| align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Shades of Deep Purple |
| lign="center" colspan="3"| |
| lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"| LP by Deep Purple |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|September 1968 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|May 11 - 13, 1968 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Hard rock |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|?? min ?? s |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Tetragrammaton |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Derek Lawrence |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"|AMG | valign="top" align=center|4/5 | valign="top"|link |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Deep Purple Chronology |
align="top" colspan=2|Shades of Deep Purple
(1968) | valign="top"|The Book of Taliesyn
(1968) |