The Early Years (Deep Purple album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Early Years

| type = compilation

| artist = Deep Purple

| cover = DP-Early Years.jpg

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| released = 1 March 2004

| recorded = 1968–1969

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| genre = Hard rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock

| length = 77:05

| label = EMI

| producer = Derek Lawrence

| chronology = Deep Purple compilations

| prev_title = Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = The Platinum Collection

| next_year = 2005

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-early-years-r680205 |title=The Early Years – Deep Purple | AllMusic |first=Al |last=Campbell |work=allmusic.com |access-date=9 January 2012}}

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The Early Years is a 2004 compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple. This is a compilation of material released in 1968 and 1969 and includes unreleased mixes and new mixes of tracks from the same period.