Black night
is not right,
I don’t feel
so bright,
I don’t care
to sit tight.
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free,
free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.
I don’t need
a dark tree,
I don’t want a rough sea,
I can’t feel,
I can’t see.
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free,
free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.
Black night,
black night,
I don’t need
black night,
I can’t see
dark night.
Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line
That I’m free,
free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.
Deep Purple in Rock Deep Purple Mk2 1969-1970
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Deep Purple's 4th studio album is performed by:
- Ritchie Blackmore guitar
- Ian Gillan vocals
- Roger Glover bass guitar
- Jon Lord organ, keyboards
- Ian Paice drums
Recorded from October 1969 to April 1970 at the IBC Studio (engineered by Andy Knight), De Lane Lea Studios (engineered by Martin Birch) and Abbey Road Studios (engineered by Philip McDonald), all in London.
Album devised and arranged by Deep Purple. Produced by Deep Purple for Edwards Coletta Productions.
A remixed and extended anniversary edition was first issued with a slaughtered version of "Living wreck" and a prematurely cut-off version of "Hard lovin' man". This was soon corrected though. In case of doubt, according to Simon Robinson (in DTB 48:7), one way to tell a corrected release from a faulty one is by reading the shiny side of the actual disc: the faulty one says "EMI Swindon" while the corrected one says "EMI Uden". We are told by fans that discs printed with "EMI UK" also are faulty. Happy hunting!
TRACK LIST -- original European release (1970)
TRACK LIST -- US (and Japanese?) release (1970)
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.04
No Woffle!
- Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.08
- Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.16
- Flight of the rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.53
- Into the fire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.29
- Living wreck (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.30
- Hard lovin' man (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.10
TRACK LIST -- Mexican release (197-)
- Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.26
The single edit was apparently added to this Mexican release.
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.51
- Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.08
- Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.16
- Flight of the rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.53
- Into the fire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.29
- Living wreck (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.30
- Hard lovin' man (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.10
TRACK LIST -- Korean abridged release (19--)
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
- Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
- Flight of the rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
- Into the fire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
- Living wreck (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
TRACK LIST -- anniversary edition
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.49
- Bloodsucker (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.10
- Child in time (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 10.14
- Flight of the rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.51
- Into the fire (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.28
- Living wreck (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.27
(On the faulty copies, the beginning of this track is audibly slaughtered.)
- Hard lovin' man (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 6.38
(On the faulty copies, this track is cut off prematurely.)
Bonus tracks on the anniversary edition
- Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.28
Original single edit version. (This is not defined as a bonus track
- on the cover, but it weren't there in the original, so...)
- Studio chat (1) 0.33
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.14
Demo version with piano.
- Studio chat (2) 0.25
- Cry free (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 3.20
Roger Glover's remix.
- Studio chat (3) 0.05
- Jam stew (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 2.30
Previously unreleased instrumental.
- Studio chat (4) 0.40
- Flight of the rat (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 7.53
Roger Glover's remix.
- Studio chat (5) 0.31
- Speed king (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5.52
Roger Glover's remix.
- Studio chat (6) 0.23
- Black night (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 4.47
Roger Glover's unedited remix.
Deep Purple Mk2 1969-1970 |
photograph © DPAS Archives / Deep Purple Overseas Ltd
photograph © DPAS Archives / Deep Purple Overseas Ltd
