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"Highway Star" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple. It is the opening track on the band's sixth studio album Machine Head (1972) and is the fastest tempo song on the album. It is characterised by long, classically inspired guitar and organ solos.
Four songs from Machine Head ("Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'") were included in the album. [39] The album title was inspired by the adjustment knobs on Roger Glover’s bass; such knobs on string instruments are known as a machine head, and the back album cover features a picture of Glover's bass headstock. [40]
Songs from the albums The Origin of the Feces and then-new material from The Least Worst Of are not represented on the album. Despite being an unsanctioned release, the cover of Deep Purple 's " Highway Star " does not appear on any other Type O Negative release and is exclusive to the compilation - with the exception of its previous inclusion ...
On 2 April 2007 Gillan released a DVD Highway Star – A Journey in Rock. The DVD has 6 hours of footage including documentaries and music clips. This was followed in February 2008 by a double live album on Edel Records, Live in Anaheim that features Gillan and Deep Purple classic songs and several rarities. A companion DVD was released in May ...
All songs from this album, along with several others added, appeared on the 1998 UK album 30: Very Best of Deep Purple, released by EMI, and the 2000 US album The Very Best of Deep Purple, released by Rhino. In 2010 a 30th Anniversary Edition of this compilation was released (25 October in the UK and 2 November in the US).
This live performance is well known for Blackmore's erratic behaviour on stage. The band opened with Highway Star without Blackmore who did not enter the stage until his guitar solo section approximately 3:00 in. For unknown reasons, he took issue with the presence of a cameraman filming behind Ian Gillian on the opposite side of the stage.
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Highway Star may refer to: "Highway Star" (song), a song on Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head; Highway Star, the band that became Stiff Little Fingers; Highway Star, a 1979 graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo; Highway Star; Highway Star, a Stand featured in Diamond is Unbreakable named after the Deep Purple song