A good looking album that will do some good......

Heard via The Nektar web ring that there is a compilation album out with proceeds going to the Hurricane Katrina fund.

It's been put together by the good folks who organise NEARfest and nearly all the bands featured have played there................I think.

AFTER THE STORM
A Benefit Album for the Survivors of Hurricane Katrina (2005)
(NEARfest Records, NFR0007)


Disc One:
1. Echolyn "15 Days" 5:10
Previously unreleased, specially written for this benefit CD

2. Happy the Man "Ibby It Is" (Live) 8:17
Previously unreleased, recorded live at ProgDay 2005
Original version appears on "Crafty Hands" (1978)

3. FM "Random Harvest" 4:38
Previously unreleased on CD
Originally apppeared on "Surveillance" (1979)

4. Camel "After All These Years" 5:53
Previously released on Japanese import of "Nod and a Wink" (2002)

5. Mike Keneally "Time Table" 6:16
Previously unreleased
Original version appears on "Foxtrot" by Genesis (1972)

6. Spock's Beard "Shining Star" (Live) 5:53
Previously unreleased, recorded live in 2003
Original version appears on "Feel Euphoria" (2003)

7. IQ "Chemical Rain" 5:26
Previously unreleased

8. Kraan "Silver Buildings" 4:41
Previously unreleased
Title track to forthcoming Kraan studio album in 2006

9. Mostly Autumn "Ghost in Dreamland" 3:12
Previously released on "Storms Over Still Water" (2005)

10. IZZ "My River Flows" 5:28
Previously unreleased
Title track to forthcoming album "My River Flows" (2006)

11. Nektar "Phazed by the Storm" 9:23
Previously released on "Evolution" (2004)

12. Sean Malone "Grace" (Live) 7:10
Previously unreleased, recorded live at NEARfest 2004
Original version appears on "Emergent" (2003)


Disc Two:
1. Kansas "Song for America" 9:13
Previously released on "Always Never the Same" (1998)

2. The Flower Kings "A King's Prayer" (2005 Remix) 6:03
Previously unreleased
Original version apppears on "Space Revolver" (2000)

3. Woodenhead "Buzz Beat" (Live) 6:45
Previously unreleased, recorded live at Tipitina's in New Orleans, 1995
Original version appears on "Perserverance" (2003)

4. Djam Karet "The Shattering Sky" 6:02
Previously unreleased

5. Neal Morse "Sleeping Jesus" (Live) 5:18
Previously unreleased, recorded live in Whittier, CA, November 2003
Original version appears on "Testimony" (2003)

6. The Muffins "Essay R" (Remix) 5:53
Previously unreleased
Original version appears on "Bandwidth" (2002)

7. Caravan "Love Song with Flute" (Live) 4:06
Previously unreleased, recorded live at The Bloomsbury Theatre, 2003
Original version appears on "Caravan" (1968)

8. Änglagård "Gånglåt från Knapptibble" 7:18
Originally released as a bonus single in Ptolemaic Terrascope No.5, 1994
Also available on remastered version of "Hybris" (2000/2003)

9. Little Atlas "On and On" 5:34
Previously released on "Wanderlust" (2005)

10. Arjen Anthony Lucassen "Pools of Sorrow/Not Over You" 5:25
Previously unreleased
Original versions appear on "Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy" (1993)

11. California Guitar Trio "Zundoko Bushi" (Live) 3:47
Previously unreleased, recorded live at Johnny D's in Boston, 2005
Original version appears on "CGT+2" (2002)

12. Pendragon "Sou' by Sou'west" 6:50
Previously released on "Believe" (2005)

Not bad, eh????

Order it here:

http://afterthestorm.nearfestrecords.com/orderform.asp

[podakayne]

thanks keithie...stellar line up and well worth the purchase.

pod

[roger]

wow. stellar indeed!

[sharcnorris]

Just ordered.......fine cause, Great line-up, nice Avatar Ms.K---Thanx KW

[Rick and Roll]

Unrealeased on CD? I must have a copy of Surveillance on CD that's not official. I did buy it from a vendor at Rosfest...hmmmm...

Is the Kansas song live? It's about a minute shorter and I'm not familiar with that record. Another Hmmmm..

Is a good lineup....

and another poda Avatar!

[moses]

If I remember right, the Kansas song is live with an orchestra. I'm sure about the orchestra, not sure about the live. I think it was shortly after Steve Walsh's vocal surgery, by the sound of it.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by moses

If I remember right, the Kansas song is live with an orchestra. I'm sure about the orchestra, not sure about the live. I think it was shortly after Steve Walsh's vocal surgery, by the sound of it.

Thanks Moses....by the way just found "Seeds of Change" on CD Universe

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Now that's quite the lineup. I might spend some of my pool money on this one...

Well. my copy has just arrived and it IS as good in the flesh as it looked on paper.

Highly recommended

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally Posted by KeithieW

Well. my copy has just arrived and it IS as good in the flesh as it looked on paper.

Highly recommended

High praise indeed.

So can I get a quickie review here? A couple of tracks grabbed my attention:

• Kansas - Song for America: Is this the same version that we have on the moon or is it a different version?
• That CGT chart: Does it rock as much as just about everything else they've even pondered doing?
• The IQ track: is this Pre-Martin Orford's influence or post?

If we could get a blow-by-blow review, I, for one, would truly appreciate it.

Roger -Dot- Lee, on a bit of a limited budget for a few weeks...

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Roger -Dot- Lee

High praise indeed.

So can I get a quickie review here? A couple of tracks grabbed my attention:

• Kansas - Song for America: Is this the same version that we have on the moon or is it a different version?
• That CGT chart: Does it rock as much as just about everything else they've even pondered doing?
• The IQ track: is this Pre-Martin Orford's influence or post?

If we could get a blow-by-blow review, I, for one, would truly appreciate it.

Roger -Dot- Lee, on a bit of a limited budget for a few weeks...

Moses' post (#6) explains the Kansas (I had the same question myself)

I've seen CGT live, up close a few times. Anything they do live is wonderful. Especially Classical Gas and the Good/Bad/Ugly theme

I was under the impression that Orford was on almost all IQ's stuff...but I'm too lazy to check. good question...

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

I was under the impression that Orford was on almost all IQ's stuff...but I'm too lazy to check. good question...

Might be thinking of Paul Cook he left IQ a bit ago.Orford just Left Jadis if that's what he thinking of.

[sharcnorris]

D.D.-The Kansas cut on this new tribute CD is from Always never the same, a recent Live venture with the London Symphony. The Moon Has the Original 2nd album version

KW --thanx again for the heads up. I got mine today!!!

Dr. Dot - a few pics for your collection.........

The IQ track is previousley un-released and is odd.

Performers are listed as Michael Holmes - ProTools plug-ins; Atmosphere, Stylus RMX and Trilogy, Pete Nicholls - Vocals sampled from the IQ Track "Subterranea".

I like it.