On March 25, 1972, “Purple Records” label released “Machine Head”, the sixth Deep Purple album .It was recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.  In 1989, “Kerrang!” magazine ranked the album at number 35 on its list of “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

• Ritchie Blackmore– guitar
• Jon Lord– keyboards
• Ian Gillan– vocals, harmonica
• Roger Glover– bass, design
• Ian Paice– drums, percussion
• Martin Birch– engineer, mixing
• Jeremy (Bear) Gee – engineer assistant
• Nick Watterton – technician
• John Coletta – design
• Shephard Sherbell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

1. Highway Star
2. Maybe I’m a Leo
3. Pictures of Home
4. Never Before
5. Smoke on the Water
6. Lazy
7. Space Truckin’