The
site will not be updated regularly with new 'unofficial releases'; and I'll not
be too concerned with 'official releases' - except for genuinely new stuff.
I
shall keep the site alive - for example, I'm adding some fine videos from YouTube
(not necessarily the version featured on the that CD, but there ya go!), and I
shall continue to add UK tour news and other events.
About
This Video:
Matt Savage (piano) joins
Al Stewart (rhythm guitar and vocals) and Dave Nachmanoff (lead guitar) to perform
Stewart's hit "Year of the Cat".
This
was recorded on August 17, 2007 at the Francestown Old Meeting House in Francestown,
NH.
I hope
you'll find the site continues to be worth visiting, bookmarking and linking to
- just I feel the discography has been developed as far as it needs to go in this
download age!
Re-Issue
Time - 3
Three more albums to be reissued from June 2007
Past
Present and Future comes twinned with a second CD of a 'live' version from
his 1973 UK tour - that's a good bonus! (promised for June, but no confirmed release
date).
Year of the
Cat was re-released in 2004 with 'bonus tracks'; it has no lost those tracks
and will come with a twinned live tour CD - mixed blessing there for those who
bought in 2004! (promised for June, but no confirmed release date).
Time
Passages also comes with a live companion CD; the value of this one will depend
on the detail, as Time Passages
Live has been available for a few years. (promised for June, but no confirmed
release date).
The highlight of this latest batch - the highlight of the program
- is the first time ever release on one disc Indian
Summer.
If you only buy one of these albums, buy this one!
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carrots and Modern Times
are a bit yes and no - rearranging bonus tracks to force the fans to buy
albums all over again. Not exactly ethical, but the latest suicidal fad of record
companies who know they've lost the battle against downloads, and are determined
to squeeze the last cent out of loyal fans before it's too late!
In this case, SLAGIATT was always claimed to be an 'official
release', despite its limited circulation, so why is it being dismembered and
redistributed as 'never before released tracks'?
I've cross-referenced the
new versions with the old.
Re-Issue Time!
Most
of the whole back catalogue is being rereleased between now and June, with first
ever CD releases of the first three albums, and plenty of bonus tracks!
I'll
be adding more details for all the albums before the release dates.
So far,
I've added details on the first four - including alternative sources for most
of the bonus tracks, and links to the pre-order pages at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Tracklistings on all the 'unofficial'
albums that have been released through "Jackdaw" - cross referenced
to the 'official' albums where the tracks can be found.