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Machine Head

Artist Deep Purple Released 1972 Type album

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Sixth of the 24 Deep Purple records held here. It came four years into a run that began in 1968, the same year this tree dates Hard rock from. It is one of the four records Hard rock is listed as starting from.

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Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released on 30 March 1972, by Purple Records. It is the band's third studio album to feature the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice.

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