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This chronicles the incredible story of the making of the Deep Purple album "Machine Head." the album that produced the rock masterpiece "Smoke on the Water" and in 1972 brought worldwide super stardom to Deep Purple putting them at the pinnacle of the seventies hard rock. In exclusive interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillian, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice we take a track by track by track look at the making of the album. Martin Birch the original engineer and Roger Glover lead US through the original multi-track tapes. Ritchie, Jon and Roger demonstrate riffs and licks from the songs and explain the genesis of the songwriting.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ P-44797
Director ‏ : ‎ Matthew Longfellow
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2002
Actors ‏ : ‎ Deep Purple
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Eagle Rock Ent
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000077VQD
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Julio Morales

Modern Horror with a classic Frankensteins monster story!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2021

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The premise of this film may seem goofy, but the guy they actually turn into the "machine-head", sees his reflection and realizes he is an abomination, yet still a whole bunch of people die in grisly ways. Universal monster plot and conflicting situations for the monster, but with enough 80's-90's gore in it to make it a really good film on the Brain Damage label. And if you have ever liked a Brain Damage Films movie, seek out "Carnage Road: The legend of quiltface" That's my favorite!! But this one does things reminiscent of 30's films in a shot on video style bloody horror film. A Good one to catch!

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keyz

There Is A Reason This Is Called Classic.....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2010

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Walk into any music store's guitar section and you will typically hear various levels of talent attempting to play Smoke On The Water.....if asked they can probably tell you it is Deep Purple. Ask them the story behind the song and I'm sure 9 out of 10 times you will receive a blank stare or shrug. I knew the basic story from when the album was released. I did not know the all the details and this video filled in the gaps. Who is Funky Claude? Why was the Rolling Stones truck parked just outside? All those answers are in this video. But wait......this is not only about one song! This tells the story of how the tracks were developed...how they were written.....how Jon Lord achieved his monster B3 sound.....Richie Blackmore's guitar artistry and how classical music helped develop one of rocks prized possessions.......Machine Head.....

If you appreciate the music, learn about it....buy the DVD!

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Papa Joe

I wanted to like this more

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2004

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I am roughly the same age as the musicians in this group. MII is THE DP lineup as far as I am concerned. And Machine Head is their defining album. I REALLY wanted to like this DVD.
I had so thoroughly enjoyed the Pink Floyd DSOTM doc, that I went after others in the Classic Album series. But this one matches neither the insight nor the technical "under the covers" nuggets found in the Floyd's.
There were good moments. The Smoke on the Water story, although pretty well known by now, is entertaining and informative nonetheless...and the Highway Star "how do you write a song" clip was cute. But no real Blackmore contribution other than the SOTW riff (did you see Gilmour's stuff on DSOTM??) and Paice, who was one of the era's best drummers, was a wallflower.
Entertaining if you like DP MII as much as I do, but far inferior to others in this series, to be perfectly honest.

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Theo Bien

A COLLECTORS ITEM

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2003

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Any Purple-addict should buy this DVD, Good Quality, very interesting new footage of the legendary recording of the Machine Head album, although the story is told over and over again, it is very nice to hear and see what happened there in Montreux back in 1973 out of their own mouth. I hear people complaining over the fact that"lazy"is missing, this might be a pitty to some of us, even me, but as you probably know very little film is available of the mark II formation. (For Example Scandinavian Nights is the ONLY full concert of the Mark II ever put on film)That's why i think this is all they've had and it's worth the buy! Enjoy it as I did, over and over again! and add it to the rest of your Deep Purple collectors Items!
Thanks; Ritchie,Ian ,Roger, Jon and (little)Ian for the greatest Rock-music ever!!

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P. Mcintyre

I liked the behind the scenes footage

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 28, 2020

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I love this movie and I love Ritchie Blackmore and he’s the greatest guitarist who ever lived in my life time

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Joe

Thoroughly Enjoyed it!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2007

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I wasn't a huge fan of Deep Purple till i heard Machine Head for the first time a couple of years ago. I never saw them live or knew too much about them , but i bought this after getting the killer remixed version of Machine Head. I think it's great. Like i said , i thoroughly enjoyed watching it , it's a great buy especially if you're a fan. I got to know the members of the band a little bit more watching this DVD , especially Roger Glover who seems like a real cool guy and a true lover of music......just like a fan himself! Cool stuff........I definitly reccomend it.

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fly'n J

deep purple review

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2012

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A great video for any one who ever liked the group Deep Purple and thought that Machine Head was an exceptional rock album. Honast interviews after much time has passed. Good insighst as to the deveopment of the songs as well as how they were recorded . Only real problem is that its only 45 min.long. I would like to have had more info. Obviously edited for a TV airing.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 6, 2008

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I have a few Classic Rock DVDs. This one is well made, infact it is quite intelligent for a rock band.

Roger, Jon Martin Birch (the 6th member) are the main speakers and give some good insights.

All the songs are covered but for 'Lazy' and 'Maybe I'm a Leo' which are really missed.

Ian Paice dosn't say much and Ritchie is a minstrel (He He)

Though there is nothing really new the whole package is great there is good footage too, sadly none of the performances are complete except for 'Never Before'

Worth buying

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Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett

Highly enjoyable no-budget horror

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2008

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Max(Josh Walitt)works at his fathers funeral home and also attends high school, where he is bullied constantly and ignored by the teachers. He doesnt mind though, as he knows he's going to win the school science project. How? Well he can bring dead people and animals back to life thats how. He creates 'Machine Head' by stealing a corpse from his fathers mortuary, wiring it up to the computer and strapping a lawnmower engine to the side of the unfortunate corpse's head. Things start to go terribly wrong when 'Machine Head' starts to become very protective of Max.
Okay this isnt perfect by any means. The acting is on the whole pretty bad, with the exception of Josh Walitt who gives a glorious O.T.T performance as mad Max. Most of the high school students look far too old to be in secondary education, and the whole thing looks like its been shot on someones home video. However, none of those things matter, as its funny, creative, and its a very fine example of how a bit of wit and imagination can overcome budgetary limitations. My favourite bits were when Max brings the neighbours dead cat back to life, and when Max and his creation hijack the Science awards presentation.
It's no classic, but it's got plenty of class. 4 out of 5

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Cohesion

John lord greatness

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 11, 2018

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Great documentary with the late john lord playing the beast.

Gianni

deep purple GRANDI

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on January 29, 2020

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ottimo acquisto

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lauphil

Génial....

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on April 1, 2013

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Album mythique , et il fallait bien un DVD pour expliquer et relater les faits. Pas trop mal fait, interviews récentes de paice, gillan, blackmore et Glover. Pas beaucoup de film et photos sur l enregistrement en lui même dans l hôtel près de Montreux, qui serait à Territet et non le grand hôtel de Montreux comme il est dit dans ce DVD. C'est ce que jai entendu dire à Montreux même.

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Maverick3552

Vraiment génial

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on March 19, 2011

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L'album "Machine Head" me rappelle à chaque fois tant de souvenirs..
Ces gars-là ont eu la chance de faire de la musique à une époque où tout était permis (en tout cas on se permettait plein de choses), où le marché était encore très restreint (peu de concurrence relative) et où la création musicale explosait.
Même si on imaginait bien à travers les paroles de "Smoke On THe Water" ce qui avait pu se passer ce jour-là au Casino de Montreux ou dans le "Grand Hotel", les différents récits des 5 compères du MkII sont vraiment intéressants. J'adore notamment les passages où Roger Glover ou Martin Birch analysent les performances de chacun, piste par piste.
Les petits bouts d'orgue Hammond rejoués par John Lord sont un pur régal.
Bon bien sûr je suis un inconditionnel du jeu de Ian Paice et du son global de cet album et de cette époque, mais franchement c'est intéressant de découvrir toutes ces images d'archives.
Quelques annecdotes amusantes également, où l'on apprend par exemple que le groupe faisait tellement de boucan lors de l'enregistrement de Smoke On THe Water que la Polizei tembourinait à la porte pour les faire taire ! (tapage nocture à Montreux)
Un très bon moment passé devant ce DVD.
Un seul petit bémol (regret) : a aucun moment il n'est fait mention de "Lazy", qui pourtant fait partie intégrante de l'album d'origine (à la place, on a droit à une petite histoire sur "When A Blind Man Cries", qui devait lui, à l'origine, figurer sur l'album). C'est ce qui coûte ma 5e étoile à l'évaluation !..

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Genre	Hard Rock & Metal, Music Video & Concerts
Format	Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor	Matthew Longfellow, Deep Purple
Language	English
Number Of Discs	1

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