BASS-IC VALUES
At least one music instruments-producing enterprise turned their specs on URIAH HEEP: from now Trevor Bolder is an official endorser of D’Alegria Custom Basses. A quality Brazilian-made guitar, D’Alegria Defender JB passive bass has become Trev’s instrument of choice, so reciprocating has been quite overdue.
GETTING EQUATED
A new AYREON album, “The Human Equation”, slated to appear in June, will again have a great array of guests. Yet this time Arjen Lucassen invited onto his warship two great masters of organ hamming and experts in big prog concepts, namely ex-URIAH HEEP Ken Hensley and IQ founding member Martin Orford. Teasing.
THE CLUES IN A CROSSWORD
February 9th is the release date for another batch of JETHRO TULL classic re-issues. This time a turn has come for 1978’s “Bursting Out double live album finally restored in its entirety to rival the original vinyl LP but with no additional material; 1979’s “Stormwatch” augmented with four bonus cuts previously available only on “20 Years” box set and a single CD, including such a gem as “Kelpie”; and 1980’s “A” that saw the group’s line-up changed with only guitarist Martin Barre staying alongside Ian Anderson whose solo album this was supposed to be. “A”has no extra songs on it – a pity! – but there’s a bonus DVD “Slipstream”, a glorious though murky extravaganza of videos to old songs intercut with a footage from 1980’s tour. Indispensable item, that is.
“Stormwatch”
– Stitch In Time
– Crossword
– Kelpie
– King Henry’s Madrigal
“A”: “Slipstream” Bonus DVD
– Black Sunday
– Dun Ringill
– Fylingdale Flyer
– Songs From The Wood
– Heavy Horses
– Sweet Dream
– Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll
– Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
– Aqualung
– Locomotive Breath
SQUEEZING THE TORMATOS
Another band that continue their re-issue programme is YES – three of their not-so-classic albums will see the light of day on February 24th. With all the interest to the additional material on 1978’s “Tormato”, of more interest might be some of the bonus tracks on 1980’s “Drama” – cuts from November 1979 infamous Paris sessions which resulted in disillusioned
Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman leaving the fold and replaced by Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn. Less intriguing are a couple of songs recorded in 1983 before Anderson was back and now placed on “90125”.
“Tormato”
– Abilene (“Don’t Kill The Whale” UK B-side)
– Money
– Picasso (previously unreleased)
– Some Are Born (previously unreleased)
– You Can Be Saved (previously unreleased)
– High (previously unreleased)
– Days (Demo)
– Countryside (previously unreleased)
– Everybody’s Song (“Does It Really Happen” early demo)
– Onward (backing track – hidden)
“Drama”
– Into The Lens (single version)
– Run Through The Light (single version)
– Have We Really Got To Go Through This (previously unreleased)
– Song No. 4 (Satellite) (previously unreleased)
– Tempus Fugit (tracking session)
– White Car (tracking session)
– Dancing Through The Light *
– Golden Age *
– In The Tower *
– Friend Of A Friend *
* – from the 1979 Paris sessions by Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe and Alan White
“90125”
– Leave It * (single remix)
– Make It Easy *
– It Can Happen * (cinema version)
– It’s Over * (previously unreleased)
– Owner Of A Lonely Heart (extended remix)
– Leave It (a capella version)
* – performed by Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire and Alan White
YONGER THEN THAN NOW
A concert Bob Dylan played on October 31st, 1964 at NYC’s Philharmonic Hall was one of his last purely acoustic performances, and it’s a shame that a recording of Bob’s all-acoustic show has never been released officially – until now. Bootleggers made up for that, and the tapes are known as the “Halloween Mask” concert, because of Dylan’s remark “It’s Halloween, and I’m wearing my Bob Dylan mask!” changed hands for long. The sound quality, though, left much to be desired, so “Bob Dylan Bootleg series, Volume Six: Live 1964 – Concert at Philharmonic Hall” double-CD, out on March 9th, is eagerly awaited for. Not only by collectors – the set’s amazing:
Disc 11. The Times They Are A-Changin’ |
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Disc 21. Talkin’ World War III Blues |
