Deep Purple – Machine Head
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Ritchie Blackmore • guitar
Ian Gillan • vocals
Jon Lord • keyboards
Ian Paice • drums
Roger Glover • bass guitar
Recorded between 6th and 21st December 1971 at the Grand Hotel in Montreux/Switzerland, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.
First released March 1972 in UK on Purple Records TPSA-7504 (1e064-93261),
as Qudrophonic mix on Purple Records QTPSA-7504,
in US on Warner Bros BS-2607,
in Germany on Purple Records 1c072-93261-1,
in France on Purple Records TPSA-7504 (2c064-93261),
in Italy on Purple Records 3c064-93261,
in Japan on Warner Bros P-8224W.
First CD-release 1986 in UK on EMI CDP 7 46242 2 .
In 1997 a remastered Anniversary Edition came out as a 2 CD Set incl. extensive liner notes
on EMI 7243 8 59506 2 9 in UK and Europe. It consisted of remastered and remixed album tracks, two quadrophonic mixes and a bonus single b-side.
Ritchie Blackmore • guitar
Ian Gillan • vocals
Jon Lord • keyboards
Ian Paice • drums
Roger Glover • bass guitar
Recorded between 6th and 21st December 1971 at the Grand Hotel in Montreux/Switzerland, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.
First released March 1972 in UK on Purple Records TPSA-7504 (1e064-93261),
as Qudrophonic mix on Purple Records QTPSA-7504,
in US on Warner Bros BS-2607,
in Germany on Purple Records 1c072-93261-1,
in France on Purple Records TPSA-7504 (2c064-93261),
in Italy on Purple Records 3c064-93261,
in Japan on Warner Bros P-8224W.
First CD-release 1986 in UK on EMI CDP 7 46242 2 .
In 1997 a remastered Anniversary Edition came out as a 2 CD Set incl. extensive liner notes
on EMI 7243 8 59506 2 9 in UK and Europe. It consisted of remastered and remixed album tracks, two quadrophonic mixes and a bonus single b-side.
Tracklist
| Highway Star | 6:05 | ||
| Maybe I'm A Leo | 4:51 | ||
| Pictures Of Home | 5:03 | ||
| Never Before | 3:56 | ||
| Smoke On The Water | 5:40 | ||
| Lazy | 7:19 | ||
| Space Truckin' | 4:31 |
Versions
| Title | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Purple Records | 1A 062-93261 | Netherlands | ||
| Machine Head (Cass, Album) | Warner Bros. Records, Purple Records | M5 3100 | US | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | Purple Records | 5C 064-93261 | Netherlands | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | Parlophone | TPSA-7504 | Philippines | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | Purple Records, Pathé Marconi EMI | 2C 064 93261 | France | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | EMI ITALIANA S.p.A. | 54 1932611 | Italy | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | Odeon | SOLP-7287 | Venezuela | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | Purple Records | 61555 | Germany | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP) | EMI, Odeon | 11267 | Colombia | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | EMI Columbia | 062 - 93 261 | Portugal | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records | TPSA 7504 | France | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records | TPSA 7504 | UK | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records, EMI | TPSA 7504 | Australia | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd., Stateside | TPSA 7504 | India | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2607 | Canada | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Warner-Pioneer Corporation | P-8224W | Japan | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records | 1C 062-93 261 | Germany | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records | TPSA 7504 | UK | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records, EMI | TPSA 7504 | UK | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Purple Records, Jugoton | SHZE-344, LSPU 70502 | Yugoslavia | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2607 | US | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | HÖR ZU | SHZE 344 | Germany | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Clu) | Purple Records, Bertelsmann Club | 28 659-1 | Germany | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Gat) | Industrias Electricas Y Musicales Odeon S.A.I.C., Purple Records | SLDS 2209, TPSA 7504 | Argentina | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Gat) | Purple Records, Purple Records | TPSA 7504, XPRL 9001 | Brazil | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Quad) | Purple Records, EMI | Q4TPSA 7504 | Australia | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Quad) | Purple Records, EMI | Q4TPSA 7504 | UK | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Quad, Fli) | Purple Records | SHZE 344 QUADRAPHONIC | Germany | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Gat) | Purple Records | J 064-93261 | Spain | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Gat) | Purple Records | 3C 064-93261 | Italy | 1972 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RP) | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2607 | US | 1973 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Quad) | Warner Bros. Records | BS4 2607 | US | 1974 | |
| Machine Head (Reel, Album, Quad) | Warner Bros. Records | WSTQ 2607-QF | US | 1974 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3100 | US | 1976 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE, Gat) | Warner Bros. Records | P10130W | Japan | 1976 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Purple Records, Pathé Marconi EMI | 2C 066 93261 | France | 1978 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE, Gat) | Warner Bros. Records | P-6507W | Japan | 1978 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE, Pur) | Pathé Marconi EMI | DC 12 | France | 1978 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Pic) | EMI, Harvest | EG 26 0345 0, | UK | 1985 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album) | EMI | CDP 7 46242 2 | UK | 1986 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Fame | FA 3158 | UK | 1986 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album) | BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., Warner Bros. Records | D 113813, 3100-2 | US | 1987 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 3100-2 | US | 1987 | |
| Machine Head (CD, RE) | Warner Bros. Records | 3100-2 | US | 1990 | |
| Machine Head (LP, Album, Pur) | Globus International, Globus International | 210113-1311, 21 0113-1 311 | Czechoslovakia | 1992 | |
| Machine Head (25th Anniversary Edition) (2xCD, RM, Promo) | EMI | MACHPRO 25 | UK | 1997 | |
| Machine Head (25th Anniversary Edition) (CD + CD, RM) | EMI | 7243 8 59506 2 9 | Netherlands | 1997 | |
| Machine Head (25th Anniversary Edition) (CD + CD, RM) | EMI | 7243 8 59506 2 9 | UK | 1997 | |
| Machine Head (2xLP, Album, RE, Pur) | Purple Records, EMI | DEEPP3, 8 59506 1 | UK | 1997 | |
| Machine Head: 25th Anniversary Edition (2xCD) | Warner Archives | R2 75622 | US | 1998 | |
| Machine Head (DVD-A, Album, RE, Multichannel) | Rhino Records (2), Warner Bros. Records | R9 76664 | US | 2001 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album) | EMI | CDP 7 46242 2 | Australia | 2003 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album) | EMI | CDP 7 46242 2 | Netherlands | 2003 | |
| Machine Head (SACD, Album, RM, Quad) | EMI | 07243 538601 2 7 | Europe | 2003 | |
| Machine Head (LP, RE, Album, Gat) | Warner Bros. Records | R1 75622 | US | 2004 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album, RE, RM) | Warner Music Japan Inc., Warner Bros. Records | WPCR-12255 | Japan | 2006 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album, RE, RM, SHM) | Warner Music Japan Inc., Warner Bros. Records | WPCR-13112 | Japan | 2008 | |
| Machine Head (HDCD, Album, RE, Ltd, Gol) | Audio Fidelity (3) | AFZ 065 | US | 2010 | |
| Machine Head (CD, Album, RE) | Warner Bros. Records | CD 3100 | Canada | ||
| Machine Head (Cass, Album) | Purple Records, Fame, EMI | 1C 238 15 7641 4 | Germany | ||
| Machine Head (Cass, Album) | EMI, Fame | TC-FA 3158 | UK | ||
| Machine Head (LP) | Purple Records | 1C 038-15 7641 1 | Germany | ||
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | EMI, Globus International | 210113-1 311, 21 0113-1 311 | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Machine Head (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | KBS 3100 | Canada | ||
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Purple Records, Pathé Marconi EMI | 2C 066 93261 | France | ||
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RE) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3100 | US | ||
| Machine Head (LP, Album, RP) | Purple Records | 1C 072-93 261 | Germany | ||
| Machine Head (LP, RE) | Harvest | TPSA 7504 | Greece |
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Reviews & Discussion
referencing Machine Head, CD, Album, D 113813, 3100-2
Good Album
Termiroman
May 06, 2011
referencing Machine Head, LP, Album, RE, Gat, P10130W
Some say that 1st Japanese pressing has catalog number P-8224W...
referencing Machine Head, LP, 2C 064 93261
My album has the number 3C 064 93261
referencing Machine Head, LP, Album, TPSA 7504
To 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 passed 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.
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 passed 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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