The Mark II Purple Singles

The Mark II Purple Singles
Compilation album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedApril 1979
Recorded1971–1972
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length37:00
LabelPurple
ProducerDeep Purple
Deep Purple compilations chronology
When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll
(1978) 		The Mark II Purple Singles
(1979) 		Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple
(1980)

The Mark II Purple Singles is a compilation album by Deep Purple. The album was released in 1979. It claimed to be Mark II both because it focused solely on the second line-up of the band and because it was intended as a second volume to the previous year's The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's. A version with purple vinyl is also available.

The original sleeve notes by Geoff Barton claimed that "Smoke on the Water" was a different recording to the one from Made in Japan. He wrote: "Blackmore chooses to play the solo straight, without the embellishments that, for me, marred the other officially available live version [on Made in Japan]." In fact it is the same recording, edited.

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