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Deep Purple - Machine Head
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Side one
1. "Highway Star" 6:05
2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" 4:51
3. "Pictures of Home" 5:03
4. "Never Before" 3:56
Side two
1. "Smoke on the Water" 5:40
2. "Lazy" 7:19
3. "Space Truckin'" 4:31
Deep Purple Band Members / Musicians
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica
Roger Glover – bass
Jon Lord – keyboards, Hammond organ
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Martin Birch – engineering, mixing with Deep Purple
Jeremy "Bear" Gee – assistant engineer
Nick Watterton – technician, Rolling Stones Mobile
Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart – equipment technicians
Shephard Sherbell – photography
Roger Glover and John Coletta – cover design
Peter Denenberg and Roger Glover – remixing (1997)
Peter Mew – remastering at Abbey Road Studios, London (1997)
Machine Head is the 6th studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in December 1971 at Montreux, Switzerland, and released on 25 March 1972 on Purple Records.
As previous recording sessions had been slotted into the group's gigging schedule, Deep Purple wanted to dedicate time to record an album away from the typical studio environment, hoping it would result in a sound closer to their live shows. They hired the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio for recording, and block-booked the Montreux Casino as a venue, but during a Frank Zappa concert immediately before the sessions, the casino burned to the ground. The band managed to book the Grand Hotel, closed for the winter, and converted it into a live room suitable for recording. These events, particularly the casino fire, became the inspiration for the song "Smoke on the Water".
Machine Head is Deep Purple's most commercially successful album, topping the charts in several countries, including number one in the UK. It continues to be viewed favourably by music critics and has been reissued several times.
