Empire (Peter Banks) - The Complete Recordings (2017) CD-Rip

Empire was originally intended to be a new line-up of Flash. The nucleus of the band were guitarist Peter Banks and singer Sydney Foxx. The band never got a record deal and cd's were released in 1995-1996 by One Way Records. The music was recorded in the seventies.


Tracks:



CD 1 - The Best of Empire
01. Out of Our Hands [00:05:38]
02. Destiny [00:06:15]
03. Faraway [00:05:54]
04. Foundation [00:09:26]
05. Sky at Night [00:09:42]
06. Where Yes Means No [00:05:02]
07. Off with the King's Head [00:05:12]
08. More Than Words [00:07:16]
09. Shooting Star [00:12:35]
10. For a Lifetime [00:02:42]
11. Do What You Want [00:08:33]



CD 2 - The Mars Tapes
01. Out of our Hands [00:08:32]
02. Foundation [00:18:28]
03. Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill [00:08:44]
04. Do What You Want [00:08:52]
05. Dancing Man [00:04:02]
06. Something's Coming [00:17:10]
07. The Fall of the Empire [00:03:06]
08. When the Banks Overflow [00:03:28]
09. Ascending to the Planet Mars [00:02:08]
10. As Silence Prevails [00:02:45]



CD 3 - The Rest of Empire
01. Everything Changes [00:12:47]
02. Sky at Night (Mark II version) [00:08:42]
03. Still Out of Our Hands [00:08:29]
04. Goodbye [00:04:34]
05. Destiny (Mark II version) [00:03:39]
06. Someone Who Cares [00:07:04]
07. Ain't That Peculiar [00:04:29]
08. Dancing Man [00:04:54]
09. Hear My Voice on the Radio [00:03:25]
10. Who [00:05:12]

Personnel:

As well as Peter Banks on guitar, keys and vocals and Sydney Foxx (now Jordan) on lead vocals, Mark I of the band was with Jakob Magnusson (keys, vocals), John Giblin (ex-Brand X, worked with Jon Anderson, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Fish, Paul McCartney; bass, vocals) and Preston Ross-Heyman (drums), with Sam Gopal also guesting on tabla.

Mark II had Jeffrey Fayman (Globus, worked with Robert Fripp; drums), Chad Peery (bass) and Robert Orellana (keys), with Magnusson guesting.

Mark III was with Mark Murdock (drums), Paul Delph (keys) and Brad Stephenson (bass), and this was also the line-up on The Mars Tapes.