Deep purple smoke on the water genre4/2/2024 ![]() While the story of police intervention may be true, there is no evidence on the tracks that could substantiate that this occurred immediately following the take. In all cases, the direct instrument tracks absolutely match up with these ambient ones, proving that there was no punch-ins or individual fixes to any of the performances. ![]() ![]() There is, however, enough bleed and band ambience in the bass track that confirms it was not an overdub, but in fact, played live with the others. Unlike all the other songs tracked at the hotel, there is no bass bleed into these ambient microphones, leading me to believe that Birch was able to sufficiently isolate Glover’s bass cabinet from the main tracking room. Healthy amounts of bleed from Blackmore’s rhythm guitar seemed to blend organically with Lord’s overdriven organ while Paice’s drums seemed smaller and distant off to the right. Upon further scrutiny of these tell-all room tracks, sometimes it’s what you don’t hear that can be the most interesting. ![]() Soloing these tracks may be the closest thing to actually being present in the Pavilion theatre as Deep Purple tracked this historic performance. From listening and comparing the stereo ambient room tracks of “Smoke in the Water” to the other songs on Machine Head, I can distinctly hear a larger room than what was captured in the hallway of the hotel. ![]()
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