Door to the Future: The Lightshow Tapes, Vol. 1

Door to the Future: The Lightshow Tapes, Vol. 1 Artist: Nektar
Label: Dream Nebula
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5060071321225
ASIN: B0009SPXNC


Release Date: 2005-09-13

Door to the Future: The Lightshow Tapes, Vol. 1


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Tracks:

  1. Devils' Door
  2. Nelly the Elephant
  3. Cast Your Fate
  4. Anyway/Sorrow
  5. Little Boy
  6. Odysee
  7. Fidgety Queen (She's So Heavy)
  8. Ron's On
  9. Show Me the Way
  10. I Need Love/Tommorrow
  11. Tommorrow Never Comes/Path of Light
  12. Recognition/Let It Grow/Termination

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Album Description

This special release features 5 previously unreleased tracks and quite different alternative versions of well know favorites such as 'Fidgety Queen'. All tracks are live editions from Germany in 1974 when the progressive rock band Nektar were at the peak of their success. Eclectic. 2005.

Album Details

The First Official Nektar "Bootleg" from Eclectic Discs. This Special Release features Five Previously Unreleased Tracks and Quite Different Alternative Versions of Well Know Favourites Such as "Fidgety Queen". All Tracks Are Live Editions from Germany in 1974 When Nektar were at the Peak of their Success in Germany with a Number One Album in "Remember the Future". Sound Quality is Good for a Live "Bootleg" but Obviously Not as Technically Perfect as a Studio Album.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A must for all Nektar fans.......2005-09-22

Believe it or not, despite the release date given by Amazon.com, I've had this CD for 6 weeks.
Anyway... This is a welcome glimpse into a live performance by a much under-appreciated band. It is actually an amalgam of several concerts within a fairly narrow time frame in the band's history. Given the fact that the recordings were almost 30 years old, there's only so much 21st century tinkering that can bring them up to today's level of expectation. That being said, it's still thrilling to hear these guys just before their popularity ascendancy. Three definite features that should help the potential buyer commit to a purchase are: hearing songs in their infancy before the committment (in those days) to vinyl; hearing songs that have never been recorded before; and reading Mick Brockett's liner notes about the band & the songs. Luckily for us this fellow was compulsive in recording details.
One note of curiosity: in extending his thanks to the band for their assistance in the production of this recording, he did not mention Allan "Taff" Freeman. Wonder why...
Great purchase!

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