Machine Head

Machine Head

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Machine Head

Album by Deep Purple

Released 25 March 1972

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Tracklist

1
Highway Star
6:06
4.3 ★
2
Maybe I’m a Leo
4:51
3.6 ★
3
Pictures of Home
5:04
4.5 ★
4
Never Before
3:58
4.0 ★
5
Smoke on the Water
5:39
4.1 ★
6
Lazy
7:21
4.2 ★
7
Space Truckin’
4:33
3.8 ★
8
When a Blind Man Cries (B‐side)
3:31
3.9 ★

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Release credits

Deep Purple
producer
Ian Gillan
lead vocals
Ian Paice
drums (drum set)
Jeremy Gee
assistant [1-7]
Jon Lord
Hammond organ, keyboard [8]
Martin Birch
engineer [1-7], mix [1]
Ritchie Blackmore
electric guitar
Roger Glover
electric bass guitar

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Machine Head
12" Vinyl
25 March 1972
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl
March 1972
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12" Vinyl
March 1972
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12" Vinyl
March 1972
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12" Vinyl
March 1972
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl (quadraphonic)
1972
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12" Vinyl
1973
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12" Vinyl
1974
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Reel-to-reel
1974
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Machine Head
Cassette
1976
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12" Vinyl
1976
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Vinyl
1984
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Cassette
1985
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12" Vinyl
1985
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl
1985
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Machine Head
CD
1986
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Machine Head
CD
25 February 1987
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Machine Head
CD
7 July 1987
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CD
10 February 1989
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CD
1990
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Machine Head
CD
1994
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Machine Head
CD
10 October 1996
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Machine Head
2x CD (25th anniversary edition; made in UK)
1997
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Machine Head
2x CD (25th anniversary edition; made in EU)
1997
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Machine Head
2x CD (25th anniversary edition)
1997
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Machine Head
CD
15 April 1998
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Machine Head
2x CD (25th anniversary edition)
17 November 1998
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Machine Head
2x CD (club edition)
1998
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Machine Head
DVD-Audio
30 January 2001
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Digital Media
2001
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Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)
2003
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Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)
2003
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Digital Media
8 February 2005
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Machine Head
CD
22 February 2006
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Machine Head
Vinyl (180 gram vinyl remaster by Kevin Gray)
2006
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Machine Head
SHM-CD
17 September 2008
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Machine Head
CD
16 March 2010
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Machine Head
HDCD (numbered, limited HDCD 24 KT gold CD edition)
23 March 2010
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Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)
17 August 2011
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4x CD, DVD-Video (40th anniversary deluxe edition)
8 October 2012
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Digital Media
8 October 2012
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Machine Head
CD (40th anniversary edition)
12 October 2012
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Digital Media
12 October 2012
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Machine Head
CD (Reissue (Remastered 2012))
6 November 2015
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl
25 January 2016
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Machine Head
2x CD
2016
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Machine Head
Digital Media
2016
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Machine Head
HQCD
7 August 2019
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl (180g vinyl)
2019
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Machine Head
Digital Media (remix 2024)
28 March 2024
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Machine Head
3x Digital Media (super deluxe edition)
29 March 2024
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Machine Head
3x Digital Media (super deluxe)
29 March 2024
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl, Blu-ray, 3x CD (50th deluxe anniversary edition)
29 March 2024
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Machine Head
12" Vinyl, Blu-ray, 3x CD (50th anniversary edition)
2024
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