DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD-EMI/PURPLE 1ST PRESS TPSA.7504 1972

£ 19

$ 25

£ 19 Sold For

Feb 2, 2014 Sold Date

Jan 23, 2014 Start Date

£ 5 Start price

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DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD TYPE SINGLE LP- STEREO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

PURPLE/EMI 1ST PRESS WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT and MATRIX NUMBERS: TPSA 7504 A-1U & TPSA 7504 B-1U

CATALOGUE NUMBER TPSA 7504 YEAR OF RELEASE 1972 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD-GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS INSERTS/EXTRAS NONE

GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)

EXCELLENT+ ( NICE AND CLEAN with VERY LIGHT playwear and VERY LIGHT storage and handling marks-PLAYS REALLY WELL WITH A GREAT REPRODUCTION)

LABELS

EXCELLENT ( CLEAN labels with NO writing rips tears user stickers LIGHT spindleusage and LIGHT storage and handling wear)

SLEEVE

EXCELLENT (CLEAN with NO writing rips tears user stickers or removal marks has a few scuffs on the rear board but overall in reasonable condition)

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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 Montreux Casino 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.

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