Ep046: The Story of Deep Purple, Machine Head & Smoke On The Water
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2016
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On December 4, 1971 the worlds of Deep Purple, Frank Zappa and Claude Nobs collided in Montreux Switzerland. What was almost a massive tragedy turned into one of the most popular and enduring songs in the history of rock and roll music. We tell the full story, complete with interviews of Don Preston, keyboard player for The Mothers of Invention. Plus we discuss the upcoming Pink Floyd Box Set "The Early Years, 1965-1972".
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | It's a song we all know. It's a riff we can all play. It's on an album that many of us own. |
| 0:16.0 | But do you know the story behind the song? Today on the vinyl guide, we'll explore the legend of one of the |
| 0:23.2 | most famous songs in music history and speak to people who were there. Today on the vinyl guide, |
| 0:29.6 | we're diving into the Deep Purple album Machine Head and the mega hit Smoke on the Water. And it's |
| 0:35.8 | thanks to show sponsors Thorne's Turntables. |
| 0:38.5 | Hear your records at their clearest. |
| 0:40.7 | Ask your hi-fi dealer about a Thorin's Turntable today. |
| 0:44.2 | And we're also sponsored by groove washer.com. |
| 0:47.3 | Keep your records clean and sounding their best with a groove washer record cleaning system available from groove washer.com. |
| 0:54.7 | And with that, let's start today's episode. |
| 0:58.0 | Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 1:00.7 | Well, you're in luck. |
| 1:02.2 | Welcome to The Vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 1:06.5 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goiard. |
| 1:10.2 | Well, hey, everyone, welcome to yet another episode of The Vinyl Guide, |
| 1:14.7 | the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 1:18.2 | Glad you could all make it. |
| 1:19.6 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 1:20.7 | Thank you to everyone who's been sharing these episodes and links to these episodes on social media with their friends, et cetera. |
| 1:28.1 | Look, the vinyl guide community, it just continues to grow. |
| 1:30.7 | It's really quite impressive the dedication many of you have for this podcast. |
| 1:35.6 | Those of you who are just listening for the first time, welcome. |
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