DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head, In Concert ’72 To See Vinyl Release
August 24, 2012, 12 years ago
According to DEEP PURPLE fan-site The Highway Star, in addition to the Machine Head 40th anniversary box set (info here), EMI will be releasing on October 8 two more anniversary editions, both on vinyl: a remastered Machine Head and remixed In Concert’72. Here’s the rundown.
Machine Head:
- Original album, newly remastered in 2012 by Jon Astley;- audiophile 180gram heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold sleeve reproducing the original cover;
- features a 6 panel lyric sheet;
- package includes bonus 7? single Never Before / When A Blind Man Cries in a Purple Records house bag.
In Concert’72 Deluxe 2LP Set:
- Double LP set on purple vinyl;- features a new 2012 mix from the original 8 track tapes with the original set list in its correct order;
- recorded at the BBC’s Paris Theatre, London on 9th March 1972, it was remixed at Abbey Road Studios, and features new artwork and photographs by Barry Plummer taken at the concert itself;
- because of the duration of the concert and issues with sound quality in relation to the length of audio on sides of LPs, the encore Lucille is being issued on the A-side of a 33 1/3 purple vinyl 7” housed in a Purple Records bag;
- single’s B-side features an exclusive to this edition and previously unreleased version of Maybe I’m A Leo recorded during the soundcheck; Simon Robinson describes it as “very rough indeed – with Gillan singing just a few bits (to save his voice)”.
Tracklist:
Record 1
Side 1
'Introduction'
'Highway Star'
'Strange Kind of Woman'
Side 2
'Maybe I’m a Leo'
'Smoke On the Water'
Record 2
Side 1
'Never Before'
'Lazy'
Side 2
'Space Truckin’'
Bonus 7 Inch
Side 1: 'Lucille'
Side 2: 'Maybe I’m a Leo' (Soundcheck)
