Machine Head
- Artist: Deep Purple
- Year: 2008
- UPC: 4943674083237
- Item Number: MSI408323
- Release date: 08/17/2010
- 1. Highway Star
- 2. Maybe I'm a Leo
- 3. Pictures of Home
- 4. Never Before
- 5. Smoke on the Water
- 6. Lazy
- 7. Space Truckin'
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Machine Head by Deep Purple on CD
Led Zeppelin's fourth album, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Deep Purple's Machine Head have stood the test of time as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock and heavy metal, serving as the fundamental blueprints followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the early '70s. And, though it is probably the least celebrated of the three, Machine Head contains the "mother of all guitar riffs" -- and one of the first learned by every beginning guitarist -- in "Smoke on the Water." Inspired by real-life events in Montreux, Switzerland, where Deep Purple were recording the album when the Grand Hotel was burned to the ground during a Frank Zappa concert, neither the song, nor its timeless riff, should need any further description. However, Machine Head was anything but a one-trick pony, introducing the bona fide classic opener "Highway Star," which epitomized all of Deep Purple's intensity and versatility while featuring perhaps the greatest soloing duel ever between guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and organist Jon Lord. Also in top form was singer Ian Gillan, who crooned and exploded with amazing power and range throughout to establish himself once and for all as one of the finest voices of his generation, bar none. Yes, the plodding shuffle of "Maybe I'm a Leo" shows some signs of age, but punchy singles "Pictures of Home" and "Never Before" remain as vital as ever, displaying Purple at their melodic best. And finally, the spectacular "Space Truckin'" drove Machine Head home with yet another tremendous Blackmore riff, providing a fitting conclusion to one of the essential hard rock albums of all time. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi
- Artist: Deep Purple
- Year: 2008
- UPC: 4943674083237
- Item Number: MSI408323
- Release date: 08/17/2010
- Label: Pid
- Genre: Pop/Rock
- Style: Arena Rock
- Album Time: 37:25
- 1990-1996
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Deep Purple
- 24 Carat Purple (Import)
- 3 CD Box Set
- Abandon
- Abandon (Import)
- Anthems (Import)
- Anthology (Import)
- Bananas
- Bananas
- Bananas
- Battle Rages On/Slaves and Masters (Import)
- Best 1200
- Best of Deep Purple: Live & Stereo
- Burn
- Burn
- Burn
- Burn
- Burn [Bonus Tracks]
- Burn [Hong Kong 30th Anniversary Edition] (Import)
- Burn [UK 30th Anniversary Edition]
- Burn/Stormbringer
- California Jam 1974
- California Jam 1974 (Import)
- Child in Time
- Collection
- Collections (Import)
- Colour Collection
- Come Hell or High Water
- Come Taste the Band
- Come Taste the Band
- Come Taste the Band
- Come Taste the Band [35th Anniversary Edition] (Import)
- Come Taste the Band [Remastered]
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra
- Critical Review: Inside Deep Purple 1969-1973
- Days May Come & Days May Go
- Days May Come & Days May Go (Import)
- Deep Purple
- Deep Purple
- DEEP PURPLE : BURN- 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
- Deep Purple : Come Taste The Band
- Deep Purple : Critical Review: Inside Deep Purple 1
- Deep Purple : In Rock: Rock Milestones / (sub Dts)
- Deep Purple : Music In Review / (dts)
- Deep Purple [1969 - Japan]
- Deep Purple [1969 - Liberty] (Import)
- Deep Purple [1969]
- Deep Purple [1969]
- Deep Purple and Beyond
- Deep Purple and Friends
- Deep Purple in Rock
- Deep Purple in Rock
- Deep Purple in Rock
- Deep Purple in Rock
- Deep Purple in Rock [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Deep Purple Story [Retro]
- DEEP PURPLE: DEEP PURPLE
- Deep Purple: Videobiography [With Book] [2 Discs]
- Deepest Purple-Best of
- Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple (Import)
- Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple (Import)
- Early Years
- Extended Versions
- Extended Versions, Vol. 2
- Fireball
- Fireball
- Fireball
- Fireball
- Fireball
- Fireball
- Fireball (Import)
- Fireball [EMI 25th Anniversary Edition]
- Fireball [Rhino 25th Anniversary Edition]
- Flashback
- Friends & Relatives
- Friends & Relatives
- Friends & Relatives
- Gemini Suite Live 1970
- Gemini Suite Live 1970
- Gemini Suite Live 1970 (Import)
- Gemini Suite Live 1970 (Import)
- Gold-Greatest Hits (Import)
- Highway Stars (Import)
- Hit Collection
- In Concert
- In Concert [EMI] (Import)
- In Concert [Spitfire]
- In Concert [Spitfire]
- In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
- In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
- In Profile
- Inside Deep Purple 1974-1976: The Definitive Critical Review
- Knebworth 1985 (Import)
- Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
- Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's
- Legends (Import)
- Listen Learn Read On
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- Live and Rare
- Live at Inglewood 1968
- Live at Long Beach 76
- Live at Long Beach 76
- Live at Montreux 1996
- Live at Montreux 1996
- Live at Montreux 2006
- Live at Montreux 2006
- Live at Montreux 2006: The Complete Version
- Live at Montreux, 1996 [Bonus Tracks]
- Live at Montreux/In Concert
- Live at the California Jam
- Live at the NEC 1993
- Live Denmark 1972
- Live Denmark 1972
- Live Encounters (Import)
- Live Encounters [Bonus Tracks]
- Live Encounters [Special Edition]
- Live in Aachen 1970 (Import)
- Live in California 1976: On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat
- Live in California Long Beach (Import)
- Live in Denmark 1972 (Import)
- Live in Europe
- Live in Europe 1993
- Live in Japan (Import)
- Live in Japan [1972]
- Live in Japan [Japan]
- Live in Japan [Japan]
- Live in Japan [Japan] (Import)
- Live in London 1974 (Import)
- Live in London 1974 (Import)
- Live in London 1974 (Import)
- Live in Montreux 1969
- Live in Montreux 1969
- Live in Paris 1975
- Live in San Diego 1974
- Live in Stockholm 1970
- Live in Stockholm 1970
- Live in Stuttgart 1993
- Live on the BBC
- Machine Head
- Machine Head
- Machine Head
- Machine Head
- Machine Head (Import)
- Machine Head [25th Anniversary Edition - U.K.]
- Machine Head [25th Anniversary Edition]
- Machine Head [25th Anniversary Edition]
- Made in Europe
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- Made in Europe (Import)
- Made in Europe [Remastered]
- Made in Japan
- Made in Japan
- Made in Japan
- Made in Japan [The Remastered Edition]
- Made in Japan [The Remastered Edition]
- Mk III -- The Final Concerts
- Mk III: The Final Concerts
- Mk III: The Final Concerts
- Mk III: The Final Concerts
- New Live & Rare [Trio] (Import)
- New Live & Rare, Vol. 2
- New Live & Rare, Vol. 2 (Import)
- Nobody's Perfect
- Nobody's Perfect
- On the Road (Import)
- Perfect Strangers
- Perfect Strangers (Import)
- Platinum Collection
- Platinum Collection (Import)
- Power House [Wea Japan]
- Purpendicular
- Purpendicular
- Purpendicular
- Purpendicular [Bonus Track]
- Purple and Other Colours
- Purple Chronicle: The Best Selection 25th Anniversary [Japan] [Box]
- Purple People
- Purple People (Import)
- Purple People [Remastered Edition]
- Purplexed
- Rapture of the Deep
- Rapture of the Deep
- Rapture of the Deep
- Rapture of the Deep [Import]
- Rapture of the Deep [Tour Edition]
- Scandinavian Nights
- Scandinavian Nights
- Scandinavian Nights (Import)
- Shades 1968-1998
- Shades of Deep Purple
- Shades of Deep Purple
- Shades of Deep Purple (Import)
- Shades of Deep Purple [Bonus Tracks]
- Shades of Deep Purple [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Shades of Deep Purple/Book of Taliesyn/Deep Purple
- Singles & E.P. Anthology '68-'80 (Import)
- Singles A's & B's (Import)
- Singles Box Set (Import)
- Slaves and Masters
- Slaves and Masters
- Slaves and Masters
- Smoke on the Water [Polygram]
- Smoke on the Water/Woman from Tokyo
- Smoke on the Water: The Best Of
- Smoke on the Water: The Best Of
- Star Club
- Steel Box Collection
- Stormbringer
- Stormbringer
- Stormbringer (Import)
- Stormbringer (Import)
- Stormbringer (Import)
- Stormbringer [CD/DVD] (Import)
- Stormbringer [Remastered]
- The Battle Rages On...
- The Battle Rages On...
- The Battle Rages On...
- The Best of Deep Purple Live in Europe
- The Book of Taliesyn
- The Book of Taliesyn
- The Book of Taliesyn
- The Book of Taliesyn (Import)
- The Collection: Deep Purple [EMI Gold]
- The Deep Purple Story (Import)
- The Essential (Import)
- The Gemini Suite
- The House of Blue Light
- The House of Blue Light
- The Roots of Deep Purple: The Complete Episode Six
- The Very Best of Deep Purple [EMI 2 Disc] (Import)
- The Very Best of Deep Purple [EMI Single Disc]
- The Very Best of Deep Purple [EMI Single Disc] (Import)
- The Very Best of Deep Purple [Rhino]
- This Time Around: Live in Tokyo '75
- This Time Around: Live in Tokyo '75
- This Time Around: Live in Tokyo '75
- Total Abandon Live Australia 1999 [Video/DVD]
- Under the Gun (Import)
- When We Rock, We Rock & When We Roll, We Roll
- Who Do We Think We Are
- Who Do We Think We Are
- Who Do We Think We Are
- Who Do We Think We Are
- Who Do We Think We Are [UK Bonus Tracks]
- Who Do We Think We Are [US Bonus Tracks]
- Winning Combinations
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Credits:
- Ian Gillan - ?
- Joe DeGiorgi - Remix Assistant
- Deep Purple - Mixing, Main Performer, Producer
- Didi Zill - Photography
- Greg Calbi - Mastering
- John Coletta - Cover Design
- Peter Denenberg - Remixing
- Peter Mew - Remastering, Remixing
- Roger Glover - Liner Notes, Cover Design, Remixing
- Shepard Sherbell - Photography
- Simon Robinson - Artwork, Liner Notes, Producer
- Martin Birch - Mixing, Engineer
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