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Deep Purple: Machine Head (Warner Brothers 2607)

Jon Tiven, Fusion, July 1972

YA DON'T judge Lew Alcindor by Fran Tarkenton, and you can't judge Deep Purple by the Move so let's fergit any angles like that because the two just aren't in the same league. Let's just say that maybe Deep Purple is the best hard rock band next to Led Zeppelin.

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