(Hard Rock) Deep Purple - Machine Head (40th Anniversary Edition) 4CD - 2012, MP3, 320 kbps

01. Highway Star [06:08]
02. Maybe I'm A Leo [04:52]
03. Pictures Of Home [05:06]
04. Never Before [04:02]
05. Smoke On The Water [05:41]
06. Lazy [07:22]
07. Space Truckin' [04:36]
08. When A Blind Man Cries (b-side) [03:31]

01. Highway Star (1997 Remix) [06:31]
02. Maybe I'm a Leo (1997 Remix) [05:30]
03. Pictures of Home (1997 Remix) [05:23]
04. Never Before (1997 Remix) [04:00]
05. Smoke on the Water (1997 Remix) [06:15]
06. Lazy (1997 Remix) [07:33]
07. Space Truckin' (1997 Remix) [04:54]
08. When a Blind Man Cries (1997 Remix) [03:30]

01. Highway Star [06:12]
02. Maybe I'm A Leo [04:57]
03. Pictures Of Home [05:05]
04. Never Before [04:01]
05. Smoke On The Water [05:41]
06. Lazy [06:54]
07. Space Truckin' [04:36]
08. Smoke On The Water (US single edit a-side) [03:51]
09. Lazy (JP single edit b-side) [02:31]

01. Introduction [00:16]
02. Highway Star [07:41]
03. Strange Kind Of Woman [09:32]
04. Maybe I'm A Leo [05:35]
05. Smoke On The Water [07:31]
06. Never Before [05:18]
07. Lazy [09:22]
08. Space Truckin' [22:11]
09. Lucille [07:30]

The new box set includes a 2012 remaster of the original album and the stereo version of the quadraphonic mix, each on a separate CD. A third CD offers the 1997 remix as heard on the 25th anniversary edition. A fourth CD offers a new mix of Deep Purple's March 9, 1972 London concert.

The story of Machine Head begins at Switzerland's Montreux Casino, where the band planned to record its upcoming album using the Rolling Stones' mobile truck. The venue was set to close for refurbishment over the winter months following a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on December 4, 1971. During that period of closure, Deep Purple would have usage for recording purposes. While Zappa and the Mothers were performing the composer's grand 'King Kong,' an audience member fired a flare into the building's ceiling. The roof caught fire, which quickly spread. The building burnt down as chronicled in 'Smoke on the Water,' the song which would open Side Two of the album later christened Machine Head: 'We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline / To make records with a mobile, we didn't have much time / Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around / But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground / Smoke on the water, fire in the sky '

Following the devastating fire, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice regrouped, and the album was recorded instead at Montreux's Grand Hotel between December 6 and 21. It was released in March 1972 on EMI's Purple label, and hit the top spot on the British charts within one week of its release. Machine Head remained there for two weeks before returning in May for a further week. It did almost as well in the U.S., where it was released on Warner Bros. Records and reached No. 7. It remained on the charts for two years.