Deep Purple – Machine Head
Label: |
Purple Records – IE 06 o 93261 |
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Country: |
UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Heavy Metal |
Tracklist
| A1 | Highway Star | 6:05 | |
| A2 | Maybe I'm A Leo | 4:51 | |
| A3 | Pictures Of Home | 5:03 | |
| A4 | Never Before | 3:56 | |
| B1 | Smoke On The Water | 5:40 | |
| B2 | Lazy | 7:19 | |
| B3 | Space Truckin' | 4:31 |
Companies, etc.
- Published By – HEC Music Ltd.
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Record Company – EMI Records Ltd.
- Pressed By – Sonopress
Credits
- Design [Cover] – R. Glover*
- Engineer – Martin Birch
- Photography By – Shepard Sherbell
- Producer – Deep Purple
- Written-By – Glover*
Notes
Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, in the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.
Original pressings have a laminated gatefold sleeve and include a lyric insert.
Record Made in
'Insert and Sleeve printed in the UK by Gerrod & Lofthouse Ltd. This is a misprint and should be "Garrod"
1973 issue with "EMI records Ltd" on label. Same matrix number as first release (Deep Purple - Machine Head).
Original pressings have a laminated gatefold sleeve and include a lyric insert.
Record Made in
'Insert and Sleeve printed in the UK by Gerrod & Lofthouse Ltd. This is a misprint and should be "Garrod"
1973 issue with "EMI records Ltd" on label. Same matrix number as first release (Deep Purple - Machine Head).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A): TPSA 7504 A1
- Matrix / Runout (B): TPSA 7504 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Machine stamped on all sides): Made in
Other Versions (5 of 583)
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Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2607 | US | 1972 | ||
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Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Red HörZu Logo, Gatefold) | HÖR ZU | SHZE 344 | 1972 | |||
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Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Purple Records | 2 C 064-93261, 2C 064-93.261 | 1972 | |||
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Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Purple Records | 5C 064-93261, 5C064-93261 | Netherlands | 1972 | ||
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Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Purple Records | SLDS 2209 | Argentina | 1972 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 18 years agoTo me Machine Head is the best Deep Purple (besides the classic IN ROCK of course) album. The MK 2 Crew was the best Deep Purple Version anyway. Everything fits perfectly together. The music has a lot of power and punch. The Bass is strong and the drums are fantastic ; esp. the hi hats part the denser sound parts a lot like in modern Techno Trax. The organ adds a real strange vibe towards that often typical Heavy Metal Sound created by Ritchie Blackmore's Lead Guitar and the Vocals of Ian Gillan. MACHINE HEAD stays interesting all the time. Even the often played Tunes like Smoke On The Water just fit in the context of this album without sticking out.
My favourite song is LAZY. The organ brings so much flavour to that dope song it's just great. Machine Head is one of the essential early 70ies Blueprint Hard Rock records, together with FIREBALL it represents the best in the career of this Band. I am glad i ed on these two albums when they came out. So i can enjoy them even better by now. It is not easy to find good hard and fast Rock albums. Most are dominated either by the singer or the Lead Guitar - or the whole sound sucks and stays formulaic.
The MK 2 version of Deep Purple was one of the rare ocassions where 5 exceptional talented and crafted musicians came together and just let it out all out. The results are some of the quintessential Hard Rock Tunes.
No wonder there is even a Band called after this fine album.
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