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Marillion - With Friends From the Orchestra

New Coloured Vinyl 2LP

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Marillion - With Friends From the Orchestra - Brand New Limited Coloured Vinyl 2LP

British rock band Marillion, founded in 1979, have, over the course of 18 albums, become one of the most commercially successful neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s and are still one of the most outstanding representatives of their genre. As the first of their peers, Marillion have started to embrace the potential of the internet for both their commercial approach and to interact with their audience. In 2013, the band was even declared “Band Of The Year” at the second annual Prog Rock Awards.

Recorded at The Racket Club and Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Studios, and with a running time of almost 80 minutes, “With Friends From The Orchestra” features nine classic Marillion tracks re-imagined and accompanied by the In Praise Of Folly String Quartet with Sam Morris (French Horn) and Emma Halnan (Flute).

Marillion explain: “So our brilliant producer and collaborator Michael Hunter wrote some new string arrangements and we took a week out to go to Real World Studios and record with our friends - the wonderful string quartet ‘In Praise of Folly’, the brilliant flautist Emma Halnan and the gifted French Horn-ist, Sam Morris. The result has exceeded our expectations, is indeed a thing of beauty. […]

We hope you enjoy the songs and agree with us that some of them are actually better than the originals(!).

Whether or not you agree with that bold statement we’re sure this work will move you.”

Tracklist

1. Estonia

2. A Collection

3. Fantastic Place

4. Beyond You

5. This Strange Engine

6. The Hollow Man

7. The Sky Above The Rain

8. Seasons End

9. Ocean Cloud

Vinyl Side Split

Side A: 1-4

Side B: 5-6

Side C: 7-8

Side D: 9