Hi Roger,

First I want you to know that I am a big fan of Deep Purple and have been following the music since 1968. I own all 17 studio albums and several compilation ,live and videos works. I was lucky to have met Nick B. in 1998 and have remained in contact with him since then. I would love to meet the rest of you some day.

My question is this. In the Purple Pasages compilation album released in 1972, Brian Hansen wrote that the song Emmeretta was taken form the Deep Purple album release in 1969. I thought Emmeretta did not appear on the Deep Purple album until the remix releae in 2000. If that is the case how did it get on the Purple Passages album in 1972. When was it actually recorded and was it released on Deep Purple somewhere in the world?

I know that you did not play on Emmeretta but since Purple Passages was release after you joined the band, I thought you that probably know.

John Ricard
Victoria BC Canada