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Machine Head by Deep Purple, album cover

First-year pressing

Machine Head 1972 Japan Pressing (P-8224W)

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Artist
Deep Purple
Title
Machine Head
Label
  • Warner Bros. Records P-8224W
Country
Japan
Released
1972
Format
LP, Album
Format notes
Gatefold

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 1 2T44 1 - A - 2 ① 〄Variant 1, Side A
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 2 3 - B - 2 〄Variant 1, Side B
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 1 〄 3T2346 ① 1 - A - 1 7Variant 2, Side A
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 2 〄 3 - B - 1 0Variant 2, Side B
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 1 214E6 1 - A - 8 ① 〄Variant 3, Side A
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 2 3 - B - 1 〄Variant 3, Side B
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 1 1 - A - 9 2TX 〄Variant 4, Side A
  • P - 8 2 2 4 W - 2 3 - B - 5 〄Variant 4, Side B
All 296 pressings of Machine Head