suite Live (release: 1998)
• 1970: Mk. II • Scandinavian Nights (released: 1988)
• 1970: Mk. II • Space Vol. 1 & 2 (release: 2005)
• 1970: Mk. II • Live in Aachen 1970 [Official Archive] (Release: 2006)
• 1970–1972: Mk. II • Deep Purple in Concert (released 1980)
• 1972: Mk. II • Denmark 1972 (release: 2004; 2013 under the title Live in Denmark 1972 and Copenhagen 1972 )
• 1974: Mk. III • Live at the California Jam (released 1996)
• 1974: Mk. III • Just Might Take Your Life (released: 1996, 2004)
• 1974: Mk. III • Perks and Tit (release: 2004)
• 1974: Mk. III • The Final Concerts (release: 1996)
• 1975: Mk. III • Live in Paris 1975 (release: 2004, 2013)
• 1975: Mk. IV • This Time Around: Live in Tokyo (released 2001)
• 1976: Mk. IV • On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat (released 1995)
• 1985: Mk. II • In the Absence of Pink (released: 1991)
• 1993: Mk. II • Live Across Europe 1993 (release: 2006)
• 1996: Mk. VII • Live at Montreux 1996 (release: 2006)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	(Purple Passages)	-	-	-	-	US57 (20 weeks) US
1974	Mark I & II	DE18 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-
1975	24 carat purple	DE34 (4 months) DE	AT6 (3 months) AT	-	UK14th silver (17 weeks)UK	-
1977	Powerhouse	DE50 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-
1979	The Mark II Purple Singles	-	-	-	UK24 (6 weeks) UK	-
1980	Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple	DE- gold DE	AT- gold AT	-	UK1 gold (15 weeks)UK	US148 platinum (4 weeks)US	First published: July 4th 1980, extended new edition October 2010
1985	Greatest Purple	DE14 (9 weeks) DE	AT28 (½ month) AT	-	-	-
	The Anthology	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	-
1993	Singles A's and B's	DE78 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Single releases from 1968 to 1976
1998	30: Very Best of - 30th Anniversary Collection	DE73 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK39 gold (3 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 12, 1998 either 18 or 28 titles
2005	The Platinum Collection	-	AT63 (2 weeks) AT	CH89 (2 weeks) CH	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 21, 2005
2008	Very best of	-	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	-
2016	The Vinyl Collection	DE86 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: January 29, 2016
2017	A fire in the sky	DE65 (1 week) DE	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: November 3, 2017

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Singles and EPs (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1968	Hush Shades of Deep Purple	-	-	CH7 (4 weeks) CH	UK62 (2 weeks) UK	US4 (10 weeks) US
1969	Kentucky Woman The Book of Taliesyn	-	-	-	-	US38 (8 weeks) US
	River Deep - Mountain High The Book of Taliesyn	-	-	-	-	US53 (5 weeks) US
	Hallelujah	-	AT16 (1 month) AT	-	-	-
1970	Speed ​​King In Rock	DE38 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-
	Black Night	DE2 (27 weeks) DE	AT4 (3 months) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 (21 weeks) UK	US66 (6 weeks) US
1971	Strange Kind of Woman	DE8 (16 weeks) DE	AT14 (1 month) AT	-	UK8 (12 weeks) UK	-
	Fireball Fireball	DE19 (23 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (13 weeks) UK	-
1972	Never Before Machine Head	DE20 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH4 (10 weeks) CH	UK35 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Smoke on the Water Machine Head	DE20 (15 weeks) DE	AT11 (4 months) AT	-	UK21st silver (7 weeks)UK	US4th gold (16 weeks)US	56th place in the Rolling Stone 500 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1973	Woman from Tokyo Who Do We Think We Are	DE16 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US60 (6 weeks) US
1974	Might Just Take Your Life Burn	-	-	-	-	US91 (4 weeks) US
1978	Burn (Live) New, Live and Rare Vol. 2 (EP)	-	-	-	UK45 (3 weeks) UK	-
1980	Black Night (Live) In Concert	-	-	-	UK43 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Smoke on the Water (Live) New, Live and Rare Vol. 3 (EP)	-	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	EP in the UK charts ; it also includes live versions of Bird Has Flown and Grabsplatter
1984	Perfect Strangers Perfect Strangers	-	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Knocking at Your Back Door Perfect Strangers	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	US61 (7 weeks) US
1987	Call of the Wild The House of Blue Light	-	-	-	UK92 (3 weeks) UK	-
1988	Hush Nobody’s Perfect	-	-	-	UK62 (2 weeks) UK	-	Re-recording of the debut single from 1968
1990	King of Dreams Slaves and Masters	-	-	-	UK70 (2 weeks) UK	-
1991	Love Conquers All Slaves and Masters	-	-	-	UK57 (2 weeks) UK	-
1995	Black Night (Remix)	-	-	-	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	-
2013	Above and Beyond Now What ?!	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-

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More singles

• 1969: Anthem
• 1969: Emmaretta
• 1969: Help
• 1970: Concerto
• 1970: Flight of the Rat
• 1970: Child in Time
• 1971: No No No
• 1972: April (EP)
• 1972: Black Night (Live)
• 1972: Child in Time (Live)
• 1972: Lazy
• 1972: Highway Star
• 1973: New Live & Rare (EP)
• 1973: Space Truckin
• 1973: Super Trouper
• 1973: Smoke on the Water (Live)
• 1974: Burn
• 1974: Lady Double Dealer
• 1974: You Can't Do It Right
• 1975: Lay Down, Stay Down
• 1975: Stormbringer
• 1975: Gettin 'Tighter
• 1975: You Keep On Moving
• 1976: New Live & Rare Vol. 2 (EP)
• 1977: The Bird Has Flown
• 1979: Deep Purple in Rock (EP)
• 1980: Burn (Live) (EP)
• 1980: New Live & Rare Vol. 3 (EP)
• 1984: Nobody's Home
• 1987: Bad Attitude
• 1988: Bad Attitude (EP)
• 1993: Anya
• 1993: Time to Kill
• 1993: Talk About Love
• 1993: The Battle Rages On
• 1994: Anyone's Daughter
• 1996: Aviator
• 1996: Hey Cisco
• 1996: Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
• 1996: The Turtle Island Shuffle
• 1996: Don't Hold Your Breath
• 1998: Any Fule Kno That
• 1998: Don't Make Me Happy
• 1998: Jack Ruby
• 1998: Whatsername
• 1999: Black Night (Live in Australia 1999)
• 1999: Smoke on the Water (Live 1999)
• 2005: Rhino HI-Five: Deep Purple (EP)
• 2005: The Well-Dressed Guitar
• 2013: All the Time in the World
• 2013: Vincent Price
• 2013: Above & Beyond
• 2017: Time For Bedlam
• 2017: All I Got Is You
• 2017: Johnny's Band

Video albums

• 1969: Mk. II • Concerto for Group and Orchestra (release: 2003)
• 1969: Mk. II • Special Edition EP (release: 2003)
• 1972: Mk. II • Scandinavian Nights (Live in Denmark) (Machine Head Live 1972)
• 1972/1973: Mk. II • Live in Concert 1972/73 (released: 1988, 2005)
• 1974: Mk. III • Live in California '74 (released 1974, 2006)
• 1975: MK. IV • Phoenix Rising (release: 2011; also as Blu-ray disc)
• 1976: Mk. IV • Deep Purple Rises over Japan
• 1987: Mk. II • The Videosingles
• 1987: Mk. II • Bad Attitude (CD Video)
• 1990: Mk. II • Doing Their Thing
• 1991: Mks IV • Heavy Metal Pioneers [Rockumentary]
• 1994: Mk. II • Come Hell or High Water (DVD-VÖ: 2001; UK:gold)
• 1995: Mk. VII • Bombay Calling (release: 2000)
• 1996: Mk. VII • Live at Montreux 1996 (release: 2006)
• 1996: Mk. VII • Live Encounters (release: 2003)
• 1999: Mk. VII • Live in Australia: Total Abandon (release: 2000)
• 2000: Mk. VII • Around the World 1995-1999
• 2000: Mk. VII • Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• 2001: Mk. VII • Perihelion (release: 2001)
• 2001: Machine Head
• 2001: New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000
• 2003: Masters from the Vaults
• 2004: Rock Review 1969-1972
• 2004: Live Encounters
• 2005: Mk. II • Live in Concert '72 / 73
• 2005: Mk. III • Live in California '74
• 2007: Mk. VIII • They All Came Down to Montreux: Live at Montreux 2006 (also as Blu-ray Disc)
• 2009: Mk. I - IV • History, Hits & Highlights '68 - '76
• 2011: Mk. VIII • Live at Montreux 2011

Other recordings and compilations

• 1975: Mk. IV • Days May Come & Days May Go (test recording)
• 1975: Mk. IV • 1420 Beachwood Drive (test shot)
• 1990: Black Night - Best (foreign compilation, Zounds )
• 1996: Child in Time - Best II (third-party compilation, Zounds, 1971–1995, all titles digitally remastered)

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	-	30,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	85,000	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	-	6 × gold6th	platinum1	1,700,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	-	(250,000)	Individual evidence
France (SNEP)	-	11 × gold11	-	1,623,800	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	125,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	6 × gold6th	-	830,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	155,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	Individual evidence
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	-	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Russia (NFPF)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	125,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
Czech Republic (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	5,000	Individual evidence
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	gold1	-	1,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	7 × gold7th	5 × platinum5	9,009,500	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	8 × gold8th	-	1,269,700	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	63 × gold63	11 × platinum11

literature

• US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Deep Purple  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Montreux Jazz Festival (search in the Concerts database )  
3. ^ Perfect Strangers Live Due in October , The Highway Star, July 24, 2013; other sources also name Melbourne as the venue
4. ↑ Deep Purple's “Long Beach 1971” out on February 27th, 2015 ( Memento of May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Ear Music, January 20, 2015
5. ↑ The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, accessed May 12, 2015

Web links

• http://www.thehighwaystar.com (English)
• Discography at Allmusic (English)
• Deep Purple at Discogs (English)