Shades of Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1968)

This is the first instrumental track from Deep Purple's debut album, Shades of Deep Purple (1968).

Lineup (Mk I) - Rod Evans: lead vocals, Ritchie Blackmore: guitar, Nick Simper: bass guitar and backing vocals, Jon Lord: organ, keyboards, backing vocals, Ian Paice: drums.

Ian Gillan would become the next vocalist of the band as they migrated away from psychedelic rock towards a heavier sound along with other bands like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin who were the originators of what was to become Heavy Metal.