2010 © Magnum - The Gathering (5CD Box Set Universal Music)

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Magnum: The Gathering ● 5CD Box Set

Исполнитель:
Magnum
Альбом:
The Gathering (5CD Box Set Universal Music)
Информация:
This compilation (p) & © 2010 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Universal Music Operations Ltd. UK / Sanctuary Records
Made in EU
Catalog Box: 5329907
Catalog CDs:
Disc 1: 5329908 • Disc 2: 5329911
Disc 3: 5329910 • Disc 4: 5329909 • Disc 5: 5329912
Жанр: Rock / Hard Rock / Progressive Rock / Melodic Rock
Год: 2010
Формат: FLAC / Level 8 (img + *cue + log, AccurateRip)
Качество: lossless
Covers: format PNG, full scans
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Каждый CD можно скачать отдельно
Each CD can be downloaded separately
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Подарочное издание, оформленное в виде книги, с 60-страничным буклетом, закрепленным в середине упаковки. Буклет содержит редкие фотографии и дополнительную информацию на английском языке.

Official Set Info
The Gathering is the first-ever complete cross-career celebration of the U.K.’s much adored melodic rockers musical canon. From the very first demo’s recorded in 1974 right up to the last album, Into The Valley Of The Moonking released in 2009, The Gathering captures every era of Magnum’s life and work over 5 classic discs. Included in the chronology are previously unreleased live tracks; rare demos; hard-to-find single B-Sides featuring extended and alternative versions. Disc 5 of the set is a complete vintage live performance previously unreleased on CD and taken from the Wings Of Heaven tour recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in March 1988. Accompanying the set is a sumptuous 60-page booklet which includes a ‘no stone left un-turned’ ten thousand word story of Magnum written by the Classic Rock magazine news editor, Dave Ling. The booklet also features an extensive pictorial history of the band with many previously unseen photographs and a ‘collectors spotting’ array of rare images of memorabilia and catalogue record releases. Also featured is a complete Magnum discography and Personnel list. Finally, The Gathering is wrapped in an exclusive artwork piece from Magnum’s long-standing contributing fantasy artist, Rodney Matthews.
The Gathering is the definitive Magnum release and a must-have item among the band’s loyal and devoted fan-base.

Reviewed by Tim Jones
While there’s always room to omit this or that old fave from any collection – and some truth to the charge that Magnum have been over-compiled – this box set works well enough as a primer and best of-plus-rarities release, offering 78 cuts covering 1974-2009 and bolstered by 60-page sleevenotes relating the history.
Purists will query omissions such as demos of Baby I Need and One More Round The Bend, as well as CBS one-shot single Sweets For My Sweet. But there are fresh gems on offer – not least the first demo by the band centred on singer Bob Catley and guitarist Tony Clarkin, Find The Time. It’s a glam-edged singalong akin to period Mott The Hoople, which is no bad thing. Magnum’s diverse early sound reflects the Midlands unit’s fluid line-up and a financial situation requiring they back the likes of Del Shannon. Still, while honing their craft they forged their own distinct, prog-friendly brand of pomp-rock, not a million miles from Queen. An alternate take on the classic Kingdom Of Madness on Disc One is complemented by other vintage highlights, such as the singalong Great Adventure and catchy, mid-tempo The Lights Burned Out demo. As Magnum consolidated their position on the hard rock circuit, they dished out heartfelt anthems such as All Of My Life, the air-punching Foolish Heart and, in 1982’s breakthrough LP Chase The Dragon, a winning formula of lofty vocals augmented by fulsome melodic rock backing, standouts including the pleading Soldier Of The Line and rousing The Spirit. An outtake from their Top 40 Eleventh Hour set of 1983, True Fine Love, romps along on Disc Two, with trademark Mark Stanway keys to the fore over racing percussion. A demo of the standard All England’s Eyes, meanwhile, boasts clear stereo separation and period Queen stylings – notably an acoustic guitar interlude. Stormers such as the story-song On A Storyteller’s Night, from its eponymous 1985 concept classic, and the pop-rock Just Like An Arrow are present and correct, along with staple zingers such as The Prize and Les Morts Dansant: arms and lighters aloft. While the band consolidated with the Roger Taylor-produced Vigilante (spawning singles such as Lonely Night), and hit Top 5 pay dirt with 1988’s Wings Of Heaven, a resultant shift to less visceral, chart-friendly material split opinion. Discs Three and Four here feature a handful of rebel-rousers, such as Vigilante, but the emphasis shifted to more balladic material such as It Must Have Been Love and, arguably, led to a gradual loss of momentum and sonic cutting edge. Hence, there are several 12” mixes and acoustic versions – as well as live cuts – preceding Catley and Clarkson’s Hard Rain interregnum and the band’s post-millennial return. Though past glories have yet to be equalled, the likes of The Moonking keep the flame burning, while the final live disc repeats some of the period classics, adding three unissued numbers from Hammersmith 1988. Enough to warrant attention by fans old and new.

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♪ Tony Clarkin - Guitar / ♪ Bob Catley - Vocals / ♪ Wally Lowe - Bass
♪ Richard Bailey - Keyboards, Flute / ♪ Kex Gorin - Drums
♪ Mark Stanway - Keyboards / ♪ Robin George -Guitar
♪ Mickey Barker - Drums / ♪ Jim Simpson - Drums

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01 Stormbringer
02 Find The Time (Kingdom Of Madness Session Outtake)
03 In The Beginning
04 Baby Rock Me
05 Universe
06 Invasion
07 Kingdom Of Madness (Alternative Version)
08 Great Adventure
09 Changes (7'' Single Remix)
10 The Battle
11 All Of My Life
12 If I Could Live Forever (Live)
13 Foolish Heart (Live)
14 Lords Of Chaos (Live)
15 The Lights Burned Out (Chase The Dragon Session Outtake)
16 Soldier Of The Line
17 On The Edge Of The World
18 The Spirit
19 The Teacher

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2010 © Magnum - The Gathering (5CD Box Set Universal Music)

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