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Tracklist

A1 Highway Star 6:05
A2 Maybe I’m A Leo 4:51
A3 Pictures Of Home 5:03
A4 Never Before 3:56
B1 Smoke On The Water 5:40
B2 Lazy 7:19
B3 Space Truckin’ 4:31

Musicians

Production

Deep PurpleComposed By, Producer (Album Devised And Produced By)

Also credited. Composed By: Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover. Written-By: Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover. Design (Cover Design): Roger Glover, John Coletta. Consultant (Without Whom Etc. To Him, This Album Is Gratefully Dedicated): Claude Nobs. Crew (Came With The Rolling Stones’ Mobile Unit): Ian Stewart, Jeremy Gee, Nick Watterton. Engineer (Assistant): Jeremy Gee. Technician: Nick Watterton. Engineer: Martin Birch. Photography By: Shepard Sherbell.

Release notes

Original UK release in outside-laminated gatefold cover, including a 30x70cm folded lyrics poster insert.
‘A-1U’/’B-1U’ runouts.
Poly-lined standard inner sleeve with ‘Patent Nos. 1125555, 1072844’ and ‘Made In Great Britain.’.
First catalogue number on cover, insert and labels, 2nd (EMI international catalogue number) in parentheses on cover rear and insert.

This album was written and recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, between 6th and 21st December 1971 [...] with the Rolling Stones’ mobile unit.

℗ 1972

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E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) Hayes • Middlesex • England
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No. 1224339

Primary identifiers for this first pressing labels:
• No EMI credit;
• Outer rimtext reads ‘The Gramophone Co. Ltd.’ at 11 o’clock;
• ‘Made In Gt. Britain’ at 6 o’clock.

On labels:
• ℗ 1972
• Hec/Feldman. [publishing]
• Made In Gt. Britain

On insert:
• Published by by HEC Music
• © 1972, reprinted by permission
• Printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. England

Runouts are stamped.