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The Very Best of Deep Purple
Greatest hits album by Deep Purple
Released	9 May 2000[1]
Recorded	1968–1974, 1984
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	79:02
Label	Rhino, Warner Bros.
Producer	Deep Purple, Derek Lawrence, Martin Birch, Roger Glover
Deep Purple compilations chronology
Shades 1968–1998 (1998) The Very Best of Deep Purple (2000) Days May Come and Days May Go (2000)

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The Very Best of Deep Purple is a single disc compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records/Warner Bros. Records. It features tracks by the Mk. I, Mk. II and Mk. III line-ups of Deep Purple.

This compilation is supposed to be a single disc alternative to the more comprehensive Shades four-disc collection. All the tracks were remastered simultaneously for inclusion in both sets. The set is essentially a new version of previous compilation Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple, which was released in 1980, with three additional songs, two from Mk. I and one from the reunited Mk. II. The disc bypasses the material from the Mk. IV line-up, and features slightly different versions of a few of the tracks.

All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Roger Glover – bass guitar
• Ian Paice – drums
• Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals on tracks 1-2
• Rod Evans – vocals on tracks 1-2
• Nick Simper – bass and backing vocals on tracks 1-2
• David Coverdale – vocals on tracks 13-14
• Glenn Hughes – bass and vocals on tracks 13-14