JAPANESE SINGLES 1968-1987

Deep Purple

HUSH / ONE MORE RAINY DAY

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1600 : December 1968

KENTUCKY WOMAN / HARD ROAD

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1608 : March 1969 (two colour vsns)

KENTUCKY WOMAN / HARD ROAD

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1608 : March 1969 (two colour vsns)


RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH / LISTEN, LEARN, READ ON

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1622 : May 1969

EMMARETTA / THE BIRD HAS FLOWN

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1632 : July 1969

HALLELUJAH (I AM THE PREACHER) / APRIL PART 1

JAPAN : Polydor DP 1655 : November 1969

BLACK NIGHT / INTO THE FIRE

JAPAN : Warner Brothers BR 2607 : 1970 band cover

BLACK NIGHT / INTO THE FIRE

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1014W : 1970 LP cover

STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN / I’M ALONE

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1054W : July 25 1971

FIREBALL / ANYONE’S DAUGHTER

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1089W : Dec 21 1971

NEVER BEFORE / WHEN A BLIND MAN CRIES

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1122W : April 25 1972

HIGHWAY STAR / LAZY

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1142W : June 25th 1972

HIGHWAY STAR / STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 104W : May 1976

SMOKE ON THE WATER edit / SMOKE ON THE WATER live edit

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1229W : June 25 1973

SMOKE ON THE WATER edit / SMOKE ON THE WATER live edit

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 137W : Nov 1976

BLACK NIGHT (live) / WOMAN FROM TOKYO (edit)

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1400W : August 25 1978

WOMAN FROM TOKYO (edit) / SUPER TROUPER

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1202W : 1973

BURN / MIGHT JUST TAKE YOUR LIFE

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1287W : March 25 1974

LADY DOUBLE DEALER / YOU CAN’T DO IT RIGHT

JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 
1353W : Dec 21 1974

YOU KEEP ON MOVING / COMIN' HOME


JAPAN : Warner Brothers P 1421W : Dec 1975

Some of the singles from Black Night onwards were reissued in 1976  with same designs but new catalogue numbers and prices etc.

KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR / WASTED SUNSETS

JAPAN : Polydor 7DM 0126 : Dec 1984

CALL OF THE WILD / DEAD OR ALIVE

JAPAN : Polydor 5DM 0176 : 1987

Notes

If you have any Japanese Deep Purple 7" singles not shown here please  send us details. These scans have been supplied by easyontheeye books. The sleeves  will appear in their book Art Of Japanese Picture Sleeve due for  publication in early 2009. Sample pages and details of the book can  be found at www.easyontheeye.net 

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