The Book of Taliesyn Tour - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Book of Taliesyn Tour was a concert tour by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

hard rock

Hard rock

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band Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

. The tour promoted the band's second studio album in four months, The Book of Taliesyn

The Book of Taliesyn

- Side two :- Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue :- Personnel :* Rod Evans - lead vocals* Ritchie Blackmore - guitar* Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals* Jon Lord - Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements on "Anthem"* Ian Paice - drums...

. The band played only North American and European legs.

History

In October 1968 Deep Purple

Deep Purple

released The Book of Taliesyn

The Book of Taliesyn

. The band remained popular only in the USA, so they confirmed North American dates. On some dates Deep Purple

Deep Purple

were a supporting act for Cream

Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...

. The tour kicked off with two sold out shows in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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at Inglewood Forum

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

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, followed by more than 4 shows sold out in the same venue. This proved to be band's first successful tour. Almost every concert was repeated in the second night, in the same venue.

Tour set list

"Hush"
"Kentucky Woman
Kentucky Woman
"Kentucky Woman" is a 1967 song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond. Another well-known version is the 1968 recording by Deep Purple....

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"Mandrake Root
Mandrake Root
"Mandrake Root" is a song by Deep Purple that is featured on their debut album Shades of Deep Purple. The title is in reference to the hallucinogenic mandrake plant, but is also the name of a pre-Purple band that Blackmore was trying to form in Germany when he got the call from Deep Purple's...

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- "White Christmas" instrumental
- "God Save The Queen" instrumental
"Help
Help! (song)
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"Wring That Neck"
"River Deep, Mountain High"
- "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Richard Strauss
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  , 2001: A Space Odyssey)
"Hey Joe
Hey Joe
"Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico...

"

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North America

18/10/1968 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA
19/10/1968 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA
20/10/1968 Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA
27/10/1968 International Pop Festival, San Francisco, California, USA
??/11/1968 Venue unknown, Oregon, USA
??/11/1968 Venue unknown, Vancouver, Canada
01/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
02/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
03/11/1968 Grande Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
08/11/1968 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, USA
09/11/1968 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, USA
13/11/1968 SSC Men's Gym, Sacramento, California, USA
28/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
29/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
30/11/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
01/12/1968 Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
06/12/1968 Electric Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
07/12/1968 Electric Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11/12/1968 ABC Shopping Center, Evansville, Indiana, USA
13/12/1968 Ballroom, Detroit Michigan, USA
14/12/1968 Ballroom, Detroit Michigan, USA
18/12/1968 Lee Hall, Oswego, New York, USA
20/12/1968 Fillmore, New York, USA
21/12/1968 Fillmore, New York, USA
22/12/1968 Rock Pile, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24/12/1968 Electric Circus, New York, USA

Scandinavia & UK

01/02/1969 Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
02/02/1969 Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
04/02/1969 Top Rank, Birmingham, UK
07/02/1969 University, Sheffield, UK
08/02/1969 Venue unknown, Wolverhampton, UK
12/02/1969 Venue unknown, Cardiff, UK
15/02/1969 University College, London, UK
22/02/1969 Mayfair, Newcastle, UK
23/02/1969 Butterfly, Argus, UK
01/03/1969 Kay Club, Milford Haven, UK
07/03/1969 Goldsmiths College, London, UK
13/03/1969 Mayfair, Newcastle, UK
14/03/1969 Venue unknown, Redditch, UK
15/03/1969 Venue unknown, Rutherford, UK
20/03/1969 Speakeasy, London, UK
21/03/1969 Venue unknown, Swansea, UK
22/03/1969 College of Technology, Brighton, UK

North America #2

01/04/1969 Eastern Washington State College, Tacoma, USA
02/04/1969 Evergreen Ballroom, Olympia Washington, USA
03/04/1969 Center Arena, Seattle Washington, USA
04/04/1969 Agradome, Vancouver, Canada
05/04/1969 The Armory, Salem Oregon, USA
06/04/1969 Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada
11/04/1969 Santa Clara Fair, San Jose, USA
12/04/1969 Armory, Astoria, Oregon, USA
13/04/1969 Temple, Portland, Oregon, USA
14/04/1969 Western Washington State College, Billington, USA
15/04/1969 Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, USA
18/04/1969 Rose Palace, Pasadena, USA
19/04/1969 Rose Palace, Pasadena, USA
25/04/1969 Convention Centre, Fresno, USA
26/04/1969 Community Concourse, San Diego, USA
28/04/1969 Shasta College, Redding California, USA
29/04/1969 South Oregon College, Ashland Oregon, USA
30/04/1969 State College, Chico California, USA
03/05/1969 Carnegie Room-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
04/05/1969 The Wardhouse, Providence Rhode, Island, USA
09/05/1969 Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida, USA
10/05/1969 The Hangar-Nassau Community College, New York, USA
15/05/1969 Coe College, Cedar Rapids Iowa, USA
16/05/1969 Blue Village, West Point Illinois, USA
18/05/1969 Venue unknown, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
23/05/1969 The Felt Forum, New York, USA
24/05/1969 The Felt Forum, New York, USA
25/05/1969 Venue unknown, Norfolk Virginia, USA
29/05/1969 Gilligans, Buffalo New York, USA

UK #2

10/06/1969 Venue unknown, Cambridge, UK
14/06/1969 Mothers Club, Birmingham, UK
20/06/1969 Revolution, Brussels, Belgium
23/06/1969 Christchurch College, London, UK
27/06/1969 Venue unknown, Swansea, UK
28/06/1969 Revolution Club, London, UK
04/07/1969 Top Rank Club, Cardiff, UK

Tour diary/notable live dates

On the first USA leg of the tour, Deep Purple was a supporting act for Cream's

Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...

farewell tour. The USA leg attracted thousands of fans, selling out large arenas and stadiums. It is still rumoured that while supporting Cream, Purple played such great shows that after the show's audiences mostly talked about Deep Purple instead of the headliner Cream. Cream's management therefore decided to seek another supporting act to replace Purple. They played only 3 shows with Cream.

They quickly moved to the UK and Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

for a massive tour, before returning to the USA. After the hit-single "Hush (which charted #4 there) and a hugely successful first USA tour, Deep Purple drew great popularity there. After playing at some of the USA's large stadiums and arenas, a short UK tour followed and The Book of Taliesyn Tour ended in Cardiff

Cardiff

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, July 1969.

Live albums

In Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

at Inglewood Forum

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

, Deep Purple

Deep Purple

recorded their earliest live album, called Inglewood - Live in California

Inglewood - Live in California

Inglewood: Live in California is a live album by Deep Purple. It was recorded in Los Angeles on October 18, 1968, as the supporting band for Cream, at their Farewell Tour...

released in 2002.

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