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  Cover Never Before (single)jpg
  Artist Deep Purple
  From Album Machine Head
  B-side When A Blind Man Cries
  Released 1972
  Format 7"
  Recorded December 6- 21, 1971<br> Montreux , Switzerland
  Genre Hard Rock
  Length 4:00
  Label EMI (UK)<br> Warner Bros Records (US)
  Writer Ian Gillan <br> Ritchie Blackmore <br> Roger Glover <br> Jon Lord <br> Ian Paice
  Producer Deep Purple
  Last Single " Fireball "<br /><small>(1971)</small>
  This Single " Never Before "<br /><small>(1972)</small>
  Next Single " Smoke On The Water "<br /><small>(1973)</small>
  Album Machine Head
  Type studio
  Prev Track " Pictures Of Home "
  Prev No 3
  This Track "'''Never Before'''"
  Track No 4
  Next Track " Smoke On The Water "
  Next No 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 besides Smoke On The Water , with When A Blind Man Cries as a B-side , which surprised fans as the album contained hits such as Lazy , Space Truckin' and Highway Star . The single mix of the song is an edit of the album version and lasts 3:30.

Never Before has been rarely performed live. The only live recording of this song appears in Deep Purple In Concert . The song's single had recently been released at the time of the album.