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Sail Away
Mk 3 (Blackmore/Coverdale): from Burn.
A Tommy Bolin studio version titled Sail Away Riff (aka Short Jam) was released on 1420 Beachwood Drive
Say You Love Me
Mk 4 (Coverdale): from Come Taste The Band sessions. Released on 1420 Beachwood Drive

Second Movement: andante - Concerto For Group And Orchestra
Mk 2 (Lord/Gillan): see Concerto For Group And Orchestra

Second Movement: Voice/Bass - Gemini Suite Live
Mk 2 (Lord): see Voice/Bass.

Seventh Heaven
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Abandon.

Shadows
Mk 1 (Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice): demo from Shades Of Deep Purple sessions in March & April 1968, no relation to Chasing Shadows. First released on The Anthology album in 1985. Released on CD on Shades (1968-1998) 4CD box set and Shades Of Deep Purple Remastered in February 2000.

She Was
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Abandon.

Shield
Mk 1 (Lord/Blackmore/Simper/Paice): from The Book Of Taliesyn.

Short Jam aka Sail Away Riff
Mk 4 (Blackmore/Coverdale): creative title for a "short jam" from Come Taste The Band sessions. Also known as Sail Away Riff because it includes the riff from Sail Away(!). Released on 1420 Beachwood Drive

Show Me The Way To Go Home
Mk 2 (King): instrumental studio jam from Fireball sessions. Released on Ritchie Blackmore - Rock Profile Vol. 1 (vinyl version only).

Silver Tongue
Mk 8 (Airey/Gillan/Glover/Morse/Paice): from Bananas

'69 (Sixty Nine)
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Abandon.

Slow Down Sister
Mk 5 (Blackmore/Glover/Turner): recorded during the Slaves And Masters sessions. Released on Love Conquers All single in 1990 and on Shades (1968-1998) 4CD box set.

Slow Train
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): demo recorded during Fireball sessions. Released on Fireball Aniversary Edition in 1997 and also on Shades (1968-1998) 4CD box set.

Smelly Botty
Mk 2 (Lord): from Who Do We Think We Are sessions. This silly studio demo from July 1972, with Jon Lord on vocals and piano, was earmarked for the Who Do We Think We Are Remastered Edition CD in 2000, but left off at Jon Lord's request.

Smoke On The Water
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from Machine Head. Quadrophonic remix version [6.38] vs [5.40] was released on The Anthology album in 1985, but not on the 1991 CD re-issue of that album. The quad remix was released on Listen Learn Read On 6CD box set in 2002. The original album version was remixed [6.18] vs [5.40] by Roger Glover in 1997 and released on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Machine Head. An edited version of the original album track [3.48] vs [5.40] was released as a single in 1972/73. This single edit can be found on the French Smoke On The Water - The Best Of and the Japanese Purple Chronicles 3CD box set.

Live performances - Mk 2, 3, 4 & 7:
Being the Deep Purple anthem, this song has been played at almost every Deep Purple concert, and has appeared on the most live albums and videos. Here's a list of them: New, Live And Rare Volume 3 EP, In Concert, Made In Japan, Live In Japan, California Jamming, Live At The California Jam video, Live In London, Perks & Tit, Mk III The Final Concerts, Last Concert In Japan, This Time Around, On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat, Deep Purple Rises Over Japan video, Knebworth '85, Nobody's Perfect, Come Hell Or High Water CD, Come Hell Or High Water video/DVD, Bombay Calling Video/DVD, Live At The Olympia '96, Total Abandon - Australia '99 CD, Total Abandon - Australia '99 video/DVD, Around The World 1995 - 1999 video, In Concert with the LSO 2CD, In Concert with the LSO Video/DVD, Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy, Pavarotti and Friends for Afghanistan 2001 CD, Perihelion DVD.

Unplugged:
Performed unplugged on Rockline Radio, 3rd May 2000 by Ian G (on vocals and harmonica), Steve and Roger. Not officially released.

Live Edits:
The Made in Japan version was edited [4.34] vs [7.32] and released as a single in the US and Japan in 1973. The only CD version (so far) of this live single edit was released in 1993 on the Purple Chronicles 3CD box set in Japan. Another edit [6.27] was released on the When We Rock We Rock And When We Roll We Roll compilation in the US. Yet another edit [5.12] appeared on the Mark 2 Purple Singles and a [7.01] edit was released on The Anthology CD in 1991.

Smooth Dancer
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from Who Do We Think We Are.

Soldier Of Fortune
Mk 3 (Blackmore/Coverdale): from Stormbringer. Quadrophonic remix version released on Listen Learn Read On 6CD box set in 2002. A shortened live version [2.21] (tagged onto the end of I Need Love) was released on Last Concert In Japan (but edited to appear that it was part of Smoke On The Water) and This Time Around.

Solitaire
Mk 2c (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The Battle Rages On.

Somebody Stole My Guitar
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Purpendicular. Also released on a single with The Aviator.

Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Purpendicular. Edited [4.35] vs [7.29] and released as a single. This single edit was used on the Finnish Purple Hits compilation CD in 2003. Live versions on: Live At The Olympia '96, Around The World 1995 - 1999 video, Total Abandon CD, Total Abandon Video/DVD, In Concert with the LSO 2CD, In Concert with the LSO Video/DVD, Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy, Perihelion DVD.

Son Of Alerik aka Son Of Aleric
Mk 2 (Blackmore): instrumental studio jam from Perfect Strangers sessions. Released on the Perfect Strangers EP in 1984. Also on Ritchie Blackmore - Rock Profile Vol. 2, Knocking At Your Back Door and on the Perfect Strangers CD re-issue in 1999. An edited version [5.25] vs [10.00] was released on the b-side of a Perfect Strangers single. The single edit was released on Shades (1968-1998) 4CD box set.
"Aleric" was king of the Goth's in 5th Century Europe
-- Kai Schirmer
Soon Forgotten
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Purpendicular.

Space Truckin'
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from Machine Head. Remixed by Roger Glover in 1997 and released on Machine Head 25th Anniversary edition.

Live performances - Mk 2, 3 & 7:
Scandinavian Nights video, Live In Denmark 1972, In Concert, Made In Japan, Live In Japan, California Jamming, Live At The California Jam video, Listen Learn Read On 6CD box set (the Live In London version), Mk III The Final Concerts, Knebworth '85, Nobody's Perfect, On The Road 4CD box set, Knocking At Your Back Door, Come Hell Or High Water CD, Come Hell Or High Water video/DVD Bombay Calling Video/DVD, Around The World 1995 - 1999 video

The Made In Japan version was split over 2 sides of a single in Mexico in 1972.

The Spanish Archer
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The House Of Blue Light. Edited version [4.57] vs [5.31] released on vinyl version of The House Of Blue Light. This edit was released on the German Child In Time CD compilation in 1995.

Speed King
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from In Rock. Roger Glover remixed Speed King in 1995 and this was released on In Rock Anniversary Edition. See also The Woffle and Kneel And Pray.

A few versions of this classic track exist, so here goes:

Early days It started out life as a song called Ricochet with different lyrics, then renamed Kneel And Pray and finally evolved into Speed King. A BBC version of Speed King was recorded 31 October 1969, which still included some Kneel And Pray lyrics, and was finally released on the Listen Learn Read On 6CD box set in 2002. A live performance can be found on Kneel & Pray.

Demo or "piano" version A demo version was recorded in October 1969 which featured Jon Lord on piano and has come to be known as the "piano version". It was released as a single in Holland in 1970, and on a Mexican EP in 1979. First album release was on Singles A's & B's in 1978. It can be found on the following CDs: Singles A's & B's from 1988, the French Smoke On The Water - The Best Of and In Rock Anniversary Edition. A "Roger Glover matching mix" was released as a single in 1995 with Black Night (Glover's Remix).

With or without the woffle The intro bit (known as The Woffle) was edited off some releases. A [4.04] version (no Woffle at all) (compared to [5.49]) was released on the US LP version of In Rock. Another edit [5.05] (no guitar intro) was released on Deepest Purple.

Live performances - Mk 2 & 7:
It was originally performed live in 1970 as Kneel And Pray and then later as Speed King. Here's where it can be found: Kneel & Pray, In Concert, Scandinavian Nights, Made In Japan 25th Anniversary, Doing Their Thing Video, Live In Japan, Knebworth '85, Come Hell Or High Water CD, Bombay Calling Video/DVD, Live At The Olympia '96, Total Abandon - Australia '99 CD, Total Abandon - Australia '99 video/DVD, Around The World 1995 - 1999 video, Perihelion DVD, On The Road 4CD box set, New, Live & Rare - The Bootleg Collection 1984-2000, The Soundboard Series, Perihelion DVD.

The Come Hell Or High Water live version was released as a single along with Anyone's Daughter (live) in 1994.

Interesting note: Speed King was inspired by Fire by Jimi Hendrix.

Read a full analysis of this track here...

The Stallion
Mk 7 (Morse/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from Purpendicular sessions. Unreleased.

Stand By Me
Mk 5 (Charles A. Tindley, also credited to Ben E. King): performed live once or twice on the European tour in 1991. No official release.

Statesboro' Blues
Mk 4 (Blind Willie McTell): from Come Taste The Band sessions. Released on Days May Come And Days May Go.

Steve Morse (Guitar Solo) aka Steve's Guitar Solo
Mk 7 (Morse): Live performances released on Bombay Calling video/DVD, Total Abandon CD, Total Abandon Video/DVD.

Stormbringer
Mk 3 (Blackmore/Coverdale): from Stormbringer. Live versions by Mk 3 and Mk 4 can be found on Made in Europe, Mk III Final Concerts, This Time Around and On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat.

Strange Kind Of Woman
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): recorded during Fireball sessions. Released on the US version of Fireball. UK release used Demon's Eye instead. Released on Mark I & II, New, Live And Rare (Japan 1989), Purple Chronicles 3CD box set and Shades (1968-1998) 4CD box set. A slightly edited version [3.47] vs [4.05] (guitar coda fades out early) was released as a single in 1971. This single edit appears on a number of compilations including Deepest Purple, Singles A's and B's and 30: The Very Best (both versions). Remixed by Roger Glover in 1996 and released on Fireball Anniversary Edition and the Spanish edition of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Made In Japan.

Live performances - Mk 2 & 7:
A live performance appeared on the UK TV show 'Top Of The Pops' in 1971 but has not been officially released. Live versions can be found on: In Concert, Scandinavian Nights video, Live In Denmark 1972, Made In Japan, Live In Japan, Knebworth '85, Nobody's Perfect, Total Abandon - Australia '99 CD, Total Abandon - Australia '99 video/DVD, On The Road 4CD box set, New, Live & Rare - The Bootleg Collection 1984-2000.

Strangeways
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The House Of Blue Light. Edited version [5.55] vs [7.36] released on vinyl version of The House Of Blue Light. This edit was released on the b-side of Call Of The Wild.

Stroke Of Midnight
Mk 5 (Blackmore/Lord/Glover/Paice/Turner): from early sessions for The Battle Rages On featuring Joe Lynn Turner. Mentioned by Ritchie Blackmore in an interview in Record Collector #228 (August 1998).
RC: Did you originally record the whole of the "Battle" album with Joe Lynn Turner?
RB: No, just two tracks: "Stroke Of Midnight" and "Lonely For You" (neither of which appeared on the album).
Sun Goes Down
Mk 8 (Airey/Gillan/Glover/Morse/Paice): from Bananas

Super Trouper
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice): from Who Do We Think We Are.

T

Talk About Love
Mk 2c (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The Battle Rages On. Live version on Come Hell Or High Water Video/DVD.

Ted The Mechanic: see Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic

Teddy Bears' Picnic
Mk 2b & 4 (Music: John W. Bratton (1867-1947), Words: James B. Kennedy): this nursery rhyme has appeared as a snippet a number of times during live performances. Sometimes spoken, sometimes sung or sometimes just the melody as a part of a solo. Look out for it during: Black Night (vocal) from Knebworth '85, Space Truckin' (instrumental) from Knebworth '85, Bad Attitude (spoken intro) from Nobody's Perfect and Speed King (instrumental) from Come Hell Or High Water CD. More about this song's history here.

That'll Be The Day
Mk 5 (Buddy Holly/Jerry Allison): performed live once or twice on the European tour in 1991. No official release.

Things I Never Said
Mk 8: from Rapture Of The Deep [Japanese version].

Third Movement: drums/finale - Gemini Suite Live
Mk 2 (Lord): See Drums/Finale

Third Movement: vivace presto - Concerto For Group And Orchestra
Mk 2 (Lord): See Concerto For Group And Orchestra

This Time Around & Owed To 'G'
Mk 4 (Hughes/Lord) / (Bolin): from Come Taste The Band. 'G' refers to George Gershwin. This Time Around (without Owed To 'G') was released on a Bulgarian compilation Golden Ballads in 1995. Demo version of Owed To 'G' released on Days May Come And Days May Go. Live versions on This Time Around and On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat.

Time To Kill
Mk 2c (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The Battle Rages On. Edited [4.36] vs [5.44] and released as a single.

Toccata in D minor
Mk 2b & 4 (Johan Sebastian Bach): famous classical organ piece performed live by Jon Lord on various occasions. Listen out for it during Jon Lord Solo from This Time Around and as the intro to Highway Star from Knebworth '85.

Tommy Bolin (Guitar) Solo
Mk 4 (Bolin): from This Time Around and On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat.

Too Much Is Not Enough
Mk 5 (Turner/Held/Greenwood): from Slaves And Masters.

A Touch Away
Mk 7 (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice): from Purpendicular.

Truth Hurts
Mk 2 (Blackmore/Glover/Turner): from Slaves And Masters.

Turtle Island Shuffle
Mk 7 (Severe/Glasnodol/Goole/Spencer/Nail aka Deep Purple): studio jamming and chatting from Purpendicular sessions. Released as a mail-order single under the title: 'Dick Pimple - Music From Turtle Island' in 1996.

A Twist In The Tale
Mk 2c (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover): from The Battle Rages On. Live version on Come Hell Or High Water CD and Come Hell Or High Water Video/DVD.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Mk 1 (Richard Strauss, arranged by Jon Lord): from The Book Of Taliesyn. Unlisted introduction section of River Deep Mountain High. Also known as Thus Spake Zarathustra or Also Sprach Zarathustra. The title "2001" is the most common due to it's use as the theme for the 1968 Stanley Kubrik film of that name. Used by Jon Lord as part of his Space Truckin' solos on Mk III Final Concerts and Knebworth '85.

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Under The Gun
Mk 2b (Blackmore/Glover/Gillan): from Perfect Strangers.

The Unwritten Law
Mk 2b (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Paice): from The House Of Blue Light. Vinyl LP uses a slightly edited version [4.35] vs [4.54].

Up The Wall (Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice)
Mk 7: new song peformed live during 2002 Tour.

See I've Got Your Number

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