Al Stewart - Essential (1986)

Tracklist

01. On the Border
02. Song on the Radio
03. Year of the Cat (Single Version)
04. Time Passages
05. Midnight Rocks
06. Merlin's Time
07. Broadway Hotel
08. One Stage Before
09. Indian Summer
10. Lori, Don't Go Right Now
11. Electric Los Angeles Sunset
12. Running Man
13. Paint by Numbers
14. Mondo Sinistro
15. Night Train to Munich
16. Almost Lucy
17. Life Between the Wars

Eleven songs from Al Stewart's albums Past, Present and Future (1974) through Live Indian Summer (1981), remastered in 1992, which gives it more than decent sound. "Roads to Moscow" is drawn from Past, Present and Future (the inlay card erroneously lists Live Indian Summer), and "Year of the Cat" is the hit studio version, but the producers have chosen live versions of "Nostradamus" (which emphasizes its Tommy-like central riff) and "On the Border," rather than their superior originals, probably to retain the value of the original albums. Includes full lyrics (but no instrumental credits) and notes by David Dasch, which may explain too much, removing the mystery from some of the material.

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