Deep Purple’s 1972 album Machine Head shall be reissued as a 3CD+Blu-ray+LP tremendous deluxe version subsequent month.
The English rock band’s sixth studio album was famously because of be recorded at Montreux On line casino earlier than it burnt to the bottom. The band ended up establishing the Rolling Stones Cell Studio within the close by Grand Resort which was closed for the Winter, Overlook-style. These occasions have been depicted within the traditional Smoke on the Water, which begins facet two of the vinyl model of this album.

Machine Head has been reissued many occasions, so what new content material does this tremendous deluxe version provide? Effectively, Dweezil Zappa has remixed the file in stereo and in Dolby Atmos. The brand new stereo combine options on the colored vinyl LP (“opaque white with hints of purple”) which is included on this tremendous deluxe and on the primary CD within the five-disc set, which can also be house to a 2024 remaster (two variations of the album on one CD). The brand new stereo and Atmos remixes additionally embody ‘By no means Earlier than’ B-side, ‘When A Blind Man Cries’.

The 2 CDs each embody reside performances. The primary, recorded on 9 March 1972, on the Paris Theatre in London, captures the group on their Machine Head Tour. The second is beforehand unreleased; it was recorded in April 1971 on the Montreux On line casino in Switzerland (sure, the identical one which burned down eight months later). That is an “viewers recording” which covers songs the band recorded previous to Machine Head, together with ‘Little one In Time’ (from 1969’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra), ‘Velocity King’ (from 1970’s Deep Purple in Rock), and ‘Unusual Sort Of Girl’ (from 1971’s Fireball ).
The blu-ray audio options the brand new Atmos Combine, and the unique 1974 US Quad Combine and three tracks in 5.1 Encompass Sound. The brand new stereo combine is not listed amongst the content material (go determine) and why the entire album, reasonably than simply three tracks, isn’t included in 5.1 (from the outdated DVD-Audio) is a thriller.
The tremendous deluxe version features a 60-page ebook with new sleeve notes and the standard archive and uncommon pictures.
Machine Head shall be launched on 29 March 2024 by way of Common ex USA and Warners in America.
Tracklisting
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CD 1: Machine Head
Dweezil Zappa 2024 Remix
- “Freeway Star”*
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”*
- “Footage Of Residence”*
- “By no means Earlier than”*
- “Smoke On The Water”*
- “Lazy”*
- “Area Truckin’”*
- “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side*
2024 Remaster
- “Freeway Star”
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”
- “Footage Of Residence”
- “By no means Earlier than”
- “Smoke On The Water”
- “Lazy”
- “Area Truckin’”
* beforehand unreleased
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CD 2: In Live performance ’72
- Introduction
- “Freeway Star”
- “Unusual Sort Of Girl”
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”
- “Smoke On The Water”
- “By no means Earlier than”
- “Lazy”
- “Area Truckin’”
- “Lucille”
- “Possibly I’m A Leo” – soundcheck
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CD 3: Montreux ’71
- “Swiss Yodel” *
- “Velocity King” *
- “Unusual Sort Of Girl” *
- “Into The Hearth” *
- “Little one In Time” *
- “Paint It Black” *
- “Wring That Neck (Laborious Highway)” *
- “Black Night time” *
- “Lucille” *
* beforehand unreleased
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Blu-ray Audio
Dweezil Zappa 2024 Atmos Remix
- “Freeway Star” *
- “Possibly I’m A Leo” *
- “Footage Of Residence” *
- “By no means Earlier than” *
- “Smoke On The Water” *
- “Lazy” *
- “Area Truckin’” *
- “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side *
1974 U.S. Quad Combine
- “Freeway Star”
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”
- “Footage Of Residence”
- “By no means Earlier than”
- “Smoke On The Water”
- “Lazy”
- “Area Truckin’”
Dolby 5.1 Encompass Sound Mixes
- “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”
- “Lazy”
* beforehand unreleased
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Vinyl LP
Aspect One
- “Freeway Star”
- “Possibly I’m A Leo”
- “Footage Of Residence”
- “By no means Earlier than”
Aspect Two
- “Smoke On The Water”
- “Lazy”
- “When A Blind Man Cries” B-side
- “Area Truckin’”
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CD 1: Machine Head