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Oceans of Delphi

Al Stewart Live 1970 - 1996

Previously released as "Meridian XVII"

Volume 1

1	Samuel Oh How You've Changed	6'33
2	Love Chronicles	19'33
3	Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres	7'03
4	Zero She Flies	7'49
5	Manuscript	8'03
6	Elvaston Place	3'59
7	I'm Falling	5'01
8	Songs Out of Clay	6'38

Volume 2

1	Sparrow	3'49
2	Terminal Eyes	3'33
3	Roads To Moscow	8'17
4	Old Admirals	6'50
5	Modern Times	6'42
6	The Dark and The Rolling Sea	5'02
7	Not The One	6'06
8	Apple Cider Reconstitution	5'32
9	Flying Sorcery	5'12
10	Year of the Cat	5'27

Volume 3

1	Palace of Versailles	5'12
2	Optical Illusion	3'54
3	Accident on 3rd Street	3'36
4	Last Days of the Century	5'46
5	Trains	7'40
6	Genie on a Table Top	3'32
7	Rest in Peace	3'43
8	Joe The Georgian	3'44
9	Night Train to Munich	4'22
10	Laughing Into 1939	4'00

Another great random selection of live tracks, many quite rare, others interesting arrangements of not so rare tracks.

Performing Love Chronicles live is quite an achievement, and this is one of very few versions around. The rest of Volume 1 features tracks that are few and far between - and they take you right back to the university tours of the early 1970s.

Sound quality varies, but no tracks are 'poor', and most of the more recent ones are excellent.

Overall Quality (entirely subjective!)
Originality / Uniquity
Sound Quality - Disc 1
Sound Quality - Disc 2
Sound Quality - Disc 3
This is impossible to find 'new' - I buy all my rarities from ebay, but I recommend observing before bidding - prices vary considerably. Check if there's a copy for sale. Most of the tracks are available on studio and compilation CDs.

30 August 2008 |