Deep Purple "Machine Head" boxset Oct.

[That 70s Guy]

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DEEP PURPLE: 'Machine Head' 40th-Anniversary Box Set Due In October - Aug. 7, 2012
EMI has set an October 8 European release date for the 40th-anniversary edition of DEEP PURPLE's classic 1972 album, "Machine Head". This five-disc special edition will be accompanied with a fully illustrated 60-page hardback booklet, housed in a luxury box.

Contents include:

* CD1: "Machine Head" original album 2012 remaster
* CD2: 1997 remix by DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover
* CD3: Original album Quad SQ stereo (2012 remaster)
* CD4: "In Concert '72" - 2012 Mix (recorded live at Paris Theatre, London on March 9, 1972)
* DVD: 2012 high-resolution remaster and surround mix

Booklet features:

* Detailed essays from original bassist Roger Glover and Mojo magazine editor Phil Alexander.
* Quotations from DEEP PURPLE fans Mikael Åkerfeldt, Luke Morley, Sebastian Vettel, Eddie Jordan, Brian Tatler, Janick Gers and Peter Hook.
* An interview with famed photographer Didi Zill, whose photos of the legendary recording sessions in Switzerland illustrate the booklet.

 

[LG]

Although Machine Head is in my top 10 albums of all time, that is a Little bit much for me.

I'd be interested in the Quad SQ mix and the DVD High Resolution discs, but the others I already have 5 different CD's of the album.

Plus I bought a brand new 180 gram audiophile vinyl record a few months ago, which I will play when I want to feel this record the way it was intended.

 

[Riff Raff]

I think I will stick with the copy I got as it is. I don't see the constant remastering as necessary either.

 

[METALPRIEST]

They should make a 5.1 version all on it's own for a smaller price

 

[LG]

^^There was either a 5.1 DVD audio disc of Machine Head or an SACD version I saw in Futureshop here years ago, before both formats seemed to vanish into thin air. Part of the reason was the price, way Too expensive no matter what quality they were selling. You have to find a niche that consumers will support in the long run, unlike movie openings now it's sustained sales that have always driven album revenue.

And the fact you buy 1 song off an record on i-tunes or Amazon now doesn't help.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Yeah, now that you said that I kinda remember a stand alone 5.1

Maybe they should try it again and package it as a two disc (5.1 & Standard).....or a simple 2 disc 1 DVD deal...

 

[LG]

^^There was an entire display rack of old classic rock albums in DVD audio format, Toto's Hydra, Deep Purple's Machine Head, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and quite a few others but they were really expensive so I passed.

SACD's....never had a chance and now there are "amateurs" who will use their magnificent analog systems to offer a classic OOP vinyl record that sounds better than any SACD ever made. 24-192 is the bare minimum for digital HQ now, and there is a 32 bit system on the drawing board which should be out in a couple years. That will extinct Blu-Ray as the state of the art medium.