Machine Head (Remix 2024 / Remaster 2024) Deep Purple

• 1 Highway Star (2024 Remix) 06:12
• 2 Maybe I’m A Leo (2024 Remix) 04:51
• 3 Pictures Of Home (2024 Remix) 05:05
• 4 Never Before (2024 Remix) 04:01
• 5 Smoke On The Water (2024 Remix) 06:09
• 6 Lazy (2024 Remix) 07:20
• 7 Space Truckin’ (2024 Remix) 04:33
• 8 When A Blind Man Cries (2024 Remix) 03:31
• 9 Highway Star (2024 Remastered) 06:05
• 10 Maybe I'm A Leo (2024 Remastered) 04:51
• 11 Pictures Of Home (2024 Remastered) 05:04
• 12 Never Before (2024 Remastered) 03:58
• 13 Smoke On The Water (2024 Remastered) 05:39
• 14 Lazy (2024 Remastered) 07:21
• 15 Space Truckin' (2024 Remastered) 04:33
• Total Runtime 01:19:13

Info for Machine Head (Remix 2024 / Remaster 2024)

Deep Purple were on the eve of breaking wide open when they made Machine Head, a record that launched a heap of hard-rock hits, not to mention the bulk of the live album Made in Japan. No fewer than three classics were unveiled here: Highway Star, Space Truckin' and their biggest hit ever, Smoke on the Water.

"Machine Head" is one of the most iconic rock albums of all time and contains timeless classics of the genre with songs such as "Smoke On The Water", "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'". The anniversary edition now being released also contains a completely new remix of the original album, which has turned out tastefully thanks to Dweezil Zappa's job at the controls. Also included is a completely new remastering of the original tapes.

Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released on 25 March 1972 on Purple Records. It is the band's third album to feature the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

Previous recording sessions had been slotted into the group's gigging schedule. This time, 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 after an audience member fired a flare gun into the ceiling. After a week of searching for an alternative venue, including a session at a nearby theatre that was abandoned due to noise complaints, 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 became Deep Purple's most commercially successful album, topping the charts in several countries, including the UK. Influential in the development of heavy metal, it continues to be viewed favourably by music critics and has been reissued several times.

Ian Gillan, vocals, harmonica
Ritchie Blackmore, guitar
Roger Glover, bass
Jon Lord, keyboards, Hammond organ
Ian Paice, drums, percussion

Recorded 6–21 December 1971 at Grand Hotel (Montreux, Switzerland) with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio

Digitally remastered

Deep Purple
are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band's sound shifted to hard rock in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including 8,5 million certified units in the US.

The band has gone through many line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (organ), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973, and was revived from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 (Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975) with the line-up including David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner (vocals). The band's line-up (currently featuring Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although organist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002 (being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the only original Deep Purple member still in the band.

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