The Soundboard Series

Infobox Album
Name = The Soundboard Series
Type = box
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = 2001
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Hard rock, Symphonic rock
Length = 12:46:31
Label = Thames Thompson
Producer = Drew Thompson
Reviews =
Last album = ""
(2001)
This album = "The Soundboard Series"
(2001)
Next album = "Live in Paris 1975"
(2001)

"The Soundboard Series" is a live box set recorded and released by the band Deep Purple in 2001. The set contains six double CDs featuring recordings from six different concerts. Two of the concerts feature the band's seldom performed Concerto for Group and Orchestra.

Musicians

*Ian Gillan - vocals
*Steve Morse - guitar
*Roger Glover - bass
*Jon Lord - keyboards
*Ian Paice - drums;Additional musicians (Melbourne, Wollongong, Newcastle, Hong Kong)
*Greg Maundrell - trumpet
*Charles MacInnes - trombone
*Paul Williamson - saxophone
*Billie Stapleton - backing vocals
*Angie Stapleton - backing vocals
*Natalie Miller - backing vocals;Additional musicians (Tokyo)
*New Japan Select Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann
*Big Horns Bee horn section

CD track listings

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where noted.

Melbourne 2001

Disc one

#"Woman from Tokyo" - 6:41
#"Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Steve Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:10
#"Mary Long" - 5:37
#"Lazy" - 6:01
#"No One Came" - 5:23
#"Black Night" - 6:40
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:21
#"'69" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 8:53
#"Smoke on the Water" - 9:04
#"Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 8:42

Disc two

#"Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice)- 6:28
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:27
#"Fools" - 10:04
#"Speed King" - 16:26
#"Hush" (Joe South) - 5:52
#"Highway Star" - 7:58
*Recorded March 9th at the Melbourne Rod Laver Arena

Wollongong 2001

Disc one

#"Woman from Tokyo" - 6:32
#"Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:04
#"Mary Long" - 5:20
#"Lazy" - 6:07
#"No One Came" - 5:49
#"Black Night" - 7:23
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:47
#"Fools" - 10:28
#"Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 8:20

Disc two

#"Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 6:34
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:44
#"Smoke on the Water" - 10:24
#"Speed King" (medley with "Good Times", featuring Jimmy Barnes on vocals) - 15:40
#"Hush" (South) - 4:24
#"Highway Star" - 7:36
*Recorded March 13th at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre

Newcastle 2001

Disc one

#"Woman From Tokyo" - 6:14
#"Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:11
#"Mary Long" - 5:56
#"Lazy" - 6:03
#"No One Came" - 5:37
#"Black Night" - 7:22
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:27
#"Fools" - 9:23
#"Perfect Strangers" - 9:30

Disc two

#"Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 6:19
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:26
#"Smoke on the Water" - 10:20
#"Speed King" (medley with "Good Times", featuring Jimmy Barnes on vocals) - 16:59
#"Hush" (South) - 4:18
#"Highway Star" - 7:24
*Recorded March 14th at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre

Hong Kong 2001

Disc one

#"Woman from Tokyo" - 6:29
#"Ted the Mechanic" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 4:49
#"Mary Long" - 5:36
#"Lazy" - 6:11
#"No One Came" - 5:57
#"Black Night" - 8:25
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:20
#"Fools" - 11:06
#"Perfect Strangers" - 10:08

Disc two

#"Hey Cisco" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 6:47
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:32
#"Smoke on the Water" - 10:11
#"Speed King" - 16:14
#"Hush" (South) - 4:21
#"Highway Star" - 7:33
*Recorded March 20th at Hong Kong Coliseum

Tokyo 24th March 2001

Disc one

#"Pictured Within" (Lord) - 11:04
#"Sitting in a Dream" (Glover) - 4:45
#"Love is All" (Glover, Eddie Hardin) - 4:30
#"Fever Dreams" (Ronnie James Dio) - 4:18
#"Rainbow in the Dark" (Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice) - 5:57
#"Watching the Sky" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 5:27
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:20
#"The Well-Dressed Guitar" (Morse) - 4:07
#"Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Nick Simper, Lord, Paice) - 5:09
#"Fools" - 9:54
#"Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 6:23

Disc two

#"Concerto Movement 1" (Lord) - 20:16
#"Concerto Movement 2" (Lord) - 18:36
#"Concerto Movement 3" (Lord) - 14:45
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:34
#"Pictures of Home" - 10:06
#"Smoke on the Water" - 7:04
*Recorded March 24th in Tokyo
*Featuring Ronnie James Dio (vocals) on tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 (disc one) and track 5 (disc two)

Tokyo 25th March 2001

Disc one

#"Pictured Within" (Lord) - 11:24
#"Sitting in a Dream" (Glover) - 4:22
#"Love is All" (Glover, Hardin) - 4:19
#"Fever Dreams" (Dio) - 4:52
#"Rainbow in the Dark" (Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice) - 5:10
#"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice) - 7:12
#"The Well-Dressed Guitar" (Morse) - 3:19
#"Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice) - 5:58
#"When a Blind Man Cries" - 7:42
#"Fools" - 10:12
#"Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 6:39

Disc two

#"Concerto Movement 1" (Lord) - 19:30
#"Concerto Movement 2" (Lord) - 19:16
#"Concerto Movement 3" (Lord) - 14:44
#"Pictures of Home" - 10:28
#"Smoke on the Water" - 11:40
*Recorded March 25th in Tokyo
*Featuring Ronnie James Dio (vocals) on tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 (disc one) and track 5 (disc two)