The Book of Taliesyn Tour

The Book of Taliesyn Tour

Tour by Deep Purple
Associated album	The Book of Taliesyn
Start date	18 October 1968
End date	4 July 1969
Number of shows	74
Deep Purple concert chronology

The Book of Taliesyn Tour was a concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple. The tour promoted the band's second studio album in four months, The Book of Taliesyn. The band played only North American and European legs.

History

In October 1968 Deep Purple released The Book of Taliesyn. The band remained popular only in the United States, so they confirmed North American dates. On some dates Deep Purple were a supporting act for Cream. The tour kicked off with two sold out shows in Inglewood, California at Inglewood Forum, 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

1. "Hush"
2. "Kentucky Woman"
3. "Mandrake Root"
   • "White Christmas" instrumental
   • "God Save The Queen" instrumental
4. "Help"
5. "Wring That Neck"
6. "River Deep, Mountain High"
   • "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Richard Strauss, 2001: A Space Odyssey)
7. "Hey Joe"

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Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
18 October 1968	Inglewood, California	United States	Inglewood Forum
19 October 1968
20 October 1968	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
27 October 1968	Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, California		International Pop Festival
?? November 1968	Portland, Oregon		Memorial Coliseum
?? November 1968	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada
1 November 1968	Cleveland, Ohio	United States	Grande Ballroom
2 November 1968
3 November 1968
8 November 1968	Seattle, Washington		Eagles Auditorium Building
9 November 1968
13 November 1968	Sacramento, California		SSC Men's Gym
28 November 1968	San Francisco, California		The Fillmore
29 November 1968
30 November 1968
1 December 1968
6 December 1968	Chicago, Illinois		Electric Theatre
7 December 1968
11 December 1968	Evansville, Indiana		ABC Shopping Center
13 December 1968	Detroit, Michigan		Ballroom
14 December 1968
18 December 1968	Oswego, New York		Lee Hall
20 December 1968	New York City, New York		Fillmore East
21 December 1968
22 December 1968	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	The Rockpile
24 December 1968	New York City, New York	United States	Electric Circus
Europe
1 February 1969	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gladsaxe Teen Club
2 February 1969
4 February 1969	Birmingham	England	Top Rank
7 February 1969	Sheffield		University
8 February 1969	Wolverhampton
12 February 1969	Cardiff	Wales
15 February 1969	London	England	University College
22 February 1969	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair
23 February 1969	Argus		Butterfly
1 March 1969	Milford Haven	Wales	Kay Club
7 March 1969	London	England	Goldsmiths College
13 March 1969	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair
14 March 1969	Redditch
15 March 1969	Venue unknown:Rutherford?
20 March 1969	London		Speakeasy
21 March 1969	Swansea	Wales
22 March 1969	Brighton	England	College of Technology
North America #2
1 April 1969	Tacoma, Washington	United States	Eastern Washington State College
2 April 1969	Olympia, Washington		Evergreen Ballroom
3 April 1969	Seattle, Washington		Center Arena
4 April 1969	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	PNE Agrodome
5 April 1969	Salem, Oregon	United States	The Armory
6 April1969	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Fieldhouse
11 April 1969	San Jose, California	United States	Santa Clara Fair
12 April 1969	Astoria, Oregon		Armory
13 April 1969	Portland, Oregon		Temple
14 April 1969	Bellingham, Washington		Western Washington State College
15 April 1969	Cheney, Washington		Eastern Washington University
18 April 1969	Pasadena, California		Rose Palace
19 April 1969
25 April 1969	Fresno, California		Convention Centre
26 April 1969	San Diego, California		Community Concourse
28 April 1969	Redding, California		Shasta College
29 April 1969	Ashland, Oregon		Southern Oregon University
30 April 1969	Chico, California		California State University, Chico
3 May 1969	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Carnegie Room, Carnegie Mellon University
4 May 1969	Providence, Rhode Island		The Wardhouse
9 May 1969	Melbourne, Florida		Civic Auditorium
10 May 1969	East Garden City, New York		The Hangar, Nassau Community College
15 May 1969	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Coe College
16 May 1969	West Point, Illinois		Blue Village
18 May 1969	Minneapolis, Minnesota
23 May 1969	New York City, New York		Felt Forum
24 May 1969
25 May 1969	Norfolk, Virginia
29 May 1969	Buffalo, New York		Gilligans
Europe #2
10 June 1969	Cambridge	England
14 June 1969	Birmingham		Mothers Club
20 June 1969	Brussels	Belgium	Revolution
23 June 1969	London	England	Christchurch College
27 June 1969	Swansea
28 June 1969	London		Revolution Club
4 July 1969	Cardiff	Wales	Top Rank Club

Tour diary/notable live dates

On the first North American leg of the tour, Deep Purple was a supporting act for Cream's farewell tour. The North American 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 Europe for a massive tour, before returning to the North America. After the hit-single "Hush" (which charted #4 there) and a hugely successful first North American tour, Deep Purple drew great popularity there. After playing at some of North America's large stadiums and arenas, a short Europe tour followed and The Book of Taliesyn Tour ended in Cardiff, July 1969.

Live albums

In Inglewood, California at Inglewood Forum, Deep Purple recorded their earliest live album, called Inglewood - Live in California released in 2002.

External links

• All tour dates of Deep Purple from 1968 till 2007
• Deep Purple Tour Page - 1968-2010