DEEP PURPLE 'MACHINE HEAD' LP UK PURPLE RECORDS 1972 GATEFOLD INSERT
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May 24, 2026 Sold Date
May 14, 2026 Start Date
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FROM 1972 ON THE UK PURPLE RECORD LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING LP BY DEEP PURPLE ENTITLED "MACHINE HEAD" (TPSA 7504)
STEREO. FIRST PRESSING
A1 Highway Star 6:05 A2 Maybe I'm A Leo 4:51 A3 Pictures Of Home 5:03 A4 Never Before 3:56 B1 Smoke On The Water 5:40 B2 Lazy 7:19 B3 Space Truckin' 4:31

  • Record Company – E.M.I. Records
  • Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Recorded By – Rolling Stones Mobile
  • Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made By – Trade Platemaking Services
  • Published By – Hec Music
  • Published By – Feldman
  • Composed By – Deep Purple
  • Composed By, Written-By – Gillan*, Paice*, Lord*, Blackmore*, Glover*
  • Consultant [Without Whom Etc. To Him, This Album Is Gratefully Dedicated] – Claude Nobs
  • Crew [Came With The Rolling Stones' Mobile Unit] – Ian Stewart, Jeremy Bear*, Nick*
  • Design [Cover Design] – J. Coletta*, R. Glover*
  • Engineer – Martin Birch
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Jeremy (Bear) Gee*
  • Equipment – Colin Hart (2), Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey
  • Photography By – Shepard Sherbell
  • Producer [Album Devised And Produced By] – Deep Purple
  • Technician – Nick*
Original UK release in outside-laminated gatefold cover, including a 30x70cm folded lyrics poster insert.
'A-1U'/'B-1U' runouts.
Poly-lined standard inner sleeve with 'Patent Nos. 1125555, 1072844' and 'Made In Great Britain.'.
First catalogue number on cover, insert and labels, 2nd (EMI international catalogue number) in parentheses on cover rear and insert.

This album was written and recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, between 6th and 21st December 1971 [...] with the Rolling Stones' mobile unit.

℗ 1972

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E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) Hayes • Middlesex • England
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 1224339

Primary identifiers for this first pressing labels:
• No EMI credit;
• Outer rimtext reads 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock;
• 'Made In Gt. Britain' at 6 o'clock.

On labels:
• ℗ 1972
• Hec/Feldman. [publishing]
• Made In Gt. Britain

On insert:
• Published by by HEC Music
• © 1972, reprinted by permission
• Printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. England

Runouts are stamped.
  • Rights Society: Britico
  • Rights Society: NCB
  • Rights Society: MCPS
  • Other (Printer date/code): 7204 TPS
  • Other (Cover rear bottom center): Ⓛ
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side A, in parentheses): TPSA.7504A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side B, in parentheses): TPSA.7504B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, var 1): TPSA 7504 A-1U
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, var 1): TPSA 7504 B-1U







HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE 


SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND NEAR MINT CONDITION 


RECORD IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN
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