Ritchie Blackmore lead guitar
Rod Evans vocal
Jon Lord organ + vocal [+ string arrangements]
Ian Paice drums
Nick Simper bass guitar + vocal
plus a string section
Recorded from August to October 1968 at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
Engineered by Barry Ainsworth.
Produced by Derek Lawrence.
Track List
Deep Purple [ Mark I ]
album: The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
1. Listen, Learn, Read On
2. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
3. Kentucky Woman
4. Exposition, We Can Work It Out
5. S h i e l d
6. A n t h e m
7. River Deep, Mountain High
Song Lyrics
Listen, learn, read on
Words & music by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Rod Evans
In ages past when spells were cast in a time of men in steel
When a man was called no special name it was all done by feel
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
Hear the song of lovely Joan, her sound so sweet and clear
In the courtroom of the king among children and the peers
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn
On the foaming beach of the ocean in the day of trouble
I shall be of more service to thee than three hundred senates
The hare, he bounds across the page past castles white and fair
Two dreaming chessmen on their boards with a fool's mate as a snare
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
Three times I have been warned - I know this from meditation
The bird he flies the distance from pages two to six
Past minstrels in their boxes to the water on the sticks
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
Don't take the pictures lightly, listen to their sound
For from their coloured feeling experience is found
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page - Read the book of Taliesyn!
All the sciences of the world are collected in my breasts
For I know what has been what is now and what hereafter will occur
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Kentucky woman
Words & music by Neil Diamond
Alright! Ooh yeah!
Kentucky woman, she shines in her own kind light
She looks at you once in a day and what's wrong is alright
And I love her! God knows I love her!
Kentucky woman!
She gets to know you
She gets to hold you
Kentucky woman!
She has the kind of turn at the drop of a game
Well all the things she does they turn you on just the same
And I love her! God knows I love her!
Kentucky woman!
She gets to know you
She gets to hold you
Kentucky woman
I don't want much
The good lord's there beneath my feat
A gentle touch and then one girl
And life is sweet and good
Kentucky woman!
She gets to know you
She gets to hold you
Kentucky woman! Ooh yeah!
Yeah yeah yeah... Alright!
Kentucky woman, she shines in her own kind light
Oh she looks at you once in a day and what's wrong is alright
And I love her! Yes I do! I love her!
Kentucky woman!
She gets to know you
Yes she does - She gets to hold you
Kentucky woman!
Kentucky woman!
Kentucky woman...
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We can work it out
Words & music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go wrong
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that our love will soon be gone
We can work it out!
We can work it out!
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight
We can work it out!
We can work it out!
Life is very short
And there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
I'll ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While I see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long
We can work it out!
We can work it out! Yeah
Life is very short
And there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
I'll ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While I see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long
We can work it out!
We can work it out!
At least we can try
We can try to work it out someday
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Shield
Words & music by Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore and Rod Evans
Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream
While the children play in the field
Papa smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life
But how strong is the shield?
Can peace be found on the carpet above ground?
Where sky is forever blue?
So let it pass baby now
The slow and riding cloud which may take me from you
Many things a man can lose
His self, his rights, his views but never his heart or his love
So take this hand of mine
And climb, baby, climb to the hill up above
Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream
While our children play in the field
I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life
And trust in the strength of the shield
So trust in your love and we'll see up above
And let light pass like a wheel
Don't take the chance of life's sacred dance
Kiss the strength of the shield
The seeker will be found
By the look on the ground and to his wish he will yield
Fate will have it's word, of course
But time will change its course and hold the strength of the shield
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Anthem
Words & music by Jon Lord and Rod Evans
When the night winds softly blow through my open window
Then I start to remember the girl that brought me joy
Now the night wind softly blows sadness to tomorrow
Bringing tears to eyes so tired, eyes I thought could cry no more
If the day would only come then you might just appear
Even though you'd soon be gone when I reached out my hand
If I could see you - If only I could see you
To see if you are laughing or crying
When the night winds softly blow
In my dark and whispering room memories still bring me
A numbness to my feelings - Take my hand and brush me by
In the warm and fevered dark heart is madly beating
My crazy thoughts are burning when the night winds softly blow
If the day would only come then you might just appear
Even though you'd soon be gone when I reached out my hand
If I could see you - If only I could see you
To see if you are laughing or crying
When the night winds softly blow
If the day would only come then you might just appear
Even though you'd soon be gone when I reached out my hand
If I could see you - If only I could see you
To see if you are laughing or crying
When the night winds softly blow
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River deep, mountain high
Words & music by Phil Spector, John Barry and E. Greenwich
When you were a young girl, did you want a rag doll?
The only doll you've ever owned?
Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll
Only now my love has grown
Oh it gets stronger as the river flows
Deeper baby, heaven knows, higher as it goes
Do I love you? My oh my! River deep, mountain high yeah yeah yeah
Do I love you? Would I cry? Oh I love you baby baby baby baby
When you were a young girl, did you have a puppy?
That always followed you around?
Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy
No I'll never never let you down
'Cos it gets stronger as the river flows
And it gets deeper baby, heaven knows
It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes
Do I love you? My oh my! River deep, mountain high yeah yeah yeah
Do I love you? Would I cry? Oh I love you baby baby baby baby
I love you baby like a flower loves the spring
I love you baby like a wrong man likes to sin
I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie
Oh and I love you baby! River deep, mountain high
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