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5 ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

Nektar

Psychedelic/Space Rock


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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2019

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 - A Tab in the Ocean (35:40)
1. A Tab in the Ocean (16:43)
2. Desolation Valley (7:16)
3. Waves (0:57)
4. Cryin' in the Dark (6:28)
5. King of Twilight (4:16)

CD 2 - Remember the Future (35:40)
1. Remember the Future (Part I) (16:40) :
- a) Images of the Past
- b) Wheel of Time
- c) Remember the Future
- d) Confusion
2. Remember the Future (Part II) (19:00) :
- e) Returning Light
- f) Questions and Answers
- g) Tomorrow Never Comes
- h) Path of Light
- i) Recognition
- J) Let It Grow

CD 3 - ...Sounds Like This (74:29)
1. Good Day (6:47)
2. New Day Dawning (5:04)
3. What Ya Gonna Do? (5:25)
4. 1-2-3-4 (12:47)
5. Do You Believe in Magic (7:19)
6. Cast Your Fate (5:45)
7. A Day in the Life of a Preacher (Preacher / Squeeze / Mr. H) (13:03)
8. Wings (3:48)
9. Odyssee (Ron's On / Never, Never, Never / Da-Da-Dum) (14:31)

CD 4 - Down to Earth (37:08)
1. Astral Man (3:13)
2. Nelly the Elephant (4:55)
3. Early Morning Clown (3:24)
4. That's Life (6:52)
5. Fidgety Queen (4:06)
6. Oh Willy (4:01)
7. Little Boy (3:04)
8. Show Me the Way (5:57)
9. Finale (1:36)

CD 5 - Recycled (36:41)
- Recycled Part 1 (17:38) :
1. Recycle (2:44)
2. Cybernetic Consumption (2:12)
3. Recycle Countdown (1:54)
4. Automaton Horrorscope (3:02)
5. Recycling (1:50)
6. Flight to Reality (1:19)
7. Unendless Imagination (4:37)
- Recycled Part 2 (19:03) :
8. São Paulo Sunrise (3:04)
9. Costa Del Sol (4:04)
10. Marvellous Moses (6:35)
11. It's All Over (5:20)

Total Time 219:38

Line-up / Musicians

- Roye Albrighton / guitars, lead vocals
- Alan "Taff" Freeman / keyboards, Mellotron, piano, organ, Mellotron, backing vocals
- Derek "Mo" Moore / bass, backing vocals
- Ron Howden / drums & percussion, backing vocals

With:
- Stephen Wick / tuba (4.1)
- Phil Brown / bass tuba (4.1)
- Butch Hudson / 1st trumpet (4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9)
- Ron Carthy / 2nd trumpet (4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9)
- Steve Gregory / tenor saxophone (4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9)
- Chris Mercer / baritone & tenor saxophones (4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9)
- Chris Pyne / trombone (4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9)
- Chipping Norton Mandies Choir / chorus vocals (4.2, 4.9)
- P.P Arnold / backing vocals (4.3, 4.4, 4.7)
- Kenneth Cole / backing vocals (4.3, 4.4, 4.7)
- Bob Calvert / voice - ringmaster (4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5)
- Dieter Dierks / effects (4.1 - 4.9)
- Larry Fast / Moog, orchestral arrangement (5.1 - 5.11)
- The English Chorale / chorus vocals (5.1 - 5.11)
- Robert Howes / choir conductor (5.1 - 5.11)
- Christian Kolonovits / choir arrangement (5.1 - 5.11)

Releases information

5CD Bacillus Records / Bellaphon - 9622128 (Europe, 2019)

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