CD Review: Genesis Box Set (1970 -1975)

Genesis: Dopo le edizioni relative ai periodi 1976-1982 e 1983-1989, ecco il Box contenente le ripubblicazioni degli album dei Genesis del periodo 1970-1975. (Box Set (1970-1975: 1970-1975) + 6 DVD [SACD]-[Hybrid SACD])

Dopo le edizioni relative ai periodi 1976-1982 e 1983-1989, ecco finalmente in arrivo l'attesissimo box contenente le ripubblicazioni degli album dei Genesis del periodo 1970-1975!

I 5 titoli (da 'Trespass' al doppio 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway') sono i primi della lunga carriera dei Genesis, i leggendari album del periodo in cui la band era capitanata da 'Peter Gabriel'. Come per i precedenti cofanetti, anche in questo caso si tratta delle versioni rimasterizzate in SACD + DVD (per il momento non disponibili separatamente) con in più un libretto cartonato ed un bonus disc in SACD + DVD contenente brani rari, B side e video.

In più, viene reso disponibile anche il box contente gli stessi titoli in vinile da 200 grammi.

Testi di: Genesis

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Looking For Someone
2. White Mountain
3. Visions Of Angels
4. Stagnation
5. Dusk
6. Knife
7. Looking For Someone
8. White Mountain
9. Visions Of Angels
10. Stagnation
11. Dusk
12. Knife

Disc: 2
1. Looking For Someone
2. White Mountain
3. Visions Of Angels
4. Stagnation
5. Dusk
6. Knife
7. Looking For Someone
8. White Mountain
9. Visions Of Angels
10. Stagnation
11. Dusk
12. Knife
13. Trespass

Disc: 3
1. Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Seven Stones
5. Harold The Barrel
6. Harlequin
7. Fountain Of Salmacis
8. Musical Box
9. For Absent Friends
10. Return Of The Giant Hogweed
11. Seven Stones
12. Harold The Barrel
13. Harlequin
14. Fountain Of Salmacis

Disc: 4
1. Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Seven Stones
5. Harold The Barrel
6. Harlequin
7. Fountain Of Salmacis
8. Musical Box
9. For Absent Friends
10. Return Of The Giant Hogweed
11. Seven Stones
12. Harold The Barrel
13. Harlequin
14. Fountain Of Salmacis
15. Nursery Cryme

Disc: 5
1. Watcher Of The Skies
2. Time Table
3. Get 'Em Out By Friday
4. Can Utility And The Coastliners
5. Horizons
6. Supper's Ready
7. Watcher Of The Skies
8. Time Table
9. Get 'Em Out By Friday
10. Can Utility And The Coastliners
11. Horizons
12. Supper's Ready

Disc: 6
1. Watcher Of The Skies
2. Time Table
3. Get 'Em Out By Friday
4. Can Utility And The Coastliners
5. Horizons
6. Supper's Ready
7. Watcher Of The Skies
8. Time Table
9. Get 'Em Out By Friday
10. Can Utility And The Coastliners
11. Horizons
12. Supper's Ready
13. Foxtrot
14. Brussels Belgium
15. Rome Italy

Disc: 7
1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
3. Firth Of Fifth
4. More Fool Me
5. Battle Of Epping Forest
6. After The Ordeal
7. Cinema Show
8. Aisle Of Plenty
9. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
10. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
11. Firth Of Fifth
12. More Fool Me
13. Battle Of Epping Forest
14. After The Ordeal
15. Cinema Show
16. Aisle Of Plenty

Disc: 8
1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
3. Firth Of Fifth
4. More Fool Me
5. Battle Of Epping Forest
6. After The Ordeal
7. Cinema Show
8. Aisle Of Plenty
9. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
10. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
11. Firth Of Fifth
12. More Fool Me
13. Battle Of Epping Forest
14. After The Ordeal
15. Cinema Show
16. Aisle Of Plenty
17. Selling England By The Pound
18. Shepperton Studios Italian TV 1973
19. Bataclan France 1973

Disc: 9
1. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Fly On A Windshield
3. Broadway Melody Of 1974
4. Cuckoo Cocoon
5. In The Cage
6. Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
7. Back In NYC
8. Hairless Heart
9. Counting Out Time
10. Carpet Crawlers
11. Chamber Of 32 Doors
12. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
13. Fly On A Windshield
14. Broadway Melody Of 1974
15. Cuckoo Cocoon
16. In The Cage
17. Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
18. Back In NYC
19. Hairless Heart
20. Counting Out Time
21. Carpet Crawlers
22. Chamber Of 32 Doors

Disc: 10
1. Lilywhite Lilith
2. Waiting Room
3. Anyway
4. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
5. Lamia
6. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
7. Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
8. Ravine
9. Light Dies Down On Broadway
10. Riding The Scree
11. In The Rapids
12. It
13. Lilywhite Lilith
14. Waiting Room
15. Anyway
16. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
17. Lamia
18. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
19. Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
20. Ravine
21. Light Dies Down On Broadway
22. Riding The Scree
23. In The Rapids
24. It

Disc: 11
1. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Fly On A Windshield
3. Broadway Melody Of 1974
4. Cuckoo Cocoon
5. In The Cage
6. Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
7. Back In NYC
8. Hairless Heart
9. Counting Out Time
10. Carpet Crawlers
11. Chamber Of 32 Doors
12. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
13. Fly On A Windshield
14. Broadway Melody Of 1974
15. Cuckoo Cocoon
16. In The Cage
17. Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
18. Back In NYC
19. Hairless Heart
20. Counting Out Time
21. Carpet Crawlers
22. Chamber Of 32 Doors
23. Lilywhite Lilith
24. Waiting Room
25. Anyway
26. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
27. Lamia
28. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
29. Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
30. Ravine
31. Light Dies Down On Broadway
32. Riding The Scree
33. In The Rapids
34. It
35. Lilywhite Lilith
36. Waiting Room
37. Anyway
38. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
39. Lamia
40. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
41. Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
42. Ravine
43. Light Dies Down On Broadway
44. Riding The Scree
45. In The Rapids
46. It
47. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
48. Melody

Disc: 12
1. Happy The Man
2. Twilight Alehouse
3. Going Out To Get You
4. Shepherd
5. Pacidy
6. Let Us Now Make Love
7. Provocation
8. Frustration
9. Manipulation
10. Resignation
11. Happy The Man
12. Twilight Alehouse
13. Going Out To Get You
14. Shepherd
15. Pacidy
16. Let Us Now Make Love
17. Provocation
18. Frustration
19. Manipulation
20. Resignation

Disc: 13
1. Happy The Man
2. Twilight Alehouse
3. Going Out To Get You
4. Shepherd
5. Pacidy
6. Let Us Now Make Love
7. Provocation
8. Frustration
9. Manipulation
10. Resignation
11. Happy The Man
12. Twilight Alehouse
13. Going Out To Get You
14. Shepherd
15. Pacidy
16. Let Us Now Make Love
17. Provocation
18. Frustration
19. Manipulation
20. Resignation
21. Extra Tracks 1970 To 1975
22. 1967 To 1975
23. Midnight Special

Artist: Genesis
Title: (Box Set:1970-1975)
Genre: Rock, Prog-Rock
Release Year: 2008
Type: Ristampe
Audio: CD13

Testi di: Genesis

CD Review Rock: The Alan Parsons Project - Eve - Stereotomy

Due nuove ristampe in versione (Expanded Edition) per gli Alan Parsons Project: 'Stereotomy' - 'Eve', con bonus e alternate versioni.

Due nuove ristampe in versione (Expanded Edition) con bonus e alternate versioni per gli Alan Parsons Project, il progetto capitnato da Alan Parson e Eric Woolfson.

Queste due nuove publicazioni 'Stereotomy' e 'Eve', vanno ad aggiungersi alle precedenti emissioni: (The Turn of a Friendly Card, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, Pyramid, Eye In The Sky e I Robot) chiudendo così il cerchio sui titoli più significativi della loro discografia rimasterizzati.

Il primo cd 'Eve', (il migliore dei due), qui le tracce in più sono sei: 'Lucifer in versione (Demo), 'Secret Garden' (Rough Mix), 'Damned If I Do'(Rough Mix), 'Don't Hold Back' (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix), 'Lucifer' (Early Rough Mix), e 'If I Could Change Your Mind' (Rough Mix). Un operazione interessante, dove si puo capire , come si costruiscono e si decostruiscono le canzoni in studio.

Per quanto riguarda 'Stereotomy' oltre all'originale tracklist, offre in più quattro versioni altrnative di 'Light Of The Worlduna', 'Rumour Goin' Round', e due alternate version di 'Stereotomy'.

Testi di: The Alan Parsons Project

Track List: (Eve)

1. Lucifer 5:08
2. You Lie Down With Dogs 3:48
3. I'd Rather Be A Man 3:53
4. You Won't Be There 3:43
5. Winding Me Up 3:55
6. Damned If I Do 4:52
7. Don't Hold Back 3:37
8. Secret Garden 4:43
9. If I Could Change Your Mind 5:59
10.Elsie's Theme From The Sicilian Defence (The 3:00
Project That Never Was)
11.Lucifer (Demo) 2:48
12.Secret Garden (Rough Mix) 4:42
13.Damned If I Do (Rough Mix) 4:46
14.Don't Hold Back (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix) 3:43
15.Lucifer (Early Rough Mix) 4:17
16.If I Could Change Your Mind (Rough Mix) 5:46

Track List: (Stereotomy)

1. Stereotomy 7:17
2. Beaujolais 4:27
3. Urbania (Instrumental) 4:59
4. Limelight 4:38
5. The Real World 4:21
6. Where's The Walrus (Instrumental) 7:30
7. Light Of The World 6:19
8. Chinese Whispers (Instrumental) 1:01
9. Stereotomy II 1:23
10.Light Of The World (Backing Track) 6:14
11.Rumour Goin' Round (Previously Unreleased 5:01
Demo)
12.Stereotomy (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) 6:37
13.Stereotomy II (Backing Rough Mix) 1:23

Artist: The Alan Parsons Project
Title: Stereotomy - Eve
Genre: Prog-rock, rock
Release Year: 2008
Type: Remaster + bonus tracks
Audio: CD1

Testi di: The Alan Parsons Project

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Come & See The Show

Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer
Title: Come & See The Show
Genre: Prog Rock
Release Year: 2008
Type: New release
Audio: CD
Total Runtime: 61:08 min

Per delineare al meglio una raccolta degna del repertorio del trio prog-rock più importante di tutti i tempi, non basterebbero 10 cd. Come & See The Show degli Emerson Lake & Palmer, mescola così al meglio possibile, i brani significativi della band, introducendo l'ascoltatore nel prog-rock del supergruppo inglese, attraverso alcuni hit single, Gerusalemme, Lucky Man, e materiale classico, che va da From The Beginning, Knife-Edge, Tank, fino al live di Peter Gunn Theme. Quando il virtuosismo era al servizio della musica, e produceva cose buone!!

Tracklist:

1. C'est La Vie (4:19)
2. Fanfare For The Common Man (9:45)
3. From The Beginning (4:16)
4. Hoedown (3:47)
5. I Believe In Father Christmas (3:34)
6. Jerusalem (2:47)
7. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - Part 2 (4:50)
8. Knife-Edge (5:07)
9. Lucky Man (4:39)
10. Nutrocker (Live) (4:27)
11. Peter Gunn (Live) (3:41)
12. Still...You Turn Me On (2:55)
13. Tank (6:51)
14. Toccata (Live) (7:26)

Review
Though die-hard fans might say you couldn't define Emerson Lake & Palmer in anything less than a 10-CD box set, this two-CD collection is the best possible introduction to the prog-rock supergroup, mixing hit singles, live anthems and classic material ranging all the way from "Jerusalem" to the "Peter Gunn Theme".

Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid

Artist: Alan Parsons Project
Title: Pyramid
Genre: Prog Rock
Release Year: 2008
Original release: 1978
Type: Reissue con bonus
Audio: CD

Testi di Alan Parsons Project

E' quasi superfluo parlare di Alan Parsons Project e di Pyramid. Chi ha amato e ama tutt'ora la sua musica, conosce perfettamente questo disco in ogni sua sfaccettatura, e che sicuramente già possiede sia in lp, che in cd. Quindi questo remaster con bonus di Pyramid, ha del valore aggiunto solo nelle sette bonus tracks o demo che arricchiscono questa riedizione. Per quanto riguarda le nove canzoni che costituivano l'album originale, bè cosa dire: sono grandissime, What Goes Up..., Eagle Will Rise Again e lo strumentale Pyramania, valgono ancora la spesa. Per chi intende rimettere mano al portafogli, possiamo solo dire che: la rimasterizzazione è superba, l'unica nota negativa rimane il libretto, senza i testi?'

Track Listings

1. Voyager
2. What Goes Up...
3. Eagle Will Rise Again
4. One More River
5. Can't Take It With You
6. In The Lap Of The Gods
7. Pyramania
8. Hyper Gamma Spaces
9. Shadow Of A Lonely Man
10. Voyager / What Goes Up / The Eagle Will Rise Again (Instrumental)(Bonus)
11. What Goes Up/Little Voice (Early Version Demo)(Bonus)
12. Can\x{2019}t Take It With You (Early Version Demo)(Bonus)
13. Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Demo)(Bonus)
14. The Eagle Will Rise Again (Alt. Version \x{2013} Backing Track)(Bonus)
15. In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 1 - Demo)(Bonus)
16. In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 2 - Backing Track Rough Mix)(Bonus)

Testi di Alan Parsons Project

Mike Oldfield - Music Of The Spheres

Artist: Mike Oldfield
Title: Music Of The Spheres
Genre: Prog Rock
Release Year: 2008
Type: New release
Audio: CD

Il leggendario pluristrumentista e compositore inglese Mike Oldfield, ritorna in un certo qual'modo al passato con un nuovo disco Music Of The Spheres, dove la fonte ispirativa è risulta essere il suo milionario e incredibile primo album Tubular Bells, uscito nel lontano 1973 con 17 millioni di copie vendute in ww. Come la prima opera Tubular Bells, questo nuovo lavoro si divide in due parti, con lunghe e intrecciate suite strumentali, supportato dalla vocalist di estrazione classica Hayley Westenra e dal pianista Lang Lang.

Track Listings

1. Harbinger - 04.04
2. Animus - 03.09
3. Silhouette - 3.19
4. Shabda - 3.56
5. The Tempest - 5.48
6. Harbinger (reprise) - 1.30
7. On My Heart - 2.27 Feat: Hayley Westenra Part 2
8. Aurora - 03.42
9. Prophecy - 02.54
10. On My Heart (reprise) - 01.16
11. Harmonia Mudi - 03.46
12. The Other Side - 01.28
13. Empyrean - 01.37
14. Musica Universalis - 06.24