The Soundboard Series
The Soundboard Series | ||||
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Released | 26 October 2001[1] | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 12:46:31 | |||
Label | Thames Thompson | |||
Producer | Drew Thompson | |||
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The Soundboard Series is a live
double CDs featuring recordings from six different concerts. Two of the concerts feature the band's seldom performed Concerto for Group and Orchestra
, with Ian Gillan singing Pictured Within.
Personnel
- lead vocals
- Steve Morse – guitar
- Roger Glover – bass guitar
- Ian Paice – drums, percussion
- Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
- 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 listing
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 on 9 March 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 on 13 March 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" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover)- 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 on 14 March 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 on 20 March at Hong Kong Coliseum
Tokyo 24 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 on 24 March in Tokyo
- Featuring Ronnie James Dio (vocals) on tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 (disc one) and track 6 (disc two)
Tokyo 25 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 on 25 March in Tokyo
- Featuring Ronnie James Dio (vocals) on tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 (disc one) and track 5 (disc two)
References
- ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.
- The Soundboard Series at AllMusic. Retrieved 19:40, 9 December 2020 (UTC).