Album Number Three Hundred Twenty One. “The Book of Taliesyn” is the second studio album by Deep Purple, recorded only three months after #shadesofdeeppurple and released by #tetragrammatonrecords in October 1968, just before their first US tour. The name for the album was taken from the 14th-century Book of Taliesin. My copy is on Tetragrammaton Records - T-107. 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 #psychedelicrock, #progressiverock and #hardrock, with several inserts of classical music arranged by the band's keyboard player Jon Lord. “The Book of Taliesyn is a representation of seven different feelings with #richieblackmore #RodEvans #ianpaice #nickysimper and #jonlord establishing the moods under the spiritual direction of #taliesyn. The book is not an end in itself, but merely another link in the chain of musical progression which is evolving as #deeppurple.” #rockandroll #thesixties #sixtiesmusic Cover by #johnvernonlord https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc3ZJ36Okk4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
