DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head

Item Description

Vinyl, , Purple Smoke
LP Album Reissue Stereo

5-Disc Deluxe Anniversary Edition:
Gatefold LP (on Purple-Smoke vinyl), 3 CDs & Blu-Ray
New remix by Dweezil Zappa on LP & CD
New remaster from original analog master on CD
Previously unreleased live CD, Montreux 1971
1972 In Concert live recording on CD
Blu-Ray audio featuring new Atmos remix by Dweezil Zappa, 1974 U.S. Quad mix & 5.1 Mixes
Booklet with new essay from Rolling Stone's Kory Grow
Photos from the recording session
Lyric poster

The original album was written and recorded by Rolling Stones Mobile unit in Montreux, Switzerland, between 6th and 21st December 1971. This album is gratefully dedicated to Claude Nobs.

Special thanks to: Colin Schencks at Sircl Management / Purpletuity, Sir Tim Rice, Bruce Dickinson, Colin Hart & Royal Blood.

LP: New 2024 remix from analog multitrack tapes by Dweezil Zappa. All tracks previously unreleased. ℗ & © 2024 Universal Music GmbH (on label's rim). ℗ 2024 Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH (booklet)

CD1: New 2024 remix from analog multitrack tapes by Dweezil Zappa & new 2024 remaster from original analog master. All tracks previously unreleased. Tracks 1-8 ℗ & © 2024 Universal Music GmbH; Tracks 9-15 ℗ & © 2024, 1972 Universal Music GmbH (on CD's rim). Tracks 1-8 ℗ 2024 Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH; Tracks 9-15 ℗ 2024, 1972 Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH (booklet).

CD2: IN CONCERT'72 previously released 2012. Original recording produced by Pete Dauncey and engineered by Adrian Revill. Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London, U.K., on 9th March, 1972. ℗ & © 2012 Purpletuity Limited, under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd. Licensed by Parlophone Records Ltd to Universal Music GmbH for world excl. USA, Canada & Japan. Released by arrangement with the BBC (on CD's rim). ℗ 2012 Purpletuity Limited, under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited for the World excluding USA, Canada and Japan. Licensed by Parlophone Records Limited to Universal Music GmbH for World excluding USA, Canada & Japan and Purpletuity Limited to Warner Records Inc. for USA, Canada and Japan. Released by arrangement with the BBC (booklet).

CD3: MONTREUX'71 previously unreleased live show recorded at the Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, 16th April, 1971 by Rene Ernest Finger. Whilst every effort has been made to produce the best possible audio, limitations in the material drawn from a non-standard source means that the quality may not be up to the standard usually expected. All tracks have been included for their historical importance. ℗ & © 2024 Purpletuity Limited under licence to Universal Music GmbH for world excl. USA, Canada & Japan (on CD's rim). ℗ 2024 Purpletuity Limited under licences to Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH (booklet).

BR: New 2024 Atmos remix by Dweezil Zappa, 1974 U.S. Quad mix & 5.1 mixes. ℗ & © 2024, 2012, 1974 Universal Music GmbH (on BR's rim). Tracks 1-8 previously unreleased. ℗ 2024 Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH. Tracks 9-15 previously released 1974. Tracks 16-18 previously released 2012. 5.1 mixes by Paul Klingberg. ℗ 2012 Warner Records Inc. & Universal Music GmbH (booklet).

"When A Blind Man Cries" is a bonus track to this set (appearing on all non-live discs) and was the only song from the "Machine Head" sessions not included on the LP. It was the B-Side to the single 45 "Never Before".

For U.S.A., Canada & Japan: This reissue: ℗ & © 2024 Warner Records Inc., a Warner Music Group company. Manufactured for & marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company.
For Rest of World: ℗ & © 2024 Universal Music International, a division of Universal Music GmbH.

Made in Germany.