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Seemed smaller and distant off to the right. Seem to blend organically with Jon Lord’s These tell-all room tracks, healthy amounts ofīleed from Ritchie Blackmore’s rhythm guitar Sometimes it’s what you don’t hear that canīe more interesting: upon further scrutiny of Have a listen?” uttered by one of the band Silence only to reveal a barely audible “… That happens after the fade, each instrument The fuzz broke down the session immediately Tracks that could substantiate the claim that The police shut them down at the Pavilion. It is clear that theįinal take of “Smoke” was recorded before Songs on Machine Head, I can distinctly hear Tracks of “Smoke in the Water” to the other May be the closest thing there is to goingīack in time to witness Deep Purple tracking Soloing the original “Smoke” tracks today Getting shut down, they would settle into the Had set up and recorded a few takes before Tracks for “Smoke” were tracked at the nearby Was indeed recorded at the hotel, the basic Record in the “empty cold and bare” Grand
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A fireīroke out during a Frank Zappa concert atĪ casino in Montreux, thwarting the band’s On the Water” have already documented theīackstory of Machine Head very well. To keep your recordings adventurous! Master Tapes Don’t Lieįor most of us, Ian Gillan’s lyrics on “Smoke Let this tale serve as a reminder that it’s good Laptop and MBox into the back of your Prius! Recording wasn’t as simple as throwing your Studio truck rented from the Rolling Stones. Tape at 15 inches per second with no noise Martin Birch (Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Location, Location… Deep Purple’s sixth album, Machine Head, Water,” and piece together the real story. Master multi-track tapes of “Smoke on the What we can corroborate from the original That may have been consumed before, duringĪnd after the recording. Like many legendaryįading memories, and of course, any drugs Is timeless, even when played incorrectlyĪs most people play it. The song’s infectious, accessible groove. New, if not the repertoire, is a testament to Repertoire of millions of guitarists old and Riff to “Smoke on the Water.” The fact thatĭeep Purple’s 1972 rock anthem is part the There’s a kid in a music store playing the lead Hour of every day, somewhere in the world Sharing their discoveries exclusively with Premier Guitar readers in what we like to call Secrets of the Mastersĭuring every second of every minute of every Through a partnership with Gearhead Communications, OEM Inc. There are many, many things to learn from You to remix and play along with those original tracks. They use them to create products like Jammit, an iPhone app that allows have spent thousands of hours with the original masters of the mostįamous songs ever recorded. On the last day before leaving, the band finally recorded the song that was to become a world hit.The sound engineers at OEM Inc. Its salon was quickly converted into a studio. In an emergency, the troops came across the Grand Hotel of Montreux, which was closed in winter. The band had actually come to Montreux to record an LP in a specially rented mobile studio in the casino. Recording this song, however, was no easy undertaking. They saw the wind blowing smoke over Lake Geneva, and a song idea was born: “Smoke On The Water”. Perhaps to calm down, they strolled along the promenade on Sunday. The five members of Deep Purple had managed to escape the flames unscathed.
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However, flames broke out of the smoking rubble throughout the night and the next morning, as the NZZ wrote. The fire was not extinguished until around 9 p.m.
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The Swiss jazz musician Léon Francioli poses after the fire in front of the ruins of the small Italian theater attached to the casino.Īlain Bettex / © 2021, Pro Liturgy, Zürich