Archive (Magnum album)

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Compilation album by
Magnum
ReleasedApril 1993
Recorded1974 – 1982
Length44:39
Label Jet Records
Producer Tony Clarkin
Magnum chronology
Sleepwalking
(1992)		Archive
(1993)		 Chapter & Verse – The Very Best of Magnum
(1993)

Archive is compilation album by English rock band Magnum. It is a collection of previously unreleased demo and outtake material recorded from 1976 to 1983, and was released in 1993 by Jet Records. [1]

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Magnum (band) British band

Magnum are an English rock band. They were formed in Birmingham by Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley (vocals) in order to appear as the resident band at the Rum Runner nightclub in the city. Magnum have undergone several changes in personnel over the years; however, the core of Catley and Clarkin remain.

Jet Records

Jet Records was a British record label set up by Don Arden, with artists such as Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Roy Wood, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Alan Price, Adrian Gurvitz, Riot and Magnum.

Contents

Most of the material released here was used as bonus tracks for Magnum's expanded and remastered series on Sanctuary Records.

Sanctuary Records british record label

Sanctuary Records Group Limited is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owners of music intellectual property rights, with over 160,000 songs.

Artwork

The cover art was designed by Rodney Matthews.

"Trojan Sales bought second rights on my illustration "Peace... at Last" for use on the Archive album. Tracks include "Sea Bird", "Stormbringer" and "Captain America". [2] – Rodney Matthews

Rodney Matthews British artist

Rodney Matthews is a British illustrator and conceptual designer of fantasy and science fiction.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tony Clarkin.

Original 1993 Release
No.TitleLength
1."Sea Bird" (1974 demo)3:49
2."Stormbringer" (1974 demo)3:31
3."Slipping Away" (1974 demo)3:15
4."Captain America" (1974 demo)3:43
5."Master Of Disguise" ( Kingdom of Madness session outtake)2:54
6."Without Your Love" (Kingdom of Madness session outtake)3:54
7."Find The Time" (Kingdom of Madness session outtake)3:04
8."Everybody Needs" (Kingdom of Madness session outtake)3:47
9."Kingdom Of Madness" (Alternative recording)3:56
10."Lights Burned Out" (Original version)4:06
11."The Word" (B-side, feat. The London Philharmonic Orchestra)4:58
12."True Fine Love" ( The Eleventh Hour session outtake)3:22

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Opening The Chapter & Verse-Archives
  2. ↑ Matthews, Rodney; & Suckling, Nigel; (1985). Countdown To Millennium (1st ed.). United States of America: The Overlook Press. ISBN   0-87951-780-8.
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