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Encyclopedia > Machine Head (album)
Machine Head
Machine Head cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released March 1972
Recorded December 6, 1971 – December 21, 1971, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 37:25 (original LP)
96:34 (1997 2CD edition)
Label EMI (UK)
Warner Bros. (U.S.)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Fireball
(1971)		 Machine Head
(1972)		 Who Do We Think We Are
(1973)
Alternate cover
25th anniversary gatefold cover

Machine Head is the third Mk II (sixth overall) Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio and released in March 1972. The album is often cited as being very influential in the development of the heavy metal music genre. It is Deep Purple's most successful recording, topping the charts in several countries following its release. Cover of the Deep Purple album Machine Head. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of 22,897. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Long Playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33â…“) vinyl gramophone records, first introduced in 1948, were the primary release format for recorded music for about 30 years, from the late 1950s until CDs effectively replaced them in the late 1980s. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Fireball is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Who Do We Think We Are! is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Image File history File links Deeppurple-machinehead2. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of 22,897. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio is a mobile recording studio owned by the musical group the Rolling Stones. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...


In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time. Q is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ...


Machine Head is also the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


Machine Head was also released on the multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003) and DVD-Audio (2001). Multichannel audio is the name for a variety of techniques for expanding and enriching the sound of audio playback by recording additional sound channels that can be reproduced on additional speakers. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc format aimed at providing much higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ... The DVD-Audio logo. ...

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ... Roger David Glover (b. ... Jon Douglas Lord (born Leicester 9 June 1941) is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player. ... Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born June 29, 1948; Nottingham, England) made his name as drummer with seminal heavy rock band Deep Purple. ...


Original release on vinyl

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:05
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:51
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
  4. "Never Before" – 3:56
  5. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:40
  6. "Lazy" – 7:19
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:31

Highway Star is one of British rock group Deep Purples most famous songs. ... Maybe Im a Leo is a song by the British rock group Deep Purple, from their 1972 album Machine Head. ... Pictures of Home is a song by the British rock group Deep Purple, from their 1972 album Machine Head. ... A song that appears on the British rock group Deep Purples 1972 album Machine Head. ... Smoke on the Water is a famous and influential rock song by British rock band Deep Purple. ... Lazy is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple from their 1972 album Machine Head, a live performance of the song can be found on the album Made in Japan, released later the same year. ... Space Truckin is The Greatest song ever by British rock band Deep Purple. ...

25th anniversary reissue on CD

Disc one: The 1997 Remixes

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:39
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 5:25
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:21
  4. "Never Before" – 3:59
  5. "Smoke on the Water" – 6:18
  6. "Lazy" – 7:33
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:52
  8. "When a Blind Man Cries" – 3:33

Machine Head track listing Space Truckin (7) When a Blind Man Cries (8) Maybe Im a Leo (Quadrophenic Mix) (9) When a Blind Man Cries is a song by British rock band Deep Purple, originally only available as the b-side of the single Never Before, released in 1972. ...

Disc two: The Remasters

  1. "Highway Star" – 6:08
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:52
  3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:08
  4. "Never Before" – 4:00
  5. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:42
  6. "Lazy" – 7:24
  7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:35

25th anniversary bonus tracks
  1. "When a Blind Man Cries" (original B-side) – 3:32
  2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (Quadrophonic mix) – 5:00
  3. "Lazy" (Quadrophonic mix) – 6:57

4 channels quadraphonic label Quadraphonic sound uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other. ...

Personnel

Deep Purple

Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Roger David Glover (b. ... Jon Douglas Lord (born Leicester 9 June 1941) is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player. ... Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born June 29, 1948; Nottingham, England) made his name as drummer with seminal heavy rock band Deep Purple. ...

Additional personnel

  • Martin Birch – engineering
  • Jeremy (Bear) Gee – assistant
  • Nick Hampton – technician
  • Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart – equipment
  • Martin Birch and Deep Purple – mixing
  • Shephard Sherbell – photography
  • Roger Glover, John Coletta – cover design
  • Peter Denenberg, Roger Glover – remixing
  • Peter Mew – remastering

Martin Birch is a British music producer, who has produced albums for bands such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake and Blue Öyster Cult. ...

References

 v • d • e Deep Purple
Current members
Ian Gillan | Steve Morse | Don Airey | Roger Glover | Ian Paice
Former members
Jon Lord | Ritchie Blackmore | David Coverdale | Glenn Hughes | Joe Lynn Turner | Rod Evans | Nick Simper | Tommy Bolin | Joe Satriani
Discography
Albums : Shades of Deep Purple | The Book of Taliesyn | Deep Purple | Deep Purple in Rock | Fireball | Machine Head | Who Do We Think We Are | Burn | Stormbringer | Come Taste the Band | Perfect Strangers | The House of Blue Light | Slaves & Masters | The Battle Rages On | Purpendicular | Abandon | Bananas | Rapture of the Deep
Live albums: Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Made in Japan | Made in Europe | Last Concert in Japan | Deep Purple in Concert | Live in London | Scandinavian Nights | Nobody's Perfect | In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85 | Come Hell or High Water | King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert | California Jamming | Mk III: The Final Concerts | Live at the Olympia '96 | Gemini Suite Live | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon: Live in Australia | Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy | This Time Around: Live in Tokyo | The Soundboard Series | Inglewood - Live in California | Kneel & Pray | Space Vol 1 & 2 | Denmark 1972 | Perks and Tit | Just Might Take Your Life | Live in Stockholm | Live in Montreux 1969 | Live in Paris 1975 | Live in Europe 1993 | Live at Montreux 1996 | They All Came Down to Montreux
Videos and DVDs: Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Special Edition EP | Live In Concert 1972/73 | California Jam / Live in California 74 | Rises Over Japan | Come Hell or High Water | Bombay Calling | Live at Montreux 1996 | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon Australia '99 | New, Live & Rare | Perihelion | Live Encounters
Compilation Albums: Purple Passages | The Early Years | 24 Carat Purple | When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll | The Mark II Purple Singles | Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | The Anthology | Powerhouse | The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's | 30: Very Best of Deep Purple | Days May Come and Days May Go | Listen, Learn, Read On | Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection
Related articles
Rainbow | Blackmore's Night | Ian Gillan Band | Gillan | Whitesnake | Trapeze | Black Sabbath | Dixie Dregs | Episode Six |

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