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Years of the Cat: Madfish Collects Complete Al Stewart on Massive 50-CD Box Set

February 25, 2022 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Al Stewart The Admiralty Lights

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2022 just might turn out to be the Year of the Cat if Madfish Music has anything to do with it.  On June 3, the U.K. label will release a massive, 50-CD box set anthologizing the career of celebrated singer-songwriter Al Stewart.  The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live, and Rare 1964-2009 spans five decades of the artist behind "Year of the Cat," "Time Passages," "Midnight Rocks," "Bedsitter Images," and "Nostradamus" via his complete released live and studio recordings and over 300 previously unreleased bonus tracks.

The set, limited to 2,000 copies (with the assurance that it will not be subsequently reissued), includes the following treasure trove of Stewart's works:

  • 21 CDs of studio albums from Bedsitter Images (1967) through Sparks of Ancient Light (2008), Stewart's last studio LP to date, all remastered from original tape transfers and presented in mini-LP-style jackets with original artwork elements preserved;
  • 18 CDs of live recordings;
  • 3 CDs of BBC Sessions from 1965-1972 (including a handful of cuts featuring Richard Thompson);
  • 8 CDs of Demos, Outtakes and Rarities from 1964-2008;
  • 160-page hardcover coffee table book featuring comprehensive liner notes by author Neville Judd, an in-depth interview with the artist, and rare memorabilia and ephemera;
  • 24-page softcover Collectors' Book detailing all the Rare Recordings in the set;
  • Year of the Cat print individually signed by artist Colin Elgie;
  • Colin Elgie original art print;
  • Last Days of the Century poster; and
  • The Early Years poster.

The Admiralty Lights follows Esoteric Recordings' recent deluxe editions of Stewart's landmark Alan Parsons-produced LPs Year of the Cat and Time Passages.  However, much of the bonus material on the two box sets - including the complete version of the Time Passages Radio Concert Album and the entire Seattle Paramount show of October 29, 1976 - is not reprised on the new box.

Madfish's box is due on June 3.  The lavish collection promises to be a comprehensive assessment of Stewart's varied recordings over the years, from his historical epics to his enduring radio favorites.  An unboxing video can be viewed here on YouTube.  Currently, the set is available at various retailers including Amazon.com and the Madfish/Burning Shed store.  You'll find the complete track listing below.

Al Stewart, The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live, and Rare 1964-2009 (Madfish, 2022) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

CD 1: BEDSITTER IMAGES

  1. Bedsitter Images
  2. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  3. The Carmichaels
  4. Scandinavian Girl
  5. Pretty Golden Hair
  6. Denise At 16
  7. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed!
  8. Cleave To Me
  9. A Long Way Down From Stephanie
  10. Ivich
  11. Beleeka Doodle Day

CD 2: LOVE CHRONICLES

  1. In Brooklyn
  2. Old Compton Street Blues
  3. Ballad of Mary Foster
  4. Life and Life Only
  5. You Should Have Listened to Al
  6. Love Chronicles

CD 3: ZERO SHE FLIES

  1. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices
  2. A Small Fruit Song
  3. Gethsemane, Again
  4. Burbling
  5. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  6. Manuscript
  7. Black Hill
  8. Anna
  9. Room of Roots
  10. Zero She Flies

CD 4: THE FIRST ALBUM (BEDSITTER IMAGES)

  1. Lover Man
  2. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  3. The Carmichaels
  4. Clifton in the Rain
  5. Bed Sitter Images
  6. Denise at 16
  7. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed!
  8. A Long way Down from Stephanie
  9. Ivich
  10. Beleeka Doodle Day

 CD 5: ORANGE

  1. You Don't Even Know Me
  2. Amsterdam
  3. Songs Out of Clay
  4. The News from Spain
  5. I Don't Believe You
  6. Once an Orange, Always an Orange
  7. I'm Falling
  8. Night of the 4th of May

CD 6: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

  1. Old Admirals
  2. Warren Harding
  3. Soho (Needless to Say)
  4. The Last Day of June 1934
  5. Post World War Two Blues
  6. Roads to Moscow
  7. Terminal Eyes
  8. Nostradamus

 CD 7: MODERN TIMES

  1. Carol
  2. Sirens of Titan
  3. What's Going On?
  4. Not the One
  5. Next Time
  6. Apple Cider Re-constitution
  7. The Dark and the Rolling Sea
  8. Modern Times

CD 8: YEAR OF THE CAT

  1. Lord Grenville
  2. On the Border
  3. Midas Shadow
  4. Sand in Your Shoes
  5. If it Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave it
  6. Flying Sorcery
  7. Broadway Hotel
  8. One Stage Before
  9. Year of the Cat

 CD 9: TIME PASSAGES

  1. Time Passages
  2. Valentina Way
  3. Life in Dark Water
  4. A Man for All Seasons
  5. Almost Lucy
  6. The Palace of Versailles
  7. Timeless Skies
  8. Song on the Radio
  9. End of the Day

CD 10: TIME PASSAGES LIVE (THE LIVE RADIO CONCERT ALBUM)

  1. On the Border
  2. Time Passages
  3. Life in Dark Water
  4. Roads to Moscow
  5. Valentina Way
  6. Year of the Cat
  7. The Pink Panther Theme
  8. Song on the Radio

CD 11: 24 CARROTS

  1. Running Man
  2. Midnight Rocks
  3. Constantinople
  4. Merlin's Time
  5. Mondo Sinistro
  6. Murmansk Run / Ellis Island
  7. Rocks in the Ocean
  8. Paint by Numbers
  9. Optical Illusion

CD 12: INDIAN SUMMER (STUDIO)

  1. Here in Angola
  2. Indian Summer
  3. Pandora
  4. Delia's Gone
  5. Princess Olivia

CD 13: INDIAN SUMMER (LIVE AT THE ROXY, APRIL, 1981)

  1. Running Man
  2. Time Passages
  3. Merlin's Time
  4. If it Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It
  5. Roads to Moscow
  6. Nostradamus 1/ World Goes to Riyadh / Nostradamus 2
  7. Soho (Needless to Say)
  8. On the Border
  9. Valentina Way
  10. Clarence Frogman Henry
  11. Year of the Cat

CD 14: RUSSIANS & AMERICANS

  1. Lori, Don't Go Right Now
  2. Rumours of War
  3. The Gypsy and The Rose
  4. Accident on 3rd Street
  5. Strange Girl
  6. Russians & Americans
  7. Cafe Society
  8. 1 2 2003
  9. The Candidate

CD 15: LAST DAYS OF THE CENTURY

  1. Last Days Of The Century
  2. Real And Unreal
  3. King Of Portugal
  4. Red Toupee
  5. Where Are They Now?
  6. Bad Reputation
  7. Josephine Baker
  8. License To Steal
  9. Fields Of France
  10. Antarctica
  11. Ghostly Horses Of The Plain

CD 16: RHYMES IN ROOMS (LIVE)

  1. Flying Sorcery
  2. Soho (Needless To Say)
  3. Time Passages
  4. Josephine Baker
  5. On The Border
  6. Nostradamus
  7. Fields Of France
  8. Clifton In The Rain / Small Fruit Song
  9. Broadway Hotel
  10. If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It
  11. Year Of The Cat

CD 17: FAMOUS LAST WORDS

  1. Feel Like
  2. Angel Of Mercy
  3. Don't Forget Me
  4. Peter On The White Sea
  5. Genie On A Table Top
  6. Trespasser
  7. Trains
  8. Necromancer
  9. Charlotte Corday
  10. Hipposong
  11. Night Rolls In

CD 18: BETWEEN THE WARS

  1. Night Train To Munich
  2. The Age Of Rhythm
  3. Sampan
  4. Lindy Comes To Town
  5. Three Mules
  6. A League Of Notions
  7. Life Between The Wars
  8. Betty Boop's Birthday
  9. Marion The Chatelaine
  10. Joe The Georgian
  11. Always The Cause
  12. Laughing Into 1939
  13. The Black Danube

CD 19: DOWN IN THE CELLAR

  1. Waiting For Margaux
  2. Tasting History
  3. Down In The Cellars
  4. Turning It Into Water
  5. SoHo
  6. The Night That The Band Got The Wine
  7. Millie Brown
  8. Under A Wine-Stained Moon
  9. Franklin's Table
  10. House Of Clocks
  11. Sergio
  12. Toutes Les Etoiles
  13. The Shiraz Shuffle

CD 20: A BEACH FULL OF SHELLS

  1. The Immelman Turn
  2. Lear
  3. Royal Courtship
  4. Rain Barrel
  5. Somewhere In England 1915
  6. Katherine Of Oregon
  7. Mona Lisa Talking
  8. Class Of '58 (edit)
  9. Out In The Snow
  10. My Egyptian Couch
  11. Gina In The Kings Road
  12. Beacon Street
  13. Anniversary

CD 21: SPARKS OF ANCIENT LIGHT

  1. Lord Salisbury
  2. (A Child's View Of) The Eisenhower Years
  3. The Ear Of The Night
  4. Hanno The Navigator
  5. Shah Of Shahs
  6. Angry Bird
  7. The Loneliest Place On The Map
  8. Sleepwalking
  9. Football Hero
  10. Elvis At The Wheel
  11. Silver Kettle
  12. Like William McKinley

CD 22: FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON, FEBRUARY 11th, 1970

  1. Zero She Flies
  2. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  3. Room Of Roots
  4. One Too Many Mornings
  5. Clifton In The Rain
  6. Once An Orange, Always An Orange
  7. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  8. Nostradamus

CD 23: WARWICK UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1970

  1. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  2. Zero She Flies
  3. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  4. Songs Out Of Clay
  5. In Brooklyn
  6. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed!
  7. Room Of Roots
  8. Old Compton Street Blues
  9. Elvaston Place
  10. Manuscript
  11. Love Chronicles

 CD 24: MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY, 1971

  1. You Don't Even Know Me
  2. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  3. A Small Fruit Song
  4. Dance Of The Prunes
  5. Night Of The 4th May / I'm Falling
  6. Ivich
  7. Room Of Roots
  8. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices
  9. Blessed

CD 25: MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY 18th 1972

  1. Songs Out Of Clay
  2. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  3. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  4. Nostradamus
  5. Zero She Flies / Gethsemane Again / In Brooklyn
  6. I'm Falling

CD 26: MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY 10th, 1973

  1. Songs Out Of Clay
  2. Soho (Needless To Say)
  3. Clifton In The Rain / A Small Fruit Song
  4. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  5. Last Day Of June 1934
  6. Old Admirals
  7. Zero She Flies
  8. I'm Falling
  9. In Brooklyn
  10. Post-World War Two Blues

CD 27: MUSIKFORUM, UPPSALA, SWEDEN, 1973

  1. Songs Out Of Clay
  2. In Brooklyn
  3. Clifton In The Rain
  4. Post World War Two Blues
  5. Room Of Roots
  6. Warren Harding
  7. Nostradamus
  8. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  9. Amsterdam
  10. I'm Falling
  11. Black Hill
  12. A Small Fruit Song
  13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  14. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices

 CD 28: HEATH FOLK CLUB, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON, 1973

  1. Songs Out Of Clay
  2. I'm Falling
  3. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
  4. Post-World War Two Blues
  5. Manuscript
  6. A Small Fruit Song
  7. Nostradamus
  8. Amsterdam
  9. Gethsemane Again
  10. In Brooklyn / Life And Life Only
  11. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  12. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 CD 29: MY FATHER'S PLACE, ROSLYN, NEW YORK, MAY 8th, 1974

  1. Soho (Needless To Say)
  2. Old Admirals
  3. Terminal Eyes / Post-World War Two Blues
  4. Once An Orange, Always An Orange
  5. Roads To Moscow
  6. A Small Fruit Song
  7. Nostradamus

CD 30: GOLDERS GREEN HIPPODROME, LONDON, JUNE 27th, 1974 (BBC BROADCAST)

  1. Soho (Needless To Say)
  2. Old Admirals
  3. Terminal Eyes / Post World War Two Blues
  4. Roads To Moscow
  5. A Small Fruit Song

THE HOWFF, LONDON, JUNE 29th, 1974

  1. Soho (Needless To Say)
  2. Old Admirals
  3. Terminal Eyes
  4. Roads To Moscow
  5. All Along The Watchtower

 CD 31: TOWER THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 26th, 1975 (PART ONE)

  1. Apple Cider Reconstitution
  2. Not The One
  3. Old Admirals
  4. Soho (Needless To Say)
  5. Post World War Two Blues
  6. Roads To Moscow

CD 32: TOWER THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 26th, 1975 (PART TWO)

  1. Eight Arms To Hold You
  2. Nostradamus
  3. The Dark And The Rolling Sea
  4. Sirens Of Titan
  5. Carol
  6. Modern Times

CD 33: LIVE AT READING UNIVERSITY, DECEMBER 4th, 1976 (BBC BROADCAST)

  1. Apple Cider Reconstitution
  2. The Dark And The Rolling Sea
  3. One Stage Before
  4. Soho (Needless To Say)
  5. On The Border
  6. Broadway Hotel
  7. Roads To Moscow
  8. Sirens Of Titan
  9. Year Of The Cat
  10. If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It
  11. Carol

CD 34: MESA, ARIZONA, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1980

  1. Running Man
  2. Sirens Of Titan
  3. Time Passages
  4. Broadway Hotel

 UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE, LOS ANGELES, SEPTEMBER 16th, 1980

  1. Constantinople
  2. On The Border
  3. Paint By Numbers
  4. Year Of The Cat
  5. Valentina Way

HAMMERSMITH ODEON, LONDON, 1980

  1. Mondo Sinistro
  2. Broadway Hotel
  3. Rocks In The Ocean
  4. Nostradamus
  5. Al Explains Nostradamus (Hidden Track)

CD 35: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, JULY 29th, 1989 (BBC BROADCAST)

  1. Antarctica
  2. Manuscript
  3. Time Passages
  4. Josephine Baker
  5. Nostradamus
  6. If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It
  7. La Bamba / On The Border
  8. Roads To Moscow
  9. Year Of The Cat

CD 36: CHESTNUT CABARET, PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 8th, 1991

  1. Soho (Needless To Say)
  2. Time Passages
  3. Broadway Hotel
  4. Timeless Skies
  5. Delia's Gone
  6. On The Border
  7. Nostradamus
  8. Josephine Baker
  9. Clifton In The Rain / A Small Fruit Song
  10. Carol
  11. Year Of The Cat
  12. Angel Of Mercy
  13. The Candidate

CD 37: OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC, CHICAGO, JUNE 19th, 2006

  1. Flying Sorcery
  2. On The Border
  3. Night Train To Munich
  4. League Of Notions
  5. Lindy Comes To Town
  6. Time Passages
  7. Katherine Of Oregon
  8. House Of Clocks
  9. Soho (Needless To Say)
  10. Marion The Chatelaine
  11. Somewhere In England 1915
  12. Gina In The Kings Road

CD 38: McCABES, SANTA MONICA, FEBRUARY 1st, 2008

  1. (A Child's View Of) The Eisenhower Years
  2. Shah Of Shahs
  3. Unexpected Frisson
  4. Time Passages
  5. Sleepwalking
  6. Soho (Needless To Say)
  7. Year Of The Cat
  8. Hanno The Navigator
  9. Broadway Hotel

CD 39: MCCABES, SANTA MONICA, APRIL 24th, 2009

  1. House Of Clocks
  2. Angry Bird
  3. Katherine Of Oregon
  4. (A Child's View Of) The Eisenhower Years
  5. On The Border
  6. Night Train To Munich
  7. Marion The Chatelaine
  8. League Of Notions
  9. The Elf / Silver Kettle
  10. Gina In The Kings Road
  11. Ear Of The Night
  12. Down In The Cellars

CD 40: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART ONE (1964-1973)

  1. Child Of The Bomb (Dolphin Court)
  2. Swansong Of The Millionth Man (Dolphin Court)
  3. Go Your Way (London acetate)
  4. 1944 (Dolphin Court)
  5. The Elf (Decca single)
  6. Turn To Earth (Decca single)
  7. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (Dolphin Court)
  8. Eight Arms To Hold You (Dolphin Court)
  9. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed! (Dolphin Court)
  10. Ivich (Dolphin Court)
  11. In Brooklyn (Dolphin Court)
  12. Room Of Roots (Dolphin Court)
  13. Manuscript (Dolphin Court)
  14. The News From Spain (CBS Single Edit)
  15. Elvaston Place (CBS Single)
  16. Lyke-Wake Dirge (Previously unreleased)
  17. Old Admirals (Instrumental version)
  18. Terminal Eyes (Instrumental version)
  19. Roads To Moscow (Alternate version)

CD 41: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART TWO (1973-1976)

  1. A Sense Of Déja Vu (Outtake)
  2. Stormy Night (Outtake)
  3. Swallow Wind (CBS Single)
  4. Willie The King (Outtake)
  5. The Dark And Rolling Sea (Instrumental)
  6. Dangerzone (Outtake)
  7. Belsize Blues (Outtake)
  8. Company (Home demo)
  9. Midas Shadow (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)
  10. Sand In Your Shoes (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)
  11. Flying Sorcery (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)
  12. Broadway Hotel (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)
  13. Year Of The Cat (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)

CD 42: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART THREE (1977-1984)

  1. Tonton Macoute (Outtake)
  2. Warmth Of A Summer's Night (Demo)
  3. Stephen's Day (Demo)
  4. Life In A Bottle (Outtake)
  5. Time Passages (Demo)
  6. Song On The Radio (Demo)
  7. The Palace Of Versailles (Demo)
  8. Ringing Of Bells (Outtake)
  9. Jackdaw (Outtake)
  10. Candy Came Back (Outtake)
  11. Delia's Gone (Live at the Roxy, 1981)
  12. Here In Angola (Live at the Roxy, 1981)
  13. (The World According To) Garp (Outtake)
  14. The One That Got Away (Russians & Americans Sessions)
  15. Night Meeting (Russians & Americans Sessions)
  16. In Red Square (Russians & Americans Sessions)
  17. Rumours Of War (Live at the Eldorado, Paris, 1984)

CD 43: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART FOUR (1986-1990)

  1. Where Are They Now (Outtake)
  2. Electric Air (Outtake)
  3. In The Dark (Outtake)
  4. How Does It Happen? (Outtake)
  5. The Candidate (Live in Minneapolis, 1988)
  6. Antarctica (Live in Minneapolis, 1988)
  7. Red Toupee (Demo)
  8. Ghostly Horses Of The Plain (Alternate Version)
  9. Doubting Thomas (Demo)
  10. Helen And Cassandra (Outtake)
  11. Ten Cents (Demo)
  12. Ten Cents (Alternate Demo)
  13. Coldest Winter In Memory #1 (Demo)
  14. Coldest Winter In Memory #2 (Alternate Demo)
  15. Dreaming (Outtake)
  16. Don't Forget Me (Outtake)
  17. Necromancer (Outtake)
  18. She Told You Then (Outtake)

CD 44: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART FIVE (1993)

  1. Dark Side (Demo)
  2. My Contemporaries (Demo)
  3. Kiribati (Outtake)
  4. Fantasy (Outtake)
  5. Angel Of Mercy (Outtake)
  6. Charlotte Corday #1 (Demo)
  7. Charlotte Corday #2 (Alternate Demo)
  8. Four Of A Kind (Demo)
  9. Peter On The White Sea (Outtake)
  10. Mixed Blessing (Outtake)
  11. Blow Your Mansion Down (Outtake)
  12. She Follows Her Own Rules (Demo)
  13. I Swam (Demo)

CD 45: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART SIX (1993-1998)

  1. It's A Girl Thing (Demo)
  2. Trespasser (Alternate Take)
  3. Rest In Peace (Outtake)
  4. Night Train To Munich (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  5. The Age Of Rhythm (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  6. Sampan (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  7. Lindy Comes To Town (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  8. Three Mules (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  9. Life Between The Wars (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  10. Laughing Into 1939 (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  11. The Black Danube (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  12. Merry Monks (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  13. Life After Death (Live At The Brook, Southampton, 1998)
  14. Curtain (Marin 1998)
  15. Music of the Vines 1 (Marin 1998)
  16. Music of the Vines 2 (Marin 1998)
  17. Music of the Vines 3 (Marin 1998)
  18. Music of the Vines 4 (Marin 1998)
  19. Music of the Vines 5 (Marin 1998)

CD 46: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART SEVEN (2000-2005)

  1. Rupert Brooke (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  2. Keening Of Injured Children (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  3. Easter Morning (Demo)
  4. Some People Never Know (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  5. All That She Needs (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  6. Under A Wine Stained Moon (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  7. Millie Brown (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  8. So Long, So Long (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  9. Waiting For Margaux (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  10. That's For Sure (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  11. Turning It Into Water (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  12. Everything You Know (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  13. Pictures In My Wine (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  14. London's Brilliant Parade / Caroline Goodbye (Live, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 2001)
  15. The Night That The Band Got The Wine (Live, Mr Smiths, Bournemouth, 2001)
  16. The Immelman Turn (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  17. Mona Lisa Talking (Sign of the Scorpion Version)

CD 47: DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART EIGHT (2005-2008)

  1. Gina In The Kings Road (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  2. Anniversary (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  3. Beacon Street (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  4. Out In The Snow (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  5. Somewhere In England 1915 (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  6. Grace Cathedral (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  7. (A Child's View Of) The Eisenhower Years (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  8. Shah Of Shahs (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  9. Hanno The Navigator (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  10. Elvis At The Wheel (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  11. Lord Salisbury (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  12. Long Time Gone (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  13. The Ear Of The Night (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  14. Football Hero (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  15. Silver Kettle #1 (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  16. Silver Kettle #2 (Alternate Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  17. Four Leaf Clover (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  18. The House On Rosemount Hill (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  19. You Don't Even Know Me (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
  20. Love Train (Sign of the Scorpion Version)

CD 48: BBC SESSIONS, PART ONE (1965-1969)

  1. Do I Love My Neighbour? (Five To Ten, BBC Light Programme, June 3rd 1965)
  2. Pretty Golden Hair (Meeting Point, BBC One, November 20th 1966)
  3. Who Killed Tommy McGeechie (Late Night Line Up, BBC Two, March 5th 1968)
  4. Al Talks About Saydisc / America / Al recites furniture poem (BBC Radio Two, April 24th 1968)
  5. Scandinavian Girl (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  6. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed! (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  7. Bedsitter Images (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  8. The Carmichaels (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  9. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  10. Room Of Roots (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968)
  11. In Brooklyn (BBC Radio Two, September 15th 1968)
  12. Good As Gone (BBC Radio Two, September 15th 1968)
  13. Old Compton Street
  14. I Don't Believe You
  15. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969)
  16. Clifton In The Rain (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969)
  17. Denise At 16 (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969)
  18. Manuscript (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969)

CD 49: BBC SESSIONS, PART TWO (1969)

  1. I Don't Believe You (Radio 1, July 30th 1969)
  2. The Elf (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969)
  3. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969)
  4. Room Of Roots (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969)
  5. Manuscript (Radio 1, July 30th 1969)
  6. Maybe Some Day (BBC Radio 2, July 30th 1969)
  7. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed! / A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)
  8. Bedsitter Images (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)
  9. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)
  10. Manuscript (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)
  11. In Brooklyn (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)

CD 50: BBC SESSIONS, PART THREE (1969-1972)

  1. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices; Lullaby Of Birdland; A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969)
  2. Burbling (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969)
  3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969)
  4. Memphis Tennessee (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969)
  5. Sparrow (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969)
  6. Electric Los Angeles Sunset (BBC Radio Two, May 2nd 1970)
  7. Zero She Flies (BBC Radio One, May 2nd 1970)
  8. A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio One, May 17th 1970)
  9. Blessed (BBC Radio One, May 17th 1970)
  10. Zero She Flies (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson)
  11. A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson)
  12. You Don't Even Know Me (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson)
  13. Old Compton Street Blues (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson)
  14. Absolutely Sweet Marie (BBC Radio Two, April 28th 1972)

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  1. Larry Davis says

    February 25, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    Huge impressive set indeed...but I'm not into Al Stewart enough to justify spending that kind of money on a set like this... however if I come across one at a future record show & I have the available funds, $500 or so, would I plonk the cash down?? Perhaps!! Now only if Madfish would do an equally lavish set like this for Laura Nyro, instead of that incomplete 8LP too-expensive vinyl set they did put out...and for some reason, Al Stewart reminds me like a cross between Chris DeBurgh & George Harrison...fans go for it!! How heavy is this box, 20 pounds plus??

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  2. Bruce Padgett says

    February 25, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    Mastering info? Given Esoteric’s sterling work on their trio of reissues, will this box set feature work of equal quality? That is the most important question to be answered before a $500 investment is made.

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    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      February 25, 2022 at 10:59 pm

      I’ll see what I can find out, Bruce. That info wasn’t disclosed in the initial press release. Thanks!

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      • Colin Harper says

        February 27, 2022 at 6:44 pm

        Pete Reynolds did the mastering (the same chap who has worked on several recent Madfish sets).

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        • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

          February 27, 2022 at 6:45 pm

          Thank you, Colin!

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          • Bruce Padgett says

            February 27, 2022 at 8:46 pm

            Thanks guys. Does Mr. Reynolds’ work have decent dynamic range, I wonder? Time for me to research,,,

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  3. Paul English says

    February 26, 2022 at 4:42 am

    Nice looking set but is missing the single edit of Year Of The Cat and a few others. This will dissuade people from buying.

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    • Larry Davis says

      February 27, 2022 at 1:48 am

      Those are prob on the prior sets...and I decided to go for this big set cuz it's better value than the other 3 sets, I'd rather go for a complete catalogue set rather than a big box for just 1 album each...and being it's on Amazon and not out till June, I can pre-order & save for it...if I decide I don't want it in the end, I can cancel the order in time & not be charged...it's also after my upcoming cruises, so I'm good...

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