Ammonia Avenue ripubblicato in cofanetto Deluxe e Blu-Ray

a cura di Francesco Ferrua 

Sulla scia di quanto già accaduto per Tales Of Mystery And Imagination e Eye In The Sky, anche Ammonia Avenue viene ripubblicato come lussuosa edizione limitata in cofanetto, questa volta ad opera della Esoteric Recordings. L'edizione viene pubblicata il 27 marzo e si compone di una grande quantità di materiale audio accompagnato da un interessante corredo informativo e collezionistico.


Il cofanetto, infatti, si compone di 3 Cd, 1 Blu-Ray (venduto anche separatamente, come prodotto a sé stante) e doppio vinile, corredato da un ricco libro in grande formato, un poster, un kit informativo e una cartolina promozionale - questi ultimi tre, repliche di materiale d'epoca. Ma vediamo nel dettaglio di cosa si compone il contenuto audio:

CD 1: “AMMONIA AVENUE” ORIGINAL STEREO MIX – Rimasterizzato

1. PRIME TIME
2. LET ME GO HOME
3. ONE GOOD REASON
4. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE
5. DON’T ANSWER ME
6. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE
7. YOU DON’T BELIEVE
8. PIPELINE
9. AMMONIA AVENUE
BONUS TRACKS (come già apparse nella Expanded Edition del 2008)
10. DON’T ANSWER ME (EARLY ROUGH MIX)
11. YOU DON’T BELIEVE (DEMO)
12. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE
(CHRIS RAINBOW VOCAL OVERDUBS)
13. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE
(ERIC GUIDE VOCAL – ROUGH MIX)
14. YOU DON’T BELIEVE (INSTRUMENTAL TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS)
15. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE / SPOTLIGHT (WORK IN PROGRESS)
16. AMMONIA AVENUE PART (ERIC DEMO VOCAL)
17. AMMONIA AVENUE (ORCHESTRAL OVERDUBS)

CD 2 - Inedito : ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARIES

1. PRIME TIME (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 1)
2. ONE GOOD REASON (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 1)
3. ONE GOOD REASON (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 2)
4. ONE GOOD REASON (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 3)
5. ONE GOOD REASON (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 4)
6. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
7. DON’T ANSWER ME (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
8. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 1)
9. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 2)
10. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 3)
11. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 1)
12. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 2)
13. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 3)
14. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY 4)
15. DON’T TAKE CHANCES WITH ME (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
16. YOU’LL BE SURPRISED (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
17. WISH I WAS MILES AWAY (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
18. TOBY’S THEME (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)
19. AMELIE’S THEME (ERIC’S SONGWRITING DIARY)

CD 3 - Inedito: STUDIO BONUS TRACKS

1. AMMONIA AVENUE RADIO ADVERT
2. PRIME TIME (ERIC WOOLFSON DEMO VOCAL ON ROUGH MIX)
3. PRIME TIME (MUSO’S EXPERIMENTING)
4. LET ME GO HOME (ROUGH BACKING TRACK)
5. ONE GOOD REASON (ERIC WOOLFSON VOCAL WITH ROUGH MIX)
6. ONE GOOD REASON (ROUGH BACKING TRACK)
7. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE (ROUGH BACKING TRACK)
8. DON’T ANSWER ME (ERIC WOOLFSON VOCAL WITH ROUGH MIX)
9. DON’T ANSWER ME (MUSO’S EXPERIMENTING)
10. DON’T ANSWER ME (BACKING TRACK – BEFORE PHIL SPECTOR TREATMENT AND ALTERNATIVE SAX SOLO)
11. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE (ERIC WOOLFSON DEMO VOCAL ON ROUGH
BACKING TRACK)
12. YOU DON’T BELIEVE (ALAN PARSONS DEMO VOCAL ON ROUGH MIX)
13. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC WOOLFSON DEMO VOCAL WITH ORCHESTRAL ROUGH MIX)
14. AMMONIA AVENUE (CHRIS RAINBOW BACKING VOCALS)
15. AMMONIA AVENUE (INSTRUMENTAL SECTION ROUGH MIX)
16. AMMONIA AVENUE (ERIC WOOLFSON PIANO TAKES)
17. AP 1 (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BACKING TRACK)

BLU-RAY - Inedito: 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX (2019) & HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO REMIX (2019) done by Alan Parsons

1. PRIME TIME
2. LET ME GO HOME
3. ONE GOOD REASON
4. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE
5. DON’T ANSWER ME
6. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE
7. YOU DON’T BELIEVE
8. PIPELINE
9. AMMONIA AVENUE
Including the promotional videos:

1. DON’T ANSWER ME
2. PRIME TIME

DOPPIO VINILE 45 rpm 12” - Inedito:   “AMMONIA AVENUE” THE NEW STEREO REMIX (2019) done by Alan Parsons

Side 1
1. PRIME TIME
2. LET ME GO HOME
3. ONE GOOD REASON
Side 2

1. SINCE THE LAST GOODBYE
2. DON’T ANSWER ME
Side 3

1. DANCING ON A HIGHWIRE
2. YOU DON’T BELIEVE
Side 4

1. PIPELINE
2. AMMONIA AVENUE

Un'edizione lussuosa che certamente attirerà le attenzioni sia dei tanti collezionisti, sia degli appassionati del surround. E per chi ama Eric Woolfson in maniera viscerale, i Songwriting Diaries non mancheranno di suscitare entusiasmo e passione, anche per la presenza di alcuni temi inediti e rimasti in versione demo.