DEEP PURPLE — The Book Of Taliesyn (review)

DEEP PURPLE — The Book Of Taliesyn album cover Album · 1968 · Proto-Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
martindavey87
Less than a year after the release of their debut, Deep Purple were at it again, with this, their second full-length album, offering another slice of dated, late-60’s psychedelic rock.

Much like its predecessor, this is a far cry from the Deep Purple everyone knows and loves today. There’s no smoking on the water or highway starring here, this is all pretty weird, hippy rock. And by rock, I mean of the least hardest variety.

Vocalist Rod Evans may have suited the bands style back then, but it’s apparent at this point that the band won’t be living in the 1960’s forever, and we all know that much better things are on the horizon once a certain line-up change takes place.

But still, criticisms aside, there’re a few noteworthy tracks here. ‘Hard Road (Wring That Neck)’, ‘The Shield’ and ‘Listen, Learn, Read On’ all show the amazing talent of the musicians involved, particularly guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, drummer Ian Paice and keyboardist (or is he simply an organist at this point?) Jon Lord. These guys were well ahead of their time.

Overall, ‘Book of Taliesyn’ is an improvement upon ‘Shades of Deep Purple’, but ultimately is still a pretty forgettable release, especially when you consider some of the absolute classics that are to come.
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