Deep Purple

Artist:  Deep Purple
Origin:  Hertford, England
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock

Original line-up: (Mark I)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Rod Evans:  Vocals
Nick Simper:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Classic line-up:  (Mark II)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Ian Gillan:  Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Third line-up:  (Mark III)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
David Coverdale:  Vocals
Glenn Hughes:  Bass
Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Ian Paice:  Drums

Fourth line-up:  (Mark IV)

Jon Lord:  Keyboards, Organ
Tommy Bolin:  Guitar
David Coverdale:  Vocals
Glenn Hughes:  Bass
Ian Paice:  Drums

Still have more line-up to Mark VIII

Mark VIII line-up:

Ian Paice:  Drums
Ian Gillan:  Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Don Airey:  Keyboards, Organ
Steve Morse:  Guitar

Deep  Purple are an England Hard Rock Band formed in Hertford in 1968, the original line-up by Jon Lord (Keyboards, Organ), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Rod Evans (Vocals), Nick Simper (Bass) and Ian Paice (Drums), The band has gone through many line-up changes, but their most commercially successful from the send line-up (Mark II), featured Ian Gillan (Vocals), Joh Lord (Organ, Keyboards), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Roger Glover (Bass), and Ian Paice (Drums), and Mark III line-up, features Joh Lord (Organ, Keyboards), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), David Coverdale (Vocals), Glenn Hughes (Bass), and Ian Paice (Drums). Deep Purple are considered to be one of the pioneers among Hard Rock and Heavy Metal as well as Progressive Rock Band, but the band's sound to Hard Rock in 1970, together with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, and have been referred as The British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal from early to mid of 70s, and in 1975 were listed in Guinness Book of World Records as "The Globe's Loudest Band".  In 2012, Deep Purple were nominated for induction into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  A Fire In The Sky:  Selected Career-Spanning Songs (2017)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Label:  Rhino Entertainment
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Hell To Pay (Radio Edit)  (3:44)
 2.  Rapture Of The Deep  (5:50)
 3.  Sun Goes Down  (4:10)
 4.  Any Fule Kno That  (4:28)
 5.  Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming (Edit)  (4:28)
 6.  Bad Attitude (Radio Edit)  (4:03)
 7.  Knocking At Your Back Door (Single Edit)  (4:03)
 8.  Perfect Strangers (Single Version)  (4:16)
 9.  You Keep On Moving (2010 Remastered Version)  (4:28)
10. Soldier Of Fortune (2009 Remastered Version)  (3:15)
11. Burn (US Single Edit)  (3:40)
12. Woman From Tokyo (Single Edit)  (2:45)
13. Highway Star (US Single Edit)  (3:00)
14. Smoke On The Water (Studio - U.S. A-Side Edit)  (3:51)
15. Fireball (2016 Remastered Version)  (3:24)
16. Strange Kind Of Woman (2002 Remastered Version)  (3:51)
17. Child In Time (Part 1) (2016 Remastered Version)  (4:14)
18. Speed King (U.S. Album Edit)  (4:20)
19. Black Night (2016 Remastered Version)  (3:27)
20. Hush (2014 Remastered Version)  (4:12)

A Fire In The Sky:  Selected Career-Spanning Songs is the collection album by Deep Purple, was released on September 15, 2017 by Rhino Entertainment, features selected 20 songs and focuses mainly on the band's singles.