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24 Carat Purple

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24 Carat Purple

Compilation album by

Deep Purple

Released

June 1975

Recorded

1969–1972

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

53:02

Label

Purple

Producer

Deep Purple

Deep Purple compilations chronology

Mark I &II
(1973)

24 Carat Purple
(1975)

Powerhouse
(1977)

Singles from 24 Carat Purple

"Black Night"
Released: August 1975 (Japan)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

24 Carat Purple is the first compilation album of the hard rock band Deep Purple released worldwide on their own record company and the third in a long line of compilation albums. It was released in June 1975.^[2]

The live version of "Black Night", here on LP for the first time, was recorded in Japan in 1972, and originally appeared as the B-side of "Woman From Tokyo".

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice

Side one
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Woman from Tokyo"	Who Do We Think We Are	5:49
2.	"Fireball"	Fireball	3:26
3.	"Strange Kind of Woman" (live)	Made in Japan	9:14
4.	"Never Before"	Machine Head	4:02
5.	"Black Night" (live)	B-side single, later appeared on the 25th anniversary of Made in Japan	4:59

Side two
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
6.	"Speed King"	Deep Purple in Rock	5:52
7.	"Smoke on the Water" (live)	Made in Japan	7:29
8.	"Child in Time" (live)	Made in Japan	12:19

Personnel[edit]

Deep Purple[edit]

Ian Gillan – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Roger Glover – bass
Jon Lord – keyboards
Ian Paice – drums
Martin Birch – engineer

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	67
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[6]	29
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[7]	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	34
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[10]	35
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[11]	14
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	14

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	46

Certifications and sales[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[14]	Gold	50,000^[14]
United Kingdom (BPI)^[15]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Thompson, Dave. "Review 24 Carat Purple". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2009.

^ "24 Carat Purple LP".

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

^ "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – 24 Carat Purple" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – 24 Carat Purple" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Deep Purple".

^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Deep Purple – 24 Carat Purple" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

^ "Charts.nz – Deep Purple – 24 Carat Purple". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Deep Purple – 24 Carat Purple". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.