"Machine
Head" was released on March 1st,
1972 – 40 years ago! The album was
their sixth studio album
and is simply one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Below
you can watch the entire Classic Albums feature (upper) on the making of "Machine Head". If the video don`t work in your area, try this location.
Also
watch the brief documentary (lower) piece featuring Jon Lord, Ian
Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and Roger Glover gives an
overall summary of the events surrounding the recording of 'Machine
Head' in December 1971 following the Casino fire of 4th December.
The
recording according to Ritchie Blackmore:
"We
had the Rolling Stones' mobile recording unit sitting outside in the
snow, but to get there we had to run cable through two doors in the
corridor into a room, through a bathroom and into another room, from
which it went across a bed and out the veranda window, then ran along
the balcony for about 100 feet and came back in through another
bedroom window. It then went through that room's bathroom and into
another corridor, then all the way down a marble staircase to the
foyer reception area of the hotel, out the front door, across the
courtyard and up the steps into the back of the mobile unit. I think
that setup led to capturing some spontaneity, because once we got to
the truck for a playback, even if we didn’t think it was a perfect
take, we’d go, 'Yeah, that’s good enough.' Because we just
couldn’t stand going back again."
2012
will see a series of special events and recordings celebrating this
milestone in rock - stay tuned!
Still staggering to their graves just in order to make a good pension.
ReplyDeleteDeep Purple, which used to centre around mainly Blackmore/Lord/Paice is now for more than 15 years a travesty without respect for the legacy of this once great band.