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Legendary Californian progressive-rockers Spock’s Beard
are set to release ‘The First Twenty Years’ collection on
the 20th November 2015. Arriving as a special 2CD & DVD
package, it includes a selection of the best tracks from
their entire career, as well as a brand new 19-minute long
track titled ‘Falling For Forever’ that features every member
of Spock’s Beard past and present performing, including
Neal Morse (who also wrote the track), Nick D’Virgilio &
current vocalist Ted Leonard. All the tracks have also been
re-mastered by long-term collaborator Rich Mouser, and the
DVD portion of the release will feature old, live and archival
footage from the band’s impressive 20+ year career.
Dave Meros talked about the album: "We’ve discussed
the idea of a “Best Of” release on-and-off for several years,
and it’s finally come together. Of course, there were some
tricky issues to work through. Deciding which songs would
best represent the band over 20+ years, 12 albums and three
different lineups was challenging enough, but add the fact
that a lot of our songs clock in anywhere from 8 to 20 minutes
or more and the selection process became that much more
daunting to make everything fit. Finally, after a lot of
back-and-forth between everyone involved, we’ve come up
with a song list which we think represents each album and
era of the band quite well.
That left us with another concern though. We were adamant
about not wanting to just release a bunch of our earlier
material in a new package, especially to loyal fans who
probably own most, if not all of our albums already. With
that in mind, Neal came up with the new epic “Falling For
Forever” which clocks in at almost 20 minutes and was written
specifically to include all current and past members of
the band. Luckily, everyone’s schedule lined up to be able
to record it and even better, Rich Mouser was available
to record and mix it as well as remaster all of the earlier
songs. Add to that a DVD with a lot of previously unseen
video footage from the early days of the band and we think
we have a package our fans will really get into."
‘The First Twenty Years’ showcases just how important
Spock’s Beard have been to progressive rock since their
formation in 1992, and how consistently brilliant they remain
to this day.
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