The Nice Charisma releases have now been given the full remastering treatment and all feature extensive liner notes from Mark Powell.
1) ‘Autumn 1967 And Spring 1968′ “This compilation was gathered together in 1972 by Tony Stratton-Smith for release on Charisma Records and features alternate mixes of material recorded by The Nice between Autumn 1967 and Spring 1968″
1. The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Flower King Of Flies (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. Bonnie K (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. America (2009 Digital Remaster)
5. Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon (2009 Digital Remaster)
6. Dawn (2009 Digital Remaster)
7. Tantalising Maggie (2009 Digital Remaster)
8. Cry Of Eugene (2009 Digital Remaster)
9. Daddy, Where Did I Come From? (2009 Digital Remaster)
10. Azirial (2009 Digital Remaster)
11. Diary Of An Empty Day (2009 Digital Remaster)
2) ‘Elegy’ “This expanded and remastered edition of “Elegy” includes two tracks from the final recording session by The Nice for a BBC Radio One “Sounds of the Seventies” session – Recorded 6th April 1970″
1. Hang On To A Dream (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. My Back Pages (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. Third Movement: Pathetique (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. America (Second Amendment) (2009 Digital Remaster)
5. Country Pie (BBC Radio 1′s ”Sounds Of The Seventies”)
6. Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement) (BBC Radio 1′s ”Sounds Of The Seventies”)
3) ‘Five Bridges’ “The album Five Bridges was released in May 1970 and would prove to be the most commercially successful album by the band to date. The album featured highlights of the Fairfield Hall concert, alongside a recording of “Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6” recorded at the Fillmore East in December 1970 and the studio track “One of Those People”. This newly expanded and remastered edition of the album adds the Fairfield Hall concert encore as a bonus track, alongside a previously unreleased studio overdubbed version of “Country Pie” from the Fillmore East and the April 1970 BBC radio session version of “Five Bridges””
1. Fantasia: 1st Bridge / 2nd Bridge (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Chorale: 3rd Bridge (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. High Level Fugue: 4th Bridge (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. Finale: 5th Bridge (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
5. Intermezzo: Karelia Suite (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
6. Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement) (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
7. Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
8. One Of Those People (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
9. Fairfield Hall Finale: Lieutenant Kijo / Rondo / She Belongs To Me
10. Country Pie (Studio Version)
11. Excerpts From The Five Bridges Suite (BBC Radio 1′s ”Sounds Of The Seventies”)
4) ‘Fillmore East 1969′ (2CD) “Nearly forty years on from the Nice’s Fillmore Concerts of December 1969 the original 8-track master tapes were discovered whilst researching remastered editions of “Five Bridges” and “Elegy”, including alternate unedited performances of “She Belongs to Me” and “Country Pie”, along with material previously unreleased on either vinyl or CD.
CD 1
1. Rondo (Live At Fillmore East)
2. Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Live At Fillmore East)
3. Little Arabella (Live At Fillmore East)
4. She Belongs To Me (Live At Fillmore East)
CD 2
1. Country Pie (Live At Fillmore East)
2. Five Bridges Suite (Live At Fillmore East)
3. Hang On To A Dream (Live At Fillmore East)
4. Intermezzo: Karelia Suite (Live At Fillmore East)
5. America (Live At Fillmore East)
6. War And Peace (Live At Fillmore East)
Source: EMI
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