Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p For the Middle Welsh manuscript, see Book of Taliesin.The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released by Tetragrammaton in the US (1968), EMI's Harvest Records in the UK (1969), and Polydor in Canada and Japan (1969).The album follows the psychedelic/progressive rock sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock. Also, the original tracks are longer and more diverse than the ones on Shades of Deep Purple, proving that the band had expanded their creativity and ambitions when it came to writing their own material.The album name was taken from a famous 14th century Welsh manuscript, containing certain poems attributed to the 6th-century poet Taliesin. The title "The Book of Taliesyn" appears in the lyrics for the song "Listen, Learn, Read On.". }
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- The_Book_of_Taliesyn abstract "For the Middle Welsh manuscript, see Book of Taliesin.The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released by Tetragrammaton in the US (1968), EMI's Harvest Records in the UK (1969), and Polydor in Canada and Japan (1969).The album follows the psychedelic/progressive rock sound of Shades of Deep Purple; however, there is a harder edge to several songs, beginning to show the new sound Deep Purple would introduce in 1970 with Deep Purple in Rock. Also, the original tracks are longer and more diverse than the ones on Shades of Deep Purple, proving that the band had expanded their creativity and ambitions when it came to writing their own material.The album name was taken from a famous 14th century Welsh manuscript, containing certain poems attributed to the 6th-century poet Taliesin. The title "The Book of Taliesyn" appears in the lyrics for the song "Listen, Learn, Read On."".