For the Middle Welsh manuscript, see Book of Taliesin.
1968 studio album by Deep Purple
The Book of Taliesyn
Cover art by John Vernon Lord
Studio album by
Deep Purple
Released
October 1968 (US) June 1969 (UK)
Recorded
August and October 1968
Studio
De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway, London
Genre
Psychedelic rock
progressive rock
hard rock
Length
43:57
Label
Tetragrammaton (US) Harvest (UK)
Producer
Derek Lawrence
Deep Purple chronology
Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Deep Purple (1969)
Singles from The Book of Taliesyn
"Kentucky Woman" Released: October 1968 (US)
"River Deep – Mountain High" Released: January 1969 (US)
Remastered re-issue cover
The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded only three months after Shades of Deep Purple and released by Tetragrammaton Records in October 1968, just before their first US tour. The name for the album was taken from the 14th-century Book of Taliesin.
The structure of the album is similar to that of their first, with four original songs and three rearranged covers; however, the tracks are longer, the arrangements more complex and the sound more polished than on Shades of Deep Purple. The music style is a mix of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and hard rock, with several inserts of classical music arranged by the band's keyboard player Jon Lord.
Deep Purple's American record label aimed for a hippie audience, which was very influential in the US at the time, but the chart results of the album and singles were not as high as expected. This setback did not hinder the success of the three-month US tour, when the band played in many important venues and festivals and received positive feedback from audiences and the press. Deep Purple were still an underground band which played in small clubs and colleges in the United Kingdom, largely ignored by the media and the public. The British record company EMI did not release The Book of Taliesyn until June 1969, on the new underground prog rock sub-label Harvest Records, and the album did not chart. Even the release of the new single "Emmaretta" and new dates in the UK in summer 1969 did not increase album sales or the popularity of Deep Purple in the UK. Perception of the album has changed in later years and it has been reviewed more favourably.
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