Deep Purple - Machine Head
by Matthew Longfellow
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Actor: Deep PurpleDirector: Matthew Longfellow
Brand: Eagle Rock Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Product features:
- Featuring: Deep Purple.
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC.
- Language: English.
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Run Time: 100 minutes.
Movie Reviews of Deep Purple - Machine Head
Movie Review: Solid, entertaining look at an undisputed classic
Summary: 5 Stars
For the most part, the "Classic Albums" series offers insight into legendary, groundbreaking albums. The Machine Head edition is no exception. As the band states, this album was born at the beginning of the heavy, riff-driven era of music that launched Led Zeppelin. After flirtations with orchestras and funk, Deep Purple decided to make an album that returned to (and expanded on) the successful elements of "Deep Purple In Rock." All of the Spinal Tap moments are here, from the fire in Montreux that shut down their first plans to record ("some stupid with a flare gun") to the final headquarters in the "cold, damp tomb" known as The Grand Hotel. Time has splintered the band, so like many "Classic Album" editions you get interviews with a splintered Deep Purple Mach II: Roger Glover, Richie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Gillan with Jon Paice. There's much discussion about the heaviness of the band coming from Lord's underpinning of Blackmore's guitar...when you watch the segments with Glover isolating each musician's tracks you really understand the D.P. sound. Also, Blackmore shows the proper way to play the "Smoke On The Water" lick (it's plucked, not strummed). This is not a concert film or a "rock video" compilation. It's a documentary about the making of Machine Head, and a very entertaining / enlightening one at that. If you want complete Machine Head performances get "Live In Concert 72/73" (featuring the Mach II band on Highway Star, Lazy, Space Truckin', & Smoke On The Water), "Live At The California Jam 1974" ("Burn"-era Coverdale performance featuring Smoke On The Water and Space Truckin', as well as Blackmore's demolition of his guitar, a TV camera, and his Marshall stack), or "Live At Montreux 1996" (the Steve Morse Purple, with Jon Lord still on board, featuring Pictures of Home, Smoke On The Water, Lazy, Highway Star, and the Machine Head B-side / outtake When A Blind Man Cries). All four DVDs mentioned here are from Eagle Eye Media, and they are the only four in a sea of Deep Purple releases sanctioned as high-quality "official" DVDs. Beyond that there are a lot of inferior, bootleg-quality D.P. DVDs out there, so caveat emptor. I own (and highly recommend) all four of these DVDs.
Summary of Deep Purple - Machine Head
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head is a documentary about the making of this landmark in English hard rock, featuring interviews with all five members from the band's classic lineup (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillian, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice) as they discuss how these classic tunes were written, arranged, and recorded; the film also includes observations from producer and engineer Martin Birch, and a variety of live performance footage and rare television performances.Similar DVD Movies
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