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So they went and wrote the lyrics
Paicey talks about the legacy of Machine Head to promote the upcoming remix of the album.
Read more »Made in dire circumstances
Roger continues promoting the 52nd anniversary Machine Head remix in Indian press: “It’s all going according to the plan- we sat down and said ‘let’s write an iconic song’… of course things don’t happen that way!,” laughs Roger Glover, one part of the legendary rock band Deep Purple over a video call. The band’s most […]
Read more »Swiss time was running out
[Updated: Pt 5] A brand new video for Smoke on the Water was produced to promote the upcoming reissue of Machine Head. The video will be an animated one. Here is a preview and interview with the creators Dan Gibling and Luke McDonnell.
Read more »Machine Head‘2024
Rhino/Warner are preparing to release a yet another “super deluxe” reissue of the Machine Head. It will include the album newly remixed by Dweezil Zappa, plus two live recordings — the March 9, 1972, gig at the Paris Theatre in London (a.k.a. In Concert’72), and an audience recording from Montreux Casino in April 1971. The […]
Read more »What makes this song great
Rick Beato got his hands on a multitrack of Smoke on the Water and dissects it for his Youtube series What Makes This Song Great?
Read more »Das making-of Machine Head
German edition of the Classic Rock magazine has “Das making-of Machine Head” as the cover story for their July/August 2023 issue (a.k.a. #121). This may or may not be somehow related to the English version of the same story published earlier this year. Anyways, our correspondent on the ground tells us that there’s nothing in […]
Read more »They all came down to Montreux
Louder Sound publishes what appears to be a transcription of the Machine Head recording story as told in the Classic Albums series documentary by everyone involved. Deep Purple’s Fireball was the second album recorded with the Mark II line-up. It was another No.1 hit in the UK, but despite its success there was a nagging […]
Read more »Making of a true classic
The latest issue (#312) of the Classic Rock magazine has making of Machine Head as the cover story. How many times does a freak accident change the course of hard rock history? Not all that often, we’d wager. But had a suspended ceiling in a Swiss casino not caught fire, then Deep Purple’s sixth studio […]
Read more »That was fun!
Doug the classical composer expands his consciousness with side 2 of Machine Head (side 1 was here).
Read more »Rolling truck Stones
Ever wondered what happened to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio? Well, as this 2016 CBC report attests, it ended up in a museum in Calgary, Canada. And yes, Machine Head is featured prominently.
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