Deep Purple – The Book Of Taliesyn

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Label:	Harvest – 038 CRY 04 000, Crystal (5) – 038 CRY 04 000
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	Germany
Released:	1983
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Listen, Learn, Read On Written-By – Lord, Blackmore, Evans*	3:59
A2	Wring That Neck Written-By – Paice, Lord, Simper, Blackmore	5:08
A3	Kentucky Woman Written-By – Neil Diamond	4:39
A4a	Exposition Written-By – Paice, Lord, Simper, Blackmore	2:50
A4b	We Can Work It Out Written-By – Lennon-McCartney	4:06
B1	Shield Written-By – Lord, Blackmore, Evans*	5:59
B2	Anthem Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Jon Lord Written-By – Lord, Evans	6:25
B3	River Deep, Mountain High Written-By – Spector - Greenwich - Barry*	9:59

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Crystal Schallplatten GmbH
Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios
Pressed By – EMI Electrola GmbH
Printed By – 4P Nicolaus GmbH

Credits

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Nicky*
Drums – Ian*
Engineer – Barry Ainsworth
Illustration – John Vernon Lord
Lead Guitar – Richie*
Organ, Vocals – Jon*
Photography By [Cover Photos] – Richard Imrie
Producer – Derek Lawrence
Vocals – Rod*

Notes

Gatefold cover:
Recorded at De Lane Lea Studios.
℗ 1968
Printed in Germany

[the Crystal brand is a leftover from previous editions] ¹

Labels:
℗ 1969 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in EEC
[bilingual rim text] ²

Vinyl, matrix/runout:
'04 000 A-3' is stamped, followed by a etched one-digit number

Similar editions:
The Book Of Taliesyn (1st Crystal edition, label code above legal text, Crystal centre labels)
The Book Of Taliesyn (2nd Crystal edition, label code next to legal text, Crystal centre labels)
The Book Of Taliesyn (Mid-priced reissue with Harvest centre labels) [this release]

Remarks:
¹ Subsequent 1980s reissues were issued in Harvest-branded covers
² confirmed for German Harvest releases from 1983 onwards
The track durations of A4a & A4b are entered as measured manually [the label indicates a total duration of 6:56]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Price Code: 038
Other (Embossment, cover rear): [EMI logo]
Label Code (Cover): LC 1477
Label Code (Labels): LC 1305
Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped/etched, variant 1): 04 000 A-3 5
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped/etched, variant 1): 04 000 A-3 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped/etched, variant 2): 04 000 A-3 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped/etched, variant 2): 04 000 A-3 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped/etched, variant 3): 04 000 A-3 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped/etched, variant 3): 04 000 B-3 5

Other Versions (5 of 211)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Book Of Taliesyn (LP, Album, Stereo)	Tetragrammaton Records	T-107	US	1968
	The Book Of Taliesyn (Reel-To-Reel, Album, Stereo, 3 ¾ ips)	Tetragrammaton Records	TNX 107	US	1968
New Submission	The Book Of Taliesyn (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	543 016	Canada	1968
	The Book Of Taliesyn (LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Pressing)	Tetragrammaton Records	T-107	US	1968
	The Book Of Taliesyn (LP, Album, Stereo)	Tetragrammaton Records	T-107	US	1968

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Reviews

Dzubox Mar 26, 2023
Nice and good sounding German reissue of this early Deep Purple album. The whole thing is very well recorded and sounds really good.