April 1968 to July 1969 Deep Purple Mk I People involved Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Rod Evans (vcl); Jon Lord (kbr); Ian Paice (drm); Nick Simper (bss). This pioneering line-up recorded three albums: Shades of Deep Purple (1968), Book of Taliesyn (1968) and Deep Purple (1969). In mid-1967, Simper was kicked out of Deep Purple. Albums & singles See the Deep Purple Discography