DISC 1
1. Earthrise [05:09]
2. The Fire Inside [05:38]
3. 1988 Aktivator [02:17]
4. Crystal City [03:11]
5. Activation Meditation [01:14]
6. The Glorious Om Riff [05:45]
7. Day After Day [07:01]
8. Getting In Tune [03:53]
9. Palm Trees (Love Guitar) [04:50]
10. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping the Zype) [08:23]
11. Healing Feeling [03:22]
DISC 2
1. Open [07:23]
2. Saucer Surfing [05:58]
3. Searching For the Spark [07:50]
4. Definite Activity [05:30]
5. It’s All Too Much [07:21]
6. Castle In the Clouds [01:14]
7. The Salmon Song [07:22]
8. Unidentified (Flying Being) [06:32]
Steve Hillage and Madfish are proud to present Paris Bataclan 11.12.79, a recently recovered recording of the Steve Hillage Band from 11th December 1979 at the famous Bataclan, Paris on Double CD For The First Time Ever.
“Merci! Bonsoir! On va s’amuser ce soir – Oui”
(Thank you! Good evening! We’re going to have some fun this evening – Yes)
Addressing the audience in French throughout, Paris Bataclan 11.12.79 documents a sparkling and joyous performance from one of the 20th Century’s guitar greats and his band: Miquette Giraudy – synthesiser, vocals; Andy Anderson – drums; Paul Francis – bass, vocals; Dave Stewart – guitar.
Starting with the only version in Steve’s archive of a live performance of ‘Earthrise’, the crystal clear and lovingly remastered tapes include never-before-heard versions of 19 tracks including ‘The Fire Inside’, ‘1988 Aktivator’, ‘The Glorious Om Riff’, ‘The Salmon Song’ and ‘Unidentified (Flying Being)’.
With outstanding musicianship and songs sounding as fresh as the day they were played, these recordings plant you in the heart of the crowd – it’s right up there with the best live releases from Steve Hillage. In Steve’s own words, “The level of musical performance is pretty astonishing, and my lead guitar performance is definitely at a peak – totally scorching in places.”
The 100 minutes of music on Paris Bataclan 11.12.79 are presented in a 2CD, 6 panel digipak with 12 page booklet including liner notes from Steve and previously unseen photography.
Available for the very first time Madfish present Steve Hillage’s ‘LA Forum 31.1.77’
Steve Hillage, known for his exceptional work in Progressive Rock powerhouse Gong, Khan and pioneer of the Canterbury scene began his solo career in 1975.
Venturing to other side of the world, Steve Hillage arrived in Los Angeles for the first time in January of 1977 to support ELO on their US tour.
On January 27th and 31st a combined effort of 30,000 Los Angelenos were treated to the performance of a lifetime from Steve and his band.
With many of attendees unfamiliar with Steve Hillage it was a whirlwind set that ignited the stage and could be argued stole the show from the legendary headliners. The Forum set starts with ‘The Salmon Song’, from Steve’s first solo album ‘Fish Rising’ and from then on the material is entirely from his 1976 Top 10 UK album ‘L’.
All recordings are previously unreleased and were prepared personally from Steve’s own archives. Accompanying his performance in Los Angeles also comes three added bonus tracks of live recordings taken from his encore on March 26th at London’s prestigious Rainbow Theatre.
At long last, you can now feel the electricity crackle in the room and relive Steve Hillage’s success with this truly exceptional, once in a lifetime performance.. LA Forum 31.1.77 is presented in a digipack with a 16 page booklet featuring original images taken at both shows.
Madfish presents Steve Hillage’s previously unreleased legendary Glastonbury 1979 performance
Released on 2LP + Deluxe CD Media Book on 15 July 2022
On Friday 21st June 1979, the Steve Hillage Band performed a headline set of soaring psychedelic guitar riffs of cosmic aspirations. The summer solstice night was a pivotal point in Steve Hillage’s musical journey, and this recording, provided from Steve’s personal archives, will cement the performance as historic.
Prior to the festival, Steve and the band spent two weeks rehearsing in a barn at Worthy Farm, site of the Glastonbury Festival. They crafted a set fitting and psychedelically uplifting enough to truly celebrate the longest day of Summer at such an auspicious location. Steve was an integral member of the Glasto team alongside Michael Eavis, ‘Pyramid’ Bill Harkin and Turbosound/Funktion One’s Tony Andrews. Their work focalised the 1979 Fayre, helping the rebirth of the first of the modern Glastonbury Festivals.
After spending the 80’s in music production, Steve and his partner Miquette Giraudy returned to recording and live performance in the 90’s with the dance oriented System 7 and was fundamental in the introduction of the Dance Stage to Glastonbury in 1995.
Celebrate 50 years of Glastonbury with Steve Hillage’s Glastonbury Experience, out on 2LP + Deluxe CD Media Book on 15 July 2022
Searching For The Spark is a 22-disc box set celebrating the work of award-winning musician, Steve Hillage – OUT NOW
Since he began playing guitar in the early 1960s, through his time with Gong and beyond as a solo artist and one half of System 7, Steve Hillage has embodied what it means to be a truly progressive musician.
One of the most respected and beloved players arising from the Canterbury Scene, Searching For The Spark shines a spotlight on his solo work, chronicling his very first recording in 1969 through to 1991‘s self-titled debut with System 7.
In addition to gathering his eight solo albums, Searching For The Spark also houses six albums of live material and no less than four discs of demos and archive recordings, many previously unreleased, direct from Steve’s own personal collection.
Brimming with rare photos, press clippings, reviews and commentary from Hillage himself, the box set includes a lavish, hardback 188 page book documenting Steve’s life and times written, with Steve’s full co-operation, by acknowledged Gong expert, Jonny Greene.
Musical Highlights from Searching For The Spark include:
• Over 40 minutes of previously unavailable material from 1972‘s Khan mkII line-up.
• Numerous rarities from Hillage’s archive of demo recordings ranging from pre-Fish Rising through to post- For To Next.
• Unfinished tracks from the 80s and numerous demos leading up to System 7 also shed new light on Hillage’s pioneering work as a composer and ambient musician.
Searching For The Spark is an ambitious, immensely detailed retrospective.
For existing fans, it offers unprecedented access to the guitarist’s archives.
For the new generations coming to Hillage through his ongoing work with System 7, it provides everything needed to explore Steve’s unique musical universe.
For old and new admirers alike, everything from his formative years to his mature work as an unflinchingly forward-looking musician is gathered together in one truly encyclopaedic collection.
Searching For The Spark is nothing less than the definitive statement upon an impressively rich and diverse career.
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CD 1 – Arzachel – Arzachel (1969):
1. Garden Of Earthly Delights [02:48] 2. Azathoth [04:26] 3. Soul Thing [04:32] 4. Leg [05:49] 5. Clean Innocent Fun [10:34] 6. Metempsychosis [16:58]
CD 2 – Khan – Space Shanty (1972):
1. Space Shanty [08:59]
2. Stranded [06:35]
3. Mixed Up Man Of The Mountains [07:14]
4. Driving To Amsterdam [09:22]
5. Stargazers [05:32]
6. Hollow Stone [08:16]
Bonus Tracks:
7. Break the Chains [03:31]
8. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (First Version) [04:28]
CD 3 – Fish Rising (1975):
1. Solar Musick Suite [16:55] 2. Fish [01:23] 3. Meditation Of The Snake [03:10] 4. The Salmon Song [08:45] 5. Aftaglid [14:46]
Bonus Tracks:
6. Pentagrammaspin (2006 Remix) [07:46] 7. Aftaglid (Power Trio Backing Track) [13:00]
CD 4 – L (1976):
1. Hurdy Gurdy Man [06:32] 2. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando [08:54] 3. Electrick Gypsies [06:54] 4. Om Nama Shivaya [03:33] 5. Lunar Musick Suite [11:59] 6. It’s All Too Much [06:26]
Bonus Tracks:
7. Eight Miles High (Backing Track) [04:34] 8. Maui (Early Version of ‘Palm Trees’) [04:41] 9. Shimmer [03:50]
CD 5 – Motivation Radio (1977):
1. Hello Dawn [02:48] 2. Motivation [04:07] 3. Light In The Sky [04:12] 4. Radio [06:13] 5. Wait One Moment [03:25] 6. Saucer Surfing [04:28] 7. Searching For The Spark [05:35] 8. Octave Doctors [03:38] 9. Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) [04:00]
Bonus Tracks:
10. Leylines To Glassdom (T.O.N.T.O. Version) [02:50] 11. The Salmon Song (Power Trio Backing Track) [09:12] 12. The Golden Vibe (Alternate Mix) [02:50]
CD 6 – Green (1978):
1. Sea Nature [06:42] 2. Ether Ships [05:07] 3. Musik Of The Trees [04:54] 4. Palm Trees (Love Guitar) [05:21] 5. Unidentified (Flying Being) [04:31] 6. U.F.O. Over Paris [03:10] 7. Leylines To Glassdom [04:07] 8. Crystal City [03:36] 9. Activation Meditation [01:03] 10. The Glorious Om Riff [07:53]
Bonus Tracks:
11. Unidentified (Flying Being) [Live at Glastonbury 1979] [04:54] 12. Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) [Live at The Rainbow Theatre 1977] [07:28] 13. Octave Doctors [Live at Glastonbury 1979] [03:40] 14. Meditation Of The Snake (Alternative Mix) [03:17]
CD 7 – Live Herald (1978):
1. The Salmon Song [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [07:38] 2. The Dervish Riff [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [04:24] 3. Castle In The Clouds/Hurdy Gurdy Man [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [07:00] 4. Light In The Sky [Live at Oxford Poly May 1978] [05:16] 5. Seaching For The Spark [Live at The Marquee Club August 1978] [11:15] 6. Electrick Gypsies Solar Music Suite [Live at The Rainbow Theatre November 1977] [06:00] 7. Radiom/Lunar Musick Suite/Mediation Of The Dragon [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [15:23] 8. It’s All Too Much/The Golden Vibe [Live at Oxford Poly May 1978] [07:17]
Bonus Track:
9. Solar Music Suite [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [14:37]
CD 8 – Rainbow Dome Music (1979):
1. Garden Of Paradise [23:15] 2. Four Ever Rainbow [20:30]
CD 9 – Studio Herald (1978) / Open (1979) :
Studio Herald:
1. Talking To The Sun [06:00] 2. 1988 Aktivator [02:29] 3. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) [08:52] 4. Healing Feeling [06:07]
Open:
5. Earthrise [08:35] 6. Open [05:17] 7. Definite Activity [04:44] 8. Getting Better [02:59] 9. Day After Day [06:19] 10. Getting In Tune [03:16] 11. Don’t Dither Do It [05:06] 12. The Fire Inside [06:18]
Bonus Tracks:
13. Don’t Dither Do It (1974 Power Trio Backing Track) [04:47] 14. Four Ever Rainbow (Part 3 Alternative Mix) [08:55]
CD 10 – For To Next / And Not Or (1983):
For To Next:
1. These Unchartered Lands [05:39] 2. Kamikaze Eyes [04:50] 3. Alone [05:22] 4. Anthems For The Blind [04:30] 5. Bright Future [05:08] 6. Frame By Frame [05:53] 7. Waiting [05:24] 8. Glory [06:28]
And Not Or:
9. Before The Storm [07:07] 10. Red Admiral [06:12] 11. Serotonin [05:37] 12. And Not Or [06:27] 13. Knights Templar [04:33] 14. Still Golden [05:54]
CD 11 – System 7 – System 7 (1991):
1. Sunburst [07:25] 2. Freedom Fighters [05:21] 3. Habibi [06:10] 4. Altitude [05:59] 5. Bon Humeur [07:27] 6. Fractal Liaison [02:10] 7. Dog [05:53] 8. Thunderdog [02:26] 9. Listen [06:24] 10. Strange Quotations [06:36] 11. Miracle [07:09] 12. Over And Out [03:28]
CD 12:
1. The Salmon Song [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1976] [09:14]
2. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1976] [12:31]
3. Meditation Of The Dragon [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1976] [07:40]
4. It’s All Too Much [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1976] [09:52]
5. Encore: Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1976] [10:09]
Bonus Tracks
6. Aftaglid [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [06:41]
7. Electrick Gypsies [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [06:00]
8. Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) [Live at The Rainbow Theatre March 1977] [08:05]
CD 13:
1. Electrick Gypsies [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [06:04] 2. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [08:33] 3. Light In The Sky [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [05:12] 4. Unidentified (Flying Being) [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [07:56] 5. Radio [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [10:15] 6. 1988 Aktivator [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [02:32] 7. Crystal City [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [04:32] 8. The Glorious Om Riff [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [07:03] 9. It’s All Too Much [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [07:02]
CD 14 – Live At Deeply Vale, July 1978:
1. Saucer Surfing [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [07:51] 2. Searching For The Spark [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [10:29] 3. Octave Doctors [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [04:20] 4. The Salmon Song [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [10:23] 5. Crystal City [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [05:00] 6. Radio [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [07:17] 7. Palm Trees [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [05:37] 8. Light In The Sky [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [05:04] 9. Hurdy Gurdy Man [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [07:26] 10. Lunar Musick Suite [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [03:58] 11. Sun Song (Reprise) [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [01:30] 12. Activation Meditation [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [04:11] 13. The Glorious Om Riff [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [04:48]
CD 15 – Live At The Brighton Dome, November 1977:
1. Octave Doctors [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [04:06] 2. It’s All Too Much [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [06:30] 3. Light In The Sky [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [04:27] 4. Radio [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [07:01] 5. Aftaglid [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [05:07] 6. Electrick Gypsies [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [05:47] 7. The Salmon Song [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [03:08] 8. Solar Musick Suite (Part 2) [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [06:41] 9. Motivation [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [06:47] 10. Saucer Surfing [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [07:38] 11. Searching For The Spark [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [14:43] 12. Hurdy Gurdy Man [Live at the Brighton Dome, November 1977] [05:26]
CD 16 – Live In Munich, April 1979:
1. The Salmon Song [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [06:28] 2. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [08:28] 3. Hurdy Gurdy Man [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [09:35] 4. Unidentified (Flying Being) [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [09:15] 5. The Dervish Riff [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [03:23] 6. Hurdy Gurdy Man [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [06:24] 7. Motivation [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [05:39] 8. 1988 Aktivator [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [02:28] 9. Crystal City [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [03:18] 10. Activation Meditation [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [01:31] 11. The Glorious Om Riff [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [06:09] 12. Meditation Of The Dragon [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [02:44] 13. It’s All Too Much [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [07:08] 14. Encore: Electrick Gypsies [Live at Schwabinger Brau, Munich April 1979] [05:21]
CD 17 – Live At The Hammersmith Odeon November 1979:
1. The Fire Inside [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [05:35] 2. 1988 Aktivator [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [02:24] 3. Crystal City [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [03:15] 4. Activation Meditation [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [00:43] 5. The Glorious OM Riff [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [06:18] 6. Day After Day [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [06:13] 7. Getting In Tune [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [03:41] 8. Palm Trees [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [04:51] 9. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [08:30] 10. Healing Feeling [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [02:15] 11. Open [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [07:17] 12. Saucer Surfing [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [06:51] 13. Searching For The Spark [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [06:17] 14. It’s All Too Much [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [05:48] 15. Encore: The Salmon Song [Live at the Odeon, Hammersmith November 1979] [06:36]
CD 18 – Live At The Gong Family Unconvention, November 2006:
1. Hello Dawn [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [03:45]
2. It’s All Too Much [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [05:57]
3. Aftaglid [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [08:44]
4. Solar Musick Suite Part 1 [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [11:53]
5. The Salmon Song [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [07:41]
6. These Unchartered Lands [Live at the Gong Family Unconvention November 2006] [10:58]
Bonus Tracks
7. Palm Trees [Live at the Sonesta Koepelkerk December 1979] [04:50]
8. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) [Live at the Sonesta Koepelkerk December 1979] [08:15]
9. Healing Feeling [Live at the Sonesta Koepelkerk December 1979] [02:04]
10. Solar Musick Suite (Early Version) [Live with Gong at Hammersmith Palais October 1974] [08:32]
CD 19 – Sparks Volume 1:
1. Goblin [1970 Demo made in Canterbury] [06:17] 2. Escape Of The Space Pirates [1971 Khan Demo and Early Versions] [01:35] 3. Hollow Stone (Acoustic Demo) [1971 Khan Demo and Early Versions] [06:50] 4. Stargazers (Guitar Demo) [1971 Khan Demo and Early Versions] [06:04] 5. Canterbury Sunrise [1972 Rehearsal Recording from Khan Mk II with Dave Stewart] [08:16] 6. Madman’s Rap [1972 Rehearsal Recording from Khan Mk II with Dave Stewart] [04:00] 7. Wiring Out The Ground Loosely Now [1972 Rehearsal Recording from Khan Mk II with Dave Stewart] [03:21] 8. Five Piece [1972 Rehearsal Recording from Khan Mk II with Dave Stewart] [04:46] 9. The Dervish Riff [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [01:49] 10. The Golden Vibe [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [03:39] 11. Water Trip [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [01:52] 12. Leyline Drips [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [05:11] 13. Pre-Glid [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [02:28] 14. Hanging Lead [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [04:35] 15. Melting Leadatron [1973 at the Gong House, Sens – a Cappella Echo Guitar Recording] [04:51]
CD 20 – Sparks Volume 2:
1. Don’t Dither Do It [1974 Pre-Fish Rising Home Demo] [02:40] 2. All The Time In The World [1974 Pre-Fish Rising Home Demo] [03:44] 3. Beginning To See The Light [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [06:04] 4. Fish [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [01:07] 5. Light In The Sky [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [07:25] 6. Electrick Gypsies [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [05:20] 7. Aftaglid (Tambura Backing Track Mix) [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [12:42] 8. Pentagrammaspin [September 1974 Fish Rising Sessions and Additional Tracks] [06:21] 9. Hurdy Gurdy Man (Early Version) [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [04:08] 10. It’s All Too Much [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [05:58] 11. Om Nama Shivaya [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [03:31] 12. Electrick Gypsies [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [04:26] 13. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [08:00] 14. Lunar Musick Suite (Part 2) [1976 L Demo in the Chicken Loft] [08:28]
CD 21 – Sparks Volume 3:
1. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando (Gliss a Cappella) [1976 Rough from Todd Rundgren’s Studio] [01:56] 2. Hurdy Gurdy Man (Backing Track First Take) [1976 Rough from Todd Rundgren’s Studio] [06:20] 3. Light In The Sky [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [03:42] 4. Radio [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [04:10] 5. Searching for The Spark [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [06:01] 6. Saucer Surfing [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [03:59] 7. Hello Dawn [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [02:54] 8. Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [05:48] 9. Don’t Dither Do It [Spring 1977 Red Demo] [01:47] 10. Sea Nature [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [03:08] 11. Ether Ships [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [02:45] 12. Unidentified (Om Orgoniser) [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [01:49] 13. Leylines To Glassdom [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [03:46] 14. Musick Of The Trees [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [05:29] 15. Beginning To See The Light [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [03:55] 16. Healing Feeling [Spring 1977 Green Demo] [01:42] 17. The Fire Inside [Summer 1979 Open Demo at Crofton Cottage] [05:08] 18. Getting In Tune [Summer 1979 Open Demo at Crofton Cottage] [03:08] 19. Give It Some Heft [Summer 1979 Open Demo at Crofton Cottage] [04:03] 20. The Snakecharmers Ball [Summer 1979 Open Demo at Crofton Cottage] [02:07]
CD 22 – Sparks Volume 4:
1. Time Lines [1983 Single B-Side (Studio Pre-Mix)] [06:16] 2. Before The World Was Made [1983 Single B-Side (Studio PreMix)] [03:36] 3. Explosion [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [03:56] 4. Rescue Mission [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [04:23] 5. Infomaniac [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [02:39] 6. Forgotten Pleasure [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [03:35] 7. No Fret [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [05:23] 8. Never Let You Go [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [04:22] 9. Everest [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [05:43] 10. Congo Glide [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [02:46] 11. Bird’s Eye View [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [02:24] 12. Crystaline [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [03:05] 13. The Aperture [1980-82 Unfinished Track] [02:15] 14. Set The Controls To The Heart Of The Sun [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [01:36] 15. Spanish Castle Magic [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [02:43] 16. Bon Humeur (Demo) [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [03:17] 17. Strange Quotations (Demo) [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [02:16] 18. Floating World [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [03:21] 19. Work It Out [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [02:52] 20. Glid [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [01:58] 21. Future Fifths [1989-90 System 7 Demo] [05:41]
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One lucky fan will find a golden ticket tucked inside their Searching for the Spark box set, entitling them to an exclusive gift from Steve Hillage
This summer, Steve Hillage and his creative partner Miquette Giraudy visited the Madfish HQ to finish off signing the 2,500 certificates of authenticity that will be included in every Searching for the Spark 1969 – 1991 box set.
The box set, strictly limited to 2,500 copies worldwide, is a 22 CD deluxe collection containing all the work of the great guitarist and electronic music innovator Steve Hillage recorded from his studio debut (1969’s Arzachel) to the first System 7 album in 1991.
One lucky owner of the box set will find that Steve and Miquette included an extra message on their signed certificate. This will be that owner’s ‘golden ticket’ that entitles them to an exclusive gift from Steve: a stained glass window featuring the Sparks icon designed by hand by Richard Pelham of Glastonbury Stained Glass. The icon, otherwise known as ‘Vesica Pisces’, is formed of curves and strips of carefully cut and hand-soldered iridescent glass with a width of approximately 1cm.
The box is available to order from Burning Shed.
In addition to gathering Hillage’s eight solo albums, Searching for the Spark also houses six albums of live material and no less than four discs of demos and archive recordings, many previously unreleased, direct from Steve’s own personal collection. And accompanying the CD anthology is a magnificent 188 page – 32,000 word – coffee table book. Written and assembled by Steve Hillage and Gong family expert Jonny Greene, the book contains hundreds of rare and previously unseen photographs and cuttings.
