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"Pictures of Home"

Song by Deep Purple from the album Machine Head

Released

March 1972

Recorded

December 6 - 21, 1971
Montreux, Switzerland

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

5:08

Label

EMI (UK)
Warner Bros. Records (US)

Writer

Ritchie Blackmore
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Ian Paice

Producer

Deep Purple

Machine Head track listing

"Maybe I'm a Leo"
(2)

"Pictures of Home"
(3)

"Never Before"
(4)

Pictures of Home is a song by the British hard rock group Deep Purple, from their 1972 album Machine Head. It begins with a drum introduction by Ian Paice and features a fast paced, driving guitar riff and bass line with several instrumental solos.

History

"Pictures of Home" is "probably" Jon Lord's favorite song from Machine Head. Blackmore says that he was inspired by a short wave radio channel, "probably from Bulgaria when writing the main riff. Ian Gillan's lyrics were a result of studio paranoia and home sickness. It is the only song from Machine Head that was not performed live during Deep Purple's 1972 tour.

Blackmore refused to play the song live. Since his replacement with Steve Morse in 1994, the song has become a recent feature in Deep Purple's live shows. It has been the opening song throughout the current Rapture of the Deep Tour.

Personnel

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Ian Gillan – vocals
Roger Glover – bass guitar
Jon Lord – keyboards
Ian Paice – drums

v t e Deep Purple

Ian Gillan Steve Morse Roger Glover Ian Paice Don Airey Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Rod Evans Nick Simper Tommy Bolin Joe Lynn Turner Joe Satriani

Studio albums	Shades of Deep Purple (1968) The Book of Taliesyn (1968) Deep Purple (1969) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) Fireball (1971) Machine Head (1972) Who Do We Think We Are (1973) Burn (1974) Stormbringer (1974) Come Taste the Band (1975) Perfect Strangers (1984) The House of Blue Light (1987) Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On... (1993) Purpendicular (1996) Abandon (1998) Bananas (2003) Rapture of the Deep (2005)

Live albums	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Made in Japan Made in Europe Last Concert in Japan Deep Purple in Concert Live in London Nobody's Perfect Scandinavian Nights Knebworth '85 Gemini Suite Live Live in Japan Come Hell or High Water King Biscuit Flower Hour California Jamming Mk III: The Final Concerts Live at the Olympia '96 Total Abandon: Australia '99 Deep Purple: Extended Versions Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy This Time Around: Live in Tokyo The Soundboard Series Live in Paris 1975 Inglewood – Live in California Space Vol 1 & 2 Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 Live in Stockholm Live in Europe 1993 Live at Montreux 1996 Live in Montreux 69 Live in Denmark 1972 Live at Montreux 2006 Live at Montreux 2011

Compilation albums	Purple Passages Mark I & II 24 Carat Purple Powerhouse When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll The Mark II Purple Singles Deepest Purple The Anthology Knocking at Your Back Door: The Best of Deep Purple in the 80's The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's 30: Very Best of Deep Purple Smoke on the Water (album) Shades 1968-1998 The Very Best of Deep Purple Days May Come and Days May Go Smoke On The Water & Other Hits Listen, Learn, Read On Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow The Early Years The Platinum Collection BBC Sessions 1968–1970

Singles and other songs	"Hush" "And The Address" "Hey Joe" "Love Help Me" "Help!" "Mandrake Root" "Prelude:Happiness / I'm So Glad" "One More Rainy Day" "Kentucky Woman" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Hallelujah" "Black Night" "Speed King" "Child in Time" "Strange Kind of Woman" "Fireball" "Highway Star" "Maybe I'm a Leo" "Pictures of Home" "Never Before" "Smoke on the Water" "Lazy" "Space Truckin'" "When a Blind Man Cries" "Burn" "Mistreated" "Perfect Strangers" "Call of the Wild" "Hush '88" "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" "Any Fule Kno That"

Videography	Concerto for Group and Orchestra Doing Their Thing Live in Concert 72/73 Live in California 74 (California Jam) Rises Over Japan Heavy Metal Pioneers Special Edition EP Come Hell or High Water Bombay Calling Live at Montreux 1996 Total Abandon Australia '99 In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra New, Live & Rare Perihelion Live Encounters Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head Live at Montreux 2006 Around the World Live History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 Phoenix Rising Live at Montreux 2011

Tours	Deep Purple Debut Tour First UK Tour Book of Taliesyn Tour Deep Purple European Tour In Rock World Tour Fireball World Tour Machine Head World Tour Deep Purple European Tour Burn World Tour Stormbringer World Tour Rockupation '75 Come Taste The Band World Tour Perfect Strangers World Tour, aka Reunion Tour The House of Blue Light World Tour Slaves & Masters World Tour Deep Purple 25 Years Anniversary World Tour, aka The Battle Rages on Tour Deep Purple and Joe Satriani Tour Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour Deep Purple Secret USA Tour Purpendicular World Tour A Band On World Tour Concerto World Tour Deep Purple World Tour Bananas World Tour Rapture of the Deep World Tour The Songs That Built Rock Tour Deep Purple Smoke on the Nation Canadian Tour 2012

Associated acts	Rainbow Blackmore's Night Ian Gillan Band Gillan Whitesnake Trapeze Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Dixie Dregs The Outlaws Captain Beyond Episode Six Warhorse Zephyr Green Bullfrog Paice, Ashton & Lord Lord Sutch's Savages Hughes Turner Project Fandango Black Country Communion

Related articles	Discography Members Purple Records Martin Birch Derek Lawrence Claude Nobs Randy California John Coletta

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