| Collector's Item | ||||
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| Compilation album by Twelfth Night | ||||
| Released | 1991, reissued 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1981-1988 | |||
| Genre | Neo-progressive | |||
| Length | 78.11 / 77.07 | |||
| Label | Twelfth Night | |||
| Producer | Twelfth Night | |||
| Twelfth Night chronology | ||||
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Collector's Item is a compilation album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1991 as a CD and double album, and re-released on CD only with some different tracks in 2001.
The album came about after the Geoff Mann-fronted line-up of the band reunited briefly to record a studio version of "The Collector", an epic from the early 1980s which they felt they had never managed to produce a definitive version of; at the same time, a new recording of "Love Song" was made. The band decided that the best way to bring the recordings to light was as part of a compilation of their work spanning both the Geoff Mann and Andy Sears eras, which ultimately saw the light of day in 1991. The LP release was a double album, and therefore could accommodate three extra songs.
In 2001, Cyclops Records - the band's publishers at the time, who were producing a series of reissues - rereleased the CD version of the album with some alterations. The version of "Sequences" was removed, since at the time "Live and Let Live" was readily available; in its place were three different songs.
All songs written by Twelfth Night.
| 1991 CD release | 1991 LP release | 2001 CD release |
|---|---|---|
| The Ceiling Speaks (8.20, from Live And Let Live) | ||
| The Creepshow (11:55, from Fact and Fiction) | ||
| Fur Helene part 1 (6:55, from Live At The Target | ||
| The Ceiling Speaks (6.35, previously unreleased demo) | ||
| Deep In The Heartland (3:50, previously unreleased demo) | ||
| We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction) | We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction) | We Are Sane (10:20, from Fact and Fiction) |
| Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live) | Sequences (16:21, from Live And Let Live) | |
| Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion) | Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion) | Art And Illusion (4:32, from Art And Illusion) |
| First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion) | First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion) | First New Day (5:51, from Art And Illusion) |
| Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII) | Last Song (4:23, from Twelfth Night XII) | |
| Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII) | Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII) | Take A Look (11:29, from Twelfth Night XII) |
| Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side) | Blondon Fair (6:02, b-side) | |
| The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording) | The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording) | The Collector (19:01, new 1988 recording) |
| Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording) | Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording) | Love Song (5:30, new 1988 recording) |
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