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     title = 'The Deep Purple Discography'
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<b>The House of Blue Light</b>
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Germany January 1987 Polydor 831318-1 [1LP]<br>
Germany January 1987 Polydor 831318-2 [1CD; longer tracks]<br>
Germany January 1987 Polydor 831318-4 [1MC; longer tracks]<br>
Japan January 1987 Polydor 25MM-0556 [1LP]<br>
US January 1987 Mercury 831318-1 [1LP]<br>
US January 1987 Mercury 831318-2 [1CD; longer tracks]<br>
Czeckoslovakia 1988 MS Supraphon 1132213zd [1LP]<br>
Russia 1990 Melodija C60-27357-004 [1LP]<br>
Japan 199- Polydor POCP-2285 [1CD]<br>
Japan December 1998 Polydor (Cardboard Jacket Series) POCP-9165 [1CD]<br>
Japan December 1999 Polydor POCP-2646 [1CD] <br>
US 1999 Polydor/Mercury Records 314546162-2 [1CD; remastered]<br>
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Deep Purple's 12th studio album is performed by:
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<li><b>Ritchie Blackmore</b> guitar
<li><b>Ian Gillan</b> vocals, conga, harmonica
<li><b>Roger Glover</b> bass guitar, synthesizer
<li><b>Jon Lord</b> keyboards
<li><b>Ian Paice</b> drums
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Recorded at the Playhouse in Stowe, Vermont, using Le Mobile Unit. Engineered by Nick Blagona; assisted by Guy Charbonneau. Mixed at Union Studios in Munich, Germany, by Harry Schnitzler. Mastered at Sterling Studios in New York by Greg Calbi.
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Produced by Roger Glover and Deep Purple.
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The second set of timings below refer to the original CD &amp; cassette releases. These contained somewhat longer cuts -- see especially &quot;Strangeways&quot;. However, there are reportedly CD reissues that contain the LP cuts; so beware.
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<u>TRACK LIST</u>
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<li><a href="0lyrics/attitude.html"><b>Bad attitude</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord) LP: 4.43 / CD: 5.04 
<li><a href="0lyrics/unwriten.html"><b>The unwritten law</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Paice) LP: 4.35 / CD: 4.54
<li><a href="0lyrics/callwild.html"><b>Call of the wild</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord) LP: 4.40 / CD: 4.48
<li><a href="0lyrics/maddog.html"><b>Mad dog</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 4.31 / CD: 4.36
<li><a href="0lyrics/blakwite.html"><b>Black &amp; white</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord) LP: 3.44 / CD: 4.39
<li><a href="0lyrics/hardwman.html"><b>Hard lovin' woman</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 3.23 / CD: 3.25
<li><a href="0lyrics/spanish.html"><b>The Spanish archer</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 4.57 / CD: 5.31
<li><a href="0lyrics/strnways.html"><b>Strangeways</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 5.55 / CD: 7.36
<li><a href="0lyrics/mitzi.html"><b>Mitzi Dupree</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 5.02 / CD: 5.05
<li><a href="0lyrics/deadlive.html"><b>Dead or alive</b></a> (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) LP: 4.44 / CD: 5.00
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