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.