Kevin Ayers - All This Crazy Gift of Time: The Recordings 1969-1973 (2025) {9CD Box Set}
Artist: Kevin Ayers
Title: All This Crazy Gift of Time: The Recordings 1969-1973
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Esoteric Recordings – QECLEC102888
Genre: Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 10:46:34
Total Size: 1.44 / 3.38 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: All This Crazy Gift of Time: The Recordings 1969-1973
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Esoteric Recordings – QECLEC102888
Genre: Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 10:46:34
Total Size: 1.44 / 3.38 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1 - Joy of a Toy + Bonus Tracks
01. Joy of a Toy Continued (2:54)
02. Town Feeling (4:50)
03. The Clarietta Rag (3:20)
04. Girl on a Swing (2:49)
05. Song for Insane Times (4:03)
06. Stop The Train (Again Doing It) (6:06)
07. Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her) (2:54)
08. Lady Rachel (5:17)
09. Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong (5:35)
10. All This Crazy Gift Of Time (3:55)
11. Religious Experience (Singing A Song In The Morning) (ft./ Syd Barrett) (4:46)
12. Soon Soon Soon (3:18)
13. Religious Experience (Take 103) (2:50)
14. Clarence In Wonderland (4:54)
15. Stop This Train (Again Doing It) (5:49)
16. Why Are We Sleeping (8:51)
17. You Say You Like My Hat (3:15)
18. Singing A Song In The Morning (2:54)
CD 2 - Live at Hyde Park + Bonus Track
01. Clarence In Wonderland (10:29)
02. The Lady Rachel (5:41)
03. Rheinhardt And Geraldine / Colores Para Delores (10:32)
04. May I? (3:45)
05. Hat Song (1:17)
06. We Did It Again (11:22)
07. Why Are We Sleeping? (12:02)
08. The Garden Of Love (21:06)
CD 3 - Shooting at the Moon + Bonus Tracks
01. May I? (4:02)
02. Rheinhardt And Geraldine / Colores Para Delores (5:40)
03. Lunatics Lament (4:53)
04. Pisser Dans Un Violon (8:05)
05. The Oyster And The Flying Fish (2:37)
06. Underwater (3:54)
07. Clarence In Wonderland (2:06)
08. Red Green And You Blue (3:52)
09. Shooting At The Moon (5:51)
10. Hat (5:30)
11. Gemini Child (3:17)
12. Butterfly Dance (3:46)
13. Puis Je? (3:41)
14. Jolie Madame (2:26)
CD 4 - BBC Sessions May 1970 - November 1971
01. Love Is (8:53)
02. We Did It Again (9:58)
03. Gemini Child (3:14)
04. Lady Rachel (6:22)
05. Shooting At The Moon (3:20)
06. Derby Day (3:06)
07. The Interview (0:59)
08. We Did It Again / Murder In The Air (11:41)
09. Jolie Madame (2:46)
10. The Spider And The Fly (2:01)
11. The Oyster And The Flying Fish (2:33)
12. Clarence In Wonderland (4:40)
CD 5 - Whatevershebringswesing + Bonus Tracks
01. There Is Loving / Among Us / There Is Loving (7:23)
02. Margaret (3:20)
03. Oh My (2:59)
04. Song From The Bottom Of A Well (4:38)
05. Whatevershebringswesing (8:12)
06. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (3:24)
07. Champagne Cowboy Blues (3:58)
08. Lullaby (2:11)
09. Watching the Sun Go Down (2:57)
10. Whatevershebringswesing (First version) (8:35)
11. Stars (3:33)
12. All This Crazy Gift Of Time (1972 Remake) (4:20)
13. The Lady Rachel (1972 Remake -Extended Mix) (6:42)
14. Sad And Lonely Faces (7:19)
15. (Don’t Sing No More) Sad Songs (3:47)
16. Fake Mexican Tourist Blues (4:37)
CD 6 - BBC Sessions
01. May I? (5:15)
02. There Is Loving / Among Us / There Is Loving (7:29)
03. Margaret (3:48)
04. Whatevershebringswesing (7:00)
05. Clarence In Wonderland (5:18)
06. Colores Para Delores (6:53)
07. Lady Rachel (7:07)
08. All This Crazy Gift Of Time (5:10)
09. Why Are We Sleeping? (11:48)
10. The Oyster And The Flying Fish (3:02)
11. Butterfly Dance (3:37)
12. Whatevershebringswesing (7:47)
13. Falling in Love Again (3:26)
14. Queen Thing (0:52)
CD 7- Banana Follies
01. Introduction (0:51)
02. (Don’t Sing No More) Sad Songs (4:00)
03. Pretty Little Girl (3:41)
04. Two Pigeons (2:17)
05. Murder In The Air (5:36)
06. ‘Orrible Orange (4:40)
07. Whatevershebringswesing (6:21)
08. Take Me To Tahiti (3:24)
09. Oh! Wot A Dream (3:32)
10. Marlene (3:05)
11. Ball Bearing Blues (1:07)
12. Fake Mexican Tourist Blues (5:46)
13. Interview (6:08)
14. You Say You Like My Hat (1:29)
15. Falling In Love Again (4:49)
16. The End (1:44)
17. Interview (5:19)
18. Oh! Wot A Dream (2:44)
19. Shouting In A Bucket Blues (3:47)
CD 8 - Bananamour +Bonus Tracks
01. Don't Let It Get You Down (4:02)
02. Shouting In A Bucket Blues (3:45)
03. When Your Parents Go To Sleep (5:46)
04. Interview (4:42)
05. Internotional Anthem (0:46)
06. Decadence (8:04)
07. Oh! Wot A Dream (2:48)
08. Hymn (4:35)
09. Beware Of The Dog (1:27)
10. Connie On A Rubber Band (2:55)
11. Caribbean Moon (3:05)
12. Take Me To Tahiti (3:37)
13. Decadence (Early Mix) (6:57)
14. We Did It Again (Live) (15:26)
15. Why Are We Sleeping? (Live) (8:24)
CD 9 - After the Show
01. Banana Introduction (3:06)
02. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (3:58)
03. Interview (7:50)
04. Whatevershebringswesing (7:24)
05. Oh! Wot A Dream (3:47)
06. Shouting In A Bucket Blues (5:16)
07. Caribbean Moon (3:34)
08. Don’t Let It Get You Down (4:46)
09. We Did It Again (11:24)
10. Why Are We Sleeping? (16:05)
11. After The Show (3:31)
A founder member of SOFT MACHINE, Kevin embarked on a solo career in 1969, signing to EMI’s Harvest label and recording the album ‘JOY OF A TOY’ the same year. It is a mark of Kevin’s stature that his recordings during this period would feature contributions from notable musicians such as arranger and keyboard player DAVID BEDFORD, ROBERT WYATT, SYD BARRETT, MIKE OLDFIELD, LOL COXHILL, STEVE HILLAGE, ARCHIE LEGGET and more.
This boxed set includes all of the surviving BBC sessions and In Concert appearances recorded by Kevin during this period, including a previously unreleased John Peel concert from 1970 and other tracks featuring Soft Machine, Bridget St. John and Gong.
Other highlights include the inclusion of a complete set recorded at a Hyde Park Free concert in 1970, newly mixed and restored by Stephen W Tayler, previously unreleased session out-takes and a segment from a 1972 concert and a performance at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1973. Rounding off the set is a region free Blu-ray video disc which includes a series of live performances recorded for French television, along with two sessions for The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972 and 1973 (with three previous unseen alternate performances from 1972) and the ‘Caribbean Moon’ promotional film. The set is completed with a 68-page illustrated book with a new essay.
Compiled with the full approval of Kevin Ayers’ estate and is a supreme tribute to a performer of whom John Peel once said; "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it". This boxed set celebrates and confirms that talent.
This boxed set includes all of the surviving BBC sessions and In Concert appearances recorded by Kevin during this period, including a previously unreleased John Peel concert from 1970 and other tracks featuring Soft Machine, Bridget St. John and Gong.
Other highlights include the inclusion of a complete set recorded at a Hyde Park Free concert in 1970, newly mixed and restored by Stephen W Tayler, previously unreleased session out-takes and a segment from a 1972 concert and a performance at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1973. Rounding off the set is a region free Blu-ray video disc which includes a series of live performances recorded for French television, along with two sessions for The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972 and 1973 (with three previous unseen alternate performances from 1972) and the ‘Caribbean Moon’ promotional film. The set is completed with a 68-page illustrated book with a new essay.
Compiled with the full approval of Kevin Ayers’ estate and is a supreme tribute to a performer of whom John Peel once said; "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it". This boxed set celebrates and confirms that talent.
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