Deep Purple Cover
| "Kentucky Woman" | ||||||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||||||
| from the album The Book of Taliesyn | ||||||
| B-side | "Wring That Neck" | |||||
| Released | December 1968 (US), 1969 (UK) | |||||
| Format | 7" | |||||
| Recorded | August, 1968 | |||||
| Genre | Hard rock, psychedelic rock | |||||
| Length | 4:04 4:44 |
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| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Tetragrammaton (US) |
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| Producer | Derek Lawrence | |||||
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Recorded by Deep Purple with a vastly different instrumental feel, if not vocal line, it was their second single release in 1968. It managed to reach #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, #21 Canadian RPM charts, and #27 on the Australian Singles Chart where it was released as a double A-Side with "Hush."
The single version is an edit of the album version and is four minutes and four seconds in length. A remastered version appears on the 30th anniversary album The Very Best of Deep Purple and runs for four minutes and forty five seconds.
Deep Purple played "Kentucky Woman" live on tour in 1968 and 1969, even after Ian Gillan joined the band in the summer of 1969. It has never been on Deep Purple's set list since.
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