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Deep Purple – Machine Head

Deep Purple - Machine Head album cover

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Label:Purple Records – TPSA 7504, Purple Records – 1E 064 ○ 93261
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 1st Press
Country:UK
Released:
Genre:Rock
Style:Hard Rock

Tracklist

A1Highway Star6:05
A2Maybe I'm A Leo4:51
A3Pictures Of Home5:03
A4Never Before3:56
B1Smoke On The Water5:40
B2Lazy7:19
B3Space Truckin'4:31
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Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – E.M.I. Records
  • Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Recorded By – Rolling Stones Mobile
  • Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made By – Trade Platemaking Services
  • Published By – HEC Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Feldman

Credits

  • Composed By – Gillan*, Paice*, Lord*, Blackmore*, Glover*
  • Design [Cover] – J. Coletta*, R. Glover*
  • Engineer – Martin Birch
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Jeremy (Bear) Gee*
  • Equipment – Colin Hart (2), Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey
  • Photography By – Shepard Sherbell
  • Producer – Deep Purple
  • Technician – Nick*
  • Written-By – Deep Purple

Notes

Original pressings have an outside laminated gatefold sleeve with date code of 7204.
Comes with fold out poster with the song lyrics to the album printed on it (with the catalogue number located top right of the poster).
Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.
E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) Hayes · Middlesex · England

Primary identifiers for this pressing:
1) No EMI credit on labels, outer rim of labels for first pressings have 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock.
2) 'Made In Great Britain' on labels at 6 o'clock.

Label differs from Machine Head
in having Made In Great Britain at 6 o'Clock.
Also lacks EMI credit at 12 o'Clock.
Sleeve is exactly as per detailed images on this release.

Label differs from Machine Head
in having Made In Great Britain at 6 o'Clock
(As opposed to Germany).
Also lacks EMI credit at 12 o'Clock.

On labels:
℗ 1972

On insert:
© 1972, reprinted by permission.
Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: Britico
  • Rights Society: NCB
  • Rights Society: MCPS
  • Other (Printer date code): 7204 TPS
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): (TPSA.7504A)
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): (TPSA.7504B)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 1): TPSA 7504 A - 1U
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 1): TPSA 7504 B - 1U
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 2): TPSA 7504 A - 1U MH 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 2): TPSA 7504 B - 1U AD 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 3): TPSA 7504 A - 1U G D H 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 3): TPSA 7504 B - 1U G G L 4 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 4): TPSA 7504 A - 1U MP 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 4): TPSA 7504 B - 1U OH 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 5): TPSA 7504 A - 1U RG 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 5): TPSA 7504 B - 1U AA 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 6): TPSA 7504 A - 1U GH 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 6): TPSA 7504 B - 1U AH 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 7): TPSA 7504 A - 1U PP 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 7): TPSA 7504 B - 1U GH 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 8): TPSA 7504 A - 1U GG 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 8): TPSA 7504 B - 1U UA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 9): TPSA 7504 A - 1U GGA 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 9): TPSA 7504 B - 1U GRH 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 10): TPSA 7504 A - 1U GA 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 10): TPSA 7504 B - 1U GD 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 11): TPSA 7504 A - 1U M 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 11): TPSA 7504 B - 1U L 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 12): TPSA 7504 A - 1U MG 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 12): TPSA 7504 B - 1U HR 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 13): TPSA 7504 A - 1U A T 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 13): TPSA 7504 B - 1U L 2

Other Versions (5 of 567)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Recently Edited
Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo)Warner Bros. RecordsBS 2607US1972
Recently Edited
Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Red HörZu Logo, Gatefold)Purple Records, HÖR ZUSHZE 344Germany1972
Machine Head (LP, Album, Gatefold)Purple Records, Purple Records2 C 064-93261, 2C 064-93.261France1972
Recently Edited
Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)Purple Records, Purple Records5C 064-93261, 5C064-93261Netherlands1972
New Submission
Machine Head (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)Purple RecordsSLDS 2209Argentina1972

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  • sheriffbrackett's avatar
    sheriffbrackett
    Edited one day ago
    Can anyone comment on how this compares to the 2006 Kevin Gray pressing?
    • MrMii6's avatar
      MrMii6
      Sounds absolutely fantastic with only a little bit of inner groove distortion.
      • Nomos_Alpha's avatar
        Nomos_Alpha
        Edited 2 years ago
        I got a weird copy pressed in West Germany with same cover as the first UK pressing made by Garrod and Lofthouse. 20 TPSA 7504 A-1U and made in Germany in run off groove
        • StratNg's avatar
          StratNg
          Killer sounding record! Warm and with a huge soundstage. I highly recommend it.
          • helloimgaydo's avatar
            helloimgaydo
            Totally worth it for 'Highway Star'. Totally not worth it for 'Smoke on the Water'. Allow me to explain, I've spent more than a decade working in a music shop. I've heard 'Smoke on the Water' butchered buy an amateur guitar player more times than you've had hot meals. Those opening three notes haunt my nightmares. I break out in a cold sweat whenever I hear it. To me, it sounds like nails on a caulk board. Whenever it plays, I feel like I need to scream but find myself totally unable to. I would rather die a horrible, painful, brutal death than be made to listen to it one more time... Other than that though, it's a pretty good record.
            • d.hamilton515's avatar
              d.hamilton515
              Great sound! I found a vg to vg+ copy of it recently in a record store in Glasgow with the insert and the vinyl in good condition for £2! Not sure if staff were aware it was the 1st pressing or if they wanted to give someone an amazing deal? I would have assumed that 1st pressings that are worth something would be snapped up immediately by staff in record stores?
              • sharpclan
                We have got td1134 Taiwan issue? Anybody came across this one?

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