April 1968 to July 1969
Deep Purple Mk I    
People involved
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Rod Evans (vcl); Jon Lord (kbr); Ian Paice (drm); Nick Simper (bss).
The first Deep Purple line-up records three albums: Shades of Deep Purple (1968), Book of Taliesyn (1968) and Deep Purple (1969).

Albums & singles
See the Deep Purple Discography