Deep Purple Machine Head - 25th Anniversary Tracks: cd 1: 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' 8. When A Blind Man Cries cd 2: 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' 8. When a Blind Man Cries (original B-side) 9. Maybe I'm a Leo (Quadrophonic mix) 10. Lazy (Quadrophonic mix) Line up: Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Ian Gillan – Vocals Jon Lord – Organ, Keyboards Roger Glover – Bass Ian Paice – Drums Record Label / Year of Release: EMI / Purple Records 2012 Notes: Machine Head is English rock band Deep Purple's sixth studio album. It was recorded at the Grand Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland, in December 1971, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in March 1972. The album is often cited as influential in the development of the heavy metal music genre. It is Deep Purple's most successful recording, topping the charts in several countries following its release. In 2001, Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time. In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums. Machine Head is the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. Machine Head was released on the multichannel formats Super Audio CD (2003) and DVD-Audio (2001). The album reached #1 in the UK, where it stayed for twenty weeks in the top-40. It also reached #7 in the US, remaining for 118 weeks in the Billboard 200. A song entitled "When a Blind Man Cries" was recorded during these sessions, but not included on the album. Instead, it was used as a the B-side on the "Never Before" single. The song appears as a bonus track on the album's 25th anniversary edition. Re-issue in 1997 Machine Head - 25th Anniversary as 2cd. In 2012 re-issued as Machine Head - 40th Anniversary as 4 cd + 1 dvd. In Concert '72 from Paris Theatre, London, 9 March 1972 - 2012 mix (CD4) 2012 high resolution remaster & surround mixes (DVD, audio only).