Shades of Deep Purple

Album released September 1968


And The Address

(Blackmore / Lord)

(instrumental)

Hush

(South)


I got a certan little girl she's on my mind

No doubt about it she looks so fine

She's the best girl that I ever had

Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad



Hush, hush

I thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

I need her loving and I'm not to blame now



(Love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(Love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(Love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(Love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it



She's got loving like quicksand

Only took one touch of her hand

To blow my mind and I'm in so deep

That I can't eat and I can't sleep



Listen

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

I need her loving and I'm not to blame now



(Love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(Love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(Love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(Love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it

One More Rainy Day

(Lord/Evans)


Changes, visible changes

Sky looking so forlorn

It looks like the world's been born

On one more rainy day



Trying to see the sunlight

My heart's crying out loud

I try to see through the clouds

On one more rainy day



One more rainy day

Once again my mind is grey

This is what a rainy day can do

One more rainy day

One more rainy day



Sun starts shining on through

New day a day with you

It's strange what sun can do

On one more rainy day



One more rainy day

Once again my mind is grey

This is what a rainy day can do

One more rainy day

One more rainy day

a) Prelude : Happiness

(Traditional arr. Deep Purple)

(instrumental)

b) I'm So Glad

(Elmore James)


I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad



Don't know what to do

Don't know what to do

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Another week in

Telephoning

Tired of groaning for you



I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad


Mandrake Root

(Blackmore/Evans/Lord)


I've got a Mandrake Root

It's some thunder in my brain

I feed it to my babe

She thunders just the same

Food of love sets her flame

Ah, stick it up



I've got the Mandrake Root

Baby's just the same

She still feels a quiver

She's still got the flame

She slows down, slows right down

I've got the power

Help

(Lennon/McCartney)


When I was younger, so much younger than today

I never needed anybody's help in any way

But now these days are gone I'm not so self assured

Now I find I've changed my mind, opened up the door



Help if you can I'm feeling down

But I do appreciate you being round

Help me get my feet back on the ground

Won't you please help me



And now my life has changed in oh so many ways

My independence seems to vanish in the haze

But every now and then I feel so insecure

Now I know I need you like I've never done before



Help if you can I'm feeling down

But I do appreciate you being round

Help me get my feet back on the ground

Won't you please help me



Help

I need somebody

Help

Not just anybody

Help 

You know I need someone

Help

Love Help Me

(Blackmore/Evans)


Vibrant flashes in my mind

Remind me of a foregone time

Blackened faces, broken romance

Blackened faces



My broken heart has bled

With memories of a love that's dead

Sometimes happy then sad

I need love, love help me



[Passing by the grounds of time]

Memories that are only mine

Looking for love, a brand new love

Looking for love



Dreams that are hard to see

Finding a new love for me

Someday she must come along

I need love, love help me



I need love to come home

Somewhere there must be one



Hoping someday for good news

Waiting for that girl to choose

Only hoping, all I can do

Only hoping



One day she must come along

A girl as pretty as a song

A woman just there for me

I need love, love help me



Vibrant flashes in my mind

Remind me of a foregone time

Blackened faces, broken romance

Blackened faces



My broken heart has bled

With memories of a love that's dead

Sometimes happy then sad

I need love, love help me

I need love, love help me

I need love, love help me

Hey Joe

(Roberts)

 

Hey Joe

Where you going with that gun in your hand

Hey Joe

Now tell me where you going with that gun in your hand

I'm gonna shoot my lady

Cos I caught her messing around with another man

Yes, I'm going down to shoot my lady

Cos I caught her messing around with another man



Hey Joe

I heard you shot your woman down

Hey Joe

I heard you shot your woman down

Right down to the ground

Yes I did I shot her

You know I shot her cos I caught her messing 'round town

Yes I did I shot her

I shot my woman cos she was messing 'round town

I gave her the gun - I shot her!



Hey Joe

Tell me where you gonna run to now?

Hey Joe

C'mon tell me where you gonna run to?

Don't you worry about me

I'm going way down South

Way down South where I'm gonna be free

I'm going way down South

Way down South maybe outside Mexico Way

I'm gonna run, oh yeah


Deep Purple Mk 1:

Rod Evans - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - lead guitar
Jon Lord - organ
Nick Simper - bass guitar
Ian Paice - drums


Album notes:

(NOTE: These notes are taken from a reissue)

SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE was recorded in about 18 hours between May 11 and May 13 1968, just a few months after the group had formed. The band was a combination of the groups ROUNDABOUT (featuring Blackmore, Lord and Simper) and THE MAZE (featuring Evans and Paice). Blackmore, Lord and Simper had been in the music business for years, Evans and Paice for not quite as long, but none of them had ever tasted major success before the release of the album.

The album was released in September and made #24, while the single off it, Hush, made #4. Most of the initial set list was taken off this album together with other covers. Of these songs, Hush and Mandrake Root were the most popular; Hush being re-recorded in 1988, and Mandrake Root clocking in at an unbelievable time of 28:42 on a live album.

Comments: These sleeve notes are slightly incorrect. Roundabout was the original name of Deep Purple. Indeed they were billed as Roundabout on their live debut dates in Denmark, April 1968. And the lineup was the same as on this album.

Lyrics transcribed by Richard Swann, with Trond J. Strøm.


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