Compilation 1980 + 4 Bonus Tracks + DVD

Deep Purple, there are now some compilations. For the best, I think there is still the double-CD 30: Very Best Of. But present compilation Deepest Purple enjoys a certain cult status and was at show in 1980 at the UK even a no. 1 hit in the album charts. The original album offered just 12 songs of the so-called. Mark II and III occupations. For the edition for the 30th anniversary, the whole was complemented by 4 songs. So there are now even Hush of the Mark I Instrumentation and You Keep On Moving by Mark IV occupation and When A Blind Man Cries (time B-side of Never Before) and the Stormbringer track Soldier Of Fortune heard. Later songs since comeback in the 80s have been published by other record companies ignored and would not fit here the sound.
The track selection is very well done. Worthy of discussion is perhaps the decision for When A Blind Man Cries B-side. You get pretty much the most famous songs from the 70s. Of hits you can Deep Purple but hardly speak because the band understood as an album band and just was able to record 3 more single hits with Hush, Black Night and Strange Kind Of Woman. Smoke On The Water has not even been published in the UK as a single, as the band Never Before (not represented here, unfortunately) zutraute larger Hitchancen. Actually, include at least the Deep Purple albums In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn, Stormbringer and the live album Made in Japan anyway in any ordinary rock music collection. All songs except for Black Night and You Keep On Moving are in their full versions. The Remaster for Speed ​​King seems to be new. The CD has a playing time of 79 minutes.
The jewel case is housed in a cardboard slipcase. The 8-page booklet contains a longer text by rock journalist Geoff Barton. The FSC label is located on the packaging film.
Main selling point for me was the included DVD. There 15 clips of the band are included. Mainly derived from these TV appearances. So there can also be seen excerpts from the German Beat Club and Disco. Schön is to see IV version in action once the Mark. In addition, the late Jon Lord between clips, the songs and that time commented. German subtitles. The DVD runs nearly 100 minutes. The quality of the image material and clay are more likely to see in the historical context. Because one must not expect too much.
On a negative note, perhaps more that the bonus tracks were not attached but are integrated and thus the sequence of the original album has been changed slightly. But that is likely most connoisseurs and lovers of the original LP interfere.

Conclusion:
A good compilation of the 70s plus Hush, plus an informative DVD.