Never Before
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| "Never Before" | ||
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| Single by Deep Purple | ||
| from the album Machine Head | ||
| A-side(s) | Never Before | |
| B-side(s) | When a Blind Man Cries | |
| Released | 1972 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | December 6- 21, 1971 Montreux, Switzerland |
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| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 4:00 | |
| Label | EMI (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Ian Gillan Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice |
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| Producer(s) | Deep Purple | |
| Deep Purple singles chronology | ||
| "Strange Kind of Woman" (1971) |
"Never Before" (1972) |
"Smoke on the Water" (1973) |
| Machine Head track listing | ||
| "Pictures of Home" (3) |
"Never Before" (4) |
"Smoke on the Water" (5) |
Never Before is a song by British rock band Deep Purple, which appears on their 1972 album Machine Head. This was originally the only single from the album, with When A Blind Man Cries as a b-side, which surprised fans as the album contained hits such as Lazy, Space Truckin', Smoke on the Water and Highway Star. The single mix of the song is an edit of the album version and lasts 3:30.
Never Before is/was rarely performed live. The only live recording of this song appears in Deep Purple In Concert, the song was a single at the time of the recording.
