Listen, Learn, Read On is a box set released by the British hard rock band Deep Purple in 2002.
It is a collection of 74 tracks distributed in six CDs, around a quarter of which were unreleased prior to the album; all the tracks were subject to extensive re-mastering at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The set starts with a selection of early tracks by the members of the band before they joined Deep Purple.
The box set also houses a format book written by Deep Purple archivist Simon Robinson, which tells the band's story via 120 pages of text, pictures, cuttings, memorabilia, musician profiles and discographies.
Disc One: Pre Purple and Mk 1
1. Keep a Knockin (Penniman) 2:34
The Outlaws [feat. Ritchie Blackmore]
2. You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (Roger Lewis) 3:28
M.I. Five [feat. Rod Evans, Ian Paice]'
3. Only Time Will Tell (Lewis) 2:11
M.I. Five [feat. Evans, Paice]
4. Send For that Girl (Rowland Barter) 2:42
Johnny Kid & the Pirates [feat. Nick Simper]
5. Porcupine Juice (Gus Dudgeon/Lord) 3:13
Santa Barbara Machine Head [feat. Jon Lord]
6. I Can See Through You (Roger Glover) 3:23
Episode Six [feat. Ian Gillan, Roger Glover]
7. Mr. Universe (Hal David/Gillan) 4:17
Episode Six [feat. Gillan, Glover]
8. Medusa (Hughes) 5:40
Trapeze [feat. Glenn Hughes]
9. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Robert Lamm) 3:17
The Government [feat. David Coverdale]
10. See My People Come Together (Bolin) 6:07
Zephyr [feat. Tommy Bolin]
11. Hush (South) 4:13
12. Help (Lennon–McCartney) 6:00
13. Shield (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) 6:01
14. Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Paice) 4:00
15. Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond) 4:41
16. Playground (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) 4:31 (The Book of Taliesyn out-take)
17. Emmaretta (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 2:58 (single A-side)
18. The Bird Has Flown (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 2:51 (US single B-side)
Disc Two: Mk 1 and Mk 2
1. Why Didn't Rosemary (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice) 5:02
2. Hallelujah (Greenaway/Cook) 3:40 (single A-side)
3. Ricochet 3:04 (BBC session Aug 11 1969)
4. The Bird Has Flown (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 3:03 (BBC session)
5. Hush (South) 4:16 (Live, Royal Albert Hall, 24 Sep 1969)
6. Concerto Third Movement reprise (Lord) 5:36 (Live, Royal Albert Hall)
7. Wring that Neck (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice) 20:43 (Live, Montreux Casino, Oct 4 1969)
8. Jam Stew 3:54 (BBC session Oct 31, 1969)
9. Speed King 3:23 (BBC session)
10. Cry Free 3:08 (Deep Purple in Rock out-take)
11. Hard Lovin' Man 4:12 (BBC session Apr 21 1970)
12. Bloodsucker 3:14 (BBC session)
13. Living Wreck 2:58 (BBC session)
14. Studio Chat / Jam 0:40
15. Flight of the Rat 7:53 (95 remix)
Disc Three: Mk 2
1. Mandrake Root (Blackmore/Evans) 30:02 (Live, Stockholm, Nov 12, 1970)
2. Grabsplatter 4:30 (BBC session Sep 23 1970)
3. Child in Time 10:47 (BBC session)
4. Jon Lord Interview 1:35
5. Black Night 3:28 (BBC session)
6. Into the Fire 3:48 (BBC session)
7. Fools 5:19
8. Fireball 3:23
9. No One Came 6:24
10. Demon's Eye 6:08 (96 remix)
Disc Four: Mk 2 and Mk 3
1. No No No 7:16 (Live, Beat Club, German TV Sep 1971)
2. Highway Star 6:08 (Live, Beat Club)
3. Smoke on the Water 5:49 (Quad Mix UK 1974)
4. Never Before 4:01 (Quad Mix)
5. When a Blind Man Cries 3:27 (97 remix)
6. Strange Kind of Woman 8:44 (BBC in Concert, Paris Theatre Mar 9 1972)
7. Lazy 11:13 (Live, Tokyo, Aug 17 1972)
8. Black Night 5:47 (Live, Osaka, Aug 16 1972)
9. Woman from Tokyo 6:24 (99 remix)
10. Smooth Dancer 4:08
11. Mary Long 4:26 (99 remix)
12. Burn (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 6:00
13. Might Just Take Your Life (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 4:36
Disc Five: Mk 3
1. Sail Away (Blackmore/Coverdale) 5:47
2. Coronarias Redig (Blackmore/Lord/Paice) 4:52 (single B-side)
3. You Fool No One (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale) 18:58 (Live, Ontario Speedway, Apr 6 1974)
4. Mistreated (Blackmore/Coverdale) 12:02 (Live, San Diego Sports Arena, Apr 9 1974)
5. Space Truckin 29:52 (Live, Kilburn Gaumont, May 22, 1974)
Disc Six: Mk 3 & Mk 4
1. Stormbringer (Blackmore/Coverdale) 4:04 (Quad Mix)
2. Soldier of Fortune (Blackmore/Coverdale) 3:14 (Quad Mix)
3. Hold On (Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 5:08 (Quad Mix)
4. High Ball Shooter (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 4:30 (Instrumental mix)
5. The Gypsy (Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 5:43 (Live, Paris Palais des Sports, Apr 7 1975)
6. Drifter (Bolin/Coverdale) 3:58 (California live rehearsal, June 1975)
7. Dance to the Rock 'n' Roll (Bolin/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice) 10:59 (California live rehearsal, Jam)
8. This Time Around/Owed to 'G' (Hughes/Lord; Bolin) 6:06
9. Love Child (Bolin/Coverdale) 3:03
10. Wild Dogs (Bolin/Tesar) 5:54 (Live, Tokyo Budokan, Dec 15 1975)
11. Lady Luck (Cook/Coverdale) 3:24 (Live, Long Beach Arena, Feb 27 1976)
12. Gettin' Tighter (Bolin/Hughes) 13:18 (Live, Long Beach Arena)
13. You Keep on Moving (Coverdale/Hughes) 5:18
Personnel:
Mk 1: 1968-1969 - Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Nick Simper
Mk 2: 1969-1973 - Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Mk 3: 1973-1975 - Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Mk 4: 1975-1976 - Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
