Категория: album
Исполнитель: Deep Purple
Название диска: Machine Head 1972
Год выхода: 2010 (Mastered by Steve Hoffman from the original master tapes)
Жанр: rock
Количество треков: 07
Формат | Качество: WV | 1411kpbs | 44.0kHz
Время звучания: 00:37:49
Размер файла: 293.3mb

Tracklist:

1. Highway Star - 6:07
2. Maybe I'm A Leo - 4:51
3. Pictures Of Home - 5:06
4. Never Before - 4:03
5. Smoke On The Water - 5:43
6. Lazy - 7:23
7. Space Truckin' - 4:34

Led Zeppelin's fourth album, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Deep Purple's Machine Head have stood the test of time as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock and heavy metal, serving as the fundamental blueprints followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the early '70s. And, though it is probably the least celebrated of the three, Machine Head contains the "mother of all guitar riffs" — and one of the first learned by every beginning guitarist — in "Smoke on the Water." Inspired by real-life events in Montreux, Switzerland, where Deep Purple were recording the album when the Grand Hotel was burned to the ground during a Frank Zappa concert, neither the song, nor its timeless riff, should need any further description. However, Machine Head was anything but a one-trick pony, introducing the bona fide classic opener "Highway Star," which epitomized all of Deep Purple's intensity and versatility while featuring perhaps the greatest soloing duel ever between guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and organist Jon Lord. Also in top form was singer Ian Gillan, who crooned and exploded with amazing power and range throughout to establish himself once and for all as one of the finest voices of his generation, bar none. Yes, the plodding shuffle of "Maybe I'm a Leo" shows some signs of age, but punchy singles "Pictures of Home" and "Never Before" remain as vital as ever, displaying Purple at their melodic best. And finally, the spectacular "Space Truckin'" drove Machine Head home with yet another tremendous Blackmore riff, providing a fitting conclusion to one of the essential hard rock albums of all time.
• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Roger Glover - bass
• Jon Lord - keyboards
• Ian Paice - drums

All songs written by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord and Paice.
Produced by Deep Purple for Edwards Coletta Productions.
Engineered by Martin Birch. Assisted by Jeremy (Bear) Gee.
Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland. Equipment: Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart
Album devised and produced by Deep Purple.

Original Release Date: March, 1972
Release Date: March, 2010

Mastered for this CD by Steve Hoffman.
Graphics for this CD by Bob Wynne Graphics.
Production Coordination for this CD: Ernie Campagna.

-Пиры устраиваются для удовольствия, и вино веселит жизнь. (Екклесиаст)