Deep Purple – Machine Head (Super Deluxe) (1972/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:57:52 minutes | 3,02 GB | Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
Deep Purple unleashed one of the best guitar riffs since the invention of rock and roll with “Smoke On The Water,” a song dubbed the Beethoven’s 5th of hard rock. Since its 1972 debut on Machine Head, the song and the album have left an indelible mark on music, inspiring countless bands around the world.
Rhino honors the album’s enormous legacy with a comprehensive version introducing new mixes and previously unreleased live recordings. MACHINE HEAD: SUPER DELUXE EDITION will be available on March 29 as a 3-CD/LP/Blu-ray.
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 Montreux Casino 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
Tracklist:
1-1. Deep Purple – Highway Star (2024 Remix) (06:10)
1-2. Deep Purple – Maybe I’m a Leo (2024 Remix) (04:51)
1-3. Deep Purple – Pictures of Home (2024 Remix) (05:05)
1-4. Deep Purple – Never Before (2024 Remix) (04:01)
1-5. Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (2024 Remix) (06:09)
1-6. Deep Purple – Lazy (2024 Remix) (07:21)
1-7. Deep Purple – Space Truckin’ (2024 Remix) (04:33)
1-8. Deep Purple – When a Blind Man Cries (2024 Remix) (03:31)
1-9. Deep Purple – Highway Star (2024 Remaster) (06:07)
1-10. Deep Purple – Maybe I’m a Leo (2024 Remaster) (04:51)
1-11. Deep Purple – Pictures of Home (2024 Remaster) (05:05)
1-12. Deep Purple – Never Before (2024 Remaster) (03:59)
1-13. Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (2024 Remaster) (05:40)
1-14. Deep Purple – Lazy (2024 Remaster) (07:23)
1-15. Deep Purple – Space Truckin’ (2024 Remaster) (04:32)
2-1. Deep Purple – Introduction (Live 1972) (00:15)
2-2. Deep Purple – Highway Star (Live 1972) (07:41)
2-3. Deep Purple – Strange Kind of Woman (Live 1972) (09:32)
2-4. Deep Purple – Maybe I’m a Leo (Live 1972) (05:35)
2-5. Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (Live 1972) (07:31)
2-6. Deep Purple – Never Before (Live 1972) (05:18)
2-7. Deep Purple – Lazy (Live 1972) (09:22)
2-8. Deep Purple – Space Truckin’ (Live 1972) (22:11)
2-9. Deep Purple – Lucille (Live 1972) (07:33)
2-10. Deep Purple – Maybe I’m a Leo (Soundcheck) [Live 1972] (04:31)
3-1. Deep Purple – Swiss Yodel (Live in Montreux 1971) (01:14)
3-2. Deep Purple – Speed King (Live in Montreux 1971) (08:59)
3-3. Deep Purple – Strange Kind of Woman (Live in Montreux 1971) (08:21)
3-4. Deep Purple – Into the Fire (Live in Montreux 1971) (04:18)
3-5. Deep Purple – Child in Time (Live in Montreux 1971) (20:13)
3-6. Deep Purple – Paint It Black (Live in Montreux 1971) (05:14)
3-7. Deep Purple – Wring That Neck (Hard Road) [Live in Montreux 1971] (17:09)
3-8. Deep Purple – Black Night (Live in Montreux 1971) (07:47)
3-9. Deep Purple – Lucille (Live in Montreux 1971) (05:50)
