On July 17, 1968, the debut album by English rock band Deep Purple, "Shades Of Deep Purple", was released.
In the UK the album went virtually unnoticed and did not enter the charts, but in the US it rose to #24 in the Billboard 200. The most popular song was "Hush", in the fall of 1968 it reached #4 in the Billboard 200 (USA).
At the end of February 1968, the newly formed band Roundabout (consisting of four members: Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Nick Simper and drummer Bobby Woodman) began their first rehearsals at Deeves Hall, a large farm in south Hertfordshire. It soon became clear that the drummer was out of place, and Bobby Woodman was replaced by Ian Pace.
At the same time vocalist Rod Evans, who had previously played with Pace in The MI5, was recruited.
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The first two works of the newly formed quintet were the instrumental compositions "And the Address" and "Mandrake Root" (the second of them later had lyrics), which Blackmore and Lord had written earlier.
Ritchie Blackmore soon convinced his friend Derek Lawrence to become the band's producer. In the early spring of 1968, Lawrence organized the recording of demos at Trident Studios in London for the American label Tetragrammaton Records.
A short promotional tour of eight concerts in Denmark and Sweden followed in April and May of that year. At this time, the band changed its former name to Deep Purple.
When Deep_Purple returned to England, Tetragrammaton confirmed their decision to sign a record deal.
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It was recorded over three days (May 11-13, 1968) at Pye Studios in London.
All songs were recorded live, using a four-channel tape recorder, in one or two takes. On the first day (Saturday, May 11), "And the Address," "Hey Joe," "Hush," and "Help!" were recorded. "Love Help Me," "I'm So Glad" (with an instrumental prelude called "Happiness") and "Mandrake Root" were recorded on day two, and "One More Rainy Day" was recorded on day three.
During mixing, sound effects taken from the BBC archives were added to the transitions between songs.
The third was a cover of the famous song "Help!" by The Beatles, followed by "I'm So Glad", "Hey Joe" (a song by Billy Roberts, the original edition of the album mistakenly lists Deep Purple as the author) and "Hush".
The main inspiration for the new arrangement of "Hey Joe" was Jimi Hendrix's version released in 1966.
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