… Montreux. We were doing some sorting out of folders recently and turned up this shot, which shows author Simon Robinson swopping tips on sandals with Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. Simon’s book Fire In The Sky on the band’s seminal album Machine Head is finally back on the drawing board after having to take a back seat while he wrapped up two other books. The location here is the famous Grand Hotel in Montreux when a special get together was arranged to visit the corridor where the album was recorded in late 1971. The space is the hotel foyer which guitarist Ritchie Blackmore used to get a nice gentle echo on a couple of his solos. The photo was taken by Mike Wiklund. I know I’ll never forget!