Collector's Item (Twelfth Night album)

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Collector's Item
Compilation album by
Twelfth Night
Released1991, reissued 2001
Recorded1981-1988
GenreNeo-progressive
Length78.11 / 77.07
LabelTwelfth Night
ProducerTwelfth Night
Twelfth Night chronology
Twelfth Night XII Collector's Item Voices In The Night

Collector's Item is a compilation album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1991 as a CD and double album, and re-released on CD only with some different tracks in 2001.

Details[]

The album came about after the Geoff Mann-fronted line-up of the band reunited briefly to record a studio version of "The Collector", an epic from the early 1980s which they felt they had never managed to produce a definitive version of; at the same time, a new recording of "Love Song" was made. The band decided that the best way to bring the recordings to light was as part of a compilation of their work spanning both the Geoff Mann and Andy Sears eras, which ultimately saw the light of day in 1991. The LP release was a double album, and therefore could accommodate three extra songs.

In 2001, Cyclops Records - the band's publishers at the time, who were producing a series of reissues - rereleased the CD version of the album with some alterations. The version of "Sequences" was removed, since at the time "Live and Let Live" was readily available; in its place were three different songs.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Twelfth Night.

1991 CD release 1991 LP release 2001 CD release
The Ceiling Speaks (8.20, from Live And Let Live)
The Creepshow (11:55, from Fact and Fiction)
Fur Helene part 1 (6:55, from Live At The Target
The Ceiling Speaks (6.35, previously unreleased demo)
Deep In The Heartland (3:50, previously unreleased demo)
We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction) We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction) We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction)
Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live) Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live)
Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion) Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion) Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion)
First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion) First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion) First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion)
Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII) Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII)
Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII) Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII) Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII)
Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side) Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side)
The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording) The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording) The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording)
Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording) Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording) Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording)

Personnel[]

  • Rick Battersby keyboards (not on We Are Sane)
  • Brian Devoil drums, percussion
  • vocals (not on Art And Illusion, First New Day, Take A Look, Last Song, Für Helene Part I)
  • Clive Mitten keyboards (on We Are Sane), bass
  • Andy Revell guitar
  • Andy Sears vocals (on Art And Illusion, First New Day, Take A Look, Last Song)


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