[% META title = 'The Deep Purple Discography' %] The Deep Purple Tributes Here we will try to keep a list of known Deep Purple tributes -- full CDs only. (Covers of individual tracks are listed elsewhere.) The list is still not complete, but hopefully it will be in the future. Funky Junction Plays a Tribute to Deep Purple UK 1973 Stereo Gold Award MER 373 [1LP] Purple Tracks Performed by Eric Bell (guitar), Brian Downey (drums), Dave Lennox (keyboards), Phil Lynott (bass) and Fireball Black Night Benny White (vocals). Strange Kind of Woman Hush Speed King The first known Purple tribute was recorded as early as 1972. An unknown, starving band named Thin Lizzy (which consisted of Bell, Downey & Lynott) were offered a lump sum of money to record some Deep Purple songs. (The album contains also a few non-DP tracks.) They did - with the help from two Irish guys. The album came out in early 1973. It wasn't a success. In February, Thin Lizzy had a top ten hit with a single of their own. Read more about it here. The Moscow Symphony Orchestra in Performance of the Music of Deep Purple Japan 1992 Zero Records XRCN-1022 [1CD] UK 1992 Cromwell Productions CPCD 018 [1CD] Purple Tracks Smoke on the Water Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Constantine Krimets. Arranged by Stephen Space Truckin' Child in Time Reeve and Martin Riley. Produced by Bob Carruthers. Recorded live (in the studio with no audience) during Black Night April 1992. Lazy The Mule Pictures of Home No drums, no drum machine, no guitar - in fact, no rock instruments at all, just a symphony orchestra. Or as the Strange Kind of Woman Burn sleeve notes say: "With the addition of bass and drums rock orchestrations often sound like the worst imaginable Highway Star elevator music." Some tracks have been re-arranged, others sound more faithful to the originals. Child in Time is Fireball Coda and Reprise particularly successful, building up slowly and nicely. The Mule and Pictures of Home are also very good, much thanks to the melodies. "Interestingly many of the players came to the sessions already knowing the music ... [eventually] even the maestro began to smile" Smoke on the Water - A Tribute US 1994 Shrapnel Records/Roadrunner Records RR 8967 2 [1CD] Performed by Dean Castronovo (drums), Jens Johansson (keyboards), Todd Jensen (bass) and Russ Parrish (rhytm guitar) as the backing group. Featuring Reb Beach (guitar), Don Dokken (vocals), Paul Gilbert Purple Tracks Speed King (vocals/guitar), Tony Harnell (vocals), Glenn Hughes (vocals), Kelly Keeling (vocals), Richie Kotzen Space Truckin' (vocals/guitar), Yngwie Malmsteen (guitar), Tony MacAlpine (guitar), Robert Mason (vocals), Vinnie Moore Stormbringer Rat Bat Blue (guitar), John Norum (guitar), Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Mike Varney (guitar) and Kip Lazy Winger (vocals). Produced by Mike Varney. Maybe I'm a Leo Smoke on the Water Fireball There are no particular re-arrangements involved at all here. An ordinary cover album, with all tracks being Hush Woman from Tokyo fairly faithful to the originals. It seems to be a rather routine work. Still, there are some pretty good moments here, especially Lazy (Turner/Malmsteen) and Rat Bat Blue (Kotzen). Air Jazz Quartet Jazz Tribute to Deep Purple France 1995 Air Transe Music ATM 523322 [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Philippe Ballot (drums), François Barisaux (piano), Alain Gaillet (bass) and Philippe Miraille 1 van 3 Hush (tenor & soprano sax). Recorded live in the studio during August 1995. Highway Star Black Night Smoke on the Water This represents the "Jazz standards of Deep Purple." But, you're hard pressed to recognize some of the songs Woman from Tokyo Strange Kind of Woman due to heavy re-arranging. Black Night turned out rather nice. The riff itself is played slightly differently than in Burn the original, but oh so good. If you don't mind not recognizing some of the songs and if you don't mind jazz, this Fireball Child in Time should be a rather good addition to your CD catalogue - whether or not you like Deep Purple. "Everybody will be swinging on earth". Read more about it here. Black Night Deep Purple Tribute according to New York US 1996 Revolver Music REV XD 202 [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Cindy Blackman (drums), Will Calhoun (drums), Cory Glover (vocals), Simon Gregory (guitar), Black Night Strange Kind of Woman Tony Harnell (vocals), Richie Kotzen (vocals/guitar), Lars Y. Loudamp [= Yngwie Malmsteen] (guitar), Vinnie Fireball Moore (guitar), Al Pitrelli (guitar), Van Romaine (drums), Stevie Salas (guitar), T. M. Stevens (vocals/bass), Joe Smoke on the Water Child in Time Lynn Turner (vocals) and Bernie Worrell (keyboards). Produced and arranged by T. M. Stevens. Woman from Tokyo Space Truckin' Stormbringer Funky Deep Purple. ("This is the way we do Deep Purple".) Some tracks have been re-arranged, Child in Time Speed King in particular. Kotzen's solo is much different from Blackmore's but very very good. Burn sounds like it has never Burn Deep Purple NY sound before, or after - brilliant. Other tracks sound fairly faithful to the originals. There's some good singing on this album. Who Do They Think We Are? A Tribute to Deep Purple from Japan Japan 1996 BMG Victor 7432-1-37905-4 [1MC] Japan 1996 BMG Victor 7432-1-37905-? [1CD] Purple Tracks Japan 200? BMG Victor BVCR 746 [1CD] Burn Speed King Lay Down Stay Down A Japanese tribute album with players from bands like Loudness, Zodiac, and others: Toshio Egawa Strange Kind of Woman (keyboards), Taiji Fujimoto (guitars), Genki Hitomi (vocals), Nobuo Horie (drums), Shigehisa Ikeda (guitars), Child in Time Lazy Akira Kajiyarma (guitars), Furnihiko Kittaka (guitars), Demon Kogure (vocals), Yoshihiro Kudo (drums), Lady Double Dealer Takanobu Masuda (keyboards), Eiichi Miyanaga (vocals/drums), Minoru Morikawa (vocals), George Murasaki Woman from Tokyo Fireball (keyboards), Hideaki Nakama (guitars), Masashi Okagaki (keyboards), Naoto Shibata (bass), Norifumi Shima Highway Star (guitars), Konzo Suganuma (drums), Yoshiro Takahashi (bass), Sgt Luke Takamura III (guitars) & Yuichiro Uchida (bass). Recorded during early 1996 and produced by Uli Kawamoto at/for Mandrake Root Corp. (Not heard.) Perfect Strangers Live Demo Spain 1998? NB Music Productions [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Cesar Munoz Azorin (gtr), Peter Mayr (kbr), and others. Highway Star Black Night Maybe I'm A Leo A tribute album recorded live in 1998 by a Spanish tribute band called Perfect Strangers. They've recorded more Demon's Eye Hush than one -- see below entries. Child In Time Space Truckin' (Not heard.) Smoke on the Water Bass Purple Miami Black Night Japan 1998 Warner/East West Japan AMCY-2751 [1CD] Purple Tracks 2 van 3 Hush Highway Star Woman from Tokyo Performed by Sniffing Divers & Dubrotherz. Arranged by Sage Koizumi. Produced by Shusuke Nagato. Space Truckin' Smoke on the Water Strange Kind of Woman Deep Purple goes techno. Heavy drumming, lots of bass, little singing (save Black Night). Slight re-arrangements Demon's Eye here and there, but not much. Not a bad album in case you like techno. Nice album to dance to. Interesting Stormbringer Black Night cover art, er... tits and ass. Burn Fireball Speed King Perfect Strangers Purple Party Spain and/or US 1999? NB Music Productions [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Cesar Munoz Azorin (gtr), Peter Mayr (kbr), and others. Highway Star Black Night Maybe I'm A Leo The second tribute album by Perfect Strangers. Recorded live in Spain in 1999. Demon's Eye Hush Strange Kind Of Woman (Not heard.) Child In Time Space Trucking Smoke On The Water Perfect Strangers Volume 10: Live in Europe Spain January 2001 NB Music Productions NBPM-0101-PS [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Cesar Munoz Azorin (gtr), Peter Mayr (kbr), and others. Burn Bloodsucker Woman From Tokyo The third tribute album by Perfect Strangers. Recorded live in Graz, Austria, during Perfect Strangers' first Perfect Strangers Into The Fire European tour in 2000. Rosa's Cantina Lazy (Not heard.) Bouree Speed King Highway Star Perfect St. Rangers Plays A Tribute to Deep Purple Norway 2001 (private distribution via [email protected]) [1CD] Purple Tracks Performed by Knut Johnny "Knuppen" Franck (drm), Tore Grøtte (bss), Magnus Langli (kbr), Ottar Pettersen Maybe I'm A Leo Demon's Eye (vcl/gtr) and Lars Ytterstad (gtr). Produced by Kjetil Linnes. When A Blind Man Cries Not only do the Norwegians ski and bath in their own oil -- they can play Deep Purple, too, as proved on this 3-track CD sampler. The tracks sound fairly close to the originals, but the singer uses a different phrasing and they play their owns solos. 3 van 3.