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Machine Head is the sixth Deep Purple studio
album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel
Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the
Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in
March 1972.
The album is often cited as being very influential in
the development of the heavy metal music genre. It
is Deep Purple's most successful recording,
topping the charts in several countries following its
release. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of
the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.
Machine Head is the subject of one of the Classic
Albums series of documentaries about the making
of famous albums. Machine Head was released on
the multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003)
and DVD-Audio (2001).
The conditions in which the original recordings
were made are quite outstanding. Hiring the Rolling
Stones Mobile One equipment and studios, the
band recorded the entirety of the tracks in a
Montreaux hotel facilities, with no overdubs. The
"Smoke on the Water" lyrics' citation "Frank Zappa
and the Mothers" indicates Zappa's show at a
casino that was burned down a few days earlier
from the start of scheduled start of Machine Heads
recording sessions.
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album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel
Montreux, Switzerland in December 1971 with the
Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in
March 1972.
The album is often cited as being very influential in
the development of the heavy metal music genre. It
is Deep Purple's most successful recording,
topping the charts in several countries following its
release. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of
the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.
Machine Head is the subject of one of the Classic
Albums series of documentaries about the making
of famous albums. Machine Head was released on
the multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003)
and DVD-Audio (2001).
The conditions in which the original recordings
were made are quite outstanding. Hiring the Rolling
Stones Mobile One equipment and studios, the
band recorded the entirety of the tracks in a
Montreaux hotel facilities, with no overdubs. The
"Smoke on the Water" lyrics' citation "Frank Zappa
and the Mothers" indicates Zappa's show at a
casino that was burned down a few days earlier
from the start of scheduled start of Machine Heads
recording sessions.
Read More....
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