The Mark II Purple Singles
Compilation album by Deep Purple
Released	April 1979[1]
Recorded	1971–1972
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	37:00
Label	Purple
Producer	Deep 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 ." In fact it is the same recording, edited.

Track listing

All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice.

Side one

1. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:12 (live version from Made in Japan, edited)
2. "Black Night" – 4:56 (live version recorded in Japan 1972)
3. "Child in Time" – 9:52 (live version from Made in Japan, edited)

Side two

4. "Woman from Tokyo" – 4:28 (A-side from Who Do We Think We Are, edited)
5. "Never Before" – 3:30 (A-side from Machine Head, edited)
6. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:29 (B-side from the Machine Head sessions)
7. "Painted Horse" – 5:18 (outtake from the Who Do We Think We Are sessions)

Personnel

Deep Purple

• Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums

Charts

References

• The Mark II Purple Singles at AllMusic